Medion, the commodity manufacturer of MSI Wind clone, the Akoya Mini (aka the last remaining Gadget Lab hackintosh) has just announced a new “sports camera”. The Flip-style video camera makes its appearance with unfortunate timing, and despite being a 720p hi-def camcorder, it will still be compared to the new video-shooting iPod Nano.
The rather ugly box packs in a lot of high and low-end features. The h.264 codec lays down video, which can be captured with a 2x digital zoom (don’t be tempted to use it). The camera will also shoot stills, although the 1MP sensor will make this less than worthwhile. You do get a decent maximum aperture of ƒ2.8, a top shutter speed of 1/2000th sec, and an HDMI-out port. You do not get any SD card, and as the internal memory is a mere 90 MB, you’d better add that to the price.
The Medion® Life® S47000 Digital HD Sports Camera, to give it its full name, will cost £100, or $165, putting it smack in the middle of the Nano’s price range. And one more thing: The Sports Camera is also a Nano-killing MP3 player.
Product page [Medion via Oh Gizmo]
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