Many of Kodak’s early digital cameras were plagued with bad firmware. Not all, but most. Sounds like you dodged that bullet.
The most annoying symptom of poor firmware was the camera’s battery voltage detection logic. Unless the batteries were brand new, the camera would display a low voltage warning and shut off. So you had to either spend a fortune buying new alkaline AA’s all the time, or constantly top off the charge of your NiCads. In either case, fresh batteries lasted about 5 minutes.
Well-known issue at that time.
Never had a problem with the unit.
I used it 360 virtual tours until I got a 20D.
In the early days of digital cameras you'd spend $300 - $400 on one and in 4 months it was totally outdated.