1. A system comprising: (a) a camera that is operable to take and store pictures, and that includes: (i) a lens, (ii) an image sensor, (iii) at least two microphones, (iv) a voice recognizer, (v) a camera controller, (vi) a wireless network interface, and (vii) a touch sensitive display; (b) the camera controller including a control program having instructions to control and respond to the voice recognizer; (c) the two microphones oriented differently on the camera and configured to receive and detect sound signals emanating from around the camera; (d) a detector coupled to the at least two microphones and configured to receive, process and combine sound signals detected at the microphones, and to input the sounds to the voice recognizer; (e) wherein the controller is configured to: (i) cause the system to take a picture and store the picture in local memory in the camera; (ii) automatically upload a picture stored in the local memory to a user-instructed location at an internet picture hosting website via the wireless network interface, but only if predetermined conditions are met, the predetermined conditions including at least the camera controller receiving: (1) an indication from the wireless network interface that the system can make an internet connection via the wireless network interface; and (2) an indication from the local memory that a user has elected an option to designate at least one picture stored in local memory to be uploaded to the internet picture hosting website; and (iii) launch a browser to connect to and use the services at the internet picture hosting website.
1. A system comprising: (a) a camera that is operable to take and store pictures, and that includes: (i) a lens, (ii) an image sensor, (iii) at least two microphones, (iv) a voice recognizer, (v) a camera controller, (vi) a wireless network interface, and (vii) a touch sensitive display; (b) the camera controller including a control program having instructions to control and respond to the voice recognizer; (c) the two microphones oriented differently on the camera and configured to receive and detect sound signals emanating from around the camera; (d) a detector coupled to the at least two microphones and configured to receive, process and combine sound signals detected at the microphones, and to input the sounds to the voice recognizer; (e) wherein the controller is configured to: (i) cause the system to take a picture and store the picture in local memory in the camera; (ii) automatically upload a picture stored in the local memory to a user-instructed location at an internet picture hosting website via the wireless network interface, but only if predetermined conditions are met, the predetermined conditions including at least the camera controller receiving: (1) an indication from the wireless network interface that the system can make an internet connection via the wireless network interface; and (2) an indication from the local memory that a user has elected an option to designate at least one picture stored in local memory to be uploaded to the internet picture hosting website; and (iii) launch a browser to connect to and use the services at the internet picture hosting website. 2. The camera system of claim 1 wherein the camera is integrated with a cell phone, and the voice recognizer is configured to recognize at least one spoken word to control dialing of the cell phone.