LGR Oddware - HP Mobile Camera for PDAs

In 2003 Hewlett-Packard released the Photosmart Mobile Camera for iPaq Pocket PCs running Windows Mobile. And the entire thing is on an SD card! Or more specifically SDIO. It's got a 1.3 megapixel sensor, 4x digital zoom, manual focus with macro, and a surprising bit of versatility for such a tiny device.
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[@LGR]

"What happens if you plug it into an SD card reader?" Nothing! I discussed this briefly during the section on SDIO, but while the two interfaces look the same, SD interfaces do _not_ accept SDIO peripherals. Unless you've got a device built to support SDIO things then it won't work. Plugging the HP Mobile Camera into an SD card reader results in a whole lot of nothing, it won't even recognize that there's anything inserted :)

[@FoXenthusiast42]

This brings utter disappointment to my Mars colony. I only brought these and SD card readers. 1 star.

[@spinchan7453]

I am a South Korean teen and I had similar looking Windows PDAs in my family junk box. I assume it was from the early 2000s and had a built-in camera and a stylus. However it did have a SD card slot for additional features. I remember when I turned it on (it was dying, the latex rubber decomposing and battery going crazy) it had features way ahead of its' time. The most impressive to me was the navigation app, and remote control. The navigation app didn't work but I remember being able to turn off the home TV with the PDA. Oh and of course good old solitaire games, too. Since that experience I have been hooked on vintage/retro tech!

[@Ozhull]

Hell yeah dude

[@FireMatePhotographic]

@@spinchan7453 I had a Sony Clie that did all of those things, and at the time it was so handy!

[@grishka212]

Hey I think I know why it said it's out of memory when rotating a photo. It was out of RAM, and it most likely needed enough of it to store an uncompressed bitmap, around 3 MB depending on the pixel format.

[@MattJerkhole]

The pictures from that camera look a million times better than I expected. I'm actually kinda impressed.

[@Photo0021]

It had a really neat vintage look! It's not natural like iPhone shots, or vivid like the ones you'd get on a Samsung phone, but instead it has a vintage early 2000s look, makes me feel nostalgic even though it's a photo taken in 2021.

[@Nosloveingneko]

Right?? For a 1.3 from 20 years ago these are actually REALLY good. Way sharper that I was expecting

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

@@Nosloveingneko The funny thing was this reminded me of an old I think it was LG or Samsung phone I had (I went looking for it can't remember where it is now) it was one of those candy bar phones with a full keyboard on it. I forget exactly what the resolution of the single back camera was but it took surprisingly good outside shots that looked really good actually. Darkness or bad light awful but out in good sunlight or with decent side light really nice actually.

[@LeDank]

You’re not kidding. It’s legit a decent camera somehow. Well... by 2004 standards it was.

[@alexandrerosenberg5277]

+1 Those photos looked surprisingly good. I think there are many webcam or really low-end phone that wouldn't really fare better. Video it took was absolute garbage though + it really doesn't like low light condition. Still, would have been very usable back in the days for some photos.

[@BanCorporateOwnedHouses]

For a camera from 2003, I genuinely can't believe how good that looks in daytime lighting conditions.

[@bluedusk6434]

i was shocked to see how well they looked. for 1.3 MP

[@cheaterman49]

I'm getting massive "Adult version of Game Boy Camera" vibes on this one!

[@goeland4585]

eh, Gameboy Camera is better imo. Not _better_ better, but, more interesting? And probably less expensive. And there are more Game Boy's around than PDA's.

[@cheaterman49]

@@goeland4585 You know - these are all valid arguments, but they could somehow be made against the GameBoy Camera and in favor of the HP Mobile Camera from an adult standpoint - not "better" better (can't put Mario 'stache instantly on people) but more available (adults more commonly have PDAs than Game Boy's?) and at a better price point (because adults don't want a toy - it's fine for them to pay more)? EDIT: (Also, for having been a kid in this era, I wholeheartedly agree with you, I'm just putting myself in an adult's shoes for a minute)

[@tomyyoung2624]

Yes one the orders!

[@tomyyoung2624]

oh yes... wow!

[@goeland4585]

@@cheaterman49 I'm not really sure there were that many PDA's around, you know. They were pretty slow and under-powered, and smartphones arrived pretty much when they were getting good. But I get what you're saying, at the time it probably was the equivalent toy for adults. :)

[@jakethreesixty]

Imagine running into Clint in a sketchy alleyway: "Hey you" *opens trenchcoat* "Want some shareware?"

