Connect camera to the Android phone via cable When travelling I usually bring my camera for pictures and my Android phone for communication. Camera is better than the phone for pictures, since it works faster and has better quality sensor. But what if I want to send fresh pictures to someone? Then I need to transfer the files from the camera to my phone in some way. Since the camera doesn't have any wireless connection, the only way is to connect it to the phone is via cable.

I can of course purchase a micro-SD card and put it into an adapter to fit into my mini-SD slot in the camera and then put it without adapter into the phone. However, I would rather avoid this as exchanging micro-SD on my phone is not easy and requires me to open the case that is kept together with some fragile pieces of plastic. If I do this too often, it will break soon.
There are a couple of phones that support USB host mode. You could check the compatibility list of the app "DSLR Controller" over here: http://dslrcontroller.com/devices.php

In the column "How to connect" are links to an adapter cable which enables you to connect a camera to your phone.

If your phone is listed there or you verify via outher sources that your phone supports USB host mode then you could try one of the cables listed there.

After that you would need an app that enables you to mount the camera storage so you can access it.

Today I ordered one of those cables and will try to connect a cardreader to my phone (Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000). Will post further updates once the cable arrives.