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Casio Exilim EX-H15Ĭompact cameras had a hand in Flip's demise too, as many now offer 720p or 1080p video. Enter the Kodak PlayTouch, a waterproof, sand-proof, drop-proof 1080p mini-camcorder that will slide happily into your swimming trunks and film your snorkelling adventures. Mini-camcorders are great for capturing the fun of holidays, but standard cameras aren't up to the sand, sea or snow. It doesn't offer any exciting whistles and bells - so its days could be numbered - but it is a colourful 1080p pocket shooter that does everything the Flip could. The Panasonic HM-TA1 is one of the cheaper camcorders from a major manufacturer. The size of a mobile phone usually severely limits the size of the camera sensor, so it's good to see the Arc making the most of what it's got to work with, offering plenty of settings to play with. The mobile packs an Exmor R CMOS sensor, as seen in Sony's compact camera range. The wafer-thin Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc smart phone couldn't be more pocket-friendly if it tried, but it's what's inside that wins our hearts. The 1080p Bloggie also uses a 360-degree attachment to film very cool panoramic video. Sony solves that problem with the Sony Bloggie Touch's large 3-inch touchscreen, allowing you to adjust options without cluttering up the camcorder's body. The Flip's simplicity was its main virtue, but there's only so much you can do with one button. The Flip camcorder won't be the last single-use casualty of the feature-packed phone, and it'll be interesting to see how long even the big name mini-corders last. A phone with a camera in it can't challenge a compact camera for picture quality, but 1080p high-definition video is now well within a phone's grasp.įlip-style camcorders only have one function, and have been left behind by the multi-function smart phone. Ultimately it seems it's not the raft of rivals that killed Flip. The following year Flip went high-definition as it faced a slew of competitors from big companies such as Sony, Panasonic and Kodak scrambling to catch up. Flip became a tad more sophisticated with the arrival of the smaller Flip Video Mino. With a gaping Flip-shaped hole in our lives, let's take a look at the rivals that saw Flip off, and see what unique features could help them swim where Flip sank.įlip basically invented the market for pocket-sized camcorders in 2008 with the Flip Video Ultra, a plastic AA battery-powered camcorder with a big red button to record YouTube-sized footage. Cisco is pulling the plug on more than 550 workers. The company that led the craze for affordable, one-button pocket camcorders with the Flip Ultra and Flip Mino is being wound up by owners Cisco in the face of competition from big-name rivals, video-shooting compact cameras and camera phones.Ĭisco bought Flip two years ago for £360m, and although Flip camcorders are still popular they clearly don't pay their way.
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