Coby 1.5-Inch Digital Photo Keychain (White)

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3 x 2 x 3 inches ; 12.5 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000R9BMVU
• Item model number: DP-151
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (476 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 30, 2008

Product Description

Product Description
PRODUCT FEATURES:1.5" CSTN LCD full-color displayDisplays JPEG, GIF, and BMP image filesStores over 60 photosIntegrated rechargeable lithium-ion batteryUSB port for fast file transfers

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

213 of 219 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice Photo Viewer, September 27, 2007

By	S. Lee (Tiverton, RI USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I just received this LCD Photo Chain from Electronic Express and I was able to install the software and quickly update a handful of pictures in less then 15 minutes. The Picture Viewer program was fairly easy to use. Just pick a bunch of pictures on your drives, add them to your collection and then upload the collection to the key chain. Adding more pictures to collection later on was no problem. There is a counter on the program that will only allow you to store 62 pictures max.
As far as picture quality goes for the tiny LCD screen, I have to say that I am fairly impressed. It was relatively bright and colors were vibrant! The 128x128 pixel resolution was sufficient for viewing and it didn't seem that grainy as compared to other LCD keychains. The best comparison of the picture quality would be to a cell phone screen with 1 megapixel images.
The make of the LCD viewer is sufficient for me but I am not sure how well it would survive key scratches and ocassional drops to the ground since the plastic feels little cheap. The buttons to power on, slideshow mode and forward & backward were intuitive.
All in all, this makes a great gift for someone who loves gadgets and is somewhat tech savvy if they are going to upload images themselves. You definitely need a connection to a computer in order to charge its internal battery. I've enjoyed showing this to the guys at the office and its a sure winner as a stocking stuffer for Christmas.

98 of 98 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Installed and running on Windows XP, December 9, 2007

By	Ed "Ed" (NJ) - See all my reviews

I purchased the Coby DP-151 PhotoViewer, even though I read the reviews claiming the software didn't run on Windows XP, because I found the other reviews quite favorable, and I could always install the software on my wife's Mac.
However, after experimenting on my XP laptop, I found the instructions were missing a few steps. Here's what I did to get the software working:

1. Plug the PhotoViewer into a USB port to fully charge the battery.
2. Install the software from the CD.
3. When the PhotoViewer is fully charged, disconnect it from the USB port
4. Re-start the computer.
5. Plug the PhotoView into a USB port. The screen on the PhotoViewer prompts for either USB charge or USB update. Select USB update.
6. Run the program installed in step 2. It should now work.

I found it fairly easy to select, size and download photos to the PhotoViewer, and am quite impressed with the quality of the display for such a reasonably priced item.

I hope this information is helpful for other XP owners.

116 of 119 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It won't work at first, but KEEP TRYING, December 13, 2007

By	Deanna Roy "Writer and Photographer" (Texas) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Lots of people will tell you this won't work on XP or Vista or other operating systems. I had so much trouble at first I was going to send it back. I even called tech support and the operator said, "I'm probably not supposed to say this but these are not very working very well."

BUT, I kept trying, and lo and behold--it DID work! First load the software. Then plug it in and select "USB upload." You have to literally keep plugging and unplugging the device until you get that little miracle beep that signifies that your computer found new hardware. Until you hear that, keep plugging and unplugging! The software will NOT work unless it is plugged in and found. But load it anyway, and wait for the lovely beep.

After that it works very easily. And it's beautiful!