Sony Bloggie Touch reviewed

PCMag.com posted their review of the Sony Bloggie Touch, the new camcorder from Sony sporting a capacitive touch screen.

The new Bloggie will be offered in silver or black. Its body looks and feels like brushed aluminum, a departure from the glossy and plastic feeling of the older Bloggie MHS-PM5. The Bloggie Touch will ship in a fancy black box that looks like it should contain a piece of jewelry, but the top opens to reveal the camcorder.

Video recordings on the Bloggie can be captured in 1080p (30 frames per second) and 720p (60 and 30 frames per second) while still images can be as large as 12 megapixels. There's a built-in USB plug so you can connect the Bloggie HD to your computer to transfer media and charge the device. An HDMI port is also available so you can plug it directly into your HDTV to playback photos and videos.

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Read the full Sony Bloggie Touch review at PCMag

JVC Picsio GC-WP10, GC-FM2 touch-screen HD Camcorders launched

The Picsios have a CMOS image sensor that takes 5 megapixel stills natively. As for recording, the PICSIOs shoot full HD in 1920x1080p at 30 fps. Other resolutions include 720/60p (1280x720), and 720/30p (960x540) and what the company calls "Quarter HD" (960x540 at 30fps).

The camcorders also feature time-lapse recording and a touchscreen that users can operate while wearing gloves. The camcorders have an SD/SDHC/SDXC card slot, HDMI port, 4x digital zoom, slide-out USB port, and the WP10 has an MP3 stereo audio recorder. There is no internal storage available.

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Both pocket camcorders will ship with a USB cable, AC adapter, and LoiLoScope EX for Windows software, which is not Mac compatible. Apple users will have to rely on iMovie.

Both the FM2 and WP10 will hit the market in September, priced $180 and $200 respectively.