Flip Video finally launched in the Philippines

Flip Video will flipinize the whole country, because they are here and officially launched in Manila, Philippines, been eyeing for this video recording gadget since last year when they became popular on the net and saw some units being sold by our local stores, I was about to buy one last year, but decided to wait for another round and wait for a new upgrade, heard that the image stabilizer add on is impressive, and then they are here and I'm using it already in recording my video blogs in HD!

now you'll see people doing this : (more story below)

its not a cellphone, its a Flip Video digital video recording gadget developed by Cisco. Its a cellphone sized gadget that you can record video in HD. There are 3 kinds of Flip Video and all of them are available now in our stores.

1. MinoHD - that can record 2 hours (8GB), 30 fps and priced at P9,995

2. MinoHD - another model with 1 hour of record time, 4GB, priced at P10,995. I think this one is around 60 fps.

3. UtraHD - can record 2 hours of videos, 8GB, priced at P12,995, with 60fps.

all new Flip Video are now pre-loaded with the latest video software called "FlipShare", an app that you can edit and share your videos via email, Facebook or YouTube.


Flip Video is so handy and easy to use, and because of its lightweight and powerful in recording videos, you will never worry about the quality of the video and also the audio of it, because the quality is so clean and clear and if you watch the videos in HD, you'll feel that video you too is alive again. Its easy to use, just press power on on the right side, then press the red button to record videos, then press it again to stop the recording, then pop out the USB head and plug it to your laptop or computer and transfer the videos without any hassle.


as you can see here that this is the No.1 pocket camcorder in USA and coming no.1 soon here in our country.


Flip Mino and UltraHD


Sabrina performs live on stage / bloggers get together at the cinema lobby

here are some scenes and photos from the launching event. Flip Video partners with SM Cinema and they invite film makers like Ian-Dean Loreños, Augustus N. Reyes, Topel Lee and Francis Xavier Pasion, at the event launch, they showed some short films created for the event and they used a Flip Video UltraHD in recording their shorts. And then other part of the video exhibition is a shortfilm showcase of celebrities, fashion designers, bloggers and tech lovers, all of them used a Flip Video recorder.

“Straight out of the box, this new range of Flip Video camcorders combines simplicity, affordability and fun with breakthrough video quality and image stabilisation. From travellers recording their travel memories to mothers remembering their baby’s first steps, Flip Video camcorders make it easy to share precious moments,” said Craig Gledhill, Vice President of Cisco Consumer Products, Asia Pacific and Japan.




inside SM Cinema


Lace pose with Dante / Ryan is here! and other bloggers too.


me and TJ, and that's a photo of my Flip MinoHD, I got lucky as I'm the last person who just won the Flip Video in the raffle.

“In line with SM Cinema’s thrust of fun, exciting and interactive, our partnership with Flip Video was indeed a perfect match since they share the same values as we do. SM Cinema brings to its loyal patrons not just excellent movie watching experience but creative events and promotions. The launch event is just a beginning of a partnership with Flip Video that will bring value entertainment to the Filipino people,” Allan Florendo, SM Cinema Marketing Head.

For me, I prefer for the MinoHD 2 hours, because even that they mentioned it has a 30 fps, and much less HD than the 60 fps of a UltraHD, but I like the video resolution in editing it, much more lighter and easy to cut some scenes, unlike a 60 fps video, sometimes your laptop go slow in reading that HD video file.

I took some video samples and you can check it below:

I really like the image stabilizer and its backlight feature when you shoot video in a low light condition. Much more better than Sony Blogie. (looks like I'll stick to Flip Video for now)

the new Flip Video are now available at
Ansons Appliance, Camerahaus, Complink, Digital Walker, Human (Festival Mall, Glorietta4, Trinoma, Megamall, Eastwood and Galleria), Memo Express, Photoline, Power Mac Center, Robinsons Appliance Stores, SM Department Stores, SM Appliance Stores, Villman Computers, Wellcom and 5th Avenue.