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Missing part of the history: Flip was a spin off of the CVS One Time Use Camcorder that was hacked to be reusable. Hackers showed there was a market for this in
by zeckalpha 9y ago
Missing part of the history: Flip was a spin off of the CVS One Time Use Camcorder that was hacked to be reusable. Hackers showed there was a market for this in the first place.
Additionally, I would attribute the rise of the smart phone more than the Cisco acquisition as the end of the Flip.
- jerryr 9y agoAnd before the camcorder, they did a single-use still camera too. Here's an old press release about it: https://cvshealth.com/newsroom/press-releases/cvs-launches-worlds-first-digital-one-time-use-camera-color-preview-screen https://cvshealth.com/newsroom/press-releases/cvs-launches-w...