I've read articles which suggest that camera-phones will completely wipe out compact digicam sales - whether people will regard them as a phone that happens to have a camera or a camera that has the convenience of a phone as well, I can't say!
Mobile phones themselves hit that point of saturation not long ago. Before the full-spec internet-compatible phones are up and running, though, these camera-phones have helped to revive that particular market. I dare say the camera-makers will come up with some new ideas to part us from our cash when the time is right.
The market is still 'young' and there must be a lot of development out there before they settle down to just a steady, long production run of a few established models.
We've sort of hi-jacked this thread - perhaps we ought to have another new thread for anyone to speculate on what might be coming 'just around the corner!'
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