Sony Net-Sharing CAM - YouTuber's Best Friend

Sony didn't quite say what group this Net-Sharing CAM is targeting at, but their intention is quite obvious as everyone's trying to get his free 15 minutes of fame on YouTube. (However, it should be 5 minutes less by now as Google has put a 10-minute limit on the video length.)

Designated NSC-GS1, the $200 pocket camcorder can take 15fps video in QVGA or 30fps video in VGA on a Memory Stick Duo (8GB max.) whose content can be transferred back to the PC via USB or a card reader. It only deals with one format - MPEG4 so that's as friendly as online video sharing gets.

Also equipped with a flash but conveniently skipped over a much needed optical zoom, the Net-sharing CAM can take up to 5 megapixel solid still images for those who don't high expectations. Other $200 camcorders have superior features than the NSC-GS1, yet the Sony's 2.4" swivel LCD dwarfs its rivals' tiny 1.5" or 2" screens. Another overlooed feature of the Net-Sharing CAM is the ability to double as a USB 1.1 webcam.