Performing a HotSync of the images to my laptop worked flawlessly, and the bundled MediaCenter photo editing software is decent. However, if you have any other photo editing software, the packaged MediaCenter is redundant.

Battery drain
Besides the poor image quality, there is one other area you might want to be aware of if you use the eyemodule a lot; it eats batteries. You'll go through them so fast, you'd better buy stock in a battery company. When the Visor is off and the eyemodule is installed, it has no effect on your batteries. However, if you have both the Visor and the eyemodule camera program on, you'd better beware. This can drain your Energizers in a flash. During my testing, I noticed that I went through twice as many batteries as I did before I started using the eyemodule.

Conclusion
I really wanted to like this product, but I was reminded of the old saying, "It's not amazing how poorly the pig sings, but that it sings at all." This sums up my feelings about the eyemodule. I'm not totally down on the eyemodule, however. I love the idea, and I even like the product. I'm just not sure it's ready for prime time yet. I'm giving it the benefit of the doubt as it's a first release and doubtless will get better in future versions. For now, however, if you want the latest and greatest in cool geek toys, save that $150 towards a real digital camera.

Craig Bobchin is a consultant who has been using Palm devices since 1996. He is the author of over 150 articles on all facets of computing. Craig can be reached at Cbobchin@csi.com.