In a surprising announcement late last night, The New York Times announced that the Flip Video Camera, which has taken the digital camcorder industry by storm, is coming out with a new Flip Mino HD. The camcorder is said to be 3.3 oz and according to the NY Times, the Flip has beautiful high-definition and amazingly performs well!

The Flip Mino HD will cost $230 which is one of the cheapest HD camcorders out there. As most know, a good HD video cam is easily $700 to $1,000 these days. If the Flip Mino HD truly creates great high definition video, this will revolutionize the HD industry.

For more information on the New York Times’ article, click here.

Flip Video announced recently that consumers may design their own Flip Mino pre-purchase and I thought this was such a great idea that I had to blog about it. As many of you know, the Flip Video Recorder came into play last year and literally began to revolutionize the world of digital cameras. I got a Flip Video Ultra for Christmas last year and it truly transformed my “online digital” life so much so that I started the Moxie Mo Show with my Flip Video.

Now it looks like Flip has listened to consumers and just in times for the holidays, they are allowing users to custom design their own Flip Mino. You can upload your own image or choose from hundreds of different patterns to ensure your Flip Mino is as unique as you are.

For those of you interested in digital video recorders, I highly recommend the Flip Video Recorder. I know some video enthusiasts will tell you that the Flip is “too cheap” and it’s not professional. I beg to disagree. Even though I’ve upgraded to a Canon ZR950 for most of my digital recording, I still use my Flip Video all the time and I am still amazed at the quality of the footage. It truly is a beautiful video and it’s so darm simple to use. Done and done.