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bjbj Female Reporter: The Flip video camera is officially out of commission, dumped this
week by the company that produces it. Now, there's a report that PC sales are suffering
in part due to the popular iPad. So, what is a consumer to do when their technology
constantly gets trumped. KARE 11's Jordana Green looks into it. Man 1: In the palm of
your hand, full touch screen. Jordana Green: The latest, greatest, fastest, smallest. Technology
is ever changing, and the life span of your devices is getting shorter. Woman 1: Yes,
it gets expensive. It's hard to keep up with. Man 2: Upgrading your phone every couple of
years, kind of annoying. It gets expensive. Jordana Green: But there is a timeline to
technology. Man 3: Laptops and desktop computers tend to be about a three month life cycle
now. Your cell phones, your smaller technologies, about a six month cycle because they know
they want to get you in that contract. Then the iPads, the touch tablets, those are about
a one year cycle. Jordana Green: Just this morning I recorded my own son's school play
on my Flip Camcorder. As soon as I got to work, they told me the Flip's no longer being
made and my favorite technology is out of date. So how is a consumer like me or you
supposed to keep up? Man 3: Do your research, weigh the options whether you want to jump
in now or wait three months, because there's always something new coming out on the horizon.
If you keep waiting, you're going to keep waiting beyond that. Jacob Sorem: Let me do
the same search on here . . . Jordana Green: Jacob Sorem teaches IT at Rasmussen College.
With no skin in the sales game, he offers this. Jacob Sorem: My advice for consumers
would be find something that you want. Find something that does what you want it to do
or something that you're very interested in using and go with it. Jordana Green: To avoid
buyer's remorse, Micro Center and Best Buy have buy-back programs so you can trade in
out dated technology and stay current until tomorrow. The very latest buzz is on the Android
tablet. It will be out in July, and Jeff Solheim [SP] at Micro Center says it's cheaper, will
have more apps than the iPad, and it won't be tied to a carrier. And that, of course,
could all change tomorrow. Female Reporter: I'm keeping my Flip though. Jordana Green:
Well, you do like that. Do you have an iPhone or another device that takes video? Female
Reporter: I don't. I don't personally have an iPhone. Jordana Green: So, that's your
one device that takes video. Female Reporter: This is it. Goes right into my computer. I
know it's single use, but it works for me. Male Reporter: Yeah, that's all that matters,
that it's cool for you. I know BlackBerry's coming out with their new Playbook to rival
the iPad too. Female Reporter: It's just that, you know, once I figure one thing out. Like
you figured that out, right, how it works for you, and it's like please just stop for
ten minutes so I can have something that's works that's not out of date. Thanks, Jordana.
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