Tuesday, May 3, 2011 - 2:00pm
Flip may be dead, but don't worry, you'll still be able to buy a standalone handheld video camera. Olympus appears to be stepping in to fill the void with their LS-20M.
Flip stories
Monday, September 20, 2010 - 2:43pm
They may not look too different from their predecessors, but the new Flip camcorders — the alkaline battery-powered UltraHD and the slim rechargeable MinoHD — offer two major changes.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 - 11:52am
The latest iteration in the popular Flip line of portable camcorders trades in its tiny size for something new: a roomy, touch-sensitive, 3-inch widescreen display so you can watch what you shoot right then and there. That's the big selling...
Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 12:30pm
Flip cameras, the single-purpose, super-simple video cameras that have experienced a popularity explosion in the last year or two, have a new feature in the works: Wi-Fi. It's just a rumor for now, but it makes sense. In theory, you'd...
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 2:13pm
Pocket cams like the Flip take great video on the cheap, but the video is nauseatingly shaky. JVC has entered the cheap HD camcorder business with three $200 PICSIOs that not only steady your jerky footage with image stabilization but...
Thursday, August 6, 2009 - 4:19pm
A coworker of mine recently sent an e-mail asking, "Why does technology seem inevitably to pull apart communities and isolate individuals?" His argument based on the assumption of Bowling Alone, that Americans are more isolated than ever. But my co-worker...
Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 6:04am
You can buy an HD camcorder for less than $100. The DXG-567V and Kodak Zx1 are both priced less than $150. The new Flip UltraHD, which went on sale today in both black and white versions, is nearly identical to...
Wednesday, January 7, 2009 - 7:13pm
Sony wants to get into the cheap YouTube camcorder game, and it didn't disappoint at CES 2009 today with two examples, a $200 mini-camcorder-like flipscreen version available now, and a vertical model that'll show up this spring. Both are...
Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 3:11pm
As Congress debates the controversial bailout/bridge loan/taxpayer-money-down-the-drain for the Big Three American automakers, be glad camcorders are made by Asian companies. Why? Sony, Canon, JVC, Panasonic and Samsung are sliding down the same razorblade of doom as the Big...
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 - 9:13am
Building on the runaway success of its ultra-cheap ($90) Flip camcorder, Pure Digital took a giant leap into the HD landscape with Flip Mino HD, shooting in 720p. They're calling the 3.3-ounce pocketcam the world's smallest HD camcorder, and...
