Tag archive: Flip

While many consumers rely on smartphone or digital cameras built-in video capture capabilities, camcorder enthusiasts still walk among us. And to their benefit, these movie-making devices are taking leaps and bounds, putting near-professional level quality on shelves. Check out our rundown of the best, recent video cameras on the market, including everything from sleek and simple pocket camcorders to DSLRs with astounding video options built… Read More

The latest innovation to come out of Silicon Valley's minds is…a grilled cheese sandwich? Or rather, a faster, more efficient way to buy a grilled cheese. Flip founder Jonathan Kaplan's newest project straight out of stealth mode, THE MELT, lets you remotely order a grilled cheese from a computer or phone from the website. There also may be an app in the works. Smartphone users receive a QR code when they order that can be… Read More

Networking giant Cisco is best known for building a lot of the backbone gear on which the Internet has been built, like routers, switches, hubs, and other key components of network architecture—the kinds of things that make data centers and cloud computing possible. The massive growth of the Internet would seem to put Cisco in a secure business position, but the reality is that the company faces significant competition from the likes of… Read More

Cisco's recent surprise move to shut down its Flip camcorder business—and axe 550 employees—has another casualty: the FlipLive, an un-announced new camcorder from Flip that would have streamed live video to the Web via Wi-Fi. And, according to reports, Cisco pulled the plug on Flip just before the FlipLive was set to launch. Reports had been circulating since mid-2010 about a forthcoming camcorder from Flip that would… Read More

Cisco today announced that its line of once-mighty Flip camcorders will soon be given the axe as part of the company's plans “to align its operations.” The restructuring effort will also cost 550 employees their jobs as Cisco moves to overhaul its businesses related to consumer products. Analysts have criticized Cisco in recent months for straying too far from a business model that focused on selling routers and network… Read More

Cisco has taken the wraps off the latest entry in its popular Flip Video camcorder line: the SlideHD, with a new form factor that features a slide-up 3-inch touchscreen display, and a new “slide strip” that enables users to quickly scrub through their library to locate a specific video or photo. Plus, the SlideHD comes with 16 GB of onboard memory, enabling the device to capture up to four hours of high-definition video.… Read More

Flip Video—recently acquired by networking giant Cisco—have introduced the FlipShare TV, a new device that connects to a users HDTV (or plain old TV) and enables users to put their Flip-shot videos and photographs on the big screen. But that's not all: also enables users to share their videos and image s with other FlipShare TV owners. The folks at Flip see the FlipShare TV as an easy way to share video with friends and family… Read More

Kodak has extended its digital photography offerings, introducing the new high-definition Zi8 high-definition pocket camcorder, along with two new Easyshare digital cameras. All three are designed to make it easy for everyday camera users to capture important memories and easily share them with their friends and family—and even the world. “Consumers place high value on their images and video to strengthen and improve… Read More

Majesco will be debuting a new game, Flip’s Twisted world, at the E3 Expo that begins next week – but it’s a game with a difference. The levels are twisted, thanks to a mistake by inept sorcerer’s apprentice Flip, making the worlds cubed. That means players not only have to find their way out, they have to rearrange the levels 90 degrees at a time in order to make progress. Oh, and the universe might be destroyed… Read More

Pure Digital—makers of the popular Flip video cameras and new Cisco acquiree—have introduced new versions of their Ultra and Ultra HD video recorders, featuring twice the memory, bigger screens, and AA battery packs that simplify recording video on the go. The second-generation standard-definition Flip Ultra features 4 Gb of built-in memory and a larger 2-inch no-glare display. The units can capture video at full VGA resolution… Read More

Technology giant Cisco is mainly known for making routers and switches and connectivity gear that helps hold the Internet together, and while the company reaches into consumers' homes with its Linksys brand of gear, the company has just taken a significant step into the realm of consumer electronics, announcing a deal to buy Flip video camera maker Pure Digital for $590 million in stock. Pure Digital manufacturers popular,… Read More

Netbooks and other inexpensive, small form-factor (SFF) PCs might be all the rage in the consumer computing marketplace, but there's no denying that the Atom-powered machines don't have the power to run the latest and greatest software—in fact, netbooks are one of the reasons Windows XP is still holding on as a Microsoft operating system years after the company hoped it would be in the recycle bin of history. Now, Nvidia… Read More

If you were ready to dismiss the original Flip Mino as a cheap YouTube camcorder after its lukewarm first generation and subsequent imitators, the next generation may just change your mind. On Wednesday, Flip released the MinoHD camcorder, which retains the ease of use and small form factor of the original, but boosts video quality to high-def. At a little under four inches tall, two across and little more than half an inch wide, , Flip… Read More

BlackBerry’s much-anticipated Storm may still be weeks away, but a less-groundbreaking but still anticipated new BlackBerry has just cropped up at T-Mobile. The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8820, announced last month, officially launched for T-Mobile on Monday, making it the first network to get the slim new folder. The big news, of course, will be pricing for the device. The Flip version of the Pearl will carry the exact same price tag as… Read More

Canada's Research in Motion has formally introduced its BlackBerry Peal Flip 8820 smartphone, a new addition to its popular BlackBerry line that leaves the stodgy confines of corporate connectivity behind and pushes the company further into making smartphones for everyday people. “The popularity of BlackBerry smartphones has grown tremendously around the world and the introduction of this exciting new flip phone will help… Read More