Flip minoHD Camcorder

This is the third Flip I have reviewed the first was a little garish the second quite smart aimed at the younger market but the Flip Mino HD is their first HD offering. It is the same size as the Flip Mino at 10x5x2cm and that is perhaps major problem....

block shape means good for quick shots, irritating for long shots. Extremely simple point and shoot. No settings, nothing to fiddle with. Compact, elegant style. Onboard memory holds 2 hours of HD video, which looks surprisingly good considering it's...

Limited zoom, not full HD video (and no choice of video formats). No still pictures

Better quality than Smartphones, good in low light and decent optical stabilization

Unless you shoot a lot of casual videos, there is no need for such a device

The camera itself is on the back side and is of fixed focus (1.5m to infinity) with an aperture of f/2.4. The built-in wide-range stereo microphone sits on the back next to lens which is the only thing that I would change on the flip as a lot of times...