Samsung Electronics had added to its point-and-shoot camcorder lineup the HMX-E10. Offering full-HD resolution, the Samsung HMX-E10 is highlighted by a versatile, 270-degree swiveling lens. The HMX-E10’s swiveling lens also brings a new sense of fun to recording video, and gives users the ability to step out from behind the camcorder and put themselves in the frame with their friends and family.

Samsung has also strived to simplify the way consumers share content with others through the HMX-E10, with a built-in USB port function. The USB feature enables users to connect the camcorder directly to any computer without added attachments like a USB cable. The USB connection can also be used to charge the battery.

Samsung designed the HMX-E10 to help simplify the way users share their content with others. The camcorder features a built-in USB connection that gives users the ability to connect the camcorder to any computer without having to worry about always carrying around a separate USB cable. In addition, the HMX-E10 is also loaded with Samsung’s play-edit-sharing program, called intelli-studio. This intuitive program gives users the ability to edit and play their video from any computer without having to install supporting software. This is extremely useful when traveling or when consumers are away from the own personal computers.

An interactive and onscreen “upload” button on the HMX-E10 also makes uploading footage to the Web effortless. When connected to a computer with an internet connection, the one-touch “upload” button links directly to a specified content sharing Web site, such as YouTube, and reduces the number of steps needed to successfully upload and share video.

At the heart of the HMX-E10 is a 1/3.2 inch CMOS sensor that captures impressive 1920×1080 full HD resolution video (30p / H.264) as well as eight mega-pixel digital still images. On the back of the camcorder is a versatile, 2.7-inch wide, touch-screen LCD that is set vertically. When recording video, the HMX-E10’s LCD screen is divided into two sections; the top displays the live view showing what is currently in the frame and the bottom displays a series of touch-screen controls, including record, stop and play. Consumers can even rotate the swivel lens to utilize this screen to put themselves in the frame, allowing them to step out from behind the camcorder and become part of the action. When reviewing footage, consumers hold the HMX-E10 horizontally, so that they can leverage the entire display to view their video in widescreen.

The HMX-E10 is packed with a full range of fun controls which encourage consumers to get creative with their videos. Consumers can take advantage of several Smart Filters which adjust the HMX-E10 to produce unique lens and color effects. The camcorder’s lens effects include miniature, which produces the tilt and lens shift effect, and vignetting, which produces the lomo effect. Color effects include defog, which mimics the use of a CPL filter, and sketch, which gives video a pencil drawing feel.

The HMX-E10 will be available in September for $200

When Steve Jobs announced the ability to record video on the iPhone 3GS back in July, amateur videographers over the world rejoiced the fact that they finally had good reason to buy an iPhone. With the ability to record full SD video at 640×480 in such a tiny package, it seemed like the perfect device to record every kind of noteworthy moment. On the flip side though, professional videographers immediately realized the limitations: the lack of standard attachments, the inability to zoom or change lenses, the lack of manual controls, a microphone that pointed toward the floor while you recorded, and most of all video that’s more shaky than a standard political career.

Even with these obstacles, iPhone owners still began uploading all kinds of creative content to the web. YouTube alone had over 400% more mobile uploads the week after the iPhone 3GS went up for sale. Even the entertainment industry got onboard with the simplicity of recording video by producing entire music videos with the built in camera and software on the iPhone. Chase Jarvis, an award winning director, who has done campaigns for Mountain Dew and Nikon, even has an entire web site devoted to work that’s been done on the iPhone called www.thebestcamera.com.

Small camcorders are nothing new. Videomaker reviewed another popular camcorder called the Flip which has a lot of the same advantages as the iPhone. What’s interesting is how third party companies found a way to fix the limitations of video on the iPhone. An early example was from accessory makers USB Fever and Factron. They took a shot at solving the iPhone interchangeable lens issue by making small magnetic wide angle and macro lenses that fit right over the iPhone’s stock lens, giving you up to 40% more viewing range. Even professional camera accessory company Zacuto got in on the action by introducing its Zgrip iPhone Pro, allowing for an adjustable, quick releasable handgrip for shooting more stable video. Unfortunately, this grip was restricted to one hand, making it difficult to keep such a small device steady.

One accessory that has come close to solving the iPhone’s video problems is the OWLE Bubo. Looking more like a big Sega Genesis controller, OWLE’s two firm handles finally give videographers a real chance at solving the biggest limitation of the iPhone: super shaky footage. Additionally, OWLE has also taken a note from the devices before it by allowing for interchangeable lenses, a shotgun microphone, and a tripod mount, giving good cinematography on the iPhone a fighting chance. Who knows, with a rig like this and with the tight budgets all around the nations, you might be shooting your next interview in front of an iPhone.

Pure Digital Technologies, or as many of you know them: the company that brought the Flip Video line of video cameras to the world. Is looking to sell the company to Cisco for the meek price of $500 million. Flip cameras – the perfect user friendly internet uploading YouTuber aimed small video camera, have become extremely popular over the past 7 years. Apparently racking up more than $200 million dollars worth for Pure Digital in the past two years with a little help from the recently released Flip Mino HD.

Pure Digital Technologies founder and CEO Jonathan Kaplan is rumored to have $80 million set aside to himself specifically from the sale. Quite the small chunk indeed…  That was sarcasm.