The Philips Key 010 key ring
camera is bad hardware. Clever product: a camera so tiny (3.5" x
1.2" x 0.8") you always have it in your pocket, but higher resolution
(1600x1200) than a camera phone. For $125 at
Amazon you also get 128 megs of storage and a good Lithium polymer
battery. Sure, it has no screen, but with room for 500 photos just
shoot, shoot, shoot.
Shoot away all you want, the photos are going to be shit. The CCD
quality is just horrible, deadly lack of colours. The photo
above is taken on Ocean Beach at 1pm in full sunlight. It looks like a
25 year old Polaroid. This
review says it all.
I bought this after reading a review on Engadget. The gadget factor is good: USB interface, simple UI. But the photo quality is just useless.
Jeremy likes
his. His expectations were lower.
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