Turns out an enterprise tablet was just the beginning: Cisco today also announced plans for a Wi-Fi Flip cam, an iOS 4 video client and a media transcoder that would broker an end to the ongoing Apple-Flash spat. Busy day!
The iPad is a content-driven machine. That’s what it does best, and that’s what it’s used for. The Cisco Cius, on the other hand, wants to be the consummate professional’s tablet. But what’s a business-minded tablet do differently?
I’m not surprised there was some delay considering the 8GB launched in the US at the same time the original Flip Mino and the 4GB Mino HD launched in Australia, but a whole six months? Really?
Silicon Alley Insider is reporting that Cisco is prepping a new line of Flip video cameras to be announced next month at the NAB conference in Vegas. Makes sense! No details on the models themselves, unfortunately. [Silicon Alley Insider]
Tomorrow, Cisco Systems will be making an announcement which will “forever change the internet”. This means we’ve got a nearly all night to speculate, make bets and daydream of life changing technologies. [ZDNet]
Cisco, who makes the Battlemodo Champion Flip line of pocket camcorders, confirmed that next-gen Flips will have both Wi-Fi and a large sliding screen (though not touch), a significant departure in styling. I just hope they keep tactile buttons. [CrunchGear]
