Apr22

Breaking Flip News

Posted at 10:59 PM • View Comments

Cisco have just made an announcement:

Confirmed they are exiting the Flip business.

1. Tech Support for Flip Video cameras continues until 31/12/2013
2. New Flips you may buy will still carry a 1 year warranty.
3. Flip cameras still available to buy while stocks last.
4. FlipShare supported until 31/12/2013.
5. Video sharing discontinued after 31/12/2013.

There is no news about 3rd party Mic accessories.

Cisco Systems also write:

“The teams have been reading your comments from emails and our social media community pages and are touched by the overwhelming number of thoughts and messages. We hope you will continue to have fun with your Flip video camera, and we appreciate your loyalty and business.”

You might want to read more and express your oppinion here, it seems like they are no longer deleting or holding back comments.

Apr21

We didn’t ask for this …...

Posted at 8:19 AM • View Comments



Cartoon Via Slashgear

The Wi-fi might have been nice but we didn’t need the other stuff. The existing FlipPort and a probably never to be released Mic would have made the Flip Video Camera top of the Pocket Cam game and that would have been enough for now.

ps. Did you know according to David Pogue of the NYT a new ‘Flip live’ model was due out the day they killed the Flip with the ability to stream live to the world via Wi-Fi? I’m wondering where are those units now and will they be trashed? If so what a waste of resources!

Apr20

Save the Flip for Africa!

Posted at 7:51 AM • View Comments

Katie on my Save the Flip site:


“I am working with hundreds of children all over Africa, giving them Flip cameras with which to tell their stories and the Flip is the perfect tool for them…you don’t need to be a geek to use it with great success and the editing is so easy for those who do not have high tech lives! Everywhere I go with it, people marvel at the simplicity of it and in this ever-increasingly complicated world, it stands out as a pure gem. Please do not deprive the rest of the world of this fabulous tool!”

Apr19

Take Twitter Flip action

Posted at 8:37 AM • View Comments
Later today I am sending the most pertinent comments left on Save The Flip to the powers that be at Cisco. Many Flip users feel enraged, abandoned or shocked about the decision to kill the Flip and have expressed themselves brilliantly.


I know Cisco are checking the site but it’s good to make them aware of the campaign more formally. Now here’s something else you can do ..
As you may know the latest Flip Ultra HD 3rd gen model was equipped with the Flip Port.


Many people who upgraded or bought this model as their first Flip did so with the promise of some cool plug-in 3rd party accessories including much
overdue microphones! Yes finally a microphone!
Here’s one below the Scosche freedomMIC.

It’s a bluetooth mic that plugs in under the Flip. Except, I suspect all these accessories may now never see the light of day!  Buried!
This beauty is probably sitting lonely in a warehouse somewhere (though I have no proof of this.)

But, wait for it, I spotted this tweet from Scosche in reply to a question about the Mic.

“We are still developing a strategy and talking to the people at Cisco before we make a decision.”

So maybe there is hope! Maybe they will release it anyway.

I think they need to know we really want it! It’s a one time chance.

I suggest you do this.

First, follow Scosche here: https://twitter.com/#!/Scosche

and @ them something like this ..

Please, Please release the #Scosche freedomMIC for #flip  #savetheflip http://savetheflip.com

Anyway that’s it for now, keep Flipping.

Apr15

The next Flip accessory?

Posted at 7:20 PM • View Comments

Save The Flip! Join the campaign!

Apr13

Jonathan Kaplan speaks Flip

Posted at 10:59 PM • View Comments

“The Brand lives on” says Jonathan Kaplan, founder of the start-up which created Flip. He was speaking to All Things Digital. What do you think this means? In our hearts? Or will the old team reconvene and make a new camera?

Apr13

Wait, don’t go!

Posted at 10:43 PM • View Comments

Someone just unsubscribed from my amazing Flip tips email list! Very short explanation was given. Bye. (Hint: you can sign up top right column)

Apr13

Latest picture Flip?

Posted at 4:25 PM • View Comments

Don’t let the Flip go the way of the Dodo! Save the Flip. Sign Up to the campaign now.

Apr13

Black day for Flip fans

Posted at 8:15 AM • View Comments

So the day after Flip announced it was burying the Flip Video camera here are my thoughts. I’ve done them as bullet points because I can’t put full sentences together :) .

  • This is a battle between minimalism (the Flip, the fans, the small people) v the Big Corp.
  • Flip was more than a camera it was a lifestyle! You can’t trash that!
  • It’s about a device that does one thing well v smartphones which try to do everything. No contest.
  • I like the Iphone but I won’t let my kid use it down on the beach (unlike the Flip)
  • I won’t attach my Iphone to the side of a car to get some cool shots – replacing it is £400
  • I do shoot video on an Iphone but it’s fiddly as hell and doesn’t fit in the hand so well!
  • Yes the Kodak Zi8 has some cool features but it looks like a dogs dinner!
  • Flips are used extensively in education and by charities who give them to people in developing nations to record their issues. Will they hand out smartphones, and what type of contract would that be!
  • Some people bought the Ultra HD 3g because of the promise of 3rd party flip port accessories, what will happen to those accessories now?
  • What happens to flipshare and future upgrades during the lifetimes of our flips?
  • UPDATE – The LA Times writes: “Though Cisco will stop producing the Flip camera, it will still support its FlipShare video-sharing services “with a transition plan,” Cisco said, not offering further details.” Nice one!
  • What about the flip cams that were being sold to give funds for the Japan relief effort. Nice timing!
  • How can we make our flips last a lifetime?
  • Will someone step in and buy the flip ? (please)

So if anyone from Cisco is reading this, could you give us a heads up?

Seems like these folks agree with me!