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By Rog42 on 30 January 2010 | Category: Technology | Well you know, if Steve Jobs has the kahunas to get up on stage and flog his iPad, the least I can do is a cheesy video about a “YouTube Cam.”
Since my blog about the Flip MinoHD, I’ve had a bunch of requests about a pocketable, good quality HD camcorder, and I came across a couple of these Kodak Zx1’s last week. So I thought, a quick review and make ‘em available on eBay.
You’ll enjoy one of these great cameras, which sport quite a few better features than the Flip. E.g:
- Still photo (3MPx)
- Replaceable, rechargeable battery – these ones have both the Kodak Li-ion & a couple of Kodak AA’s + 2 chargers;
- Expandable memory with SDHC card - Great for when you won’t have a computer around, like if you’re camping, or travelling
- Shoots in 720-60p – Really crisp played directly on your HD TV
- HDMI Out – No computer needed for quick replay
- DC In – Great for conferences or long shoots
- Did I mention water resistant? – well splash & (light) rain proof anyway
It’s certainly not the best video I’ve made, but it does the job. Shot mainly on the Flip, with a couple of scenes on the Zx1 itself.
As you can see, the Zx1 shoots great video, which you’ll find easy to shoot, edit, and share on your site. If you’re interested, whether you buy one or not, I’d be happy to work with you to discuss the basics of video, especially wrt to online video.
You can check out the first Kodak Zx1 I’m listing at 25% less than retail (including the extra batteries & chargers) here: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290396857649&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_2286wt_1313
Note, these will be online for only 3 days.
By Rog42 on 28 January 2010 | Category: Technology | Today a very influential, and inspirational, man – I dare say a sometime hero of mine – slated the “inferior” experience of the Netbook. Whilst he was presenting, excellently, his latest product, the iPad as the “I’m not sure there’s a niche for a computer between a Smartphone and a laptop, but if there is, this is it” product, I got to consider the humble Netbook. In particular, my humble Netbook.
The Acer Aspire ONE A150.
I bought mine for $530 from OfficeWorks in Nov 2008, some 14 months ago. Then proceeded to get $70 cash back. Take home price AU$470. I kinda enjoyed that experience. You don’t have to wait for 60 days either, they’re still out there, lower in price and richer in performance. Such loss.
Since, at the time, I worked for Microsoft, I immediately installed Windows 7 on it. Only the Release Candidate (the OS wasn’t to launch for almost a year yet) and immediately found that the device became my “carry around” computer. It was so light, but could comfortably run Communicator, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, & Word simultaneously.(hey, I was working for Microsoft) I guess I needed my laptop to multi-task when I was out the office. Of course, now the Aspire runs the released version of the Ultimate Edition of Windows 7.
When I say ran Powerpoint, I do mean I presented! To an audience! I simply plugged into a projector for other people to see my presentation. There’s a std VGA port on the side. Amazingly the Aspire will drive my 22” 1680 x 1050 monitor, as well as it’s own (dual screen extended desktop). Go figure.
The scoring system for the Imagine Cup in Cairo was developed, tested, and implemented on that little PC. Imagine that! Not planned of course, but my powerful new laptop wasn’t delivered in time, and as I was in Egypt with only carry-on luggage, well that was the only PC I had. Condolences little guy.
When I travelled, as I was wont to do. Both professionally and personally. I communicated with the people at home via Skype, and to the people at work with LiveMeeting &/or Office Communicator. You see, this humble, some even say, cheap, computer has a built in webcam! I know?!? For under $500! Australian $.
In the BR* days until May 09, I & the team were responsible for evangelising IE8 and Silverlight, which I ably ran on my little blue plastic companion. Now I tend to use Flash & Firefox/Chrome (but that’s another post). It is nice though, being able to show my Vimeo, Viddler, and YouTube videos to friends, family, and business associates on the go. I’m not sure what I’ll do when I lay my Aspire to rest, without being able to view Flash or Silverlight on the web – such a barren experience I’m sure.![007625-acer-aspire-one-01[1]](http://content.channel42.info/2010-01/007625-acer-aspire-one-01.jpg "Acer Aspire One")
I do have to admit to buying a 9-cell battery on eBay. Y’see, the almost 4 hours I got from the 3 cell didn’t quite cut it for my work day. So I guess we’d have to add the $130 to the purchase price. I do like being able to go for a whole 8 hour day, and then still have the 4 hour spare battery for those evening networking events. I wonder if batteries also head to the Netbook home in the sky?
