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Old 10-30-2005, 05:55 PM
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Default SDIO Camera for hx2755??

Does anyone know where I could get a good SDIO camera for hx2755 ??
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Old 10-30-2005, 08:23 PM
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You can get an SD camera here
http://www.veo.com/Traveler_130S/default.asp
Good is a different subject altogether and quite relative.
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Old 10-31-2005, 04:45 AM
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There's also the HP Photosmart Mobile Camera (though HP has not updated the driver in years). But like Sven said, don't expect stellar image quality.
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Old 10-31-2005, 06:39 PM
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i think pretec has one out too for awhile at 1.3 with flash, not their lastest one with the stupid led flash but an older one with a real flash...or was it pretec?

[edit]: found it! its by a company called lifeview. the flycam 1.3mp with flash, a real flash. i was about to get this thing until i got my canon digital rebel =P. looks like the flycam took a high price hike, perhaps they arent being made anymore? no idea. ebay!
 
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i think pretec has one out too for awhile at 1.3 with flash, not their lastest one with the stupid led flash but an older one with a real flash...or was it pretec?

[edit]: found it! its by a company called lifeview. the flycam 1.3mp with flash, a real flash. i was about to get this thing until i got my canon digital rebel =P. looks like the flycam took a high price hike, perhaps they arent being made anymore? no idea. ebay!
You may also want to read Gerard's excellent posts on this camera.
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Old 11-07-2005, 02:13 AM
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Does anyone know where I could get a good SDIO camera for hx2755 ??
A digicam for the same price will run circles around an SDIO camera. You'll be paying a premium for miniaturization, instead of image quality. And it's too inconvenient to have to stick it in just to take a pic. I have a CF camera, but don't use it anymore. Just too inconvenient.

If you're not a stickler for image quality, I'd recommend a camera phone instead for the following reasons: you always have it with you, it's always turned on, you don't have to stick anything in, never needs a soft reset.
 
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Old 11-07-2005, 05:06 PM
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There's also the HP Photosmart Mobile Camera (though HP has not updated the driver in years). But like Sven said, don't expect stellar image quality.
Hi Darius,
Do you have sample pictures of the HP camera? Can it run on ppc2003se?
I currently own a HP Jornada CF camera (300K). I used to own a Flycam 1.3MP (with flash). The image quality from the Jornada was surprising better but the Flycame was much less pixelated and the flash helped to ensure images are are dark indoors. I sold the flycam because it was too bulky.
I am intrigued to buy the HP photosmart mobile if the image quality is ok...
if you can help post some sample images, I will be able to ascertain how good it is.
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Old 11-07-2005, 06:32 PM
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Hi Darius,
Do you have sample pictures of the HP camera? Can it run on ppc2003se?
I currently own a HP Jornada CF camera (300K). I used to own a Flycam 1.3MP (with flash). The image quality from the Jornada was surprising better but the Flycame was much less pixelated and the flash helped to ensure images are are dark indoors. I sold the flycam because it was too bulky.
I am intrigued to buy the HP photosmart mobile if the image quality is ok...
if you can help post some sample images, I will be able to ascertain how good it is.
thanks in advance
I don't have the camera, so unfortunately, I cannot test whether it's compatible with WM2003SE and what the image quality is like.

To address the first issue, the camera was designed for WM2003. I believe once HP released their batch of WM2003SE devices, they stopped selling the camera. Over the past couple of years, no updated drivers have been released, and most resellers aren't even selling new ones anymore (including Amazon). So, your best bet would be eBay.

Addressing the second issue, try searching for a few reviews such as this and this one. There are a couple of sample images posted.
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Old 11-07-2005, 07:12 PM
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Thanks Darius, for your reply.
From the review, the SD camera should perform slightly better than my CF camera although I did noticed alot of blue fringing not found from the Jornada camera. Now the nagging question is whether it will work on pc2203se.
I had a Audiovox 8000 GPRS/GSM module that was designed for PPC2003 and it failed to work on PPC2003SE..

Anyone here can help to confirm if it works on ppc2003se?

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Old 11-07-2005, 07:22 PM
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uh-oh...did some snooping and seems HP's standard drivers do not work properly on the 2003se platform and they are not making anything happen here either.

http://www.expansys-usa.com/forumthr...ad=6&man=HEWLE

I seem to get the feeling 2003se pda owners will become to feel marginalised since this edition was just a short bridge between 2003 and 2005 and there is simply not enough motivation to develop software for it. I wished MS could at least provide a service pack that can improve on compatibility...sigh
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