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Re:Zen Camcorder has 13% of the market by sarosh on Sunday March 23, 2008 @08:15AM (#143958)
I believe the lack of extraneous features is the appeal; the Flip is successful because the user accomplishes their goal with only the most minimal effort.
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Re:Zen Camcorder has 13% of the market by tim2 on Sunday March 23, 2008 @09:27AM (#143971)
Just trying to speculate as to what the most important aspects were. History is too often rewritten later by writers who didn't understand why something was popular at the time that it was actually taking off. So they just pick whatever glamorous reason sounds the most revolutionary.

He may be right though.

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Re:Zen Camcorder has 13% of the market by Prrometheus on Sunday March 23, 2008 @10:16AM (#143985)
Some basic features wouldn't hurt, such as an optical zoom. Otherwise, I would consider buying one.
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