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]
Just a bit of hardware erotica on the Flip MinoHD: the red circle is the lens, which is being pulled off the CMOS chip (directly below). The 720P chip leaves individual pixels just .0000022 microns to capture their snippets. More »
Some cool gadgets for me to play with this weekend: Most exciting of which are the PXC310BT headphones from Sennheiser which cram in both A2DP Bluetooth and noise cancellation. More »
While Flip is announcing that the US is getting an 8GB Flip MinoHD, in Australia we’re finally getting the original Mino and 4GB MinoHD some time next month. Woo-hoo? More »
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.
Cisco is surely on to something: an enterprise mobile videophone? $US500,000 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.
newVideoPlayer("/minohdlightning_giz.flv", 476, 286,""); The Gadget: The Flip MinoHD, the most recognisable name in pocket camcorder’s HD camera, it shoots 720p video on 4GB of built-in memory. galleryPost("minohdlightning", 3, "");
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 $US230 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]
