The fine
folks from Creative stopped by with a sack full of their new
video cameras and, with the help of a flashbang and some tear gas, we
were able to grab one to screw around with. Setting it up took all of
30 seconds and was easy enough that anyone with at least one good eye
and a blunt object with which to jab buttons should be able to figure
it out. The interface is extremely bare bones, which means that when a
fat guy starts falling down, you won't have to change your settings to
capture it. It's light, relatively small and the battery is removable,
all of which makes its $99 price tag seem like a hell of a bargain.
Plus, the footage looks decent, especially when it's uploaded to
Youtube of Photobucket, which the included software makes incredibly
easy. The internal storage holds 2 hours of lower quality video or one
hour of the good stuff, which should be more than enough to keep your
Youtube RSS feed annoying your friends for weeks to
come.