Toshiba Camileo Pro HD looks the goods

Whilst Toshiba's HD-DVD prospects are in the toilet, they plough ahead in other areas, in this case with the introduction of the very pocketable Camileo Pro HD. Sporting 720p via a 5 megapixel CMOS sensor and shooting in MPEG4/H.264 format, the camera only has 128MB of on-board memory but has capacity for up to 32GB SDHC cards. On the down side it only has 3x optical and 4x digital zoom - possibly hard to swallow if you're a fan of the TX1's 10x capability.  

The camera also has HDMI output for direct connection to HD TVs and has its own 2.5" LCD screen that can be flipped out and rotated up to 270 degrees. It can be used as a webcam, something missing from the TX1's repertoire. 

On the up side, it's going to retail for around £150 (US$295, AU$325) and will be available in the UK in April. No word on launch in other markets yet.