Product Description
Category: Talking dictionary Language pair: English Russian; Russian English; English English Number of words: over 430,000 Size: 6.06 x 3.62 x 0.87 in Weight: 7 oz Battery Type: 3 x AAA batteries, included PC connection : No ECTACO Partner ER300T is an English Russian talking electronic dictionary. Its English-Russian and Russian-English dictionaries hold a total of 430,000 words. The model also carries an English explanatory dictionary of 12,000 words. In addition, ER300T is a good reference tool: aside from the English voicing function, it provides English irregular verbs, most popular American idioms, and a 12-topic English-Russian phrasebook. With about of 5,000 entries in its TOEFL dictionary, this handheld device will prove to be helpful to those getting in shape for the exam. The Examination section offers you the option to test your knowledge of the newly acquired words. This ECTACO Partner holds a lot of traditional ECTACO handhelds' features, such as instant reverse translation, dictionary Look-up and Fuzzy search , advanced word recognition, and, of course, bilingual interface. More Functionality: Four thrilling games Built-in speaker (with volume control) Headphone jack Scientific calculator, currency and metric conversion Local and world time, alarm and calendar Plus! Super Value Bonus CD! Get access to over 12,500,000 words. This amazing bonus CD carries numerous LingvoSoft dictionaries for Windows, Palm OS, Pocket PC, and Mobile Phones.
Customer Reviews:
Good product.......2007-09-22
I like this dictionary. I don't have to sit at the computer every time when I'm reading. Sure, you can get better one, but it will cost you much more. I didn't want to spend a lot of money on the dictionary, and I absolutely got what I expected for that price. Thank you.
Good, I suggest this dictionary to everyone.......2007-01-11
Don't expect there is going to be voice for Russian at this dictionary
(and voice for dictionary is no helpful to learn new language, you know it is not a computer, it is just a small silly dictionary, no Micheal is living at that dictionary and English pronunciation is sucks anyway, just consider there is no voice for this product)
Also, it gives you the CD that you can install the English
<=>German, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, French, Polish, Spanish, and Italian Dictionaries and they all work very good only it can work at Computer (yeah that is really sucks thing, you know convenience is point of electronic dictionary rather than papered-thick dictionary, but all that thick dictionaries are freebie man)
LEARNING KNEW LANGUAGE IS VERY HARD, ESPECIALLY ENGLISH FOR FIRST LANGUAGE PEOPLE (I'M ASIAN AND ENGLISH IS MY SECOND LANGUAGE SO I ALREADY HAVE EXPERIENCE HOW TO LEARN NEW LANGUAGE, AND I CAN SPEAK 3 LANGUAGE ALREADY)
WHAT AMERICAN NEEDS TO KNOW FIRST BEFORE LEARNING NEW LANGUAGE IS
KNOW ENGLISH DOESN'T OWN EVERYTHING AND DON'T EXPECT SOMEBODY WILL SPEAK ENGLISH FOR YOU ANY PLACE IN THE WORLD (even though they actually do, but you know you can't be that lame silly duck!)
AND TRY NOT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW YOU ARE FOREIGNER WHO SPEAK THEIR LANGUAGE BY TRING TO SPEAK LIKE NATIVE SPEAKER
(DON'T JUST MESS UP AND SAY 'AHH EVERYONE KNOWS I'M WHITE AND THEY KNOW I'M AMERICAN WHY SHOULD I DISGUISE MYSELF AS THEM!')
