Belkin makes my Christmas Merry with the Flip for Mac mini

I just received a virtual Christmas card from Burk Murray, Director of Access Solutions for Belkin Corp. It seems my last post on the subject of the repeatedly delayed Flip for Mac mini caused quite a stir at Belkin headquarters. Poor Burk has been innundated with emails from people forwarding him a link to my post, demanding to know when they could get their hands on the elusive Flip.

Just as I was ready to give up all hope, Burk reached out to alert me that they've all been working overtime to ~~shut me up~~ get the Flip out the door and the very first shipment is leaving the warehouse today, destined for CompUSA stores across the country where it will be available for sale next week. The Flip for Mac mini will also be on display at the Belkin booth at both CES and Macworld in early January and widely available in retail outlets from then on. Most importantly, a unit is en route to me! I'll be sharing my thoughts with all of you shortly after I get it hooked up.

I'd like to apologize to the families of the small furry animals that had to be sacrificed on account of my ranting. Who knew I had such power?

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Jimmy Yu

Matt B, are you sure that you saw the flip and not the usb/firewire hub by belkin. The two look very similar and the price point ($50) seems a lot close to what you saw.

http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=&Product_Id=199941

I just got back from macworld and was happy to see the belkin flip on display. It looks like a pretty nice product - even potentially for those without a mac mini. Yes, it's designed for the mac mini and fits perfectly under it, but I'd even consider using it on my powermac and pc setup.

Unfortunately, I just talked to a rep from belkin that told me that it's not going to be available until Feb 24! **sigh** and the wait continues.

January 11 2006 at 7:15 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Dominic Cordisco

So, how is it?

And how come I don't see it on Amazon or on CompUSA's crappy website?

January 04 2006 at 9:35 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Wayne Dixon

I saw a couple on sale at Compusa last night, so it doesn't surprise me that it's early.

December 24 2005 at 4:30 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Optimus

No DVI? :-(

December 23 2005 at 11:33 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Matt B

That's weird. I've seen them for sale on my last visit to Tottenham Court Road in London a couple of weeks ago for 25. Also seen them for sale in PC World for the same price. Maybe they're just late rolling out in the USA.

December 23 2005 at 4:52 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

starwxrwx

I think it's great that you have gotten the message through to Belkin that if they announce a new product, people want it now! and not at some distant time in the future.

Maybe they need a new way to register interest in the product (other than pre-orders) so they can get a move on with what consumers want

December 22 2005 at 8:10 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply