Comments on: Cisco to Acquire Flip Maker Pure Digital for $590M http://gigaom.com/2009/03/19/cisco-to-acquire-flip-maker-pure-digital-for-590m/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:06:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Did Apple’s iPhone 4 Just Kill the Flip? « Apple News Daily http://gigaom.com/2009/03/19/cisco-to-acquire-flip-maker-pure-digital-for-590m/#comment-469820 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:23:56 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=20979#comment-469820 [...] any kind of network connectivity. Cisco promised to bring networking to the camera when it acquired Flip maker Pure Digital for $590 million in March of 2009, but to date, Flip users still have to rely on the built-in USB port, and their [...]

]]> By: Did Apple’s iPhone 4 Just Kill The Flip? http://gigaom.com/2009/03/19/cisco-to-acquire-flip-maker-pure-digital-for-590m/#comment-469819 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:10:45 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=20979#comment-469819 [...] any kind of network connectivity. Cisco promised to bring networking to the camera when it acquired Flip maker Pure Digital for $590 million in March of 2009, but to date, Flip users still have to rely on the built-in USB port, and their [...]

]]> By: Flip Launches 2nd-Gen MinoHD http://gigaom.com/2009/03/19/cisco-to-acquire-flip-maker-pure-digital-for-590m/#comment-469818 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:42:47 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=20979#comment-469818 [...] Launches 2nd-Gen MinoHD Pure Digital — which was acquired by Cisco earlier this year — launched its second-generation Flip MinoHD video camera today, featuring [...]

]]> By: Could the Sprint InstinctHD Displace a Pocketable HD Camcorder? http://gigaom.com/2009/03/19/cisco-to-acquire-flip-maker-pure-digital-for-590m/#comment-469817 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:01:56 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=20979#comment-469817 [...] less of a need for those single-purpose devices. If I were Kodak, Creative or Cisco — the folks who bought PureDigital, makers of the Flip — I’d be scrambling to add some killer features to my camera right [...]

]]> By: Gregg http://gigaom.com/2009/03/19/cisco-to-acquire-flip-maker-pure-digital-for-590m/#comment-469816 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:19:24 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=20979#comment-469816 This deals reminds me of Skype/Ebay deal. Chambers likely does not understand the thin margins and lack of loyalty in the consumer space. I cannot imagine that the software used by Pure is too complicated to be replicated by a 16 year old Bangalore resident is 3 days.

Does Chambers not anticipate that most phones will have this feature? Perhaps he is thinking of a Pure phone. But, he would be better off buying PALM.

http://www.beaconintegration.com/

]]> By: Pure Launches Flip Channels for Easier Video Sharing http://gigaom.com/2009/03/19/cisco-to-acquire-flip-maker-pure-digital-for-590m/#comment-469815 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:02:45 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=20979#comment-469815 [...] Launches Flip Channels for Easier Video Sharing Pure Digital (now part of Cisco) released an update to the FlipShare software found on Flip videocameras this evening that allows [...]

]]> By: At $590M, Did Cisco Pay Too Much for Flip? http://gigaom.com/2009/03/19/cisco-to-acquire-flip-maker-pure-digital-for-590m/#comment-469814 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:03:05 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=20979#comment-469814 [...] Malik | Thursday, March 19, 2009 | 3:00 PM PT | 0 comments Stacey and Chris today have been following Cisco Systems’ acquisition of Flip Digital, a maker of affordable camcorders. At [...]

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