And also don't be so proud that you are US citizen when you go to other place in the world, I mean, it doesn't matter you proud of USA but don't think everyone other than American is sick and poor
And also, those mental condition will never make you to speak another language. FIRST THING YOU HAVE TO KNOW IS KNOW YOURSELF SUCKS BALLS AND YOU CAN BE BETTER AS YOU STUDY, AND TRUST ME IT IS HARD TO REALIZE YOURSELF SUCKR OR NOT. (AND TRUST ME, THE MOMENT WHEN YOU REALIZE YOUSELF SUCK, YOU WILL GET SHAMED THAT MOMENT BECAUSE SITUATION REALLY SEEM TO BE EMBARRASSING TO YOU, AND THAT IS ALSO THE BIG DOOR YOU MUST OPEN THROUGH, IT IS RATHER SHAME TO NOT FEELING ANY EMBARRASSMENT AND SAY 'WELL EVERYONE IS SAME, LIKE YOU CAN'T SPEAK ENGLISH' AND TURN AWAY, JUST FOR TIP, EVERYONE IN THE WORLD LEARN ENGLISH FOR 1ST FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND THEY KNOW ENGLISH BETTER THAN YOU KNOW ABOUT THEIR LANGUAGE)
I wish all good future guys.
this product is not good for someone learning Russian.......2007-01-05
I thought that there were few electronic dictionaries on the market for an american learning russian, but figured this product would suffice. Unfortunetly, almost all of the word I didn't know and needed to look up were not in the dictionary, it makes beeping noises that you can't turn off, it offers no russian verb conjugation (or recognition of conjugated verbs), and only talks in english. i would advice students learning russian to buy something else.
Russian-English talking electronic dictionary.......2006-03-01
I am very happy with this dictionary.
I don't need now to sit at the computer . I can study , I can read books and magazins everywhere.
I wish I bought it sooner.
Thak you for your service.
Average customer rating:
- not worse of money
- Ectaco Enlgish -Russian dictionary
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English - Russian Professional Talking Electronic Dictionary ECTACO ER400 Pro
Manufacturer: ECTACO
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics
 Foreign Language Dictionaries
| Electronic Dictionaries, Thesauri & Translators
| Office Electronics
| Categories
| Electronics
Product Features:
- Medical, technical, legal, business, computer, law, financial, and oil specialized dictionaries
- Common phrases for business correspondence
- English grammar reference and the list of irregular verbs
- New words recording function will allow you to customize your dictionary
- American QWERTY keyboard, Russian standard and phonetic keyboard layouts
ASIN: B0002HAZ56 |
Product Description
Ectaconew professional English
<->Russian bidirectional talking dictionary ER400Pro is a top choice for those who use language resources in depth. Medical, technical, legal, business, computer, law, financial, and oil specialized dictionaries make this device the most advanced yet in this series. It encompasses variety of professional fields thus making your professional communication effective. This model, representing the latest generation of the high-performance integrated linguistic tools available, is the new addition to our professional talking dictionary series. This wonderful multipurpose linguistic resource is designed for the wide audience of professionals, language students and business people.
Customer Reviews:
not worse of money.......2007-02-19
The keyboard is not sensitive enough and it takes ages to re-type letters pressing twice or even three times on some keys. I was expecting to have a more reliable device for this money.
Ectaco Enlgish -Russian dictionary.......2007-01-04
The device is nice and useful, but the voice and pronunciation is not clear enough
Average customer rating:
- ECTACO Partner ER800-VERY BAD!!
- Beware of Ectaco "specials" and customer service
- ER800 - 5 stars all the way
- ER800 A useful tool, but not what you might expect.
