News - Cisco decides Flip is a flop

[HEXUS]

The networking giant is canning its entry-level video recorder.

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[finlay666]

Phew, I was worried this was an article about memory registers for a second, not some iffy handheld camera

[cheesemp]

I think its a real shame. I got one for my dad for his 60th and it was ideal for him. He didn't need a fancy camcorder and will never get a smartphone (heck he barely touches his feature phone once a week) and it was just press and shoot so was ideal. At least some other manufactures are still covering the market.

[Funkstar]

Not really surprising after what the head of Cisco said about them taking their eye off the ball recently that they would be dropping something like this.

I'm a little surprised that they haven't just sold the devision to someone else or hived it off.