Toshiba Camileo S10 again

Jose Fermoso's Wired blog here has a post discussing the Camileo S10, which claims to be the first mini camcorder to offer 1080 HD video recording. It's not, the Samsung HMX-R10 will also record 1080p HD video.

In 2008, the Flip Mino camcorder took a firm hold of the mini portable camcorder market and made a nice, plumpy $100 million profit. Toshiba’s newest minicam, the Camileo S10, may not turn out to be that successful (it's easier when you build a new cheapie market all to yourself), but it appears to be a worthy competitor.

This year, several different companies are attempting to challenge the Flip's nice run with clones focusing on different aspects of the portable phenomenon, either with distinct design differences, or key spec upgrades. The Camileo S10, released this month in Europe and Asia, follows both of these trends.

This Japanese beauty may be the new buzz along the Samsung HMX-R10, Kodak Zi6, Flip Mino HD, the Sony Webbie and the other contenders.

Toshiba Camileo S10 - The New Challenger

UK-based site TechRadar says:

The most impressive camcorder released is the 5MP Camileo S10. It has a 4x zoom, 2.5-inch LCD flip screen and expandable flash memory up to 32GB. The S10 is a tiny camcorder offering Full HD recording on a chassis that is around the size of a mobile phone. It costs just £129.99 in the UK.

It's just 11mm thick, so is one of the most compact cameras on the market. Toshiba is hoping it will stop people taking movies on their phones.

check out the article here.

Stuff.tv says:

The S10 is really the flagship cammie. It comes packing full 1080p support, records onto SD and can upload directly to YouTube just like the Flip Mino and Creative Vado. It also crams in a 4x digitial zoom, 5MP stills and HDMI support.

Tosh reckons it can kill off video on camphones, thanks to its slimline body and £129 price tag. We're not sure about that, but it is one killer piece of kit.

See their article here.