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more about #flip more comments → krztov: so would the verdict be that zi8 is still a better deal? picked a zi8 up last week after reading the giz review when i was looking into a cheap video ... more » philibuster: In addition to the touch-sensitive buttons, the lens location on these is ridiculous. It's right where your fingers would be if you were holding it in... more » gemcosta: It seems that a lot of review websites tend to neglect the fact that the Mino HD has a bigger, better sibling, the Ultra HD. It has tactile buttons, r... more » windupbird81: so what's the better product? new Flip, Zi8 or something else? #flipminohdreview more » bitgod: Still no stabilization? I'm curious to see that Kodak camera that's coming out with stabilization on it. more » philibuster: I used the mino hd. I didn't like it. The touch buttons were too sensitive, the lens was right where you'd put your fingers if you were to hold it in ... more » gemcosta: Still not doing it for me. Price bump or not, here's what I think this needs before it's a slam dunk: -Removable battery (Ultra HD has one though) -1... more » rocketbear79: threadkiller: I don't understand all the rush to these HD digital camcorders for the regular consumer. Maybe for youtube length shots this might be useful but when... more » Monty: It reminds me of the first remote control I ever used - looked like this with the one button in the center, and it made a loud "click" whenever you pr... more » beekerstudios: you are inane and stupid: this form factor for a "video camera" just doesn't jive with me. I get it, quick vids, on the fly. For that I'd rather just use my celly, sorry. If I ... more » -
#review
Flip Mino HD Review: If it Ain't Broke...
Flip's followup to the successful, caveman-easy Mino HD is fundamentally the same product, slightly better. The improvements are welcome, but there are still some issues I wish Flip would address. More » -
#flip
Next-Generation Flip MinoHD: Sleeker Design, Double the Memory
The newest Flip MinoHD was just announced, and it's a lot like the first-gen, but with upgrades all around. You've got double the memory, a much sleeker aluminum design, bigger screen and HDMI port. Sweet! More » -
#flip
Unsightly Flip Video Remote Appears
It seems as if Flip Video is getting into some non-camcorder territory. My guess is that this Flip Video Remote that appeared on the FCC controls some sort of accompanying settop box. More » -
#concepts
Crazy Long-Lens HD Cam Concept Makes Flips and Vados Self Conscious
I'd be ready to give in my Flip MinoHD for thisPioneerhigh-def camcorder concept in a second. The palm-sized device has been designed with a pivoting lens which can be maneuvered with touchscreen controls. More » -
#review
Kodak Zi8 1080p Pocket Camcorder Review: Your Move, Flip
The gadget: A direct followup to the excellent Zi6 HD pocket cam, the Zi8 adds a 1080p 30fps mode, a lithium ion battery, image stabilization, HDMI-out and a mic jack. It's restyled too, and less pudgy. More » -
#camcorders
Kodak Zi8 Wallops Flip With 1080p, Image Stabilizer and SD Slot
Kodak's almost-glimpsed product tease was indeed a new pocket cam, potentially their best yet. Launching with an MSRP of $180, it will overpower the Flip Ultra HD with 1080p recording, an electronic image stabilizer, SDHC card slot and other enhancements. More » -
#camcorders
Zoom Q3: Finally A Flip-Type Pocket Cam With Decent Audio
Our Battlemodo showed that while cheap pocket camcorder video quality has come a long way, audio quality is usually abysmal. The Zoom Q3 aims to change that with TWO directional microphones that can be focused much like a lens zooms.
