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The EasyShare One/6MP improves over its predecessor by including Kodak's Perfect Touch Technology, automatic photo-adjustment algorithms derived from the company's photo kiosk software. As such, photos have extremely even exposures, just shy of overexposed, with little visible color noise. Colors tend to look a little washed out but acceptable, and white balance is pretty decent. Unfortunately, the trade-off is that photos look best from a distance and not cropped too closely or printed larger than 5x7. At that point, the smeary background and lost detail as well as a few compression artifacts all become visible.
Furthermore, severe chromatic aberration--the colored fringing that appears on dark objects against bright backgrounds--pervades the photos, and oversharpening on edges tends to exacerbate its visibility. Purple-and-pink halos appeared on almost every contrasting edge in our test photos. Portraits taken on the EasyShare One/6MP will be colorful and clear, but the fringing and smearing will make the subject appear ethereal.
Features such as touch screens and Wi-Fi sound useful on paper, but, when poorly implemented, will detract rather than enhance your shooting experience. If you really want a Wi-Fi camera, consider the Canon PowerShot SD430 or the Nikon Coolpix S6. They don't have the bells, whistles, or Internet access of the Kodak EasyShare One/6MP, but at least they take solid photographs.
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