If you've been itching to buy a new Flip camera, now's the time. Their parent company (Cisco Systems) just killed the brand and laid off all 550 Flip employees.
In an era where smart phones can shoot video and provide navigation, the companies that make low-end cameras and GPS systems are finding their customers abandoning these devices.
Flip ... we hardly knew ye.
Flip cameras: out of business
What's even more amazing to me is that Flip was the #1 producer of inexpensive pocket video cams making over 4 million units per year. But Cisco was losing money and the smart phones may have killed this category completely.
I guess ultimately I'm glad I didn't invest in one. I have a slightly used pda if anyone needs one! That category died too! lol!
I guess ultimately I'm glad I didn't invest in one. I have a slightly used pda if anyone needs one! That category died too! lol!
Their is not a smart phone on the planet that can film as well as a flip, Kodak Zi8 or the unit I just bought a Sony Bloggie..
The story is deeper than this, but I wont go into detail, Cisco CEO is on thin ice if not already gone for his many stupid moves, but a bloggie from Sony at under 100 bucks is a great great replacement, if not superior.
The story is deeper than this, but I wont go into detail, Cisco CEO is on thin ice if not already gone for his many stupid moves, but a bloggie from Sony at under 100 bucks is a great great replacement, if not superior.
TGMatt wrote:
Matt- key feature of the Zi8 is an input jack for an external microphone. Does the Sony have this as well? They sell the Bloggie's at Costco but I couldn't see the inputs.
Thanks mate! :cheer:
Their is not a smart phone on the planet that can film as well as a flip, Kodak Zi8 or the unit I just bought a Sony Bloggie..
The story is deeper than this, but I wont go into detail, Cisco CEO is on thin ice if not already gone for his many stupid moves, but a bloggie from Sony at under 100 bucks is a great great replacement, if not superior.
Matt- key feature of the Zi8 is an input jack for an external microphone. Does the Sony have this as well? They sell the Bloggie's at Costco but I couldn't see the inputs.
Thanks mate! :cheer:
Does anyone know how the sound of the Sony Bloggie (or the Zip for that matter) compares to the iPhone 4, as an audio and video recorder?
My Blue Snowball and iMac camera combo is giving me some issues at the moment (overloading it with strumming songs). So I'm considering other options.
Sorry to sidetrack this.
ta
M.
My Blue Snowball and iMac camera combo is giving me some issues at the moment (overloading it with strumming songs). So I'm considering other options.
Sorry to sidetrack this.
ta
M.