[@Leonard_MT]

In his Duke Nukem voice!

[@mauricobian]

Lmfao

[@kellymountain]

@@Leonard_MT You are in an alleyway Clint is there He speaks to you, in a Duke Nukem voice. "Hey you, want some." Grabbag begins. It pauses before the drop. "Shareware?" It then resumes.

[@darthsnarf]

he then proceeds to unholster his PDA, unclip his PDA camera, and inserts it into the SD

[@drail37]

That's what John Carmack use to do with scaling routines #freecivvie

[@frankiebee2006]

"[Laughs in Oddware]" Your captions are delightful.

[@saraleon97]

yessss, also “[Digital-Only sigh of lament]”

[@goldenpun5592]

The random people of Ashville: "Oi this guy, out takin pictures with his weird goofy cameras again"

[@LGR]

Heh, I don't even show up as a blip on the radar in terms of weirdos in Asheville.

[@El_ACG]

Someone's got Asheville mixed up with Australia

[@goldenpun5592]

@@El_ACG I was goin for more of a Bender from futurama voice.

[@baphxyz]

Taking pictures is downright mundane for Asheville

[@MortisObscura]

@@LGR No you really don't, I don't even come out as a blip and I'm typically covered in paint and animal parts and wearing a gas mask. Asheville is an incredibly strange city.

[@chuck2501]

Holy Moly, these pictures are amazing, I was expecting trash but these are great. This proves that megapixels are not the defining factor in quality images.

[@doubtful_seer]

Check out something called alternative process photography. =)

[@Kacpa2]

Well you an tell by how horrible quality of pictures smartphones take is. Hazy unfocused mess with badly defined detail. You only get decent looking footage with mkst expensive phones. But they still rely on stupidly overdoing the resolution and megapixel counts instead of things that matter

[@patrykantonowicz4879]

@@Kacpa2 And now you have 4 not so good cameras on smartphone.

[@jdatlas4668]

I mean yeah, obviously they’re not, I have an old 8 MP DSLR from the mid 2000s and it still easily beats any smartphone I’ve ever owned.

[@FiatUno2003]

I have a 2013 digital camera with 16 megapixels and it takes pictures that are 10 times better than my phone that has the same megapixel count. When I first compared the pictures taken by both devices I got blown away

[@coryhammer9566]

So proud to have worked on a device that was the subject of an LGR video for the 2nd time! I built software that shipped on this lovely iPAQ at HP!

[@Gatorade69]

That's cool. What software ?

[@PopeCromwell]

I was too young to afford a PDA then, but always thought Windows CE was cool. Have you any stories from back in the day?

[@nottoofast]

@@PopeCromwell Apparently not. :(

[@profebravomusicaoficial4151]

Please tell us how are you!

[@MatthewWaltonWalton]

I was expecting much worse photos! I do like how the digital zoom/crop is at least honest about it.

[@TheGreatAtario]

Subtly training people that "digital zoom" is a scam in the first place

[@MrDuncl]

@@TheGreatAtario I think it was to save memory. I still have the box and receipt here for a 256MByte Compact Flash card which cost me £75 back in 2003 (a bargain at the time).

[@einokeskitalo3217]

The part starting from 11:19 was really enjoyable. I'm not a photography person myself. Walking through all the locations and photo subjects, their characteristic when it comes to photographing them generally, and what specifically happened with the Photosmart, this was really well constructed and quite interesting and informative even when I'm not that much into the subject matter itself. And it also just made for a plain great entertaining watch. Really well done!

[@LGR]

Thank you!

[@ThisNameWasntTaken]

i imagine clint with a batman like utility belt of just leather pouches containing his pda and all of its accessories...

[@marinacelada3246]

Effectiveely, those alleys had some kind of "Crime Alley near the Monarch Theatre" feel.

[@AkosJaccik]

Ah, yes. The small details are what sometimes get to me, like it just dawned upon me how this was the era when "digital zoom" was actually something the marketing depts. thought it's worth promoting. The camera is also better than I anticipated, plus I miss the aesthetic and soul of the mid-2000s stuff.

[@asystole_]

They still do that now! Have you not seen Samsung advertising its "100x" zoom?

[@brymsd8895]

@@asystole_ 100 pixels left lmao

[@smo-king6504]

You mean everything in silver?

[@EnigmaticLucas]

@@smo-king6504 Or everything being bulky and intricate instead of thin and minimalist

[@wphanoo]

agree on the intricate side of things ! More features was better. Now it seems that less is more...

[@NorthStarBlue1]

Whenever I see short-lived early 2000's tech like this, I always wish it had stuck around long enough for Hollywood to take notice of it. Imagine a Mission Impossible movie where Tom Cruise is taking clandestine photos using an iPaq with one of these cameras on it.

[@bearbearingston7696]

A James Bond movie did have an explicit brand mobile device scene, i think it was the intro of Die Another Day.

[@Deadguy2322forreal]

Hard to be clandestine with a huge add-on sticking out from the top of a PDA the size of an iPaq...

[@HiThere-zi5ws]

I just love watching LGR talk...

[@jugularSignal]

You should see him eat. #LGRFoods

[@spinchan7453]

Yep his voice is gold. Perfect when I want to chill and learn about awesone gadgets from the past

[@JW-qb1yk]

I'd love to hear him read a book that voice is liquid jazz

[@aldoelektrika]

His voice is just like another youtuber, I wonder who started it firsr

[@poeticsilence047]

I just like how im sure that's how he really is. It's not a camera persona, which I'm sure some KZbinrs are.

[@questtttttttt]

The photos are awesome from an art standpoint. They honestly look lovely. Very lomo/vintage. They look surprisingly similar to film. I was expecting something more pixelated, but it seems the pixelation is hidden behind the heavy chromatic aberration. There's some nice looking noise and even DOF--good character. I'm impressed. I kind of want one.

[@TommyCrosby]

Wow, outdoor pictures surprised me, I didn't expect that good results with such device.

[@dionelr]

Oh man. Hearing that ActiveSync sound brought back nightmares from my IT support days. The old versions of pocket PCs were great, but once they moved to treating the device connection as a network connection we ran into so many problems with remote workers.

[@Bahraini_Carguy]

I love these obscure old 90s and 2000s stuff.

[@ZXLTYR]

You've come to the right place then buddy

[@johneygd]

90’s & 2000’s, when things were still normal , but the 3th dakage we are living now is everything eccept normal.

[@DarkWiNKenzo]

@@johneygd I mean, there was still a form of absolute normality for 19 other years, (for me in Canada atleast)

[@tomyyoung2624]

is yes flash!

[@skaneverdies]

I'm glad that you, and apparently others, are starting to be enthusiastic about the look of early, low-end digital. I took tens of thousands of photos as a teenager on 2-3 megapixel cameras and for years have been frustrated that they look the way they do. I guess enough time has passed now that there is finally a charm to it? Still wish I had just stuck with disposables, but oh well.

[@VulcanSpock]

I had the same unit. Felt like I owned something from Star Trek when I had that unit. I didn't have a camera phone then which was very expensive, so this camera SD card was cheaper in that sense to own together with the hp PDA. I remember using that hp PDA together with an IR keyboard in uni classroom as a sort of laptop replacement, as the Tablet PC of that time was prohibitively expensive. In the entire class, I was the only one typing notes on something while the rest were either dozing off or scribbling on notepads. What a trip down memory lane.

[@goeland4585]

"something from Star Trek" ... _looks at username_ _It checks out._

[@spyczech]

Back when using a laptop in class made you look cutting edge and professional instead of getting self conscious professors to throw a fit. I had one at UNC Asheville actually, real prick, didn't want anyone using a laptop in class at all and I led a successful passive rebellion

[@goeland4585]

@@spyczech even back then there were professors against it. Perhaps even more of them?

[@goeland4585]

@@spyczech Nowadays it's more the exception than the rule me thinks.

[@lrrowley]

I'm honestly shocked with how good some of those images looked for 2003!

[@eddiehimself]

Trust Clint to have a woodgrain mask lol. Love you, man

[@JMPDev]

19:51 Aww man, I know it’s not the focus of this video, but I love your Windows XP set of games there. Oblivion, Midtown Madness, Black & White, Half-Life 2, Age of Mythology, this is peak early 2000s gaming for me

[@AveragePootis]

I really love the images that thing produces

[@josedasilva8924]

Yeah, I was really expecting it to be blurry and washed out.

[@ihatecommunism9958]

They're not bad at all..I actually really like how they look, especially considering what is taking them.

