Just got an email from Sony Style...

[Reggie]

...and they're releasing a new digital camera -- the DSC-V1.

Here's the description:

http://www.sonystyle.com/intershoproot/eCS/Store/en/imagesProducts/250x250/DSCV1.jpg"The new Sony DSC-V1 Cyber-shot® Digital Camera boasts 5.0 megapixel resolution, a Carl Zeiss® lens, and advanced features in a sleek, compact design that you can take everywhere! Order yours today and get FREE shipping, plus a FREE ImageStation® AlbumPrint™ Photo Book!"

They're accepting pre-orders already.

:D -- just adding to the excitement -- :D

[Jeffry]

I think they already announced that couple of weeks ago.

[Alejandrico]

Does it run Palm OS 4 or 5?

[Rick 098]

Neither.

[stronggeek]

I think it's palm os 6, but no vg or cf, maybe wifi :)

Originally posted by Alejandrico
Does it run Palm OS 4 or 5?

[Unregistered]

It is Sony's own OS. Royalty free!

[falafel]

only problem is the small screen.. I don't like the roundness of it either..

[yOyOYoo]

Can you imagine if sony attached a 320x480 LCD screen to the back of this beast, loaded it up with OS5.2 and called it the Sony CLIE CS (Cybershot)

[AndyJapan]

It will hit the stores (in Japan) at the 23rd of May and the list price is 100.000 Yen (=US$860). I have no clue what it will cost in the US though, but it's quite pricy. The alternative would be the P10 with less features, but lower price (actually 50%).
The camera looks like a smaller version of the F717 and I can confirm that the picture quality of F717 is awesome.

I'll take a closer look at this camera next week then... and get back to you guys.

Andy@Tokyo

[iebnn]

yOyOYoo: it would be terrible. who would want to use a large camera as a PDA? using a smallish pda as a toy camera is okay, but not the other way around.. that thing is huge to be used as a PDA (and has a terrible form factor for PDA use)

I just bought the P8

[DonWon]

make this the size of an optio s and then sony will have something

[yOyOYoo]

iebnn, i was just kidding! That idea would be ridiculous I know.

[iebnn]

sorry, sarcasm doesn't transfer well over the internet ;/ I should have known that you were

[robrecht]

Originally posted by AndyJapan
US$860 ... The camera looks like a smaller version of the F717 and I can confirm that the picture quality of F717 is awesome.

Originally posted by wonton
make this the size of an optio s and then sony will have something

I think it's more like an upgraded DSC-S85 since it's not an SLR.  This too was an awsome 4 MP camera--much better than the smaller 4 MP DSC-P9.  Miniturization is great but when it comes to camera lenses you lose an awful lot by going with the smaller models.  This will be a great camera.  The preorder price is $700 US.

[iebnn]

I'm no professional or hobbyist photographer or anything, so I find that I use a camera a LOT more if it is very small and portable. I'd rather give up a little quality to have something that I don't have to think about whether or not I want to carry with me than to have a great quality camera that I rarely have with me/rarely use. I just carry my tiny camera with me wherever I go, not knowing if I'll actually use it or not, but I'm glad when something comes up that I want to take a picture of and I have my camera with me.

[cliejunkie]

I love my 717... truely a beautiful camera... more so than the Nikon 5700 and I grew up on nikons. This looks like a beauty as well because it is so compact.... but I can´t complain because I love that I can add my wide angle and telephoto attachment lenses as well as a flash on the hotshoe. Í´´m on vacation in europe just waiting for a police officer to jump me because the sony case for the 717 looks like a gun holster.:D