Cisco's five to-do items for Flip
- TAGS:consumer, digital video
- IT TOPICS:Devices, Mobile
I'm a big fan of Flip video. All tech products should be as easy to use. Now that Cisco has paid nearly $600 million for the camera vendor, here are the five to-do items they should consider.
1. Do nothing. This is a really good company that adds features (HD) only when needed.Â
2. Audio in. The omni mikes work ok most of the time, but sometimes you'd like to be a little less omni. Audio in would help in noisy places.
3. Buy Joby. Joby makes the Gorillapod which as much as Flip's design makes the camera useful. You would not think a tripod is all that important until you start trying to find places to attach a Flip while you take a video. Joby also makes the Zivio wireless mike which might answer my audio-in problems if there was a way to make it work with Flip.
4. Flip to Twitter. Twitter -- actually Tweetdeck, lets you post a 12 second video via 12seconds.tv If Flip had a twelve second timer and a fast (wireless) way to post to Twitter, you would see an entire new round of viral videos.
5. Underwater case, action mount, soft cover, skins, etc. Flip already has these but I don't think too many people ever make it to the accesories page.
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