[@USSMariner]

It's a very aesthetic look.

[@polaris911]

ya my digital camera in 2003 was 640 x 480

[@Erone]

I love obsolete low-res digital cameras from the 90s to the early 2000s. I was thinking of getting one but the prices are skyrocketing.

[@Lennji]

Honestly, that camera did a pretty good job for 2003, I'm very impressed.

[@goeland4585]

About digital zoom: I actually prefer this implementation, it's less of a lie this way. :) You can still upscale the image yourself for a better result.

[@widicamdotnet]

Exactly! Storing upscaled images just uses up more processing power and storage space for no gain in image quality.

[@izimsi]

Yep, even on modern phones - why store a few megabytes upscaled image, when it's real resolution is a few times lower.

[@ZX3000GT1]

@@izimsi Because higher number sells higher units. 48 MP sounds higher than 16 MP, so it's better, right? /s

[@eirinym]

The outdoor performance of that camera actually really surprised me. It's way better than I expected. Not that it's perfect, but for what it is and compared to other vintage digital cameras I've seen you cover, it really does perform decently.

[@EvertvanIngen]

Can you imagine how well the HP house branding holds out... it still uses the say margins, layouts and fonts Truly a masterpiece design

[@ScottPaynton]

Thanks for taking the time to put this together Clint! I just picked up a new in box iPaq h1945, which is the one I had in highschool. I also grabbed an H4100, complete in the box as well. I've been looking back at the various accessories that were released at the time and I've been having a blast looking back at everything I wish I could have had back then. This was a fantastic look at this wonderful bit of oddware!

[@Achoohorsey]

Chicken Alley! I saw that when I visited my aunt and uncle in Asheville. Beautiful town!

[@doubtful_seer]

I haven’t been to Asheville since I was too young to remember it. I’m on the otherwise of the state and I wish so much I had a way I could travel there. In healthier times, of course.

[@Channel84VarietyShow]

Three years and totally forgot I’d sent you this! Glad I’m going through your back catalogue of videos once again!

[@TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs]

I know it's not that special or PC hardware but the PSP had a camera upgrade you could buy. I had fond memories take dumb videos on it.

[@sirp0p0]

Yeah the PSP GO! Cam. I was so excited for it I ordered it from Amazon Japan so I could get it as soon as possible. Was pretty neat at the time but never worked great with my PSP 2000. Had trouble detecting the camera sometimes. Still have it in storage somewhere.

[@julien2983]

Oh I had one of those, I remember playing invizimals

[@EffendiChung]

Have one of those, the early one that comes in with a psp umd software. It makes the wacky pictures and edit it. But its in Japanese, so much of it is just trial and error on my part. Its 1,3 mpix of fun, through our family vacation.

[@TheCarDemotic]

Wait Iron watches LGR as well? That’s pretty neat

[@McAster99]

"I just like alleys". - LGR Well you'll never be Batman with that attitude, but you are still the tech hero pocket PCs deserves.

[@Mick_92]

"This camera really needs to be outside" Don''t we all, Clint?

[@esprit101]

Now I'm sad again :(

[@HeavyMetalClown056]

@@esprit101 Don't be. If nothing else you have better taste in youtube videos than most. That alone is worth being happy for! ;) Besides, being outdoors is overrated IMHO xD

[@WilliamAPBodie]

@@esprit101 Don't be sad. because sad backwards is das. und das ist nicht gut :_:

[@chillhour6155]

Remember to take you're vitamin D

[@amirpourghoureiyan1637]

@@WilliamAPBodie I'm using that next time I have to cheer someone up lol.

[@FerrowTheFox]

Oh, that's very cool! I had an iPAQ back in the day and would really have enjoyed a camera add-on. I have fond memories of that PDA. In a time when everyone was showing off their ipods, I had not only a pretty good music library, but select movies (in horrible quality) and comic books on that little thing and it was awesome. Let alone going online with it! A whole little PC for the pocket.

[@Gatorade69]

Same. I had a Dell Axiom. I loaded it with music so it was my mp3 player and then I also loaded it with a NES, SNES and Genesis emulator. Loved that thing.

