Well, my mom bought it on ebay...so, I don't know....maybe I'm wrong about the price, though...
The quality of the pics isn't very good. That is one of the reasons I wouldn't necessarily recommend it for like, grown-ups that want good picture quality. I'm not sure of the exact resolution, but, not super awesome. Not super craptastic, either, but you know...hot the highest.
Echoing what Heather and Jenn and some others have said, the Creative products ROCK. I had a Creative..um.. don't remember the variety..but it was super cool. I loved how the thumb-drive was detachable. If I was working on a paper or something, I could pop it right into the USB and save my work. Also, If I had a file...like a group project or something that I wanted to share or show someone, I could just pop that sucker right in, too.