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#camcorders
Samsung Barges Into Flip Territory With HMX-U10 1080p Pocket Camcorder
Samsung has finally joined the illustrious, bulging ranks of Flip-imitating manufacturers, announcing the HMX-U10, a 1080p-recording, 10-megapixel-shooting compact camcorder set to land in September. More » -
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#ipodtouch
Ideas We Like: iPods With Cameras
Techcrunch is reporting, via "sources in Asia," that Apple is gobbling up huge numbers of camera sensors—the same ones used in the iPhone 3GS—for use in iPods. If Apple isn't really doing this, they should be. More » -
#weird
Santa LeBron Gifts Unsuspecting Teammates With Flip Mino HD Cams
It's probably just the latest of King James's half-hourly endorsement contract fulfillments, but it's still slightly weird to see the 'Bron at the 2009 MVP rostrum pulling Flip cams out of a Best Buy bag. More » -
#lightningreview
Flip UltraHD Camcorder Review
The Flip UltraHD is the true sequel to the cheap, crappy-but-good enough camcorder that's smuggled 13 percent of the market and was once our favorite cheap camcorder. More » -
#editorial
The New Mantra of Tech: It's Good Enough
A few months ago, I sat in a think tank with a group of distinguished digital camera experts. We were talking about the future of cameras, what was to come. More » -
#flipultrahd
Flip Ultra HD: Our Favorite Cheap Camcorder Goes HD
The most majorest problems with the Flip Mino HD are its squinty small screen and narrow lens, so seeing an HD rendition of our favorite cheap camcorder—the Flip Ultra HD—makes us happy. More » -
#industry
Cisco Acquires Pure Digital, Makers of the Flip Video Cam, For $590 Million
Cisco is surely on to something: an enterprise mobile videophone? $500,000 internet backbone router with cute modular Flip video cam? Or maybe they just want a consumer horse besides Linksys in their stable that clearly has some legs: Flip's video cams have sparked a netbook-like fever, with everyone and their brother getting into the tiny HD camcorder game. The deal is expected to close by Cisco's fourth quarter of 09. -
#dealzmodohack
Dealzmodo Hack: Overhaul Your Last-Gen BlackBerry
For most, cellphone trade shows mean carefree gadget porn. For some, they're an assault on beleaguered gadget egos. Last time we helped straggling WinMo users. Now, dear last-gen BlackBerry users, we're reaching out to you. More » -
#camcorders
Creative Vado HD Pocket Camcorder Now Available
The latest entrant into the compact, cheap camcorder running crew currently spearheaded by the Flip and all of its variants is now available—the Creative Vado shoots 720p, has HDMI-out and costs $200. -
#reviews
Flip MinoHD Lightning Review (So Easy, a Caveman Can Do It)
The Gadget: The Flip MinoHD, the most recognizable name in pocket camcorder's HD camera, it shoots 720p video on 4GB of built-in memory. More » -
#camcorders
Flip Cam Gets a Hi-Def Upgrade With 720p Shooting MinoHD
Flip, the grandaddy of cheap camcorders, is the latest to join the hi-def video club with the release of the Flip MinoHD. The MinoHD joins the Zi6 and EZ300 in capturing 720p widescreen video, and it will save up to 60 minutes of footage on 4GB of built-in storage. Its the same size as the original Mino, and it has a 2-hour Li-ion battery—though with the way we've seen these HD cams suck down power, we're cautiously optimistic. The $230 camcorder comes in black or your own design, and while it's pricier than similar cams, Flip has a great reputation so we'll reserve judgment until we see it ourselves—which will be verrrrry soon. Stay tuned for a full review, fact sheet down below. [Flip] More » -
#signoftheapocalypse
Best Buy is Looking For Black Friday VIPs To Start The Insanity In Style
Black Friday's going to be longer and crazier this year, thanks to The Troubles. We got the memo. But Best Buy is jumping in with both feet—with their Black Friday VIP program, they're looking for a few good crazies to arrive in a limo sipping mimosas at 25 major metro Best Buys around the country, bright and early at 4:30 AM for the rare privilege of buying up some "doorbusters" (limit four) before the ravaging hordes with faces smashed against glass outside. Do you have what it takes? More » -
#flip
Flip Mino Now Available With Fully Customized Paintjob
Flip Mino, one of the best cheap camcorders money can buy, can now be personalized to your heart's delight. The new Flip site allows you to choose from hundreds of pre-made designs, upload your own image, or make a one-of-a-kind pattern using their awesomely trippy pattern generator to be printed on the camera's shell. Better still, you can share your designs with the Flip community, and any camera sold with your image will score you $10. If you're the giving kind, you can donate the proceeds to charity as well. But times are tough, and after dropping $180 on the Mino, your beer money fund looks like a worthy cause. [Flip] -
#blackberrypearlflipreview
BlackBerry Pearl Flip Review
If it hadn't been leaked so damn much, the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 would be something of a surprise. Not simply because it's the first-ever clamshell BlackBerry, but the fact that RIM went in this direction at all, especially when you look at the rest of its new phones, with their clean, almost aerodynamic lines, and compare them to this beefy slab of a phone. Landing on T-Mobile today, the big-boned Pearl Flip is aimed at people graduating to their first smartphone, and it definitely has its own kind of charm. More » -
#blackberry
RIM Opens Up About BlackBerry Pearl Flip Phone
RIM just got official on its BlackBerry Pearl Flip (aka the Kickstart). Still a kinda clumsy-looking piece, the Pearl Flip is just like the candybar Pearls, but you know, fliptastic, with an an external display for previewing incoming texts, emails and phone calls. Watch for it at T-Mobile soon. More » -
#flipultra
Dr. Ashen Reviews The Flip Ultra and Creative Vado
Benny may have reviewed a bunch of cheap camcorders for our cheap camcorder Battlemodo, but he's much less British than we'd like. Good thing for us Dr. Ashen of Vii, PolyStation 3 and various other shitty gadget fame has decided to put two of them head-to-head. Spoiler alert: The Creative Vado sucks, even in the UK. Oh, and Ashen's couch is slightly dirtier than last time. [Dancing Yak - Thanks Sean!] -
#camcorders
Kodak Zi6 Might Be Best Pocket Camcorder Yet
Kodak's first entry into the pocket camcorder pool, the Zi6, may be the new king of cams. My lab assistants and I have done more scientific research in the field of cheap-ass camcorders than anyone we can name off the top of our heads. In my expert opinion, this is a winner, ready to unseat Pure Digital's original Flip Ultra. Why? 720p HD video!