[@NeoClip]

2:38 Villagers when they make a trade

[@i_haveth_no_lifeth2250]

lol it sounds exactly the same

[@MyHeadHz]

It *is* exactly the same 0_0

[@klg9549]

I thought you meant Animal Crossing villagers so I was confused for a second (I get it now) 😅

[@doubtful_seer]

@@klg9549 I thought animal crossing too, so I’m still confused. lol

[@klg9549]

@@doubtful_seer He meant a Minecraft villager, I think

[@baadkeming]

Gotta say that I love the way you edited the photo sequence throughout the city. Using the photo sound from the PDA was a nice touch!

[@Zucadragon]

"You're going to have to provide that light yourself" I just imagine you beaming light from your eyes now. Like superman, but less destructy.

[@tomyyoung2624]

Yes-do-yes!

[@darthsnarf]

thats one of the most "early-2000s" items i have ever seen

[@canbunyan]

Oh nice! The image quality is surprisingly nice. I remember being in third grade and wanting this peripheral even thought I didn’t a PDA

[@thatcriticvideo]

Super impressive camera and your framing is fantastic. Even the fairy door shots with the focus not really being what you wanted reminded me of some older French impressionist stuff, excellent composition. My inner film major was loving it

[@juanignacioaschura9437]

I remember The Science Elf covering both the iPaq and the camera add-on, great to see your take on this; ah the Wild West of Windows Mobile PDAs...

[@EnjoySynthSounds]

Even a video about a wee camera, you really show your preparation, knowledge and research. The one liners help too. Way to go!

[@Uncle-Jay]

I always loved these Pocket PCs. I remember when they were on their way out the door my senior year of school and I ended up getting a color Ipaq and a bunch of accessories and some software super cheap. It was awesome being able to play Sim City in class though, haha.

[@lindenhoch8396]

No matter the camera, I still find your area, and your choice of photo subjects, very interesting.

[@neillrogers3604]

I had one of these aged 15 when it was new. Along with my ipaq H2210 and HP fold out keyboard. Used for schoolwork, emulation and as a significantly better media option than any phone back in 03/04. These were great.

[@DisasterxUs]

As an Asheville native that wandered around a lot as a teen, it's fun trying to recognize where you are taking your pics.

[@Arti9m]

16:42 ofcourse you wear a woodgrain mask!

[@davelastname8074]

Clint building his dream home Contractor: what do you want in woodgrain? Clint: Yes

[@MrRonny6]

Everything else just woodn't be appropiate!

[@nirvana613]

Wow I did not expect that little thing taking such pictures,that actually looks decent.Another great video !

[@WilliamHaisch]

I misread that game at 20:00 as “Fat Guy” instead of “Far Cry”. Lol “You down for a couple rounds of Fat Guy in 720P?” “No thanks, I play Fat Guy every day in the mirror in hi-def.”

[@Ad3tr]

These photos are incredible for a device like this. I’m really impressed. It looks better than any camera I had when I was young.

[@RememberCitadel]

You thought this was a regular SD card, but it was I SDIO!

[@troll5271]

Jotaro didn't expect that coming.

[@CantankerousDave]

Boooooooo.

[@Fumango]

Boooo

[@Hayson898]

I laughed for too long at this. Thank you

[@donaldklopper]

I enjoyed the effort you made in getting and discussing different shots. Nice job!

[@gustavgurke9665]

As a video camera this would be perfect for recording ghosts or UFOs at that resolution.

[@SHADOW17018]

lmao

[@logickedmazimoon6001]

Its a law that ghosts can only be captured by cameras made 20 years ago

[@Redhotsmasher]

Or Bigfoot lol

[@CharlesNegroe]

I did not expect at all that quality of the images, such a pleasant surprise, also I'm really digging the photography itself, nice job Clint!

[@ianthefifth7790]

Friend in middle school: "Dude I got a video of the fight!" The video: 19:07

[@jaglumens8351]

Love the 'channel', best wishes and kind regards from far away Belgium to you, LGR and to all of the wonderfull people watching! May all your nostalgic wishes come true 😉

[@domlee5902]

It’s very strange how certain aspects of these pictures give them a “dated” feeling. Even though I know the pictures are contemporary, when I look at them I still immediately assume they’re from over a decade ago.

[@LarixusSnydes]

Great Street Art. Makes those drab alleys so much more lively. I especially liked the chickens with letters forming their B/W patterns.

[@stridermt2k]

I was a Palm user back in the day, but followed the various portable devices of the times. Ahh the SD Consortia just ain't knocking out the hardware love like they used to in those heady times...

[@mattBLACKpunk]

Good to see you've grown into a whole hand over the years!