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ECTACO Partner ER800 - English Russian Talking Electronic Dictionary and Audio PhraseBook
Manufacturer: ECTACO
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics
Foreign Language Dictionaries
| Electronic Dictionaries, Thesauri & Translators
| Office Electronics
| Categories
| Electronics
Product Features:
- Color display: the luxury of a hi-res color screen with adjustable color schemes, customizable elem
- Expandable vocabulary: over 1,030,000 words already included in the g
ASIN: B000BURNQI |
Product Description
Category: Talking bilingual dictionary expandable to include over 50 language combinations Language pair: English Russian; Russian English; English English Speech: English and Russian synthesized for the Dictionary; English and Russian human voice for the PhraseBook Number of words: over 1,030,000 Size: 6.6 x 3.9 x 0.9 in Weight: 11 oz Battery Type: Li-Polymer rechargeable battery (3.7V, 1400mAh), included The ECTACO Partner ER800 is a revolutionary, expandable bilingual Dictionary and Travel Audio PhraseBook. With its cool modern styling, hi-resolution color touch-display and state-of-the-art linguistic tools it is one of a kind. The massive vocabulary contains general and highly specialized professional dictionaries. The inclusion of the most sophisticated and accurate voice facilities available on todays competitive market is the defining feature of this remarkable handheld. It features both state-of-the-art speech recognition and highly advanced English and Russian voice capabilities powered by the latest TTS (Text-to-Speech) technology. It even goes so far as to include crystal-clear native-speaker voices for both languages in the Audio Travel PhraseBook section as recorded by professionals. This intelligent linguistic device is literally packed with information and tools to help you master your foreign language skills for either academic endeavors or travel. It employs the latest language learning technologies that use foreign language Speech Recognition modules, a bilingual Machine Translation system and Text-to-Speech processing. Highlights: Color display: the luxury of a hi-res color screen with adjustable color schemes, customizable elements, color-coded parts of speech, samples of use and much more Expandable vocabulary: over 1,030,000 words already included in the general and specialized dictionaries - the largest vocabulary base ever! Plus you can easily add more than 50 language combinations availab
Customer Reviews:
ECTACO Partner ER800-VERY BAD!!.......2006-11-04
This product shipped from a third party seller listed on Amazon. There was a software problem as well as a problem with the rechargeable battery. As soon as it was removed from the charger, it powered off. Repeatedly. When the seller was informed of this he said there was no guarantee on electronic products and so I was stuck with it. This seemed unfair especially since I had paid over $ 460 for it. I am a regular shopper from Amazon and I find myself at a loss about what to do.
Beware of Ectaco "specials" and customer service.......2006-07-26
The unit is pretty handy, but beware of this company. They offer "special deals" but do not come through on them when push comes to shove. It takes numerous emails to get any response at all. Great product, but lousy customer service.
ER800 - 5 stars all the way.......2006-05-03
Simply put this device is super. And, believe it or not, I credit it with getting me my fianc?e. I bought the ER800 and a Ukrainian MMC card before my trip to the Ukraine to meet my girlfriend and was amazed at how easy it was to use.
As you can imagine, I was really nervous but once I had this little gadget in my hands, I knew I had at least a fighting chance. However, when I found just how useful it was - and how little I really knew of Russian - I was over the moon. It exceeded my wildest dreams.
Probably the most generally useful feature for me was the speech recognition and phrasebook. I think that without it I wouldn't have gotten out of the airport. The translating dictionary was a real help too and let me get around and get things done when I was on my own. All the extras are great too especially the media player and flashcards learning games.
Now I know a bit of Ukrainian thanks to my new best friend (the ER800!) and I am thinking on getting one for my fianc?e so she can learn English!
ER800 A useful tool, but not what you might expect........2006-03-08
Before vacationing in Russia, I wanted to purchase the best electronic translator available. Reading the product description for the Partner ER800, it sounded perfect. The company makes some impressive claims in the product description. After having purchased the ER-800, I believe the product marketers and the electronic engineers who designed this device are themselves suffering a language barrier.
Before I get into the point-by-point, claim-versus-reality portion of the review I'll tell you some of my first impressions of my ER-800 experience. I opened the box and removed the product. The physical dimensions are small, sleek and the construction looks sturdy.
I opened the device and touched the power switch. The monitor lit up and it started a "software loading" procedure. At one point and "error screen" popped up and then disappeared. I was then presented with a choice. Two choices, both written in Russian. I don't speak Russian, that's why I ordered a translator. I've since learned that this is the "language selection screen". If your language skill is such that you can recognize the word "English" written in Russian, than this probably won't hinder you. But I couldn't so I made choice (50/50 chance- right?) and scored a win.
