It seems that Black Eyed Peas founder and star Will.i.am has picked up on a variant of the iOS camera idea I proposed a few years ago and have mentioned several times since: he's about to launch an accessory that clips into the iPhone's dock connector and hangs a 14mp, larger-sensor-with-flash camera and lens off the end.
Personally, I like his statement about this soon-to-be product: "turns your smartphone into a genius-phone," but I think it should have been "turns your smartphone into a genious camera."
As I've stated before, done right this would be the end of compact cameras as we know them. I don't know if this future accessory was done right, but Will.i.am is well known for his smart production and marketing in the music business. What makes me think we're going to have a lot of Black Eyed Camera Makers soon?