| Flip Video Company | |
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| Industry | Consumer Cameras |
| Resolutions | VGA, HD |
| Brand | Pure Digital Technologies |
| First model released | May 1, 2006 |
| Discontinued | April 12, 2011 |
| Fate | Acquired and shut down by Cisco Systems |
The Flip Video cameras are an American series of pocket video cameras for digital video created by Pure Digital Technologies,[1] a company bought by Cisco Systems in March 2009;[2] variants include the UltraHD,[3] the MinoHD,[4] and the SlideHD.[5] Flip Video cameras were known for their simple interface with few buttons, minimal menus and built in USB plugs (from which they derived the flip name), and were marketed as making video "simple to shoot, simple to share"[6] Production of the line of Flip video cameras ran from 2006 until April 2011, when Cisco Systems discontinued them as to "exit aspects of [its] consumer businesses".[7] Flip cameras contributed to an increase in the popularity of similar small tapeless camcorders, although the inclusion of HD video cameras in many smartphones has since made them a more niche product.
- ^ Boehret, Katherine (September 12, 2007). "An Easier Way to Make and Share Videos". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved February 19, 2008.
- ^ Vance, Ashlee (March 19, 2009). "A Tiny Camcorder Has a Big Payday". The New York Times. Retrieved March 23, 2009.
- ^ "Flip UltraHD - High definition video cameras & reviews from Flip Video Cisco". TheFlip.com. Archived from the original on 2010-07-13.
- ^ "Flip MinoHD - High definition video cameras & reviews from Flip Video Cisco". TheFlip.com. Archived from the original on 2010-11-14.
- ^ "Flip Slide HD - High definition video cameras & reviews from Flip Video Cisco". TheFlip.com. Archived from the original on 2010-12-07.
- ^ "Product image". Amazon.com.
- ^ Grobart, Sam; Rusli, Evelyn M. (April 12, 2011). "For Flip Video Camera, Four Years From Hot Start-Up to Obsolete". The New York Times.