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 Don't Waste Your Money May 29, 2006
Anilidodee (Greensboro, NC, USA)
23 out of 23 found this review helpful
Please don't waste your money on this; it's utterly useless and there are far better products out there.
The problems are simple:
1) The software to transfer pictures from your computer to the keychain is simply awful. It's extremely hard to use.
But I could have dealt wih that; I have other software to edit photos.
2) The screen size is incredibly small. Yes, it is 1 inch....if you count 1 inch long and 1/2 inch high as a "1 inch screen." I don't. The pictures it displayed were unbelievably tiny.
3) Worst of all, and what made the viewer useless, is the screen resolution. No matter what I did to the pictures, or how much of a "head shot" I made them, they still appeared very poorly. I knew it wasn't me when I realized that the keychain came with a number of pictures already loaded in order to show you what it would look like. They were awful too!! You'd think that they would have chosen their best pictures in order to highlight their product; sadly, I think they did. The screen resolution is simply awful and that's all there is to it. Facial highlights looked like a bad skin condition.
And with Amazon's lousy return policy on opened electronics, you're largely stuck with a (vaguely) cheap electronic item that's no good. Which, of course, I didn't know wasn't any good until I opened it and tried it.
You're much better off with Kodak's "Easyshare Picture Viewer." It's a little more expensive, but you actually get something which you can view pictures with! The screen is significantly larger (about twice the size!), the resolution is excellent, it has a zoom feature, it has a leather carrying case so the screen (or anything else) won't get scratched, and it's still smaller and thinner than a man's wallet. It easily fits into a pocket and would certainly fit into a pocketbook. On top of all of that, it holds at least twice as many pictures as this lousy keychain (their ads say it will hold up to about 250 pics, but I found that if I dropped the resolution low enough for that many to fit, they looked pretty poor. Still....100 photos is a lot better than 56.)
I bought one for my father and loaded it with pictures for him before giving it to him. I liked it so much, I then bought a 2nd one as a Mother's Day gift for my wife.
I see that Amazon says that the Kodak "Easyshare Picture Viewer" will "be in stock soon." I would strongly suggest that they hurry that up before their customers go elsewhere.
Not a good idea..... June 1, 2006
K. Young
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
Well I thought this might be nice for my husband's birthday gift so he could carry around pictures of our daughter, but when he downloaded them, it was quite disappointing to say the least. You can't make out the faces and the quality is poor :(
I wish I'd have read a review before buying this, just trying to save you some money cause I spent over $50 with shipping and I just wasted $ I don't have to waste...
Small, Dim, Lousy Resolution, Clunky Software May 20, 2006
Arnold Irving (Chicago, IL United States)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I don't know why the other reviewers acknowledged this product's many faults and then gave it high marks anyway. The software crashed my computer on install (Windows XP). When it worked, it's extremely clunky to use -- and you go through all that trouble to look at a *very* low resolution 1" screen that's pretty dim.
This would be fine as a blister packed 9.95 novelty item for kids, but it's packaged like an executive gift and is pretty pricey -- getting close to dedicated viewers like one from Kodak. Steer clear.
 OK, just don't expect too much July 22, 2006
Lucky44 (USA, but he is not my president)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
This product is cheap and basically does what it promises. It may deserve more stars because of that, but it just isn't very high quality. Photos are hard to see given size and resolution of screen. You need good head shots and not much else. There are larger more expensive products of this type out there. I'd go that route rather than purchase this again.
 Dim and tiny - but a fine gift! December 17, 2005
D. Reinstein (Fairfax, CA USA)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
A gift for a proud grandma to carry in her purse. The dimension given (1" square) is misleading - the screen itself is smaller and it is difficult to see anything but simple close-ups easily. Forget about downloading family/group shots unless you will be providing a magnifying glass to go woth it.
All of that being said, however, it is a good-enough version of a REALLY GREAT idea. I'm not sorry I got it - and I don't think you'll be disappointed either - unless you are too farsighted to enjoy the micro-screen.
The software is simple to use, but weak- especially the limitations of the cropping feature. To get portrait sections of larger shots onto the device, you have to edit/crop them with other software - then it works fine.
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