Macally Portable Goose Neck USB Video Web Cam - ICECAM
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Manufacturer: MacallyAudio: English (Original Language)
Format: CD
Platform: Mac
Model: ICECAM
Product features:
- Works with Yahoo! Messenger and iChatAV
- Perfect for internet Video & Image Capture
- Interface: USB 1.1
- Flexible cable design for easy height and angle positioning
- Compatible with Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP; Any Macintosh desktop or powerbook computer with an built-in USB port
- AmazonBasics USB 2.0 A-Male to A-Female Extension Cable (3.3 Feet/1.0 Meter)
- AmazonBasics USB 2.0 A-Male to B-Male Cable (6 Feet / 1.8 Meters)
- AmazonBasics Ultra-High-Speed HDMI Cable Braided (9.8 Feet/3.0 Meters)
- AmazonBasics High-Speed HDMI Braided Cable (6.5 Feet/2.0 Meters)
- AmazonBasics High-Speed HDMI Cable (9.8 Feet/3.0 Meters) [Supports 3D + Audio Return Channel]
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Customer Review: Buying the MacAlly IceCam eventually got me a WIFE!
Summary: 5 Stars
Albeit indirectly, the above subject is true. The year was 2007, during the spring time. I bought this two weeks after officially beginning a relationship with my then-girlfriend-now-wife. She would leave the country for ten months (we thought it would be more) about a month after I bought this. Point is, I needed a cost-effective way to keep in touch with her. It definitely beat having to buy phone cards everyday!
You NEED the MacAlly IceCam if, like me in 2007, you own a last-generation iBook G4 and refuse to give it up because "it still works fine". All you really need is something to engage in webcam chats on iChat, Skype, Yahoo Messenger, AIM, etc. Read my thoughts below (all beginning with the letter "R"), but have your wallet handy because you're going to purchase this for sure.
1. RESOLUTION. You're not going to get the same resolution as you would with a built-in webcam (like the standard ones on Macs now). And depending on Internet connection (you and the person you're talking to), the resolution suffers or improves. But that should be common sense. Just be happy you'll be video-chatting in no time!
2. RECOGNITION QUIRKS. At times, iChat (or another messaging application) won't recognize the IceCam initially. Simple: quit out of iChat, remove the IceCam from the USB port, plug it back in, and re-open iChat. This is a minor inconvenience.
3. RANDOM FREEZES. Again, depending on Internet connection, sometimes your video chats will freeze up on you. Follow the same steps in #2 to remedy this.
4. RELAX. You're free to move your IceCam goose neck during live video chats. That's the cool thing about this gadget! However, fidgeting with the goose neck excessively, especially during a live chat, can cause the camera to freeze. Again, not to say you can't move the goose neck during chats. If you need to, do it gently and sparingly. Relax and enjoy your video chat!
BOTTOM LINE: MacAlly's IceCam is THE SUPERLATIVE of external webcams for the iBook G4 (last generation). Maybe even for other laptops sans webcam. You need this, especially if you want to get yourself a wife! (OK, only everything up until the previous sentence.) Comments encouraged.
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