Well crap
Cisco bought Flip back in 2009. Now they are closing it down.
I have one of the Flip camcorders and love it.
Cisco's rationale is that smartphone cameras are taking over the niche that Flip penetrated. I would much rather keep the two functions separate. If I am filming something and the camera gets damaged, I would still have the cell phone.
From
ZD Net:
Cisco shutters Flip business, takes consumer mulligan
Cisco on Tuesday announced that it will shutter some of its consumer businesses and realign what�s left to support its core networking infrastructure businesses.
Time to keep a weather eye out for when Cisco starts blowing out the remaining inventory -- pick up a couple backup units...
Posted by DaveH at April 12, 2011 2:42 PM