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A Camcorder Designed for Internet Video Sharing
By KA Staff
May 8, 2007, 09:04

A new lightweight camcorder designed for easy video uploads was announced by RCA Audio/Video in an event timed for Mother’s Day gift-giving. The Small Wonder EZ201, now available nationwide at Circuit City, weighs about 5 ounces and operates without tapes, discs, cumbersome batteries or complicated instructions, according to RCA.

The camcorder has a built-in Memory Manager video sharing application that lets users save, compress, edit, e-mail and upload video files, or select any paused frame and save it as a .JPG or .BMP image.

The device is also compatible with Box.net, a secure online file storage and sharing service. Box.net is offering EZ201 owners 1GB of free storage space, or about eight hours of recorded footage. Instead of e-mailing video files as attachments -- many e-mail services balk at large attachments -- Box.net users can distribute them by simply including links in e-mails, in blogs, or on personal web sites.

To promote the new camcorder, RCA is sponsoring a Wonder Woofs contest for dog owners. The user who submits the dog video receiving the most views and comments will win a weekend trip for two to New York City.