Referring to the User Manual, I noticed it was in Russian. I flipped through it looking for an English section. No English section. I tore through the rest of the box looking for the English version of the User Manual. It does not come with an English User Manual. I found an English "Quick Start" leaflet in the box but it's not a like a User Manual.
I was able to locate an English User Manual for the ER-800 on the Ectaco website. But it is built in HTML, and not something you can easily print out and use.
A few other general problems I've experienced is with the touch screen and the keyboard buttons. The ER-800 comes with a handy stylus to use with the touch screen. When selecting text with the stylus, the text becomes unselected when the stylus tip leaves the touchscreen. This will drive you insane. I've tried different techniques to try to avoid the text from becoming unselected. But there is no way around it. You just have to keep trying until it works. Selecting individual words is easy, but selecting a large paragraph is almost impossible.
Several of the rubber keyboard buttons, when depressed, will get stuck under the metal and remain depressed until you can pry them out with your fingernail. This is not a huge problem, but still annoying.
Now we get to the actual functions of the ER-800:
The product description says:
"Coherent full-text translation into English and Russian, instant reverse translation."
Reality: Instant reverse translation only works with the dictionary. There is no "instant" way to reverse the translation of full text.
The product description says:
"It employs the latest language learning technologies that use foreign language Speech Recognition modules...Test your pronunciation by trying to speak out a phrase in the foreign language and see if the Partner understands you."
Reality:
So far as I have found, the voice recognition function only works as part of the pre-recorded phrasebook. The voice-recognition to locate the phrase you want. Using the phrasebook to test your pronunciation is a ridiculous notion. It only works about a third of the time, even when you pronounce the word perfectly. The other catch with the phrase book is that you must select a small section of phrases such as "At the restaurant: drinks" before you can use the voice-recognition function.
Honestly I had the mistaken notion that the you could speak (English or Russian)into the machine; it would recognize and record the words as text, and then you would be able to translate this into (English or Russian) - which you could then playback aloud using the voice synthesizer. Now that would be impressive! It doesn't do that, and sadly I don't believe there is any electronic translator available that can.
As far as fine-tuning the ER-800 to recognize your voice, you specify if you are male or female. That is the true extent of the calibration.
The Product Description says:
"Type any text you want and it will translate and speak the translation out loud using its built-in Text-To-Speech processor."
Reality: No. It really won't do this in an automated way. It will translate into text, but will only speak the source text - not the translation. There is a round-about way to trick the machine into speaking the translation, but it is not easy because you have to highlight (see stylus problem) the translation, then click the "Dictionaries" button, then select Ectaco Text Translation software icon, to reopen the program with your translation in the source window. This is the only way I've found to get a reverse translation using the Text Translation program. Not what I would call "instant" or even easy.
The games:
I thought the games and exercises would be useful. We all know "flashcards." There is aa question on one side and an answer on the back. A useful set of flashcards for learning a new language would have an (English or Russian) word on the front and it's translation on the back. The "flashcards" that you get with the ER-800 have a word on the front. When you "flip" the card you get to see a synonym of the word in the same language. How is this useful? I guess it might help you broaden your vocabulary (in your own language). Or use it as a random thesaurus. The other games are simply disappointing variations of this "game."
The SAT 200 and SAT 5000 are for Russians only, or English speakers who want to broaden their vocabularies.
Media Player? Don't know about this feature. I haven't tried to use it.
I almost returned the ER-800 to the manufacturer. But when researching alternatives, I discovered that even with it's flaws and glaring weaknesses, the ER-800 is, in fact, the best translator available. The fact that it can translate sentences is unique. When I took it to Russia, I used it several hundred times a day. It was useful. Persons who can speak both Russian and English will notice that the full-text translations are generally far from accurate. You cannot rely on these translations or use them to carry on a meaningful conversation. But they are useful as clues or hints as to what you are trying to say. The individuals I talked to found it most useful just to see the English spelled out on the display, and only refer to the translation if there was a certain word that was unknown to them.
