Video Journal | 
| Brand: Radica
List Price: $34.99
Buy New: $16.95
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Seller: Josh Book's Books
Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 4775
Batteries: 2
Batteries Included: No
Age: 8 - 12 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 10.1 x 20
MPN: L7280
Model: L7280
UPC: 027084617955
EAN: 0027084524741
ASIN: B000NX0V3A
Release Date: July 7, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Girls can keep a private, interactive video journal | | • | Download photos and live videos right into journal entries | | • | Variety of templates and calendar make journaling exciting and fun | | • | All pages can be formatted and printed to compose physical diary | | • | Recommended for ages between 8 -12 years |
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Amazon.com Product Description
Girls, it is time to throw away that old spiral-bound notebook and start keeping an interactive journal! Better than the boring diaries of the past, the Radica Video Journal allows girls from ages 8 and up to download photos and live videos into their journal entries. Create a Unique Digital Keepsake
The Radica Video Journal allows you to create and customize your journal entries using the software program and digital camera. Use the creative templates to express yourself with beautiful poetry and prose and take photos or videos with the digital camera. The Video Journal even has a calendar to keep you organized because everyone sometimes forgets important dates and holidays. 
The Video Journal helps teach the basics of digital technology and photography. | 
Download photos and videos directly into journal entries. View larger. | Have fun updating the daily calendar with pictures and video taken on that day. Best of all, the Video Journal is snoop proof, just use the hide button for extra privacy from your siblings or friends. The Video Journal comes with everything you need to get started, including software, USB, camera, docking station, and lanyard. An Important Learning Tool
The Video Journal fosters a girl's creative side while teaching the basics of digital technology and photography. Specifically designed for young girls, Video Journal encourages communication yet maintains privacy. The draw function allows unlimited creativity as girls draw pictures into their journal and the hide button makes sure their private thoughts are kept secure. The Video Journal's scrapbook functionality helps design beautiful pages that can be looked back on years later. Moreover, all of the pages can be formatted and printed out to compose a physical diary. What's in the Box
Video journal software, USB, camera, docking station, and lanyard.
Product Description
Girls, put down your old diary and start keeping an interactive journal. Create and customize your journal entries with great features like a digital camera, a daily calendar, a drawing tool and creative templates. Capture pictures and videos with the digital camera to add more about your life to your journal, use the creative templates to express yourself through poetry and prose, and protect your privacy with the hide button. The possibilities are endless, so let your imagination run wild. Requires one "AAA" battery, not included. Measures 3.75" x 2.25".Features: - Customize your own pages
- Take photos with the included digital camera
- Print and format pages to fit into a password journal
- Includes a cool scrapbook function
- Hide button provides super secret privacy
- Draw function inspires creativity
- Includes software, USB cable, camera docking station and lanyard
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 21
 If I can give no zero star, this will get it! Buy a real digital camera January 4, 2010
A. Juntunen
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have never felt strongly negative about a product since this purchase. Software is simple, but poorly designed and has ho-hum features for a "toy gadget" and different from what was described, takes poor pictures, and the video is shockingly unusable. False advertising is what I can say. The description says it takes videos and digital pictures, yes, if it works. You can't even tell if this takes colored or black and white as it is that bad!!! The video can't even be downloaded on the software...many hassles. It doesn't help that I ordered two, and returned the other one because of how it was "not as described". Sadly, I mistakenly returned the cheaper purchased price, and kept the item with higher invoice...now I can really say I felt "robbed"...
 Lots of fun for an 8 yr old December 26, 2009
Angela (CA, USA)
I bought this for my 8 yr. old for Christmas and since she's gotten it, she hasn't been able to put it down. The camera is made out of plastic and feels very lightweight. It probably won't be able to withstand alot of banging or slamming but if handled properly, it'll work just fine. It has no playback so you can't see the image after you've taken it. My 8 yr old didn't seem to care about that feature. It is basically just a simple point and shoot camera with no other features. For $10, I'm just fine with it since even one-time use cameras cost just as much and they're just as basic.
What I do wish this camera has is a flash. It does not come with one but I was surprised that some pictures actually came out ok despite the lack of lighting indoors. The picture quality is, as I had expected, low quality BUT it is just enough for an 8 yr. old who is so excited to be able to take her own pictures with her own camera. Again, for the $10 I paid, it is well worth it. Remember also that younger kids will take blurrier pictures due to unsteady hands so it's not always the camera's fault. :) I also snapped some outdoor pics and they came out very well. (I will upload a couple of indoor shots to this product page as examples of camera quality.) As for capacity, it takes a total of 26 photos before it is full.
Unlike other users, I had no problems whatsoever with the software. I recommend installing the software before you actually hook the camera up to your computer and after I did that, everything went smoothly. It recognized the camera with ease and downloaded all the images without a problem. You have to retrieve the photos through the journal software because it allows them to be dragged and dropped straight into the journal layout. The journal software is ok. It has border designs, stamps/stickers, text tool and a drawing/painting tool. I would have liked to see more choices for their borders and stamps/stickers but my 8 yr old is happy with what they have. Aside from the journal section, there is also a calendar, "Fun Stuff" section for poetry writing, video library and making simple friendship, birthday and thinking of you cards.
All in all, I think this product met my expectations and probably exceeded my 8 yr old's expectations. It is her favorite toy at the moment.
"Video Journal" Not Girl Tech Video Journal...for boys...NOT December 20, 2009
T. L. Townsend (Bootheel, NM)
I purchased this item for grandkids...no problem for the teen girls with the Girl Tech Video Journal.
BUT, the ones I bought for the boys was just labeled Video Journal and what they got was Girl Tech. What is up with that. You know the boys would love to use it and make picture on the computer to share or not share, but will they use it if it is labeled Girl Tech Video Journal? NOT. Totally not described properly. Not what do we do. A very unhappy grandmother of 11 kids.
 Very Fun March 21, 2009
J. Potrykus
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this for my niece for her 9th birthday because hse has been wanting one. She really enjoys it. She really likes that she can take pictures and add them to her journal online. If you have a daughter that likes to keep a journal this would be a great product for her, because the fun thing is they can not only write about there day but also put a picture in there journal about there day.
 video journal February 16, 2009
Paul Caporale (CHICAGO,IL USA)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
this video journal so far works still unless my cousin broke it already but her and her friends had alot of fun making there own videos and stuff
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