Review: Make your own Flip Mino
And the cool get even cooler.
As if the Flip Mino, as reviewed here in Aug., weren’t already one of the coolest gadgets on the market this holiday season, its site has added a new customizable interface for users to either choose from predesigned faces (the Stardust is my favorite) or upload an image to design one themselves (here is my Flip -- with a pic I took of the Eiffel Tower in 2006).
The predesigned faces offered vary from tribal tattoos to swirling florals to geometric patterns in wild colors. Finding the perfect pattern is more exhaustive than you’d think – there are so many different designers, categories and recommendations to browse that users can waste hours just playing with different options.
Most impressive with the Flip’s online GUI is the option to design your own Mino face. Uploading images and manipulating them via the online animation tool was simple, as was the automatic pattern generator engine – although I would have enjoyed a more varied customizable color palette.
The finished product arrived at my door quickly and looks stunning. The pattern was solid in thick -- not at all pixelated or cheap-looking -- and I posed in front of my mirror checking out how cool I would look taking videos in front of jealous relatives over the holidays. Yeah, I'll admit it.
Meanwhile, just try to stop the thoughts of who would love what patterns best while you play with the easy GUIs. Grandma needs one with a picture of her grandbabies on it to capture her own precious moments. Relatives readying for a new baby or a wedding can customize their recorder with favorite memories or just a really cool graphic. Students would love a wild swirling pattern or a tribal tattoo to play with after class.
Of course, all of this is anchored by the Mino’s easy recording features and sharing capabilities, all of which put it on my running list of must-have gadgets. Adding a customizable feature just pushes it higher on the list.
For more information or to get yourself a cool new Mino, visit http://www.theflip.com/.
As if the Flip Mino, as reviewed here in Aug., weren’t already one of the coolest gadgets on the market this holiday season, its site has added a new customizable interface for users to either choose from predesigned faces (the Stardust is my favorite) or upload an image to design one themselves (here is my Flip -- with a pic I took of the Eiffel Tower in 2006).
The predesigned faces offered vary from tribal tattoos to swirling florals to geometric patterns in wild colors. Finding the perfect pattern is more exhaustive than you’d think – there are so many different designers, categories and recommendations to browse that users can waste hours just playing with different options.
Most impressive with the Flip’s online GUI is the option to design your own Mino face. Uploading images and manipulating them via the online animation tool was simple, as was the automatic pattern generator engine – although I would have enjoyed a more varied customizable color palette.
The finished product arrived at my door quickly and looks stunning. The pattern was solid in thick -- not at all pixelated or cheap-looking -- and I posed in front of my mirror checking out how cool I would look taking videos in front of jealous relatives over the holidays. Yeah, I'll admit it.
Meanwhile, just try to stop the thoughts of who would love what patterns best while you play with the easy GUIs. Grandma needs one with a picture of her grandbabies on it to capture her own precious moments. Relatives readying for a new baby or a wedding can customize their recorder with favorite memories or just a really cool graphic. Students would love a wild swirling pattern or a tribal tattoo to play with after class.
Of course, all of this is anchored by the Mino’s easy recording features and sharing capabilities, all of which put it on my running list of must-have gadgets. Adding a customizable feature just pushes it higher on the list.
For more information or to get yourself a cool new Mino, visit http://www.theflip.com/.
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