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Acquired byCisco
Price$590M
Date3/09
TermsStock

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Websitetheflip.com
CategoryConsumer Electronics/Devices
Phone(415) 445-7626
Email
Employees75
Founded9/01
DescriptionCamera developer

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San Francisco, USA
30 Maiden Lane, 6th Floor
San Francisco, CA, 94108
USA

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Pure Digital Technologies

Pure Digital Technologies is the provider of innovative imaging solutions for the mass market, including the Flip Video family of digital camcorders.

The Flip Video camera is a simple digital camcorder designed especially for Internet video sharing. The camera contains on-board software enabling one-click uploads to YouTube, AOL Video, MySpace and other websites. The latest model, the Flip Ultra, has been the best-selling camcorder on Amazon.com since the day of its debut, capturing about 13% of the camcorder market.

It captures video in 640x480 resolution at 30 frames per second. It uses 2 AA batteries. It lacks a memory card extension slot but can be connected to a computer with its pop-out USB connector, without the need for a cable. It is simple to use, lacking most of the features of more advanced cameras. Depending on memory size, the current (“Ultra”) model camera retails for $150 (1 GB flash memory for about 30 minutes of video) or $180 (2 GB flash memory).

Milestones

  • 3/20/09 — PureDigital is acquired by Cisco for $590 million by Cisco
  • 9/16/06 — PureDigital Unveils Flip Ultra series
  • 5/1/06 — PureDigital Launches first Flip(tm) point and shoot camera technology

Products

Flip Mino
Flip MinoHD
Flip Ultra
Flip Video

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Comments

TechyBro - June 23, 2009 at 8:08pm
The Flip Cam family is decent, but the software is clunky, limited and sometimes unstable (but is improving). Even more worse is the tech support. The web is becoming increasingly full of stories concerning their terrible, terrible support.
m - April 10, 2009 at 4:02pm
an underwater case for the flip mino HD would be perfect
Joe - June 5, 2008 at 9:45pm
Here are some short films shot on a Flip Video camera: http://www.facebook.com/shortfilmcorner

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Sources

  1. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  2. A disposable digital camera enters the market at $19.99 (usatoday.com) [edit]
  3. AllThingsD (kara.allthingsd.com) [edit]
  4. VentureBeat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  5. It’s Official: Cisco Buys Pure Digital (Flip Video) For $590 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  6. Pure Digital Technologies Introduces the Flip Video Ultra Series (puredigitalinc.com) [edit]
  7. The Video Camera Revised (puredigitalinc.com) [edit]
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