Digital camera technology may be advancing every day, but if you've only got around $US100 to spend on a digital camera, you're still not going to get anything all that amazing.

The super-cheapie digicam market sector didn't even exist until a few years ago, but it's been around long enough now to have gained a definite character. Super-cheapies give you, basically, a webcam with batteries and a bit of storage. No flash. No expandable memory.