[@itsmikoton]

@@mattBLACKpunk funny thing is he edited it yet didn't fix the error

[@onometre]

It's all about usbc weirdness now

[@whyzed250]

Oddware is my favourite segment so glad you found this. What a quirky little device.

[@sotkajarvi]

I used to work for HP's helpdesk and we supported the HP iPaq's, HP Jornadas etc. I remember this device well and we rarely had any calls about it, it just worked.

[@DimT670]

Yea seems like there are few points of failure

[@Gatorade69]

I know some people hate HP but the few HP products I have used and owned rarely ever had any problems. I have a HP printer right now that gives me trouble but I actually think it's just the crappy MacOS I'm running.

[@sotkajarvi]

@@Gatorade69 I think it's with all the major brands. If someone has a bad experience with a product, no matter if it's user error or an issue with the product, they will obviously have a problem with the brand. Then again, we have the people jumping the band wagon. I've done HP Printer helpdesk as well...lol I have a HP Officejet printer and it works really well with Linux. What it the issue with your printer, I'll see if I can help or at least point you in the right direction? Which printer is it and which version of MacOS do you use?

[@horatimetalero]

The photos actually looks really good. Nice video, as always!!!!

[@jeremyzeimet3631]

ipaq takes me back. The thing had a good DAC and would drive a big set of cans no problem

[@russianbot8576]

the real deal things that matter in a portable media device

[@MihaiPruna]

I really wanted one around 2003

[@RetroPlus]

I love the pictures you took with this, your area is quite beautiful

[@horacegentleman3296]

I wanted one of these back in the day.

[@bearbearingston7696]

You are actually an outstanding consumer-level camera reviewer man, quick but detailed on image quality and technical specs while still focusing on artistic use. Not half bad at all for an early digital 1.3mp camera, in good light and printed in book illustration size it can very well pass the test.

[@bfums]

Love seeing Flat Out 2 on your desktop. That game doesn’t get enough love

[@nimdowo]

i am in love with the fotos that lil thing produces, it has such an unique aesthetic

[@plutoniumshore]

18:22 - STOP TEASING US! Dedicated Synth Episode PLEEEASE!

[@tommytomthms5]

or not, I'm already jelly as fuck. thats easily new car money. 30-50 grand for a setup like that. dude is (or was) low-key loaded... guess not so low-key anymore.

[@uNpOpuLArOpInION69]

@@tommytomthms5 I think your estimate is a bit over the top, I think the grand total of this should be under 30 grand. But yes, it is indeed expensive.

[@tommytomthms5]

@@uNpOpuLArOpInION69 I suppose your right. I just get stickershock looking at pretty much anything over a thousand usd. That is my hobby limit per item.

[@eternalvoid2678]

@@tommytomthms5 well, each module is under 1k, haha. A typical 6u eurorack case costs about 4k including the modules. So it's expensive, but not that expensive.

[@transfo47]

Yeah, WTH? That's a serious setup.

[@noguarnateesbassist]

That synth setup is absolutely stunning! I want to see more of it!

[@LifeOutward]

I feel like this was big in the intelligence/espionage world in the early 2000s. I can see the practical applications for that sort of thing and this device.

[@smeliscave]

I love the pictures it makes ngl! The filter is kinda vintage and quite sharp and crispy for a camera of that era!

[@thebottlecaps5155]

0:00 how does he not flinch when that computer spins right infront of his face. I'd be duckin or somethin.

[@erkman4900]

lmmaaoo

[@thisprojectisretired1164]

@Subaru Impreza mate, really?

[@2Hard2Core]

Hilarious!

[@orangedragon1029]

"HoW iS iT fLoAtInG?????" It isnt floating its 3d renderd

[@krognak]

If you look carefully, it's actually not real. I know this because I can tell from some of the pixels, and seeing quite a few of these in my time

[@stephenharris5532]

To record audio with still images, like for notes, is a GREAT idea. As an avid recreational photographer I would use that feature all the time. As always, great video Clint!

[@evensgrey]

This was obsolete when it hit the market. In 2003 I bought a 3 MP stand-alone digital camera that was small enough to fir in an Altoids box. (I'm not kidding, ti really was that small.) It had 3x optical zoom, manual focus option, 10x total zoom, and all the other good stuff.

[@meowmix6782]

I really really appreciate you uploading the photos taken

[@sawanyo]

Finally found the camera people take videos of UFOs with.