I can’t count how many emails, blog posts, and documents were composed on that great little, included, responsive keyboard. I suppose I’ll have to draw pictures with my finger now. Tragic really.
I do remember being disappointed to discover that the Aspire didn’t support Bluetooth. Or rather, didn’t sport, Bluetooth. Of course it supports the standard, it’s running Windows 7. So $10 bought a little BT dongle, that amazingly plugged into one of the 3 standard USB ports. The USB ports also just came standard. So did the Network Port. Yep, there were times I wanted to plug into the wired network, to stream video and transfer large files. Not to mention Video Conference. And I could. Without extra cables or attachments. How I’ll miss that.
When I was in Vanuatu, on a Wedding Anniversary, I thought I’d lost my SDHC card from my camera! I could’ve sworn I’d put it in the Netbook SDHC slot (to transfer diving photos and videos to the 160GB drive), but the slot was empty when I took it out of my bag. Then I turned the machine around, to see my card still plugged in. It seems there were 2 slots. One actually reads MMC, xD, and other formats. Wow. Of course, with Windows 7, you can extend your system memory with a little known technology, called ReadyBoost. Which you may want, as the machine does only come with 1GB of RAM. Still, it’s nice to be able to add 64GB of storage or memory, at a whim. Ah, those were good days.
Some of my erstwhile colleagues, employed, so wealthier than I, replaced the included Hard Drive, with a Solid State Drive, or SSD. Of course this improves battery life, and performance. But I was happy in my pecuniary strangulation to muddle along with the 160GB.
I did find that in Sydney there aren’t as many Wi-Fi spots as I’d like, so purchased a 3G modem (on a $29 plan). This just slots into one of the other spare USB ports, standard in so many devices today. The modem takes a std SIM (which I often use in my Fujitsu Lifebook). It was lovely to be able to open the Netbook and be online in under 30 secs. Windows 7 resume is so quick, isn’t it. I’ll miss that.
More and more I found there are times when I want to draw on the computer. Especially around photos, and for presentations. So when Aldi had a Graphics Tablet for $60 I bought one. To my delight, Windows 7 has Tablet functionality built in natively. So it was easy to just use the graphics tablet during the few times I wanted to draw. I mean, mostly I use a mouse and type, but there are times I get a little creative.
But mostly, I’ll miss the name. Inspirational, like my hero. Aspirational even. Yep, humble, inexpensive, cheap, inferior little Netbook, I’ll miss you.
RIP.
By Rog42 on 25 January 2010 | Category: Channel42, Professional Skills | Or Canteen, Bistro, Coffee-shop, Corner Kitchen….
As a manager of technologists you get pretty used to your team (and yourself) working out of the office. Home, the beach, client sites, and interstate/overseas trips are all work du jour for today’s Information worker. But any professional worth their salt understands the importance of being in the office too.
This has little to do with company productivity (my experience shows that people tend to work a lot harder away from the office) but individual career benefit. There’s an old (well new, really) adage which states:
Nobody ever got promoted working from home.
Generalisation? Sure! But as with all clichés there’s a nugget of truth in it.
As a representative of your enterprise, it’s in your best interest to exploit, er, facilitate all of your company resources. How do you let the pre-sales guys know you’re ready for a gig? The sales team know your particular expertise? Get the latest technical training plans from the Marketing team? Simple – you build relationships with these people.
Remember though, just as you spot shallow attempts to influence you through fake relationships, others will as well. Enter, the water cooler, or more likely in Australia, the canteen.
Relationships are organic, serendipitous if you will. Yes, there are principles of rapport building, which you should learn and put into practice. But you can’t force relationships, you have to let them build. Having breakfast, coffee, or lunch with others, with no explicit agenda, or outcome apart from building a friendship, forms the oil that lubricates this machinery.
So, make an effort to have a meal everyday with someone outside your department. If you’re offsite, then schedule one day a week to come onsite. Be seen, take people for coffee, listen to the ambient conversation in the building, and let it build your intuition. Be kind, helpful, and discuss personal passions – cycling, diving, bonsai, gadgets (there’s always gadgets). Before long you’ll find you’re the person connecting people across the organisation, adding real value to real projects. After that it’s just a hop, skip, and jump before what you sow is returned. (to horrendously mix metaphors)
What about small businesses?
