This camera is a nice idea however it isn't worth a dime. The camera is durable but my daughter only used it once. She got it shortly before we had our second baby. She took pictures of her new sister and none of the pictures were worth printing. My daughter is a natural photographer and was disappointed to see her pictures on the computer look so bad (blurry, grainy and dark). Now we let her use our camera. Hopefully they make a much better kids camera because the idea is a good one. Don't waste your money on this camera. It would be wiser to do your research on cheaper digital cameras and get a regular camera instead. From our experience cameras take a beating and continue to work. Thank goodness because ours has been dropped many times. GET A DIFFERENT CAMERA!

My 3 year old daughter loves this camera!! She takes pictures of everything. The quality of the pictures is what you expect from a kids camera, but they are not terrible. This thing has been abused by both my 3 and 1 year old...Keeps on working!! VERY DURABLE.. Definitely worth it

For how much this camera costs, it'll be cheaper to buy a used regular digital camera on eBay and give that to your kid. And I'm talking ones from two years ago that were built tought, not the newer lightweight models, as the older models can take a beating.

My kid loves my old Sony 3.2 megapixel camera. And because of the quality of the photos, they make for great archiving and printing not like the awful photos this camera takes.

Furthermore, if you want something durable, most real-life digital cameras are available with a waterproof external case, which actually works as a great case if your kid drops the camera and would still be smaller than this.

This is the poorest excuse for a "camera" we have ever seen. We purchased it for our 4 year old granddaughter when her baby sister was born last month(March 2008), thinking she would have fun with it while we adults were taking pictures of the new baby.
Well, it takes unbelievably poor quality "pictures," if you can call them that. The LCD screen is so miniscule that even if the photos were actually good, you would not be able to see them very well. No matter how hard you try to keep the camera still (even adults) the photos are always slightly out of focus.
And now I see the camera has gone UP in price! Huh? What's this? We paid $50 for this thing new on Amazon.com and now it is double that price! We have seen comparable (but still bad quality) cameras at CVS drugstores for $20. If you're going to introduce a child to his or her own camera, best to pay as little as possible. For crying out loud, you can pay $98 for a REAL digital camera, which is what a child wants anyway - something that looks like an adult camera.
And, by the way, yes, it can be dropped and won't break. Big deal. I have dropped my little Canon digital Elph a dozen times, even on concrete once, and it still works just fine. So don't let the "durability" of this "camera" be a selling point.
So, bottom line, DON'T BUY THIS CAMERA - it sucks, even for a 4 year old!!

purchased as a Christmas gift for my 5 year old granddaughter. She likes it very much, and it has held up perfectly after being tossed around and dropped many times.