5 posts and columns on Mino

Cisco's SlideHD Debuts: A Video Encounter of the Flip Kind

in News on April 12, 2010 at 9:01 pm PT

Tonight, Cisco unveiled the latest version in its popular and innovative Flip digital video camera line, the SlideHD. The new device, which can record up to four hours of HD video and store up to 12 hours of content, has a dramatic slide-up touchscreen and a slide navigation bar. Here’s a video of BoomTown’s old Flips meeting the new kid in town.

Pure Digital's Jonathan Kaplan–aka the Flip Guy–Speaks (Post-Cisco)!

in News on April 6, 2009 at 10:52 am PT

BoomTown has been an unabashed fan of Pure Digital’s Flip digital video cameras since we debuted them at the D: All Things Digital conference in 2005. And I have used the nifty device on this site since for my shaky-tastic video extravaganzas. Yes, Pure Digital’s CEO Jonathan Kaplan is to blame! Here is my video interview with him, which I did last week, in the wake of Pure Digital’s acquisition by Cisco for $590 million, in which we talk about what’s to come for my beloved Flip.
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Flip Flips to Cisco for $590 Million in Stock (Plus the Press Release)

in News on March 19, 2009 at 6:15 am PT

Pure Digital, the maker of the popular Flip digital video cameras, has sold itself to Cisco (CSCO) for $590 million in stock. The deal, which had been rumored last week, was announced this morning by Cisco. The simplicity of Pure Digital’s line of relatively inexpensive cameras has made it a huge consumer success, which is no easy task in the devices arena. And Cisco has been trying to turbocharge its consumer-focused business and the move is a clear step in that direction.
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A New Flip Joins the BoomTown Video Family: High-Def Hijinks Ensue!

in News on November 12, 2008 at 2:05 am PT

As you might know from Katherine Boehret’s review of Pure Digital Technologies’ newest Flip today, there is now a high-definition version of the popular digital video camera. BoomTown has been using some version of the Flip for our videos since the site started almost two years ago to make our jiggly masterpieces about the tech scene. Thus, here’s a video where my old Flips meet the new one in town.

Flip Video Mino Takes Aim at the Cool Set

in The Digital Solution on June 4, 2008 at 12:01 am PT

The Flip Video Mino changes the way people capture and share videos, and that’s a great thing. And if you really want a sleek, hip-looking gadget, you’ll learn to overlook and adjust to the touch-sensitive buttons that aren’t as functional as they needed to be.