Flip sliding away with Cisco’s new camcorder
The latest Personal Technology column in the FT’s Business Life section looks at the new version of the Flip camcorder:
“The success of the Flip style of camcorder has encouraged rivals such as Kodak, Samsung and Sanyo to launch similar devices, but the SlideHD is the first low-cost camcorder to feature such a large HD widescreen.”
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VCs flip Flip to Cisco in nick of time?
The Flip video camera became a best-seller in the US last Christmas as a cheap, dead simple device for capturing video and uploading it to a computer or the web.
Its maker Pure Digital was also capturing the market for a moment in time and has sold more than 2m units to date.
But Pure Digital’s sale today to Cisco may also be a perfectly timed exit for its VC backers – much bigger competitors are bearing down on the startup, looking to copy its success.
Sony sees Flip is no flop
@CES, Las Vegas – Flip camcorders from San Francisco’s Pure Digital were Christmas best-sellers in the US, but electronics giant Sony has hit back in January with its own take on the low-priced point-and-shoot video cameras.
It unveiled a new line of camcorders called “Webbie HD” at its press conference at the Consumer Electronics Show on Wednesday evening, with the MHS-PM1 (pictured) paying homage to the Flip’s design and features.
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