Video Journal

by Radica

Product Features

• Girls can keep a private, interactive video journal
• Download photos and live videos right into journal entries
• Variety of templates and calendar make journaling exciting and fun
• All pages can be formatted and printed to compose physical diary
• Recommended for ages between 8 -12 years

Product Details

• Item Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000NX0V3A
• Item model number: L7280
• Manufacturer recommended age: 8 - 12 years
• Batteries: 2 AAA batteries required.
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #79,160 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Girls, it is time to throw away that old spiral-bound notebook and start keeping an interactive journal! Better than the boring diaries of the past, the Radica Video Journal allows girls from ages 8 and up to download photos and live videos into their journal entries.

Create a Unique Digital Keepsake
The Radica Video Journal allows you to create and customize your journal entries using the software program and digital camera. Use the creative templates to express yourself with beautiful poetry and prose and take photos or videos with the digital camera. The Video Journal even has a calendar to keep you organized because everyone sometimes forgets important dates and holidays.

The Video Journal helps teach the basics of digital technology and photography.

Download photos and videos directly into journal entries. View larger.

Have fun updating the daily calendar with pictures and video taken on that day. Best of all, the Video Journal is snoop proof, just use the hide button for extra privacy from your siblings or friends. The Video Journal comes with everything you need to get started, including software, USB, camera, docking station, and lanyard.

An Important Learning Tool
The Video Journal fosters a girl's creative side while teaching the basics of digital technology and photography. Specifically designed for young girls, Video Journal encourages communication yet maintains privacy. The draw function allows unlimited creativity as girls draw pictures into their journal and the hide button makes sure their private thoughts are kept secure. The Video Journal's scrapbook functionality helps design beautiful pages that can be looked back on years later. Moreover, all of the pages can be formatted and printed out to compose a physical diary.

What's in the Box
Video journal software, USB, camera, docking station, and lanyard.

Product Description

Girls, put down your old diary and start keeping an interactive journal. Create and customize your journal entries with great features like a digital camera, a daily calendar, a drawing tool and creative templates. Capture pictures and videos with the digital camera to add more about your life to your journal, use the creative templates to express yourself through poetry and prose, and protect your privacy with the hide button. The possibilities are endless, so let your imagination run wild. Requires one "AAA" battery, not included. Measures 3.75" x 2.25".

Features:

• Customize your own pages
• Take photos with the included digital camera
• Print and format pages to fit into a password journal
• Includes a cool scrapbook function
• Hide button provides super secret privacy
• Draw function inspires creativity
• Includes software, USB cable, camera docking station and lanyard

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

36 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Product!, September 19, 2007

By 

BillJ (MA) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Video Journal (Toy)

What a great idea! My daughter loves the ability to combine her photos and videos with great stories that she writes. You should see what she did with our vacation to Cape Cod! You don't have to be artistic to make a beautiful looking journal. Great activity for doing with her friends, too. How can you go wrong at under $30, the camera is worth more than that, alone.

35 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Computer Diary, August 28, 2007

By 

BOB IN RI - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Video Journal (Toy)

My daughter loved writing in her old diary. This item brings the diary into the modern age. Now she has a multimedia diary with text, pictures, videos and themed backgrounds on the pages. She loves using it.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great idea but the software is horrible., December 27, 2008

By 

Reginald Roberts (Raleigh, NC) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Video Journal (Toy)

The is a classic example of a great idea with horrible implementation. The software for this product is awful. It does not even work unless you use
an account on your Windows computer with Administrator privileges. Of course, I don't want my daughter using such an account on our computer.
Secondly, the software itself has many issues. It often cannot find the camera even though it is connected. I have to reconnect it. Certain buttons
and prompts that the manual says should appear, do not appear. Examples of these are the "save" button for loading the pictures from the camera and the password prompt for returning from "Hide" mode.

This product has, however, inspired me to find higher quality products like it.