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For a few years now, when someone said "smartphone" listeners all pictured the Apple iPhone. It dominated the smartphone market from its release in 2007. No more. When the HTC Dream phone was released in late 2008, the Android operating system for smartphones began cutting into Apple's market share. There are now a variety of Android-based smartphones available and Android has taken over top spot recently in the smartphone market., according to the prominent marketing research firm comScore. And the number of smartphones on the streets has doubled in the last year, according to Edison Research..

What's the attraction of smartphones? Whether you buy one of the newly-popular Android phones, an iPhone, a Blackberry, or the recently-developed Windows-based smartphones, the chances are good that your new phone will replace half-a-dozen or so other devices in your life.

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Your new Android phone has the potential to replace a number of gadgets that you carry around now for personal amusement. On the top of that list, your smartphone can probably replace the bulkier digital camera you've been carrying around. Your pixel size on many smartphones is at least as good as the average digital camera. While it's not standard yet, many smartphone models are even growing flash features so that you can use your phone as a camera in darker settings.