Just this past week Cisco announced that they were going to discontinue their popular Flip Video Camcorder. There were no large reasons for this other then Cisco was plowing focus on what they were good at, Networking.
I think that this was a wise choice. First of all, The flip camera sucks. It's about $200 and doesn't even record stills. It also features a very awkward usage method. Also, nowadays all of out phones most likely record HD video. If you want better quality video then that of a cell phone camera you aren't going to be getting a Flip, you be getting a professional video camera that will probably cost not much more the the flip camera actually does.
Cisco was begging to veer away from what they were good at. Cisco is a well known Business Networking corporation. Every time you log onto the Internet there is a very good chance that you are lawsuit though a Cisco networking device at some point.
So all in all this was a good move on Cisco's behalf. I hope that they continue to ex-ell in their production of Networking products. The Flip is done for.
