Flip Slide HD caught outside the box, still looks weird

Maybe it's just the odd angle of this newly submitted out-of-box photograph, or maybe we just aren't smart enough for Cisco, but we still we can't quite figure out what exactly is going on here. We suppose the flip-up screen performs as a sort of poor man's photo frame? At risk of being rude, we're pretty sure we'd just like a thinner video camera, but when it comes to selling millions dirt cheap, dirt simple video cameras to the masses, the makers of the seemingly imminent Flip Slide HD are of course the experts.

[Thanks, anonymous]

[PENISCRUSHER Posted Apr 11th 2010 1:05AM]

why?

[abedinthehouse Posted Apr 11th 2010 1:14AM]

@PENISCRUSHER
Can anyone understand this thing?????


I think the bottom is a rather waste of real-estate.

[Archon Posted Apr 11th 2010 1:20AM]

@abedinthehouse well, I don't think that there is a waste of estate, but... I have no clue what the hell I'm looking at.

[engadgetcomexcludeengadget Posted Apr 11th 2010 1:51AM]

@PENISCRUSHER It looks big in that picture, but if you ompare it to the size of the usb, it's actually pretty small.

[engadgetcomexcludeengadget Posted Apr 11th 2010 1:54AM]

*Compare*

You'd think with all the money apple throws at em they could afford to pay a programmer to add an edit feature. (JK, plz don't delete me!)

Hmm, and that brings up a good point; @engadget why can you delete our posts when we can't!

[NextGen Posted Apr 11th 2010 2:18AM]

@engadgetcomexcludeengadget
Administrator privilege I guess. Just log yourself as : admin, pass: apple. :-P

[Mister Warmth Posted Apr 11th 2010 3:18AM]

FAIL.

[Ucvbn Bjfyuvs Posted Apr 11th 2010 4:00AM]

@PENISCRUSHER

It would be cool if that bottom part was solar cells and it charged while playing a slideshow.

[Abacus Posted Apr 11th 2010 5:26AM]

@PENISCRUSHER got it! That bottom slider must be manual swip to unlock. :)

[meditatingpanda Posted Apr 11th 2010 1:05AM]

I... don't understand...

[kenny goo Posted Apr 11th 2010 1:08AM]

I can't say I quite understand what I'm looking at.

[Professor Hubert J Farnsworth Posted Apr 11th 2010 6:42AM]

The bottom bit looks like someone stuck an oversized pregnancy test to a speaker.

[jellotime91 Posted Apr 11th 2010 11:16AM]

@Professor Hubert J Farnsworth
I'll pee on it and we'll find out.

[lars1110 Posted Apr 11th 2010 1:08AM]

what is this???

[Abacus Posted Apr 11th 2010 5:43AM]

@lars1110 Wouldn't it be cool if it was called just that?

[JimJam707 Posted Apr 11th 2010 7:04AM]

@Abacus The new
'Flip WIT'

[MrGoodCat Posted Apr 11th 2010 1:11AM]

i must say, i am confused...

but, i do like the shark fin near the usb. does that mean this thing is water proof, or just guaranteed to scare the girl you are video taping at the beach from behind your chair?

[Zweben Posted Apr 11th 2010 1:20AM]

As far as I can tell the only purpose of the slide mechanism is to put the screen at a better angle for viewing while it sits on a flat surface. And to reveal that difficult to understand touchpad looking strip.

Pretty weird looking product indeed.

[suncho Posted Apr 11th 2010 6:27AM]

@Zweben the display looks like touch capable as well. the tiny dots reming me cheap touch displays.

[Shokz Posted Apr 11th 2010 6:48AM]

@suncho I think the dots are with resistive screens - the DS's touchscreen has those dots (as presumably other resistive displays), whereas the iPod / iPhone have a lattice (as presumably other capacitive displays).

[Zzephyr Posted Apr 11th 2010 1:21AM]

This is the most beautiful thing I have ever laid my eyes on...

[MrHashbrown Posted Apr 11th 2010 5:27AM]

judging from your profile pic...well i guess it speaks for itself.

