At 70 x 22.5 x 9.6mm, the ThumbDrive camera is certainly small - although note that this size is only when the camera is being used as a tethered webcam. For use as a portable still / video camera, a battery pack must be attached - and Trek's representative told us that the size for this attachment has not yet been fixed (although it will apparently be smaller than the unit seen in our exclusive photos). The camera is mostly suited to either video or web use, with a resolution of only VGA (640 x 480 pixels). Two versions will be offered - one featuring 128MB of flash memory (920 photos) at a cost of $179 - $199, and one with 64MB at about half this cost. Power comes from 1 AAA alkaline battery, with a battery life claimed at 4 hours, or alternatively when in tethered mode the USB line provides power.

The ThumbDrive camera can record video clips up to 32 seconds in length, and can also function as a data storage device. No drivers, software or cables are required to access files on the camera; plug it directly into the USB port and it appears as a removeable drive under operating systems supporting USB Mass Storage Class. We saw Trek's application for videoconferencing though, and it looked quite well set up - there werre controls to adjust color, brightness and contrast, the ability to record and save movies over the USB cable - basically anything you might expect. We were told the camera will also work with standard software such as NetMeeting.

The camera we saw was a prototype, and very likely hand-made - it was working, and we had the video and still modes demonstrated to us, but the focus hadn't been fine-tuned. That said, what we saw looked fairly good for an entry-level camera. If you need something as small as possible, that can double as a videoconferencing device, it might be worthy of consideration... Specifications and photos of the camera follow:

Trek 2000 ThumbDrive camera
Features	Plug and play via USB port Digital image capture plus Data storage No driver to be installed* (except MacOS 8.6, Windows 98 and Windows 98 SE) Easy and convenient to use Compact and small in size Support Win98SE, Win2K, WinME, WinXP and MacOS 9.x and above 1 x AAA alkaline battery able to capture more than 450 images Support capacity from 8MB up to 128MB Come with Icon Status LCD make device more user friendly Auto-power shut down after 30 sec. of the device being idle, extends battery life
System Requirements	Hardware Requirement IBM PC or 100% compatible Desktop Personal Computers / Notebooks / Sub-Notebooks / Laptop with USB ports (Pentium @ 100MHz or higher) OS Platform Requirement Mac OS 8.6, OS 9.X & above, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows XP & Windows CE 4.0
Specification	USB Spec 1.1 1 LED Data Transfer Speed READ: 600 Kbytes WRITE: 300 Kbytes Dimension (L x W x H) without battery pack: 70mm x 22.5mm x 9.6mm Weight without battery pack: 20g (Approx.) USB bus-powered (4.5V to 5.5V) Supports image resolutions up to VGA (640 x 480) High quality and performance JPEG-like compression for live video capturing and transferring up to 30 fps for VGA with audio capture Tethered video operation over USB Record simultaneous video and audio direct to memory while untethered Regulatory Compliance: FCC class B, CE, VCCI, CTICK, BSMI, MIC
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