...if you're buying it for yourself as your primary camera, spend a little more and get something different.
Introduction
Flip, a small startup based in San Francisco has their second video camera offering in the new Flip Mino, replacing the previous ever-popular Flip Camcorder which has sold more than 1 million units since launch.
Features and Design
The Flip Mino is a tiny little 2GB camcorder measuring up at just 4-inches tall and 2-inches wide inches and a mere 3.3 ounces living up to the buzz word “portable camera”. The Mino has a USB jack on the top that hides inside the unit until released by the touch of a tab.. The right hand side has a mini-headphone to RCA output jack allowing easy access directly to your TV with the supplied cables for those of you in too much of a hurry to download your clips to a PC. The right side has the power button and the bottom of the Mino actually has a full size tripod mount. Just the thought of putting the Mino on a tripod was funny to us as its purpose is a very simple point and shoot –vs- point, steady, lights, sound, background and action don’t seem to be in the cards. On the inside is a built in 2GB of memory allowing for up to 60 minutes of Mino filming goodness.
The face of the Mino has a no-glare 1.5-inch screen, 4 buttons surrounding the red “go” button. A playback and delete button is also located on the front. There is a nice glossy black finish with a clean silver trim. The Mino is available in both black and white models.
The Flip Mino
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by John on August 7, 2008:
“Don't try and compare the Flip with any other camcorder devise...That's not the point. Ease and speed is paramount here. Also, the built in software is superb. Automatically stitches together all vids and does a great job of auto editing the whole thing. I...” More...