Creative VADO camera for video-blogging

It is becoming more popular all the time to embed video links in blogs. This is great when you want to share interviews, do product demonstrations, share an experience or just show off a talent or vent your frustrations. It is also great for documenting instances of police abuse, terrorist attacks or candidate faux pax's and campaign promises, so you can hold them accountable on YouTube at a later date. Won't that be fun?

Use it to record classes or what is on the bulletin board, so you can review it another time. Film your fave rock band and share with your friends. Send friends that recording of the family vacation and all the wonderful sites you visited, plus the zoom-in of the route you took. You are limited only by your imagination. However, I would recommend using a higher quality camera to record such important things as baby's birth, first steps and first word, etc. You will always wish you had, if you don't. Other than that, it is a great buy.



CAUTION: It is also quite effective in verifying your own personal I.Q. level. In the few minutes or hours that you take to develop remorse and remove the link, there can be long-lasting consequences from the subsequent downloads and sharing of your file--worldwide!

SPECS:

The VADO camera from Creative is quite an impressive piece of equipment. About the size of a cell phone, it is USB rechargeable, records up to two hours of video (having 2 Gb of built-in flash memory) in 640x480 resolution, on a 2" anti-glare screen, and is great for immediate uploads to your computer, YouTube or PhotoBucket by way of the built-in software, which takes over automatically when you plug into the USB port using the swivel-out USB adapter built into the camera.

The MPEG-4 format allows commonly available editing software to handle the task of cleaning up and polishing before you upload the final rendition to the Net. (See CAUTION above). Other features include a 2X zoom, good low-light performance and one-touch record.



Cost? You can get the device in pink or silver for approximately $100, a carrying case for about $15, extra battery packs for about $15, the charging cradle for $30, and an AV-out cable for around $10. The VADO also happily works with the Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later system and most recent Windows PCs. All in all, this is destined to be one popular camera, I would guess.