Last week we headed out to Lollapalooza 2010 to take a break from all of the world’s technology and enjoy some good music, food, and friends. But that darn technology followed us! It’s everywhere these days.

In the middle of a hot, humid, and sun baked day Sony’s dark, air conditioned tent filled with shiny gadgets was just too enticing to resist. Aside from refuge from the heat, Sony was handing out brand new Bloggie HD Camcorders for all Lolla-goers to play with during their musical revelry. So, of course, we grabbed one and took it for a spin.

Since Sony replaced the Webbie with the Bloggie it has gone through a significant amount of physical change that borrows heavily from the Flip by Cisco. Despite this hipper design sensibility the Bloggie is unfortunately more awkward to use than a single use, purpose built device should be. The controls were hard to use and the menu structure was not very clear. Moreover, videos shot with the Bloggie were very jumpy and less refined than you would expect from a camcorder that claims “HD” quality.

Unfortunately, for Sony the concerts were great but the Bloggie was not.