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#pocketcamcorder
DXG-567V Camcorder is HD-recording, YouTube-ing Flip Cam Rival
DXG's new 567v looks designed to join Flip cam lookalikes in the YouTube camcorder game. But this candybar form-factor camera packs in a 5-megapixel CMOS sensor and records at 1280 x 720 pixels HD resolution at 30 frames per second: meaning it's far beyond YouTube's video requirements. Recording to SDHC cards, it also comes with all the cabling to connect it to your TV and has ArcSoft TotalMedia editing software in the box. Available now for $179. Press release below. More » -
#reviews
The Ultimate Cheap Camcorder Battlemodo
Ever since the world caught wind of the Pure Digital Flip cam's success, super-cheap digital pocket camcorders have sprouted up everywhere. With everyone and their mother trying to become the next Lil Show Stoppa or Soulja Girl, people need a cheap and easy way to capture those magic moments. I tested six of these cams—from Creative, RCA/Audiovox, DXG and Pure Digital—all $180 or less. Here are samples of all of their videos in various conditions, and an overall look at how they stack up: More » -
#camcorders
Flip Mino: Our First Footage (So Far, So Good)
I just got my hands on the Flip Mino and I'm impressed with it so far. It's way thinner than it's big brother Ultra, but remains almost the same height and width, which is good because it's not small enough to lose. The USB placement is well hidden on this design and I think it's positioned to fit in the slot more conveniently than the Ultra. As you can see in the video sample above, it takes solid video, adjusting from diffuse outdoor lighting to dimmer indoor lighting with ease, and without a lot of noise. The touch-sensitive buttons weren't sensitive enough for me at first, but after fiddling with them a bit they worked fine. Also, I'm still not sure which side of the Li-ion/AA debate I am on, but the thought of having to charge this thing for a full three hours when it runs out of battery doesn't excite me. I'll be testing it out more to let you know my full opinion, but in the meantime, so far, so good. Check out the gallery after the jump. [Flip Video] -
#camcorders
Flip Mino: A Smaller, Better Flip Camcorder for $180
The Flip Mino, a pint-sized but more powerful companion to the so-easy-your-grandma-will-be-a-YouTube-star Ultra, is now official. We already saw the $180 mini-cam in a fuzzy picture, but now we know that although it carries 2GB of on-board flash for 60 minutes of VGA-quality recording like the Ultra, it's 40% smaller—a scant 4” x 2” x 0.6”. The Mino distances itself further by adding a Li-ion battery and a flat back-panel with touch-sensitive buttons (rather than the Ultra's AAs and push buttons). Check back shortly for a full hands-on; meanwhile, there's a spec-laden fact sheet and a gallery's worth of more shots after the jump.
