Look what showed up today...

[Jason Dunn]

Well, well. I was hoping it would arrive soon...look in the top right corner to see why I'm a little excited about this product.



I'm going to try and have a review done in the next 24 hours, but I'm in the middle of a brutal deadline for a chapter in a new book I'm writing, so this is bad timing...bear with me!

[Jason Dunn]

Well, well. I was hoping it would arrive soon...look in the top right corner to see why I'm a little excited about this product.



I'm going to try and have a review done in the next 24 hours, but I'm in the middle of a brutal deadline for a chapter in a new book I'm writing, so this is bad timing...bear with me!

[Jimmy Dodd]

Pretec? What's so exciting about Pretec? :?:

[muaddip]

Nope, not the Pretec logo the little silver star under the Pretec logo.

[RickP in AZ]

What is so great is the "1.3Megapixels" that the camera is capable of. The head of our User Group was showing this off at our meeting last week. Really pretty cool with some neato features in the included software. Like, video email!?

All in all a pretty cool device for a mere $100.

RickP in AZ

[Bob Anderson]

Jason, I can't wait to see your review of the camera unit for the PocketPC.

HOWEVER: how many of you have heard the old saying, "Jack of all trades, master of none?"

I think it's applicable here. I'm the biggest fan of PocketPCs, but let's focus on a few things and then really polish them up for flawless "fit and finish" instead of constantly coming up with new stuff that has limited appeal. Create modems, cellular 3G modems, ethernet cards, and wireless ethernet cards that are small, elegant and affordable - with solid drivers, great functionality and low power use! Get GPS units and software that work together seamlessly (as contrasted to the different reviews that I read that say that model "x" is good at this and model "y" is good at that, and NO ONE seems to build the "killer" combo.)

Now maybe I'm jumping the gun here, maybe Pretec has created the "Killer" PocketPC camera, but it just seems a PDA is a PDA and a camera is a camera, and never the two shall meet. (In other words, there'll always be some compromise that just doesn't quite make the product that useful.

[Sven]

Originally Posted by RickP in AZ

What is so great is the "1.3Megapixels" that the camera is capable of. The head of our User Group was showing this off at our meeting last week. Really pretty cool with some neato features in the included software. Like, video email!?

All in all a pretty cool device for a mere $100.

RickP in AZ

What do mean $100, where do you get one for $100???? (I think $100 is the price for the low res one, not the 1.3M) Let us know if you have a source for this one at $100. But PM me first so I can get my order in before the rush

[JonathanWardRogers]

Originally Posted by Sven

What do mean $100, where do you get one for $100???? (I think $100 is the price for the low res one, not the 1.3M) Let us know if you have a source for this one at $100. But PM me first so I can get my order in before the rush

I second that! I ordered mine from HandheldCanada a while back for around 150USD, but they haven't shipped yet, so I can still save. :-)

Jon

[spg]

I must say this is one sweet device. 8) It is really the first compact flash camera that can really be used to take good digital pictures. Nothing against the HP camera, but the resolution was just too low on it to really use the pictures for much. Looking forward to the review Jason.

[st63z]

What size stills does it take, 1280x960? How about the video capabilities? Any flash (for stills) or optical zoom by any chance?

[Eos]

I know it's a bit off topic, but I am still curiousto learn if Pretec driver's are good for the original HP cam on an IPAQ. The cam looks so much alike that one wonders..