Flip Mino
The newest member of the Flip Video Limited family is the Flip Mino. Like its predecessor the Mino captures great video in 640*480 resolution, more than enough to capture those hilarious weekend antics or the latest cute thing your(in no particular order) cat, dog or child does!
The Mino comes with 2GB of memory as standard, however unlike the Flip Video, it has no 1GB version available.
The most obvious change to the new Mino is its size. The designers have shaved around 40% of the size and weight of the Flip. The previous version, the Flip Ultra, in my opinion was a little big, larger than most mobile phones and such didn’t make for a real contender to be carried around in your pocket. The Mino however, comes in at around the same size as my SE K800i, much lighter and still packs the same great features of previous versions.
The second great addition is the lithium-ion battery. This makes the Flip now fully self contained. No more running out of batteries when away from home/on holiday. Just find a PC, plug in and charge up.
You will get approximately 4 hours of use between charges. Compare this with the 2 hours (from cheap Alkaline) and 5 hours (from Energizer(R) e2(R) Lithium) it’s fair to say that for the sake of sacrificing 1 hour, you now no longer have to buy batteries, which is a good thing…and good for the environment too, which is important for some people.
The new design is slick and sexy, with touch sensitive capacitive buttons which are now backlit for use in the dark low light. The compression engine has been updated; to shrink more videos into less space, so you can shoot, shoot, shoot till your heart’s content!
Another software update now allows for uploading to MySpace (if anyone is still using it) along with YouTube or AOL as in previous versions. The self contained software is a little clunky, crashing on my first attempt and slowly getting there on the second. Once loaded up however I found it easy to use and liked the idea that no matter what PC you are using it on, you will always have your editing suite, right there in your pocket, along with your videos.
Flip Video Limited have announced ‘Now playing: You™’, you can now design you own Mino cover, making your Mino completely customizable. The online store at www.flipvideo.co.uk allows you to choose from hundreds of designs like Tribal Inkblot, Weezer W, Sunflower II and many more. You can also create your own design using the pattern generator or upload your own image to create a completely custom design. This added feature adds nothing to the price which is remarkable in its self. Now you can not only express yourself by what you video, but also what you video with!
I liked the Flip Mino, its small, light and takes great video with good sound.
Available now from all good gadget stores, including Amazon.co.uk for £113.93
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