14 DAY TRIAL // Just when I thought no one is brave enough to launch another all-in one gadget, I stumbled into this: the Brica View Art 1000. Yes, it does it all, but let me clarify one thing. The 1000 does not actually represent the things it can do, ok? The thing is purported to perform half a dozen of things (none of them well, but of course).
Here it goes. It's like the Swiss Army knife, except you can't open bottles of bears with it. Well, you can try that too. The thing combines all the features of a still camera, camcorder, MP3 player, FM radio, voice recorder, e-book viewer, webcam and a DVR (Digital Video Recorder).
The tiny-winy silver box that does it all can fit in any pocket. It boasts a 2.5-inch LCD screen and in addition to the media playback capabilities, it also features an on-board video encoder which can take an input from a DVD player, satellite or cable box, and record 320 X 240 clips.
The music player that's haunting the video camera can support media files like MP3, WMA, WMV, AVI, QuickTime, MPG, Real Media and AAC formats. The digital still camera is supposed to boast a 4-megapixel (interpolated) resolution (2 Megapixels actually). Other features include a 512 MB of onboard memory and a 2GB SD card for extra storage. You really don't want to know about the CCD image sensor size. Don't go there!
Brica sells for $265. Perhaps you might want to wait for the model that comes with a bottle opener.
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