Customize your Flip Mino for free, regret it when eBay time comes

For whatever reason, Pure Digital's Flip Mino has been a runaway hit. The video quality ain't that great, and it's downright bad in low-light scenarios, but there's something about the convenience factor that keeps folks coming. Now, there's one more reason to give this one a look over rivals: personalization. Thanks to a new partnership with CafePress, prospective buyers can customize their Flip Mino with a design of their own or choose one from thousands of professional designs, and contrary to what you're expecting, the service is completely free. In other words, you can finally get that pocket camcorder you've been wanting with your 2-week old girlfriend (or you skateboarding) plastered on there for not a dime more -- but who'll be laughing when it comes time to sell and upgrade?

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[Homer @ Oct 14th 2008 10:51AM]

Looking good.

[ap @ Oct 14th 2008 10:55AM]

"2-week old girlfriend"...I know what you meant

[iofthestorm @ Oct 14th 2008 6:22PM]

Why don't you have a seat over there?

[nanobis @ Oct 14th 2008 10:56AM]

I like the idea of customising. It will make evry one unique, and if you design is a pro one and its disccontinued it will be worth loads.

[telepheedian @ Oct 14th 2008 10:56AM]

If you picked a nice pattern, it could actually fetch more eBay power, although it won't matter much, these things are pretty cheap anyway...
I don't think this service will be free forever, they'll probably start charging for it after a while, similar to how Microsoft handled the Zune Originals.

[themovielife @ Oct 14th 2008 11:01AM]

What is the printing/affixing process?

[JCM @ Oct 14th 2008 11:04AM]

Wow...waves of photo copyright infringements on portable electronics in the near future!

[McCain @ Oct 14th 2008 11:07AM]

As for reselling... At the rate of the way everything is updated and improved, you probably won't be able to give it away even if it had a blank backing.

[Geoff @ Oct 14th 2008 11:30AM]

"your 2-week old girlfriend"

Sick.

"your girlfriend of 2 weeks," perhaps?

[vdogg89 @ Oct 14th 2008 11:56AM]

geeze whats with all the engadget hate? I never hear any of this kind of trash talk about the iPod's free custom engraving. And besides, the Flip is so cheap you won't be selling it on ebay to try to make any sort of cash.

[bob cobb @ Oct 14th 2008 11:56AM]

Who the hell sells a $100 video camera? and if you do, is a sticker or whatever it is really going to affect it?

[eric f. @ Oct 14th 2008 11:57AM]

yeah, the idea of free customizing is a brilliant move by retailers (think ipod engraving). it essentially kills the resale market.

[Master Bruce @ Oct 14th 2008 12:28PM]

I don't know why you'd resell one of these. I bought one along with the water-tight case for it for a cheap underwater video solution. I loves me some Flip Mino.

[Jamesey @ Oct 14th 2008 12:30PM]

Someone should make a goatse mod out of it

[Torley @ Oct 31st 2008 10:15AM]

Oh dear, I'm afraid I've dabbled in this area before, too: http://www.flickr.com/photos/torley/2931651299/

[Deputy Doffoos @ Oct 14th 2008 1:05PM]

Filipinos?