The issue that you may encounter with many webcams is that you can only point them in one direction. A lot of the time, you have to adjust the base of the webcam if you want it to look up, down, to the left, or to the right. Wouldn’t it be easier if you had a webcam that could easily point in just about any direction that you’d like?

That’s the idea behind the not-so-creatively-named USB 2-in-1 Web Cam from Brando. The Hong Kong-based company is known for releasing a series of different gadgets and trinkets, and webcams are no exception. This particular product isn’t terribly innovative in terms of recording video, but you can very easily tilt it up to 180 degrees or rotate it around up to 360 degrees.

The video will be recorded at a VGA (640 x 480 pixel) resolution at 30 frames per second. This is nowhere near being among the top of the class, but it’s usually quite adequate for video conferencing and other similar applications. The tilt-swiveling base is the real key here and it’s also nice to see that it is completely plug-and-play for Windows XP and Vista. No need to deal with any drivers. You’ll also find that it has a reasonable 2GB of internal memory.

The current asking price is $33.