Last month I bought a Flip videocam. About the size of a pack of ultra-long cigarettes, this minimalist gizmo records half an hour of video to flash memory. A USB connector flips out from its side to download video to PC or Mac. In Salzburg last week, I recorded numerous interviews with the Flip.
I suspect one reason more people don’t have Flips is that it’s hard to believe such a cool device costs only a little more than a hundred dollars. The Flip is so easy to use, even a child can use it. In fact, in a Berlin restaurant yesterday, Rebecca Stromeyer’s young son interviewed us with my Flip.
This morning I read an announcement in Walt Mossberg’s column that a new, sexier Flip is coming to market. I can hardly wait to get one.
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Thanks for the tip about the ‘flip’ – it looks really cool. We recently experimented recording some role plays used as part of a training intervention. We used a Nokia N95 mobile phone to do the recording and the results were excellent. Good enough quality to play back on a large screen and use to help with obeservation and feedback.
Chris
http://learn2develop.blogspot.com
Have you played a video on a tv? How does it look?
Creative also has a small form USB “flip” camera named Vado. Competes on price and video quality.
Check it out here.
http://us.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=118&subcategory=828&product=17761&WT.cg_n=Campaigns&WT.mc_id=14227
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