[@PONCHISP]

I remember I wanted one of those with my HP PocketPc back in Middle School ...loved the review as always!

[@jdatlas4668]

Ooh, an SDIO thing! Fascinating, though I still wonder whether that every caught on in any significant way.

[@logitok3557]

The internal Wifi Card of my old Acer Iconia W3-810 Windows 8 Tablet is actually connected by SDIO. It's also showing up in the Task-Maganger as a "SDIO Wireless Adapter"

[@mateuszzimon8216]

IRC SDIO is still in Blackmagic cameras, for Wi-Fi transfer

[@BenHeckHacks]

Is this really any different than SPI? SD card is Secure Digital, but in SPI SD is Serial Data.

[@spokehedz]

I find it amazing that there are still videos being uploaded to the Internet that are just about as good as that camera from 2003

[@NopWorks]

eBay -Price Hikers- Sellers: Here we go again

[@BackTheNerd]

Yep, I'd say Windows PDAs will probably see a new price hike for the time being (though Clint himself definitely did a good job reviewing it).

[@gmcnewlook]

@@BackTheNerd Colin from this does not compute did a video on Newton’s recently wonder if the prices went stupid....

[@drewzero1]

@@gmcnewlook As long as I’ve been checking, Newton prices have always been stupid.

[@VazDraeStudios]

I had a Palm Zire 71 PDA with good old PalmOS. It was also from 2003, but it also had a built-in camera. It never produced very good images, but i loved it. I almost got a SD Wi-Fi card, as the Zire 71 did not have wireless built-in. Ahhh good memories.

[@Lethaltail]

“Camera is not connected or reset your Pocket PC.” What kind of dialog is that, HP?!

[@Chaos89P]

I'm certain you know what it's supposed to mean, but just in case you don't, it means that either the camera isn't connected or something screwed up and the PDA needs to be reset. But, yeah, it doesn't make a lick of sense at first glance.

[@ZX3000GT1]

@@Chaos89P It's still a horrid sentence to say that though. "Camera is not connected or Pocket PC couldn't detect camera. Try resetting your Pocket PC" sounds much better than the original nonsense sentence.

[@birdy369]

cam no connect reset

[@not_jon_vendi]

What a cute town! The street art is so cool and the little mouse houses!! Love it

[@davidalbert407]

The fastest I've been to an LGR thing!

[@DjAle1]

Same

[@tylerkmoore159]

Same

[@EddieBurke]

smooth brain moment

[@SupaPhly0]

if you're a patreon supporter you get to watch these vids up to a week early

[@tylerkmoore159]

@@SupaPhly0 lovely photo my dude

[@nukedoom]

For what it is, the photos are really impressive. I remember when I bought my first palm. The SD card wi-fi was top notch tech hahaha

[@seriouslycoolful]

considering it's age and the fact that it is a PDA expansion, it actually takes not bad photos

[@tylerrehkopf]

15:03 I actually really like how this picture turned out. Looks like a spot light on the one building but you can still make out what's in a lot of the background.

[@andrewc14]

18:57 and if you freeze frame here at Frame 32, you will see a shadowed figure behind the grassy knoll.

[@noideac]

I didn't expect to absolutely love the photos this thing took. It wouldn't be good for taking normal photos but everything you took here looks straight out of album art from an early 2000s demo tape

[@moralapostel]

27:38 It said "out of memory", not "out of storage". The app ran out of RAM for the conversion/rotation of the raw image.

[@notreallyasloth]

Damn the flatiron picture is freaking BEAUTIFUL

[@otaking3582]

And yet Nintendo didn't want to make a GBA version of the Gameboy Camera?!

[@zennycool]

bro those images has this super cool digital vibe to it that looks very unique, could imagine it being used to make actual art

[@EssenceofPureFlavor]

"Look at this daggum car" should be on a Tshirt.

[@DragRedSim]

Finally, an Oddware episode that is on something I have a little knowledge of! My dad had (has?) one of those, iPaq and all. I assume it was useful for him in his engineering role, analysing and documenting system installs. Could keep the documentation on the Pocket PC, compare visually, and document the items that were out of spec.

[@black_platypus]

03:25 "Leatherette" sounds like: 1. _noun_ An apprentice or understudy to a dominatrix [¹]

[@andreiuul1]

the well lit photos look amazing and for something ~20 years old man, so many moments could have been saved if i had such a thing at that point in time