For all that it does,  the Kodak Easyshare One is an average camera with some extra features. Its pictures are sharp and well exposed. However, the colors are unnaturally saturated and the white balance is quite poor under artificial lighting. Also, the camera is very slow to startup and the batteries are quickly over. While this camera has a large amount of built-in memory which reduces the need to buy some, its price is quite high given its average photographic performance.

The most distinctive feature of the Kodak Easyshare One is its WiFi connectivity. Depending on network configuration, this feature can be easy or painful to setup. Once setup, WiFi features are easy to use and reasonably comprehensive. The two main WiFi let downs are e-mail and hot-spot connectivity which are presently locked with Kodak's Gallery service and T-Mobile service. Another distinctive feature of the Easyshare One is its sophisticated photo album which keeps and organizes pictures from within the camera.

WiFi connectivity is a new trend in consumer digital camera which enables new possibilities.  However, its usefulness seems questionable. Take printing for example, WiFi saves you a cable connection (assuming you print unmodified images), otherwise you still need to go to the computer. Yes, you save a cable connection there too - but that hardly justifies the price of such a camera. The idea of instantly sharing pictures is cool too, but only a fraction of pictures are taken at home (new babies excluded). While away from home, one must find a hot-spot (with a supported provider - currently only T-mobile - good luck outside the US) and one must pay for its use, thus further increasing the cost of ownership of such a digital camera. Instant sharing would work better if transfers could be done through any cell phone rather than being tethered to a hot-spot. This way, greater mobility would be achievable. As Steve's Digicams put it: "we wonder if it is all that useful for the non-geeks out there", well so does neocamera.

In the end, a camera is for taking pictures and non-photographic features are just add-ons. Those who would be satisfied with the average image quality of this camera must decide wether its unique features are worth such a high cost. Otherwise, similar image quality can be obtained with the Konica-Minolta X60, the Kodak Easyshare V550 or the Fuji Finepix Z1 which are all much cheaper. Otherwise, the Fuji Finepix F10, the Canon SD550, the Canon SD500 and the Fuji Finepix F810 all produce much better images, perform faster and are still cheaper than the Kodak Easyshare One. Now for a better camera which also has some wireless features, see the Nikon Coolpix P1.