can't really do anything about the iPhone's camera hardware. But the app from can help you take better pictures with a number of features that try to compensate for the iPhone's photographic limitations.

The app's Zoom feature lets you zoom in close to your subject by moving a slider across the screen. Since the iPhone's camera doesn't have an optical lens, you do your zooming digitally. There's a drawback to this approach: the further you zoom in, the more pixelated the image becomes. If you zoom in just a little bit, the picture comes out looking pretty good; zooming all the way just trashes the image.

Sound Capture enables you to take a hands free picture by saying "cheese" or otherwise making a noise. Once this option is enabled, the iPhone's microphone will listen for a loud enough sound to activate the shutter and take a pic. This could really be handy for group shots.

Anti-Shake goes a long way in preventing those blurry pictures that can be so frustrating. The Anti-Shake option uses the iPhone's accelerometer to monitor its movement and as soon as your hand is steady, it snaps a shot. This is probably my favorite feature of Camera Genius, as it solves a long-time problem I've had with blurry pictures from the handheld.

Timer lets you automatically take a picture after a set time. It's really unbelievable that Apple never included such a feature from the start. Camera Genius lets you choose from 2, 5, 10, 15, and 30 second delays. (A newly added repeat timer lets you capture multiple photos at 10-, 15-, and 30-second intervals.) There is a beep for each second as it counts down so you can gauge when the picture will snap.