A new pocket video recorder about to be released in Japan features significant, public SAL on SAL action. No, it’s not what you think it is, Senator Craig (R). Please settle down.
The SAL minicam, from Amadana, is made to pass video and pictures super fast between twin gadgets through its USB ports, without stopping at a PC. We can only wonder why Amadana didn’t just go all the way and add media-sharing wireless ‘squirting,’ though it probably had something to do with cheapness. Also, it’s not like wireless media sharing has been a key feature for any hugely successful media gadget or anything.
The on-the-go sharing feature is an interesting feature for a mini cam, but specs-wise, the Sal doesn’t look like a big leap away from the most popular mini cams like the Flip and the Kodak.
SAL doesn’t shoot blanks, per se, with MPEG4 and VGA video at 30 frames a second (at a resolution of 640 × 480 pixels). But it doesn’t look good in contrast to Toshiba’s upcoming Camileo S10, which has a 2.5-inch screen, video resolution at 1080p, and a way sleeker design. The Flip Mino HD has a resolution of 1280 x 720, and that one is not even the top mini on the block anymore.
The SALs QVGA LCD is also quite small at only 2-inches diagonal, and comes with 2GB of internal memory (half of the Flip HD Mino).
But if you’re still interested in this mini cam after those comparisons (probably so you can continually mention that you’re going to dock SALs), it will be available in late May in Japan for an undisclosed price.
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