While smartphone apps and mobile connectivity are often touted for lots of things, be it fitness, media viewing, navigation or a whole host of other facilities, security isn't one that's touched on quite as much. Hoping to turn that trend around is Home Monitor, a home security camera system that hooks right up to your home network and gives you a chance to check in from wherever you are.

Introduction

The Snappy Smart Webcam is a budget offering from Speedlink, providing a portable webcam capable of capturing images, videos and audio. It’s only a few quid so I don’t expect the world, but does it cover the basics well enough?

Read on to see how the Speedlink Snappy Smart Webcam fares.

Features:USB webcam high VGA resolution of 640×480 pixels take photos at up to 8 megapixels (interpolated) integrated microphone 4× digital zoom face tracking record videos at up to 30fps desk stand and fold-out monitor mount practical snapshot button rotates 360 degrees manual focus from 30mm to infinity 1.2m cable