You can accomplish so many things with Intel's camera and software that I'll just briefly touch on each of them. Self Portrait. After installing software and sticking your camera atop your monitor you are obliged to take a self-portrait. Moving right along you'll want to try making a movie. A classic home movie. The problem here is that after about five seconds of video your file size becomes too large to email. If you have a CD recorder you can always snail mail your all-star production via disk. Refresh your Web image every few seconds. Climbing the ladder of difficultly you are now ready to put your image on the Web itself. This way your spouse can check to be sure you really are at your desk. I suggest rigging up some kind of video loop so you can go golfing and still appear to be hard at work. Although Intel provides you with the ability to make puzzle postcards and other graphic novelties the real pièce de résistance, the technology we've all been waiting for since the 1964 New York World's Fair, is the video phone call. This is a real hoot if you can get it working properly. It seems to require a great deal of compatibility between the two conversationalists. Not Exactly The Jetsons Using Windows XP and an upgraded version of Intel's Create and Share software I attempted to call brother Tad who was using Windows 98 and a somewhat earlier version of the same software. I could see him but he couldn't see me. But if you've got the video cameras you don't have to use Intel's video phone software. We tried Microsoft's NetMeeting next but again the video was only one way. Lastly, we tried Yahoo!'s Messenger and successfully made visual contact. Although you may use a microphone and speakers to converse, we found the telephone a clearer connection and let the cost be damned. Return to index of reviewed products.