The camera also uses SD cards, which is great unless you're so cheap that you can't cough up a couple of fins for a 4-GB card. The unit's lithium-ion battery is removable, unlike the Flip's closed-box system.
Aside from the small and boxy power adapter, the box also includes a USB cable (standard), an HDMI cable and even an older AV cable for showing videos on your mom's old CRT (we know because we watched The Notebook with her last night. It also comes with a sack of goodies, including a nerdy belt holster, mini-tripod, strap and cleaning cloth. It has a pistol form factor and a relatively large, 3-inch flip-out touchscreen. On the surface, this camera looks like a great deal. But the fact remains that when compared to its competitors, be they smartphones or the dearly departed Flip, the S30 doesn't measure up. Granted, if you want to make a low-budget Koyaanisqatsi, analyze your Capoeira moves in slo-mo, or catch your neighbor letting his dog crap on your lawn – or hell, all three – this could be the camcorder for you. Unfortunately, its perks fail to include an aptitude for shooting high-quality HD video or camera stills. With cool features such as the ability to shoot slow motion, time-lapse, and motion-activated video, the S30 looks like a strong contender. So, here's Toshiba throwing its hat into the ring with the $180 Camileo S30. Is this the end of the product category entirely, or was this a colossal mistake on Cisco's part that left a vacuum others can now easily step into? Others argue that since smartphones are a minority in the mobile market, over a billion potential customers still exist for such a device. Many are asking if there's a need for a single-use device that just shoots video and captures photos, now that our smartphones have video capability and also do much, much more. However, the news last week that Cisco is killing off the seminal Flip has thrown the whole deck of cards into the air. The Bieber-esque popularity of the Flip video camera over the last few years has sparked a proliferation of cheap, handheld camcorders.
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