Support is available through Ectaco via email. I was able to contact an employee through the website, but did not get useful information from him. His knowledge was limited to information found in the User Manual. I called once to get an RMA number so I could return the ER-800. I got a message machine (during working hours). They did not return my call. My trip to Russia was closing in, so I decided to keep it. It was useful. I only hope that they offer a software upgrade in the future to fix some of the issues I've described.
Product Description
English
<-> French bidirectional talking dictionary ECTACO Partner EF400T. Vocabulary: 450,000 words. This talking English-French bidirectional dictionary is built on the latest text-to-speech technology to give you advanced English and French speech synthesis and a dictionary with over 450,000 entries, which makes it a great learning tool and extensive multipurpose linguistic resource.
If you need to communicate in French regularly, and want to read, write, or translate - this dictionary is for you. The language database is specially developed considering professional translators experiences, and is equipped with express search function allowing you to quickly find the words you need. Advanced voice synthesis in English and French. The device also includes over 1,100 phrases grouped by topic for easy daily communication, as well as 200 idioms. Large graphic screen. This 5-line high resolution screen makes for natural smooth font appearance and it is easy on your eyes. Vector Ultima spell-checker allows you to enter words as you hear them and pick a spelling from the list of suggestions. Instant reverse translation. Spell-checker. Irregular verbs. Electronic grammar book. New word recording.
Universal bilingual (English, French) organizer, calculator, business scheduler comply to highest industry standards. Built-in metric and currency converters are indispensable tools for a traveler.
Customer Reviews:
Poor Product.......2007-08-23
This is a terrible product. The electronic voice is not understandable at all. The device is much smaller than it looks in its picture. The keyboard is tiny and difficult to use. The product is not worth the price by any means.
I returned the product to Ace Photo within hours of opening it. Since Ace charged me a 15% restocking fee, I literally paid about $31.00 just to open and inspect the product. (I also paid another $6 or 7 to ship it back.)
I then wrote a bad review about the order. Ace called asking me to remove the bad review of the order. At first I refused, but then Ace promised to refund the remaining $31.00 so I removed the negative comment from the order. I now find that Ace only refunded me $20.00 of the promised $31.00. Of course removal of the negative review of the order was "final," which means I cannot reinstate my negative comments about the order. The next time I will "see the money" before I remove a negative comment.
Average customer rating:
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ECTACO Partner XL-1500 - Multilingual Talking Electronic Dictionary (English, Arabic, Chinese Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish)
Manufacturer: Ectaco
ProductGroup: CE
Foreign Language Dictionaries
| Electronic Dictionaries, Thesauri & Translators
| Office Electronics
| Categories
| Electronics
Product Features:
- Buy this XL1500 dictionary today and receive 10-language travel translator ML320 ($100 value) for Free!
- English
<->Arabic, English
<->Chinese, English
<->Dutch, English
<->French, English
<->German, English
<->Greek, English
<->Hebrew, English
<->Italian, English
<->Japanese (Kana and Kanji), English
<->Korean, English
<->Polish, English
<->Portuguese, English
<->Russian, English
<->Spanish
- Advanced English, Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish text-to-speech voice for all words in the dictionaries
- 14-topic Audio Travel PhraseBook with a total of 31,000 phrases: English
<->Arabic, English
<->Chinese, English
<->Dutch, English
<->French, English
<->German, English
<->Greek, English
<->Hebrew, English
<->Italian, English
<->Japanese, English
<->Korean, English
<->Polish, English
<->Portuguese, English
<->Russian, English
<->Spanish
- Reverse translation
ASIN: B000NHQHN4 |
Product Description
uy this electronic talking dictionary today and receive a 10-language travel translator ML320 ($100 value) for Free! (More information on ML320: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002RLOQ0/).The Ectaco Partner XL-1500 includes bidirectional dictionaries: English
<->Arabic, English
<->Chinese, English
<->Dutch, English
<->French, English
<->German, English
<->Greek, English
<->Hebrew, English
<->Italian, English
<->Japanese Kana and Kanji, English
<->Korean, English
<->Polish, English
<->Portuguese, English
<->Russian, English
<->Spanish with a total of over 3,367,000 words, including general words and idioms, medical, technical, legal, business terms, as well as slang and useful expressions.
