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Hardly anyone makes calls with their mobile phones these days... we text our friends, browse the Web, shoot video clips, and take pictures. Lots of pictures. With the high-resolution and terrific quality of many camera phones these days, you can get photos just as good as those you'd take with your compact camera--and if you follow the professional tips in our top story, maybe even better. --Senior Editor Tim Moynihan Top Story How to Take Better Photos With a Phone The best camera you have with you is likely to be your smartphone. Use it to take the best photos possible with the help of these simple tips. Top Tweets From @PCWPluggedIn 7 good reasons to upgrade to Firefox 7: Or just wait a week or two, and skip straight to Firefox 8. Twitter used for social good and to incite disorder: Sometimes simultaneously. Mac Trojan pretends to be Flash: Wouldn't the red spandex suit give it away? 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