Portable Video

Back in June, Samsung gave us our first glimpse of the kind of lunacy we can expect from a 200-megapixel smartphone camera sensor, and now Motorola is first to market with an actual handset rocking a 200-MP rear camera – the flagship Edge 30 Ultra.

Back in 2016, drone maker DJI adapted its Osmo stabilized actioncam for the smartphone generation. Now the Osmo Mobile motorized gimbal has entered its fifth generation with the launch of the OM 5, which boasts its own selfie stick.

Insta360 has upgraded its pocket-sized 360-degree camera – but without adding to its already-beefy 5.7K resolution. The new Insta360 One X2 instead gets some extra intelligence designed to make it an easier, less fiddly and more useful video tool.

Insta360 has taken its excellent FlowState image stabilization tech and used it to build a remarkable new class of action camera.

​While not something that's likely to be used every day, portable projectors are great for easy set up movie nights, or quick photo sharing while out and about. The FuntaSee over on Kickstarter is being billed as the first one with 4G capabilities, making streaming on the go a real possibility.​

MiniRig is a follow-up to the crowd-funded Smoovie magnetic gimbal smartphone stabilizer. The new device not only offers improved stabilization, but also adds lighting and audio features, allowing users to shoot more professional-looking video. The MiniRig is currently on Kickstarter.

Professional videographers often use rigs that include something known as a gimbal to keep their shots straight, but gimbal sticks are often heavy, big and/or expensive. Enter Smoovie, a Kickstarter product that could put the power of gimbal stability in your pocket.​

The Poco pocket-sized "supercomputer" is built around a Raspberry Pi compute module, and can be a bike-mounted actioncam, hi-res music player, handheld gaming console or portable web browser.

Sony takes on the Flip with the MHS-PM1 high definition portable video camera

A simple and ingenious USD$5 device, named BudTrap, can save you those precious few minutes each day untangling earbud headphones.

Samsung Movies is a new dedicated online movie store for owners of Samsung phones, laptops or PCs to download and watch their favourite movies and TV shows.

Sporting a similar form factor and much of the functionality of its Apple competitor the X-Series manages to hold its own with the inclusion of an Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) touch screen and integrated digital noise canceling technology.