Barbie Photo Designer Digital Camera & CD-ROM

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Excellent camera   January 18, 2002
 11 out of 11 found this review helpful

This is the best toy my 4 year old daughter received for Christmas. It is wonderful for her age. The software program lets her delete, edit and print the pictures she has taken. It is really a great value for the price. We were going to get her a little more expensive digital camera but she really wanted a Barbie one so this was perfect. The pictures aren't the clearest and don't print out with the best quality but she loves it and I don't have to pay a fortune for film and developing. She also gets instant gratification being able to see the pictures on the computer right away.


Our first Digital Camera   December 19, 2001
 3 out of 3 found this review helpful

We were given this camera for free with our new computer. It is the first experience we've had with a digital camera. The pictures are a little blurry and grainy, but, what did we expect for free? We had no trouble with the uploads at all. The camera was up and running in a matter of seconds. I particularly like the export feature, which allows you to put your pictures into e-mail and other projects. It is, I believe, a very good camera for a young girl to learn multimedia savvy.
Editing is easy. It is a lot of fun.


Waste of money   December 8, 2001
 4 out of 5 found this review helpful

This camera was a big waste of money. Like the test families and one other reviewer, we were never able to view pictures on our 6 month old Dell computer. The camera now sits in a toybox and is used infrequently as a "pretend" camera. I suggest buying your child a refurbished or used digital camera instead of wasting your money on the barbie version.


Pictures would not upload to my PC   December 7, 2001
 3 out of 3 found this review helpful

I may have another evaluation if I could see at least on picture. I installed everything as directed in the manual. Unfortunately the pictures would not upload to the PC. Then I went to the user manual and it told me to redirect my COM port settings for this (...) camera. I tried for hours for the sake of my daughter. Then I called technical support and was unable to reach them. Yikes.

I'm returning the camera.