A small yellow light indicates when it is plugged in via USB and powered.
The webcam is shaped like a half-egg type object, with the lens sat in the centre of the oval surrounded by a focus ring. In typical Creative fashion it puts a Creative Cam Detector in your system start tray in case your PC is starting too fast. You only need to install the drivers to get the cam working in Windows XP – MacOS isn’t supported. The CD provided includes both drivers and software. The actual resolution is 320 x 240 for video, and indeed this can be forced to 640 x 480 as well. The resolution of the CCD is only 352 x 288, but Creative claims that it can take still at 640 x 480, though to be fair it does state on the box that this is through software interpolation. The Creative WebCam Instant Skype Edition, to give it its full title, does in fact work with all other messaging services from MSN, AIM and Yahoo but it’s a Skype Certified badge that adorns the box.
It’s a clever move therefore for Creative to associate its latest cheap and cheerful webcam with the ubiquitous VOiP service. Skype is one of the hot buzz words on the Internet right now, right up there with Britney Spears and iPod.
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