Microsoft LifeCam VX-5000 WebCam
The LifeCam's packaging was very nice but came with a rather spartan accompany of materials. However, Microsoft's software support was particularly good and the appropriate software, drivers and chat program were all terribly easy to find, install and easy. The LifeCam VX-5000 itself looks great.
Small Size; Moldable base that can be placed almost anywhere on a desk; 1.3 Mega Pixel camera and VGA (640x480) video recording; Excellent picture quality and color accuracy in video chat; Low video and image noise in all areas; Simple to use LifeCam software
Highly compressed photos at 1.3 mega pixels and fairly compressed video; 640x480 video runs at 15fps; LifeCam software wasn't particularly configurable