Cisco announced the discontinuation of the wildly popular FLIP video camera on the very day it was supposed to release FLIPLive, an updated version that allowed for live video streaming to the internet. Cisco recently purchased FLIP for $590 million. Call me a conspiracy theorist, but could this have anything to do with the fact that government treatment of civilians in areas of unrest around the world is being captured with cell phones and other devices? How far would a government go to ensure that a simple live streaming video device does not get into the hands of the general public? What if a few people with live streaming FLIP cameras were present near the Pentagon on 9-11? The word on the street is that smartphones killed the FLIP. I find that hard to believe. Smartphones are popular in metropolitan and wealthy areas, but the FLIP had a wider audience. It just doesn't make good business sense to shut down a product that is selling well. Even if it does not line up with Cisco's core strategy, selling the division makes more sense than discontinuing a product that was worth spending $590 million on just two years ago. It doesn't add up.
FLIP video recorder discontinued - why now?
- Thread starter dolfyns
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I highly doubt discontinuing this one product will do anything to curtail civilian-made videos. Substitute iPhones and Blackberries for the FLIP, and then maybe I can see your point. To me it reads just like "the word on the street" said, a decision made because of declining profits in a highly competitive market.
My sister and I both had FLIP cameras and our MAC's were infected by them. According to the technicians this is pretty common with FLIP, it was a gliche in the system. She is in the UK and I am in AUS and we were both told the same info. Disappointing because we liked our FLIPs.
Anyone else run into problems??
Anyone else run into problems??
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