Polaroid i-Zone Pocket Instant Camera (Silver Edition) (Discontinued by Manufacturer)

I've been told by others who've used it for the purpose, overseas, that the little photos produced by these cameras are a wonderful and much-appreciated gift that produces a LOT of excitement in the kids in India and elsewhere who are in so much need that they're begging from tourists, but who are often being abused and exploited in order to make money for others. This is a gift for THEM; sometimes they'll have no other photo of themselves other than what you just took for them to keep for themselves or give to someone who cares about them. What a great idea ... I'm buying one for my upcoming trip. Something of lasting value; better than candy or money.

Obviously, this camera looks cool. It's simple to use and very straight forward when it comes to taking pictures. The problem is: they never come out looking very good. Mistakes are costly too as the film comes in packs of six! The pictures are awkward in size and Polaroid recommends that you don't trim them due to the presence of CAUSTIC glue. I like Polaroid's new approach, this could have been a very cool device but instead I think I'll stick to more conventional cameras.

WOW. Forget those chunky 3 x 3 instant Polaroids - this one beats them all by a mile: hands down. Curvacious, sleek, yet durable, it has all the looks a person can want. Visually, the I-Zone's top portion (looking at it from top down) leaves a bit to be desired because it looks a bit "cheap" but heck, for [the price] who has the right to complain? Personally, I think the chrome silver finish looks great. Much better than the kiddy red, lime green, and what not that's available in other stores.As for the quality, it can go both ways here but for the most part, its pretty nice. The stickers that are produced are a bit on the small size and can be placed just about anywhere... the film isn't too sticky so you can just tear it off without the risk of any of that sticky gunk being leftover on the surface of whatever you pasted it onto. Sticks great to notebook paper and envelopes.The only REAL nagging problem that I could unearth is the fact that, like others have said, the FLASH button is a bit on the loose side and turns out draining all your battery. There's a simple workaround which is to remove the battery and keep it in your pocket. When you want to use the flash again, just pop the battery back in. This reduces the risk of unnecessary battery drainage.What can I say? This camera has the quality, the looks, and quite bluntly - the I-zone delivers. Highly recommended.

It may have been the film that I purchased with this that didn't work but that pictures never came out right. I wish I would've just purchased a regular polaroid instant camera.

Not even sure camera works because I'm unable to find any unexpired film to use. So, I wouldn't recommend purchasing one unless film becomes available at some future date.

I'd give the Izone camera 5 stars if it weren't for the fact that the flash button is very loose and turns on in my bag all the time, thus, draining out the batteries. Polaroid needs to redevelop the Flash button to stop doing that. Other than that, the camera is really cute! It is a serious conversation piece in any social situation. If you want to meet people and are shy, go out with a Lime Green Izone! People will flock to you like you wouldn't believe. But that's not why I bring my Izone out with me. I love the pictures it takes! Try and aim really close to your subject and you won't go wrong. The pics develop fast, and the border on the sticky film is all different colors! Be creative! Stick the pics around the house, on your computer, on your letters to friends, on notebooks, etc. All my friends have an Izone!

My biggest disappintment with this camera is the size of the pictures. They are unbearably small. Litteraly a size of a poststamp.The quality of the picture is avearge, and the camera has this annoying feature, where it turns off after every picture.

Oh, man this camera is fun! Its great to buy loads of film (yes I know, 'tis very expensive) but you get tons of cool pictures to stick wherever, and just take the camera 2 school and snap pictures, its really fun. A couple very important things to know before ya use it: Its not a pocket camera, dont try to fit it in there- it wont work! Be careful what you haul it around in, the button could go off if ya bang it around. Always follow the instructions of the button where you flip the turny thing a ma jig to the atmosphere your taking the picture in example:(if your taking a pic indoors flip it to the indoors symbol, ect) always flip the thing to OFF when your done or it wastes a lotta batteries, believe me, I know! Dont take a picture from 10 feet away and expect it to turn out b cuz all youll get is a picture of a dark dark room... and never open up the bottom where you insert film if there is already film inside because that accidentally happened and it wasted quite a lotta pics cuz it wasnt shut securely. If ya pay attention to all that the youll be in the zone in no time!Oh---One more thing! This is sooooooo cool! take a picture of ur friend leaning one way, keep the camera still and dont move it after u have taken the pic, leave the picture in the camera then have ur friend lean the other way and take a picture on the same photo...do this quickly..then you can pull it on out and see your twin or your ghost, whichever u prefer, It took me a while to get it right, but Ive got a picture where it looks so real! Its really cool! Now what other camera can do that??!