Jun 04
Jun 04
I saw this camera on Gizmodo and was very interested. I have one coming and will report back soon.. keep watching here for my review.. oh and I am taking it to WWDC!!! There are 3 different models, the original Flip Video, the Ultra Flip, and the Mino Flip… I got the Mino Flip coming to me..In the mean time watch the video and go to the website, www.theflip.com. If it’s good enough for Paris!!!Update: I got my Flip Mino and well, I love it. It’s simple, easy and perfect for that quick movie making on the fly. I am such the cheese-ball, but I did a small video and here it is.
Decemeber 24 2008
When I first saw that Pure Digital came out with its new, 3.3-ounce, or 93-gram, Flip Mino HD (retail $230) is the world’s smallest, lightest and least expensive high-definition camcorder, I was amazed that they could get a HD camera so small. I was very impressed with the original Mino, but I am even more impressed with the MinoHD. So I saved my pennies and purchased it. During christmas I used the MinoHD to take some video of the family and then I very easily dropped the video in to iMovie HD (I still don’t like the newer iMovie) and then began to edit. The result was the greatest holiday video ever.
Pure Digital now offers a customization, where you can add your favorite picture to the actual camera body or keep it less flashy like I did and go with a single color. All in all this is still the best “pick up and go” camera on the market and even my good friend David Pogue, New York Times technology columnist, says in an email to me “The Mino HD’s picture quality is MUCH better. I think you’ll love it!” and he was right. Thanks David. The following is an example of the MinoHD:
Jun 04
So we have been hearing the term “the paperless office”, are we really moving in that direction. What if i told you that there is a pen that records while you are taking notes.. and to go a step further, what if I told you that there is a pen that not only records sound as you take notes but tags the recordings so that if you point to any line of your notes you hear what was being said a the time you were taking the notes… you would say “WHAT!?!” A company called LiveScribe has a pen that does just that. I can tell you that it’s something of a marvel. It is great for students, the on the go businessman that hates to take a computer to a meeting, a lawyer, or just about anyone that takes a lot of notes on paper and has a habit of forgetting key points because they are too busy jotting their own notes down. The Pulse SmartPen as it has been coined, uses special paper with tinny dots embedded in it. Eventually, the company stated that you will be able to print your own on your home or office printer, but not right now. For specifics go to livescribe.com . I can tell you that everyone I have shown it too wants one. At first they are like, “I would never use that.”, then I demo it to them, “Where can I buy one!” The software is PC only but will work in VMware Fusion on Mac OS X, but they are developing a native Mac OS X version of the software soon. All I can say is go to the web site and check it out. I’ll be giving mine the real test at this years WWDC in San Francisco next week. I included the video from their website that shows a brief overview, but you really should go explore their site….see you at WWDC!
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