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Portable Goose Neck USB video web camera (iChat, Yahoo, AOL) | 
 enlarge | Brand: Macally
Category: CE
Buy New: £10.95
New (4) from £10.95
Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 21332
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 6 x 1.2
MPN: ICECAM-EU
Model: ICECAM-EU
EAN: 8717278760940
ASIN: B000HD4Y8O
Release Date: August 2, 2006
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Features
- Works with Yahoo! Messenger, iChat AV* and MSN Messenger**
- Perfect for internet video conferencing and image capture
- Small and lightweight size for maximum portability
- Flexible cable design for easy height and angle positioning
- Built-in status LED indicator
- Package includes: IceCam and CD with driver and multilingual manual
* IceCam supports iChatAV through third party software iChatUSBCAM
** MSN messenger video conferencing available in Windows PC only
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| Customer Reviews:
Does the job for a good price, but not an iSight January 30, 2007
Ivon of Windermere
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
This camera does the job at a keen price ( 13.94 on Amazon 30Jan2007: spend another 1.02 on something else and get free delivery!)
It is low resolution (288 x 352), but what would you expect for the price which is at the "so cheap I'll try it" level. Very portable - you can easily put it in you laptop bag. Seems sensitive enough in low light conditions.
In some ways low res is an advantage, because it is less of a load on your internet connection (which in our case is 512k ADSL).
I use it with Skype on an iBook G4 - it works fine within its low res limiitation.
Before Skype video was available on a Mac, I tried it with Yahoo Messenger and iChatAV. It worked, but using this software required an extra piece of software: iChatUSBCam from ecamm.com, but that is only 5 dollars to download if you give the IceCam serial number. I don't think Skype needs this software (but I may be wrong!). Anyway, now Skype video is available for Mac, that is the cross-platform software of choice.
Why not 5 stars? The flexible neck is not quite long enough to easily reach the middle of the top of the screen on the iBook - 5 to 10 more cm would make a big difference. A lever on the focusing ring would be useful, so that the position is more obvious and to be able to focus without your own hand getting in the way. Of course higher resolution may be better (assuming the software and link can keep up).
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