So what about the start-up developer, or the small business owner? What do they do given the lack of an office canteen? Enter the Coffee Morning.
It’s harder, but imperative, to meet up with other professionals, regularly & socially. Over the last month or so I’ve been frequenting the North Shore Coffee Morning in Mosman. This group started as a Tweetup. It blows me away how much value I get from each meeting. 2 hours there is worth over a day in my office by myself.
Check out how many people frequent this group now. Explosive growth in a couple of months.
I guess other people get value from this too. 
“But I’m too busy…”
Yep. Of course you are. Far too busy to meet people who’re skilled, & competent to outsource those distracting tasks. Too busy to meet your next client, or partner, or business venture.
If you’re a consultant or manager in an enterprise organisation, of course you’re too busy to hear about the large bid that Sales is working on with potential consulting time. Too busy to hear about the free training from a product group, which will likely go to a partner.
I get it. I really do. After all “Tomorrow is a Slower Day.”
“So where can I meet people?”
Well, there’s a host of Twitter originated coffee mornings, like #nscm, which are free to attend, although you’ll likely pay between $5 & $20 depending on whether you have a drink or meal.
There are more formal groups, such as the South African Business Network in Sydney. This is organised over LinkedIn but meets monthly at NSW I&I. Also Sydney Business Swap, which costs $40, and meets weekly at the Grace Hotel in the city. Business Swap focuses more on a featured speaker every week (next week is the CEO of the City of Sydney, Monica Barone) than on networking, hence the covert charge.
If you are technical, and more interested in a Technical Usergroup, there are plenty affiliated to Microsoft, Apple, Adobe, and Open Source*. But note, although these do have significant benefits for consultants, you’re venturing back into your technology comfort zone, rather than stretching to meet people with complementary skills.
But hey, you’re a self-starter, start your own
*Due to the fragmented nature of the Open Source Community (almost by definition) I couldn’t find any coherent, up-to-date directory for OSS UG’s. I’d love to be corrected, so if you have one, please do comment and I’ll update the post
By Rog42 on 24 January 2010 | Category: Family | By now you’ll know that Miss11, our youngest daughter, Charis, had a horrific accident on Thursday. In what was an innocent Sydney Summer Holiday afternoon, she had a friend over to swim. Charis, ever the gymnast, was demonstrating her new backflip into the pool. Only this time, she missed the water.
What followed was 48 hours of crisis management, family co-ordination, global communication, medical learning, even negotiation. All this whilst hoping for the best, but fearing the worst.
You want to fall apart, but you can’t. You want to wind the clock back, but you can’t. You desperately want to substitute yourself for your child, but you can’t.
The next 3 mins is a vignette of just some of the experiences over the last 48 hours.
To be honest, when things are happening, you’ve no time (or place) to be capturing things on video. But there’s also a lot of time when nothing is happening. Very much like in the army, it’s all “Hurry up & wait!”
- The 1st big fear was that she’d broken her neck – an x-ray ruled that out.
- The 2nd was that she had suffered neurological damage, through a possible fracture in her forehead (air had leaked from her sinus under the skin) – today a CT Scan ruled that out.
She has broken her nose, & this will have to be reset surgically in the next week or so. Not great for a young lady about to start High School.
But we have been blessed by all of the support from friends & family, near & far. We’re blessed that her injuries by and large are superficial.
But despite the issues we have been dealing with in the first 3 weeks of 2010, like all issues that actually warrant concern, this one blind-sided us on a Thursday afternoon….
By Rog42 on 21 January 2010 | Category: Channel42, Professional Skills, Training |  Our whole society seems based on competence. At a BBQ or Party, you rarely hear “Hey Roger, who are you?” but rather people will enquire, “G’day, what do you do?” I have a good friend, then a housewife, in the UK, who at a Garden Tea at the House of Lords was approached by a Baroness with, “Oh, so what do you do?” Her reply, “I run a home,” met with “Oh really, which one?” As Laura chuckled to me later, “47 Fulmar Drive hardly seemed appropriate at that point.”