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#camcorders
Cheap Camcorder Showdown: Creative Vado Vs. Flip Ultra (Vado Looks Better, Flip Shoots Better)
On paper, Creative's Vado might outclass and out-spec the wildly successful Flip Ultra camcorder it very liberally (like crazy, PETA liberal) takes its cues from, but what about in the real world? Laptop Mag tosses 'em together and finds that while the Vado outpaces the older Flip most respects—it's cheaper, slimmer, more attractive and has a better layout and bigger LCD—the Flip wins where it counts: video quality. More » -
#flipmino
New Flip Mino Mini-Camcorder Outed, Looks Incredibly Small
Creative might be not so creatively cloning the ultra-successful Flip camcorder with its own simplecam, but Pure Digital isn't sitting still. Spotted in a B&H catalog is a new mini-Flip, apparently called the Mino, that looks about as big as a candybar from this pic but it's hard to tell exactly. It's due June 4 for $180—a premium over the current Flip offerings (but what the Ultra cost originally), so hopefully it's got something special going on besides being puny. [Crave] -
#camcorders
Creative Vado Official, Way Better Looking Than Flip
Creative today confirmed the existence of the Vado camcorder, one with specs almost exactly identical to the popular Flip, with VGA vid resolution and 2GB of internal flash memory for two hours of film, plus a $100 price tag. It works as a USB drive, but if you want, the optional software will give you instant YouTube posting and other features. We ran a phoney pic of the thing before—these pics here are the real deal. Jump for details. More » -
#flip
Flip + Waterproof Casing = Rugged Cam You Won't Fear Losing
You don't give a shit if you lose or destroy it. Blam's fingers turn into sprouts of butter while frolicking in the ocean, especially if they're gripping expensive, ruggedized cameras that can otherwise withstand brutal acts of man and nature. Buttons are also hard to press. The Flip only has one you need, and with this cheap underwater housing, Blam could film dolphin sex with 10 Flips Matrix-style, or simply have a small army of semi-disposables ready to die for the price of a single higher end camera. (Cheap disposable cameras are different for you and me than for even budget Hollywood flicks, after all.) [Dethroner] -
#flip
Creative Clones the Flip Camcorder: Why the Hell Are They Calling It Vado?
The most impressive thing about the ultra-basic Flip camcorder (to me anyway) is that it's managed to steal 13 percent of the camcorder market. Creative is hoping to bottle some of that magic with a $100 Flip clone called Vado (which sounds more like a failed Star Wars character than a cheapo camcorder). The leaked specs are barely discernible from the Flip Ultra's. (To be super duper clear, this a bad Photoshop of the Flip Ultra, not Creative's product.) More » -
#videosharing
Flip Camcorder Stole 13% of Market, May Have Also Stolen Software
The Flip camcorder won our hearts with a stripped down, value priced approach to home video. However, a company called Advanced Video Technologies (AVT) has filed suit claiming that the company behind the Flip stole their patented Full Duplex Single Chip Video Codec compression software. Fortunately for consumers, AVT is not seeking to block sales of the Flip, but I bet they would love to get their hands on some of the gravy from that 13% share. [Reuters] -
#whoa
Ultra-Basic Flip Video Camera Steals 13 Percent of Camcorder Market With Its Amazing Low-Light Performance?
The Flip camcorder is about as far from a pro camera as Mario is from an actual plumber. In his (mostly fawning) review of the latest version, David Pogue says that the camera's major "shocker" is that its low-light capabilities "trump even $1,000 camcorders." But there's another one buried in there: It has snagged a whopping 13 percent of the camcorder market. Are there untold armies of soccer moms running around with the Flip? Or is its super simple operation (and functionality) a quiet gadget revolution? [NYT] -
#clips
This is What Your Gadgets Feel Like
Sure, we all hate blister packs, but what's it feel like from the other side of the plastic? Not good, my friends. You have this bright, blinding light, you're being held down and there's a guy in a hoodie having his way with you. Jason, I never want to see you in that sweatshirt again. -
#videosharing
Flip Video Ultra: Better Than the Original, But Still for Your Mom
Today the Mossberg Solution takes a whack at Pure Digital's update to the Flip Video, the Flip Video Ultra. The 60-minute (2GB) and 30-minute (1GB) models run $30 more a piece than the original, but basically improve on them in every way (better screen, resolution, etc.). Overall, the Solution says it's "a pleasure to record startlingly good footage for a camera of its size both indoors and outside" and fairly easy to share video, which is the focus of the update. Just don't expect to share pristine quality video, since it's still lower res than a standard camcorder. [Mossy Solution] -
#videosharing
Flip Video Lowers Bar For YouTube Videos Even More
If you had a hard enough time wading through the millions of horrible home videos to get to the good ones on YouTube now, wait until old people start putting stuff up there. Pure Digital's Flip Video camcorder is designed to be easy to use for non-techies, complete with built-in USB adapter and software to make it easy to upload to YouTube, Google Video or Grouper. More » -
#cellphones
Love at First Grope: Sony Ericsson's W580 is All Glowy and Beautiful
Are Sony Ericsson's designers thieves? Because it looks like they stole the stars from the sky and put em into the w580 Slider. Meow. More » -
#cellphones
Colored LG Chocolate Flips Head to Alltel
LG's Chocolate flip has been on Verizon since late last year, but Alltel seems to be the first provider to get colored versions of these things. Available in blue, green, and puke, these AX8600s are going to be $50 after rebate and soul-binding contracts. More »
