[HN Gopher] The Story of the Successful Life and Abrupt Death of...
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       The Story of the Successful Life and Abrupt Death of Flip Video
       Cameras
        
       Author : thunderbong
       Score  : 13 points
       Date   : 2024-08-22 15:48 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | Brajeshwar wrote:
       | I've fond memories of the Flip Camera. I got mine as a swag/gift
       | from Adobe. Many of my first daughter's activities were captured
       | on this camera. It was handy, easy to use, and was around
       | (thought quality was not the best) more than the Camcorder.
        
         | SoftTalker wrote:
         | Yes, not long before that people were lugging around shoulder
         | bags with camcorders, tapes, batteries, and other accessories.
         | A video recorder that could fit in your pocket and actually
         | worked well was a pretty amazing upgrade.
        
       | whycome wrote:
       | > What might have happened if Google put its eggs in the Flip
       | Video basket instead?
       | 
       | It seems that they could have done both? It could have been the
       | perfect complement to YouTube really. (This was before the iPhone
       | launched)
        
       | PhasmaFelis wrote:
       | > Krazy Ken's video above offers many more incredible details,
       | including where Kaplan is now (it's shocking) and what industry
       | experts think led to the downfall of the Flip Video camera
       | series.
       | 
       | I was thinking it was pretty cool to get a summary of the info
       | without having to watch a long, rambling video, until the article
       | abruptly stopped halfway through with this clickbait bullshit.
       | 
       | Anyone got a Tl;dr of what actually happened?
        
         | schwartzworld wrote:
         | Phones
        
         | umeshunni wrote:
         | Apple added video recording to the iPhone 3GS.
        
         | Flop7331 wrote:
         | This shocking reveal came about 20 min into the advertised
         | video: Cisco decided just to focus on their core business.
        
         | TMWNN wrote:
         | umeshunni and schwartzworld didn't bother to watch the video,
         | either. The video explicitly denies phones as the reason for
         | Cisco closing Flip, at least for its occurring in 2011. As
         | Flop7331 said, the video concludes that it was Cisco wanting to
         | focus on its core enterprise business and not consumer stuff
         | (again, in 2011).
        
       | 999900000999 wrote:
       | >On March 19, 2009, Cisco announced it had acquired Pure Digital
       | Technologies for $590 million in stock. When the deal closed in
       | May 2009, Kaplan became the head of Cisco's consumer business
       | division.
       | 
       | Looks like a successful exit to me.
       | 
       | Everyone who takes VC money wants to either get acquired or IPO.
       | Getting acquired is a a win
        
       | markx2 wrote:
       | London 2009. The first ever Automattic Team meetup and it was
       | Support staff. Matt Mullenweg gave each of us a WP branded Flip
       | camera. I still have mine, though I doubt it holds a charge. Cool
       | toy at the time.
        
       | RandallBrown wrote:
       | GoPro managed to survive smartphone cameras. I wonder if Flip
       | could have too if Cisco wouldn't have killed it off.
        
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