But my point is, we’re evaluated, judged if you will, on our competence. The value that we bring, or can bring to the people we meet. Never is this more regarded than in business. Everything from an advert, a resume, to a business card shouts our role, our value, our competence. For high achievers, this drives an intense effort to increase our competence, & competencies, to be become better at what we do, to scale the heights of expertise, mastery. To become the guru.
But there is a poison to this chalice. A curse to competence. I’ve come across this particular curse a number of times in my career. First as a consultant, then particularly as a manager of high performing teams, but it has become really evident as an entrepreneur. I’ll try to decompose the nasties of this gift:
1. The Underestimation of your Value
The first is based on assumption. When you’re good at a bunch of things, you assume everyone else is too. In it’s worst form, this can lead to frustration when others don’t (can’t) meet your expectations. But this assumption affects you in more benevolent ways too.
Y’see, if you believe everyone else is as competent as you, you struggle to find the value that you can bring to others. How can you possibly charge someone for doing something that’s as second nature to you?
2. The Stifling of Expertise
You see this all the time. It happens in families, where parents do everything for their children (how many primary school projects have you received an “A” for ); sport teams where the goal scorer becomes the captain, neglecting to pass the ball; & definitely in business where a manager does “everything.”
The truth is, you may be better at doing something than that PFY* you’ve just recruited, you may have the big picture that your team doesn’t see, but ultimately your job as a manager (captain, parent) is to bring out the expertise of your team. To make them shine, let them develop. To co-ordinate their resources. This is tough, very tough to do, especially when you’re competent. It’s where the Peter Principle comes from, and why so many managers are ineffective.
3. The Constraint of Resources
Yes you can design your logo, build your marketing strategy, do your books, edit your videos, write your blog, develop your business, and produce your product. But you don’t have the time/or money to do all of those things. At least not effectively. To paint the extreme picture of this, Richard Branson doesn’t fly his jumbos, nor activates mobile phones.
Common entrepreneurial lore says:
“If someone can do something faster, cheaper, or better, than you, they should.”
My edition:
“If someone can do something faster or cheaper than you, they should!”
The insidious lie is that because you’re as competent, hell, more competent than most, you can do the stuff yourself, right?
This lie is exacerbated by your thought, “I can’t afford someone to do my accounts, or book my travel.” Really? Then there’s a problem with how much value you put on your time. Two questions:
- How much can you earn selling your product?
- How much does it cost developing your product?
If either of amounts are greater than it costs to hire an accountant or a virtual assistant, then you’re robbing your business. But even if you don’t have cash flow, the solution to the problem is not substituting effort (aka your time) for money, because you simply don’t have enough hours in the day.
It’s harder to be a technician for a full workday, with at least one other full workday of businessy, non-technical stuff to do on your business, than to work for someone else. This is what leads to the 80% of start-up failure (most in year 1) not to mention a large portion of the 66% of marriage failures (those people neglecting their families to keep their business/projects/work running).
Whilst it’s true, you can do virtually anything, particularly in an age where affordable technology enables you to do everything so quickly. You shouldn’t!
4. The Inability to Scale
This flows on from the previous point, but is different enough to warrant discussion. If you’re that good at something, and you do it yourself all the time, then how do you scale? You become indispensable. There’s no sick leave, no holidays, no early retirement. No opportunity to learn new skills. No possibility for growth for your organisation, because you’ve created a business model constraint such that
Achievement = Your Competence x Your Available Work Hours
It’s a lie of course. But it’s a remarkably common lie, and one that is seen everywhere from music groups to consultancies. Counter-intuitively, the best person to manage your team, and grow your business does not have (or rather, use) your competence. They don’t have to make a copy of themselves to grow the business.
You do everything yourself, you can’t take on any more work, because no-one can do it quite like you. Can they?
5. My Favourite….
…Distraction!
 To achieve something great, requires, for the most part, committed execution of excellence. In another word, Focus! Take your greatest skill, focus it to a laser honed edge, and apply it to your challenges. It’s the trumpeter playing the right notes in the symphony, perfectly in time, timbre and tone. But if you can also play the timpani, and the violin, and conduct – well, you have a one man band. Entertaining? Sure. Greatness? Well no.
Personally, this is my biggest challenge. It’s not only that I can do many things well (sic), but that I want to!!