The Ectaco Partner XL-1500 is the only handheld dictionary to contain synthesized voice for all words text-to-speech in English, Arabic, Chinese Mandarin, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish within the same device!
The inclusion of a 14-topic audio phrasebook containing travel-related words and phrases means that it can also speak 31,000 phrases in 15 languages to help get your message across in almost any situation.
Average customer rating:
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English Russian Talking electronic dictionary and Travel audio PhraseBook ECTACO SpeechGuard TL-2R
Manufacturer: Ectaco, Inc.
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics
Foreign Language Dictionaries
| Electronic Dictionaries, Thesauri & Translators
| Office Electronics
| Categories
| Electronics
Product Features:
- Bi-directional English
<->Russian talking dictionary (over 1,000,000 words)
- Travel PhraseBook with over 8,000 phrases in Russian and English voice
- English
<-> Russian language learning FlashCards games
- English and Russian voice
- Specialized dictionaries: Financial, Law, Medical, Oil, Telecommunication, Computers, Shopping, Traveling, Everyday conversation, etc.
ASIN: B000BURN4A |
Product Description
Expanded bi-directional English
<-> Russian talking dictionary (over 1,000,000 words) includes general lexicon and specialized dictionaries: Business, Financial, Law, Medical, Oil, Telecommunication and Computers. Instant reverse translation. "Add New Word" function. Advanced voice output in Russian and English. Travel Audio PhraseBook, featuring over 8,000 phrases with Russian and English human-recorded voice, is a must-have for international travelers. It gives a comprehensive two-way dictionary and easy-to-use sentence builder pronunciation for every word in these topics: Everyday conversation, Traveling, Hotel, Transport, Sightseeing, Bank, Communications means, Restaurant, Shopping, Repairs, Laundry, Sport, Leisure, Health, Drugstore, Beauty Care. "Useful words" function displays the key words in a given topic, which are the most important for the traveler to memorize. "You may hear it" function allows you to see what you may hear in reply to the voiced phrase. English speech recognition, allowing your machine to fine-tune to the individual user's voice. Voice prompted navigation. Single words or whole phrases search function. Complete with fun and efficient English
<-> Russian FlashCards for language learning: you can pick any of 4 entertaining games to effectively memorize foreign words and quickly expand your vocabulary. Word recognition and MorphoFinder. Slang Lock feature. Phonetic transcription for mastering English pronunciation and spelling. MP3 player. World Time, Daily Alarm, Calculator, Currency and Metric conversion. MultiMedia Card slot (Card included) for content replacement and updates. Touch screen display (320x240 pixels), Screen backlight. Water-resistant and dustproof case. Fine quality loudspeaker. Auto Off function. AC adapter and Li-Polymer rechargeable battery (3.7V, 1800mAh) are included in the package. 1 year international warranty.
Average customer rating:
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ECTACO Partner XL-1500 - Multilingual Talking Electronic Dictionary (English, Arabic, Chinese Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish) plus the Western European dictionaries Platinum software download pack for Windows ($300 value) as a Free gift!
Manufacturer: Ectaco, Inc.
ProductGroup: CE
Foreign Language Dictionaries
| Electronic Dictionaries, Thesauri & Translators
| Office Electronics
| Categories
| Electronics
ASIN: B000KJKJ5W |
Customer Reviews:
Great Camera.......2002-11-10
This Camera is pretty good for a first digital camera. If you are using a PC (you have to for the drivers to work!) and running windows ME or better you can even make movies with Windows Movie Maker (Go To START>PROGRAMS>ACCESSORIED>WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER), you can add music and voices! It also triples as a webcam! The software that comes with the camera is great. It includes Ulead Photo Express 4, Cool 360, and AVI Creator! The function (Ct) allows you to take 10 second video clips when not attached to a PC. This Camera is a great inexpensive, i know i love mine!
