VholdR.com introduces buddies and private messaging features. Users can now add buddies, check private messages, and review comments all through the new Activity Center. Log in to VholdR.com and click the My VholdR tab to see your Activity Center.

The new front page on VholdR.com is also live. The interactive map features some of the best submitted videos from all over the world. Check back often as the videos will be updated weekly.

VholdR Desktop-"Its PC & Mac!"

The next version of VholdR Desktop is now launching! The team has been drinking plenty of Vault and spending their weekends behind a desk to bring you the latest version of the VholdR Desktop.

Here are some of the key new features in version 1.5!

Mac Compatibility: We are now compatible with Macs including Power PC and Intel processors as well as 10.4 and 10.5 operating systems.

Clipping: You can now clip your videos and add opening credits.

To download the new software and read about other new features, click here

The new VholdR mounts have arrived. You can now mount the VholdR camera to vented helmets, goggle straps, and handlebars. The new mounts use the same patented TRail mounting system as the flat surface mount.

For more specific information on the mounts, click here.

The new VholdR partner pages are live on VholdR.com.

Check out exclusive videos from Decline Magazine, Bike Magazine, Urban Velo, Sugar Bowl Resort, and Diablo Freeride Park.

Gadget Grrl from TheStreet.com wrote a short review on the VholdR.

"This camera has a threaded mount that is specifically made to attach to a helmet. You could also attach it to a hat and grab some pretty interesting footage at a sporting event, or at an outdoor concert, or along a street in a crowded city.

The camera shoots MPEG4 AVI, and there is a 1GB flashcard included, which should give you about 50 minutes of video at 640x480 @ 30 (frames per second). That's fine to put on the Web.

You can also upgrade to 2GB with a microSD card. Once you have shot your footage, you can download it via USB. If you've got really exciting footage, you can go to Vholdr.com and upload it.

What I like about this camera, besides the durability and rugged casing, is the ability to get footage that you would not normally be able to get for fear of dropping or damaging another more fragile video camera.

Whether you are zooming down a dirt trail or heliskiing, this lightweight camera (3.75 in x 2.1 in x 1.35 in and 4.8 oz) can grab incredible shots along the way. "

View the entire review here.

Check out the review on PNWRiders.com and WMRRA.com

"First, the camera itself. The awesome thing about this camera is that it's totally self-contained, rather than a bullet cam attached by a video cable to a seperate recorder somewhere else. It is slightly bigger than a bullet cam to house a battery and memory card but I still haven't had an issue placing the cam anywhere I want. It comes with a basic mount (I haven't had a need for another yet) but the company is coming out with a vented helmet mount, a handlebar mount and others soon. The whole package is very tough with an all metal body. The front lens element rotates to make lining up the horizon very easy."

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"Each time you start and stop it, it creates a new file on the memory card, all you have to do is drag and drop the files onto your computer to edit them. I use 2gb memory cards (microSD) that record about 2 hours of video. The main downside of the the self-contained units is battery life (two hours is the most I've gotten out of a charge) but new batteries are under $10 so it's easy to buy a few extra."

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"Perhaps the best part of the camcorders is the durability. They've survived two crashes at the race track and the best test so far, one flew off my motorcycle at approximately 120mph on a street ride. It bounced over 1/4 mile down the road, the memory card and battery getting flung out in the process, but worked perfectly after that."

See full reviews at WMRRA.com and PNWRiders.com

VholdR.com, a video community enabling people to share life from their point of view, introduces video GeoTagging. Users are now able to relate their video adventures to the locations where it the action is captured. The launch of GeoTagging on VholdR.com adds a new dimension to the growing shoot and share VholdR community.

Powered by the VholdR wearable camcorder, VholdR.com becomes the first video community to embrace video GeoTagging as a focus of the community experience. VholdR users share video from exciting locations including running with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, skiing steeps in Jackson Hole, biking slick rock in Moab, and motorcycling winding roads in the French Alps.

“VholdR users live life leaning forward, capturing video from within the action in the most amazing locations,” said Marc Barros, CEO of VholdR. “VholdR.com offers a whole new perspective on ‘real life video’ by making it easy to share the action and the location with the click of a button. GeoTagging is just the beginning in bringing ‘real life video’ and community together.”

Members of VholdR.com enter the GeoTag of their video either right out of the VholdR wearable camcorder or during the upload process. Visitors to the Web site are able to search for videos based on location through an interactive Google map.

Viewers are then taken into the action from the participant’s point of view and able to simultaneously view the location on a map while the video plays. Location meta data helps to establish VholdR.com as the user generated video community with the best riding, skiing, boarding, and biking locations from around the world.

View the full article at Helmet Camera Central

On September 5, 2008, Plugged-In Radio will air a segment on the VholdR.

Plugged-In with Marc Saltzman is your daily update on everything tech! Marc Saltzman is regularly heard on CNN, MSNBC, and many other news stations.

As a syndicated radio feature, Plugged-In airs a minimum of once per day across Canada on various stations (including CFRB Toronto, CJAD Montreal, CKNW Vancouver). In addition, it is carried on the XM Satellite Radio and the US Armed Forces Radio Network.

Visit www.pluggedinradio.com for more information.

VholdR is on BusinessWeek.com for winning a bronze medal in the IDEA Awards last month.

BusinessWeek wrote, "VholdR is the first integrated hardware and software platform that makes it easy for action sports enthusiasts to shoot footage and, later, share video online. A proprietary mounting system attaches to a helmet, bike handlebar or ski goggles and the aluminum housing protects the video camera from extreme elements including impact, water, dust and sand. Innovative interaction features, including an image calibration system and single button control, make it easy to operate the camera while wearing it. The materials and finishes give the camera the look and feel of a high-end movie camera."

BusinessWeek

VholdR was selected by PC Magazine as one of the Top 10 Summer Tech Toys.

PC Magazine wrote, " For capturing all of your summer outings out of the water, there's Twenty20 Corp's VholdR ($349): a wearable camcorder that shoots up to two hours of audio and video. Both water- and shock-resistant, the VholdR weighs just a few ounces and features a brushed aluminum shield to protect it in the rain, snow, mud, and other harsh elements. It has a 90-degree rotating lens with smart leveling, a rechargeable battery, a USB port for uploading AVI files to your computer, and supports up to a 2GB microSD card. In addition, the VholdR mounts to any surface, from helmets to handlebars."

PC Magazine Top 10 Summer Tech Toy