February 20, 2007 11:28 AM PST

'Spy pen' isn't worthy of 24

by Mike Yamamoto
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(Credit: Gadget Universe)

Speaking of Jack Bauer, this product is not one you'd find in the pocket of his Kevlar vest. The "Digital Spy Camera Pen" reminds us of something Ian Fleming's "Q" would have provided as standard equipment for Her Majesty's Secret Service. And with images of only 160x120 resolution, the quality is about as good as a gadget from the 1960s as well, though MobileWhack says the small file sizes mean the pen can store up to 36 photos. At $60, you'd think this would have for more than 2MB of storage these days. Then again, maybe it's all by design: Grainy pictures do add to the clandestine effect of using a spy pen.

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by 8eshop May 30, 2009 5:24 PM PDT
From this pic, this spy pen no use a USB port like this camera pen: http://www.8eshop.com/spy-pen-camera-camcorder-recorder.htm
And the memory is small too. when a spy pen in www.8eshop.com can reach even 8G.
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by mybatteries June 2, 2009 9:15 PM PDT
spy pen is illegal ,like Wireless Pinhole Spy Camera Cctv ,and it can't sell in most of Country.
For details, here http://www.b2cpowershop.com/en/wireless-pinhole-spy-camera-cctv.html and http://www.724depot.com/en/wireless-pinhole-spy-camera-cctv.html --be careful
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by john2008s August 13, 2009 8:43 PM PDT
Anti-Spy Hidden Camera Wireless RF Bug Detector Tracer, This is the killer of spy pen. visite here to see the details.
http://www.1topstore.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=Spy&Submit=Find
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by andyyq September 2, 2009 7:04 PM PDT
spy pen is a good thing,when you want to make some evidence,you need this gadgets,and other kind of gadgets.see more spy gadgets in this site
http://www.caltechmall.com/spy-gadgets-c-20.html
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