Flip Ultra HD vs. Kodak Zx1 – which will capture my heart?

I have been lusting after the Flip camcorder ever since it came out, and really, who could blame me?  I love all things techy and small, and the Flip packs a lot of features into a small package.  However, my Canon SD750 was proven to take video that is just as good, if not a little BETTER, than the original Flip.  So, I held off on getting one because I didn’t think it was a good deal if I already had a device that could do the same thing.

When the Flip Mino HD came out, my intrigue was sparked anew.  I still really love the form factor, and the ability to shoot in decently high quality for a fraction of the price of expensive HD cameras is a definite bonus.  I realize you won’t get the same results as with one of those expensive HD cameras, but for what I want one for I feel that it will be more than sufficient.  I have been contemplating adding one to my Christmas list this year for a few months.

Then, I hear about the introduction of the Flip Ultra HD, which has longer recording time, user removable rechargeable batteries, and an HDMI port.  Now Gizmodo tells me that there is a Kodak equivalent to the Ultra HD coming out on May 15 that has pretty much all of the above, plus support for SDHC cards up to 32GB! I swoon!  It seems to be a better price point as well at $150 versus the $200 for the Mino HD and the reported $200 for the Ultra HD.  I would expect this means the Mino should drop to $150 as well, but for that price the Kodak Zx1 is the clear winner to me–provided the performance is good.

Hopefully someone will do a side-by-side comparison of the two cameras…if the Flip and Kodak people want to grace me with their products, I would be HAPPY to conduct the experiment myself and blog the results.  Call me, guys!