[mnhthebest Posted Apr 11th 2010 5:31AM]

@Zzephyr

I thought the same before i saw your dp......

[BigJayDogg3 Posted Apr 11th 2010 1:21AM]

I think I get what's supposed to be happening; it opens kinda like the HTC Tilt.

What I don't get is why.

[tonicboy Posted Apr 11th 2010 1:58AM]

@BigJayDogg3
Yeah we all get the how part, it's the why that everyone is confused about.

[Lando Calrissian Posted Apr 11th 2010 2:08AM]

@BigJayDogg3
Even my Tilt 2 doesn't get it...

[RealGame22 Posted Apr 11th 2010 1:23AM]

......? Speechless

[apenaroks Posted Apr 11th 2010 1:23AM]

I don't get it, the screen looks way bigger then the slider, how is this supposed to slide closed evenly? THE EFF???

[weirdFishes Posted Apr 11th 2010 1:30AM]

KIRF!

[diamond99007 Posted Apr 11th 2010 1:36AM]

hi i'm 12 and what is this?

[month Posted Apr 11th 2010 1:46AM]

@diamond99007 Congrats on being 12

[JW Posted Apr 11th 2010 1:48AM]

@diamond99007
Pedobear is after you. And you should be in bed. Ah who am I kidding I'm 15.

[apenaroks Posted Apr 11th 2010 2:09AM]

@diamond99007 Why did you feel the need to share your age with us?

[Joseph9307 Posted Apr 11th 2010 1:38AM]

The bottom part looks like some sort of speaker to me.
Kind of like my old Samsung K5!
Why they would do that, I don't know.

[withoutusername Posted Apr 11th 2010 1:39AM]

It's almost 2am here; am I dreaming? Is this real?

[pika2000 Posted Apr 11th 2010 1:44AM]

The original point of the flip was cheap camcorder. Now regular camcorders are getting cheaper, and even regular point-n-shoot digicams can shoot HD video, yet the flip is getting more expensive? Once you cross the $200 price point, a point-n-shoot digicam is more desirable as you would get better optics, removable memory, and ability to take great pictures.

[DOMO Posted Apr 11th 2010 1:44AM]

that looks ugly

[JW Posted Apr 11th 2010 1:46AM]

I'm guessing the silver part houses touch sensitive controls, that probably illuminate when called for.

[Johnny Rockets Posted Apr 11th 2010 1:46AM]

iPAD KILLER!

[mattblade Posted Apr 11th 2010 3:25AM]

@Johnny Rockets Does it do Flash?

[MattsZ Posted Apr 11th 2010 2:08AM]

no stickers on it? really?

[junglejuice Posted Apr 11th 2010 2:09AM]

Yum. Do want.

[bennn Posted Apr 11th 2010 2:10AM]

well...its like the touch pro 2 that slides even more vertically. and except for a keyboard, its got some kind of Slider navigation system. maybe u use it to fastforward video

[kingpin81486 Posted Apr 11th 2010 2:23AM]

this is how i see it its a regular flip but u slide the side to see play back in a larger screen

[FADE Posted Apr 11th 2010 2:37AM]

I might be able to understand it if I saw its transformation in action.

[andylaiphoto Posted Apr 11th 2010 3:06AM]

There's more real estate behind the screen. You can kind of guestimate how much by the USB arm. So when closed I'm sure it's a solid and even piece. This is the playback position. Who ever took this pic did it at a bad angle with a wide lens setting. I'm sure it looks much more natural from a different perspective. This is not the position you use it in to record.

That's my guess.

[iCello Posted Apr 11th 2010 3:33AM]

WTF????????

[MrAffrox Posted Apr 11th 2010 3:54AM]

Looks like that long thin strip might be a touch sensitive slider.

[jellotime91 Posted Apr 11th 2010 3:41PM]

@MrAffrox That's what the silver surfer told me... turns out he just wanted me to jerk him off.

[yode Posted Apr 11th 2010 4:16AM]

Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?