I'm a Cisco employee and own a GoPro but not a Flip. :-P That said, the two devices are really aimed at different niches. The GoPro is pretty useless for point

I'm a Cisco employee and own a GoPro but not a Flip. :-P That said, the two devices are really aimed at different niches. The GoPro is pretty useless for point-and-shoot. It has no preview screen, and the viewfinder is pretty crummy. You basically point it in the right general direction, and hope for the best. OTOH, the Flip is too expensive and fragile (and possibly too big) for the use cases you describe. Amazon has tons of complaints about the Flip's waterproof case being less than waterproof.