Not Very Good At All.......2002-08-11
I knew that the camera, with it's low price, wouldn't be the best I've ever used. Though, for the [money] I paid for it, I didn't expect much for a display...which is why I wasn't *too* disappointed by there not being *any* display but to tell you what mode the camera is in. The camera is fine, the functionality is decent, it's nothing near the higher-priced cameras I'm used to using, but it's ok. My only problem with it is that the CD they give with the drivers and programs on it for me was warped and refused to work. Another downfall...the company didn't have the drivers online...seems that they've gone into the scanner business and dropped all the digital camera stuff. Not a wise idea. Anything that is still in production and is being distributed should make sure, if drivers are necessary for use, that they have a location online where they are located. It's only the little things that are it's downfall. Overall, the camera is a decent start-out for children or beginners to get used to the basic concept of taking pictures and putting them on your computer/the internet. I give it a two out of 5 stars...
Very limited.......2002-05-15
There is no screen to immediately show you how your pictures came out. The LCD display on this unit only shows a count of how much memory is left. A display was one of the big advantages of the last digital camera I used, because I could overwrite shots that turned out badly. This unit also does not have the ability to overwrite the last shot.
It doesn't have a flash. If it thinks there is not enough light it will refuse to take the picture. If you remember how many shots were saved you can tell that it did not take the picture because the counter did not decrement. Or if you listen very carefuly, the beep it makes is slightly different depending whether it decided to take the picture or not. The slowest setting it will shoot at is 1/15 sec.
It also does not have non-volatile memory. What this means is that if you turn it off or change batteries, or if the batteries run out before you reach your computer, your pictures will be gone. Although it claims the batteries last two weeks, it does not have a bettery level indicator, so if you don't know or remember how much juice is left, and you value your pictures, you will always need to buy new batteries (3 AAA) before each trip.
I also did not think the upload software was very intuitive.
On the positive side, it has VGA & QVGA video modes, and does not use battery power when connected to the USB port, and the picture quality seems good for the price.
So it makes a reasonable PC-CAM for video conferencing, but does not come close to satisfying the needs of even an amateur photographer like me.
Amazing camera for its price........2002-03-21
Although this camera is lacking so many features of a higher end digital camera, i think it's a great starter. At around 70 dollars, the amount of space and clarity of the hr (high resolution: 600x800) pictures are great! This would be perfect for sharing on a website or an email. The programs on the software included are so easy to use, and downloading pictures with the small USB is quick and simple. Small and lightweight -- but with all the very basics, this camera is wonderful for its price.
Don't let the low price turn you away - this one's a keeper!.......2001-12-30
My young little daughter wanted a camera for Christmas this year and all I could think of was the high cost of film and film processing that I would have to come up with in the future. I remembered when my son was that age, of all the pictures he took, some good but mostly all bad! Luckily I came across this camera, it has so far saved me a bundle in film and developing costs. It's all ready paid for itself and she's only had the thing for three days! Yup, digital is the way to go. Quality you ask? Well, I was totally amazed at the quality of the pictures! It even comes with full versions of ULEAD software that lets you fix up pictures that you might have otherwise thrown out if it came from a regular film type camera. The only thing I wish it had is flash, but the neat thing about this camera is if the lighting condition was too low, it will tell you with a beep, and you will not be able to take the picture. We've found that you really don't need anymore than a turning on table lamp to take a picture indoors so not having a flash is not a big deal. What made me choose this camera over all the other lower priced digital cameras out there is the amount of memory it has for picture storage. This one's got a whopping 8 MB of SDRAM! That means 26 high resolution pictures or 99 low resolution pictures. And it's simple enough for a kid to use. I highly recommend this one, it's a keeper!
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