Kodak PalmPix camera for Palm m500 series handhelds

by Kodak

Product Details

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• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00005O0KY
• Item model number: PALMPIXM500
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1973

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Turn your Palm m500 series handheld into a color digital camera with Kodak's PalmPix module. This PalmPix works with m500 or m505 handhelds to frame and capture images. You can then transfer images to your PC using the HotSync cradle or beam pictures to another Palm OS handheld user via your Palm's infrared port.

This PalmPix module features up to SVGA 800-by-600-pixel resolution for clear, crisp images. The three-position lens lets you take pictures from 2 feet to infinity, with a macro setting at 4 inches.

It's easy to upload your pictures to your desktop via your HotSync cradle for editing, e-mail, or printing. Store hundreds of additional images using removable memory and your Palm's Secure Digital and MultiMediaCard expansion slot.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good basic camera that needs to get back to basics, October 9, 2001

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Druce MacFarlane (Half Moon Bay, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kodak PalmPix camera for Palm m500 series handhelds (Office Product)

First of all, let me start by saying that I really like the Palm Pix idea, and I have seen, used, and liked the Palm Pix cameras used on the M100 and the Palm III.

I will start off with the good. Kudos to Kodak for really trying to integrate the Palm Pix into the M50X platform. It fits nicely, and folds up to take so little room that I often forgot that it was in my pocket when it wasn't attached to my M505. When attached, it attaches quickly, easily and tightly to the chassis. Images can also be stored on a SD/MMC card, which was a nice addition for the M50X series.

As far as picture quality, when the pitures turn out well, they are exceptionally good, better than you would think you would get out of a Palm-based camera.

Now for the bad. They should have kept it simple. In order to try and make it a little more sophisticated, they added the ability to adjust the focus so that you could take detailed close-up pictures of business cards all the way up to an infinity setting. The problem is that the Palm screen does not have the granularity to show whether or not you have something in focus, making each picture a hit or miss prospect. This makes the product as technologically advanced as my forty year old box camera. With everything else that Kodak got right, they should have left it with the fixed-focus lens that the other models have, which is truely heartbreaking.

It is a good camera, and, if you just leave the focus alone when you get it to where you like it, it will work just fine.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Handy Little Contraption to Have!, November 28, 2001

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"mindydav" (Chardon, OH United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kodak PalmPix camera for Palm m500 series handhelds (Office Product)

I use mine with my Palm M505 (color version) and it is a very useful little tool. Because of it's compact size, I carry it with me in my purse always, and since I go nowhere without my Palm, I always have a camera! During a recent remodeling project at home, my husband and I went on many "exploring" trips to see if we could find just what we wanted for this or that....with the camera, I took pictures rather than just taking notes on where we found something - it was very helpful. Plus the ease of downloading during a sync operation can't be beat!

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Pray you get a good one, January 8, 2002

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"markkar" (Newington, CT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kodak PalmPix camera for Palm m500 series handhelds (Office Product)

This may be a good product, I wouldn't know. I think I got a defective one (I hope it's defective), but I am returning it, not exchanging. Kodak's tech support is definetly sub-par. I was having trouble with my Palm Pix, so I called Kodak, and after one and a half hour of hold time, I got a live person and got hung up on. I am not about to call back, or take the chance of getting another bad one. I have read about similar experiences on other sites,I have also heard positive ones. I guess if your lucky to get one that works it's great, if not, the experience of trying to get support from kodak will definetly make you think about getting a seperate digital camera from another company.