This distraction is intense. It leads to procrastination, that seems, well, like it isn’t procrastination, because you’re just so busy. Busy, doing stuff you love, stuff you’re good at, stuff that’s important. Just not the stuff you need to be doing to achieve the results you want.
Breaking the Curse
Like any curse, there is a counter spell. More on that later
By Rog42 on 20 January 2010 | Category: FAARMS, Technology | I had the opportunity today to attend the Sydney Commercialisation Australia briefing.
(As a quick aside I do so love attending events hosted by NSW Industry & Innovation; their office reminds me of why I’m banging my entrepreneurial head against this particular wall, rather than one, say, in Cambridgeshire or Palo Alto. There is something about overlooking Sydney Harbour from the 47th floor on a perfect summer day, that no money can buy.)
Back to the event: CA is the new federal system of grants to help boost innovation in Australia. ![CA[1]](http://content.channel42.info/2010-01/CA.PNG "CA[1]") $196m over 4 years, which is not to be scoffed at, but not exactly in the upper echelons of countries investing in Tech. Oh, and this isn’t only for tech start-ups either, although to be fair, that is the low hanging fruit for innovation right now.
$196m over 4 years = $39m per year. With Market Commercialisation grants of up to $2m, there’ll only be about 20 or so companies each year getting a guernsey. That’s not many, not when you consider how many companies follow Anthill Magazine, are listed on ASSOB, registered with iPitchAU, or as Microsoft Bizspark partners (i.e. More than 500). To say this will be fiercely competitive is to understate the case somewhat. There were certainly many more than 20 companies represented just for NSW.
Faarms? Well, we’ve applied of course. Or at least, completed the “pre-application” process, which consists of completing a form, being assessed for eligibility to apply in a call with AusIndustry, and if you pass muster, being sent an application form. We passed muster. So the next step is to find “matching” funding, whilst neatly not being able to raise all the funding (If you can raise funding, you become ineligible for any CA grant). Actually, given the current investment landscape in Australia, this isn’t really too far off the mark anyway. There’s a lot to be said for an Angel ramping up leverage of an investment with a matching grant.
We also learned about the NSW I&I “Pathway’s” grant. This was new to me, so worth a quick check. At the very least it seems there’s a grant to help raise finance.
The biggest value from the day though, was networking with more and more start-ups – from skin replacement technologies to online reading and music solutions for kids – and despite the 8 months I’ve spent networking in this industry, there were a number of colleagues conspicuous by their absence. Hmmm….
The long and the short of it? There is no lack of Innovation, skill, talent, ideas, even execution, in Australia. A little investment will go a long way.
By Rog42 on 9 January 2010 | Category: Technology | There is no question that as the web speeds up, and reaches into your very pocket, the best way to grow your business, any business, is by reaching people on the web. There is also no question that your best sales asset, is you. Not banner ads, print ads, trading directories, mail shots, radio, or even TV, but you. The final rhetoric question is about the dramatic consumption of video on the web. YouTube is already the second largest search engine.
What do I know about video though?
I’ve been shooting and editing video, personally & semi-professionally, for over 10 years. In that time I’ve gone from producing VHS video tapes (although from a MiniDV source), to DVD, on USB flash memory, and on the web. Today, the vast majority of my video is on the web (why, oh why did I get my PC with a Blueray Burner?). Apart from the odd family DVD to send to the UK, my videos are all watched online.
Camcorder of choice? The Canon HF100 – this shoots in HD (1080i), straight to SDHC card which allows me to edit directly without the need for cables, but most importantly it has an external mic connection, external headset and gain control (so you can control the audio volume). The little Canon Zoom Mic I bought with the camcorder is the dog’s b’s. Capturing voice in amongst the worst ambient noise, and full dynamic stereo of e.g. an orchestra, sweetly.
Now there’s a couple of things to note about video edited on PC, and delivered on the web.
- Unless you have the most powerful desktop, rendering true HD is very time consuming. Although both my Fujitsu Tablet and Alienware mx17 do render true HD, rendering in 720p is significantly snappier.
- Both upload speeds, and storage space for 1080i sized videos is in short supply. And no-one is prepared to wait (or has the download limit to) for a 1080i video to download.
- Pretty much all the video host sites that allow HD (YouTube, Vimeo etc) host in 720p anyway. Note, Vimeo will allow you to embed HD videos on your site, without having to head over to their site for this privilege.
