Many new devices have digital cameras integrated into them, mobile phones being the most well known of these. Even though it is common for these phones to be used as cameras, one of the problems with them is the poor quality of the photos. Photos taken with camera phones do not reproduce well as prints because of the low quality.
PDAs, or personal digital assistants, also frequently have cameras in them; they are small handheld electronic devices which may have some of the features of a computer, cell phone, music player or a camera. Again, the quality of the photos is poor, and they do not print up well.
Laptops may have cameras in them among other features. BlackBerry is a wireless handheld electronic device that supports email, mobile phone, and text messaging, and may have a camera and many other wireless information services. Many small electronic devices, especially communication devices, contain digital cameras.
Even some camcorders have digital cameras built into them. Due to limited storage space and emphasis on convenience instead of photo quality, most of them store their images in the compact JPEG file format.
A large variety of storage media supply the memory digital cameras require. These include:
* Flash memory, used in cheap cameras or when cameras are the secondary part of an electronic item, such as a cell phone. Flash memory can be erased and reprogrammed, and is normally used in memory cards.
* 3.5" floppy disks, which were used in the early digital cameras of the late 1990s.
* Video floppys, which were 2x2 inch floppy disks used in early analog cameras.
* Early professional cameras used PCMCIA hard drives; these have been discontinued.
* A 185 MB CD
Digital cameras need a lot of power, and they have become smaller and smaller in size. The problem is the ability to develop a battery that will fit into a small camera and still supply enough power to run the camera for an extended period of time.
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