Actually if you're looking for the "newest" thing, I just remembered this from CES. Check out the Sony Webbie HD mini camcorder.
http://www.gearlive.com/news/article...ini-camcorder/
It's literally designed for YouTube and such. For $299 (list) you get up to 8.5 hours of HD MPEG-4 video on a 16GB Memory Stick Pro (not included).