Both of these things will change in due course, but for now, 720p is the sweet spot for quality, editing, and download speed. If you want to have videos which are crisp, compelling, and good quality, you want HD. If you want people to be able to watch them, you want 720p.
Now the HF100 is a great camcorder, and like my Canon 500D DSLR camera, I use it for those productions I want the best quality for. But despite it’s nifty size, it doesn’t fit in my pocket…. “Is that a camcorder in your pocket, or are you just pleased to see me?”
There is a lot of video, from wishing someone overseas a Happy Birthday, to interviewing a business colleague at a conference, to capturing the simplicity of an afternoon out, where the HF100 is simply overkill (or too bulky to carry). Enter the Flip!
Flip?
Flip video cameras have been around for a couple of years, and only recently available to buy in Australia. More recently, they’ve turned to HD video. Note, not 1080i or p, like other vendors (Kodak, JVC, Sony amongst others), but 720p. This is smart imho. As mentioned, capturing in 720p maximises the amount of video you can capture on the camcorder, provides great HD quality, and still is easy to render, upload, and host.
So when I got an email from Amazon offering 40% off the Flip MinoHD for 24 hours, I pounced!! As mentioned in a previous post, Amazon delivered the Flip in under 2 business days.
Pure Design
![flip_minohd[1]](http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/photo/detailpages/MinoHD_Animated_Snowboard2.gif "flip_minohd[1]") I love devices that nail good design, and the Flip MinoHD nails great design. Their promise is a camcorder that is simple to use, portable, and provides great quality video.
Both the device and the accompanying software makes producing video a walk in the park. There are two buttons on the MinoHD. A power button, and a big red record button. Der. Switch it on, in under 2 seconds you’re ready to record, hit the big red button and you’re capturing in High Def.
Slide the toggle on the right-hand side and up flips the USB connector. Plug it into your PC or Mac and the Flip SW fires up. If this isn’t installed on the computer, the installer is on the camcorder, and will auto-install. Simple!
From the Flip sw you can upload to your computer, export to another drive or device, do very rudimentary editing (trim in/out, join clips, add music, simple title & credits), upload directly to YouTube, or share on your very own Flip Channel.
Note, this is definitely nowhere near as powerful as other editing packages. It’s not intended to be. Flip wanted to provide the quickest way to shoot, and get video online. That’s all. If you want to composite, do chroma key, add intricate titles or control the score, you need to use another package. But if you want to shoot a happy customer and get it online before they get home, then this is perfect.
But wait, there’s more…
Of course you can edit the videos (clips stored in MP4, compilations in WMV) in other packages, and if you want to add animations you may want to do this.
You can zoom on the Flip, but bear in mind it’s digital (which degrades quality) and only up to 2x. Given the distance you’ll be standing from your subject, you’re probably better off just moving the camera physically closer.
It does have that most important of camera accessories. A std 1/4” tripod mount! Why is this important?
Beware there be monsters…
The Flip is about simplicity and portability. It’s pocketable. Light. But shoots in HD. Camera shake could easily be a real problem. So if you’re going to shoot an interview, or anything for longer than about a minute, it’s a very good idea to mount the camera with a tripod. Or at least a monopod.
You may want to shoot yourself describing a product or service. Remember, no-one sells your business better than you. A great idea is to mount the Flip on a monopod, which allows you to hold it further away than your arm, and stabilise the shot simultaneously.
No, you can’t plug in an external microphone. So remember to be close to your subject, especially if there’s a lot of ambient noise. Or record audio to a separate device.
White balance, aperture, and focus is all automatic. You’ll need to keep these constraints in mind when shooting. Position yourself to avoid extreme backlight. But my experience is the low-light quality is darn good (for a $120 camcorder) and the video quality is perfect for the candid shots I use this device for.
Go where no man has gone before…
Given this device cost me less than $160 delivered, I have no fear taking it out on my bicycle, or videoing on the beach, or in my car. I’ll probably get a waterproof housing, or bag, and take it on the boat too. You’ll be less enamoured taking your $1200 HD camcorder (or even far inferior quality iPhone) to any of those locations.
Where can I get one then?
You can still get the 4GB Flip MinoHD (1hr recording) for US$145 at Amazon, which is about AU180 delivered. The 2GB version retails for about AU$298 at JB HiFi or Dick Smith.
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