Wow lots of abuse for a, granted hostile (lol), humorous tear down. I'm not forgetting the fact the only reason you tore it down was because people commented and said they wanted to see it.
I personally have 3 of these 'heaps of doggie do-do'. Kids are a little spoiled with tech these days, I don't think this camera qualifies as a kids cam anymore (because of that). Why do I have 3, well I knew someone who got 3 of them returned (retail) because the customer was unhappy with them...lol for $12...jeez the batteries would cost more than that...lol
These cameras are sold by a different company called Mercury here in Canada. I have a much better made (step up version) 720p Camera from Mercury that is orders of magnitude better. I have a few of them and would consider shipping to Dave for a tear-down but I think he's had it with the vid camera tear downs. ;-)
Personally I liked the video Dave did, one exception is I would have screwed around with the boards a bit before 'bin'ing them. And the sensor die was cool, might have kept that. Wait a minute
I could 'tear the arse'
out of one of the ones I have here lol...awesome.
Chris