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The way we learn and collaborate is rapidly evolving in everything from workplaces to classrooms, and Samsung’s innovative and expanding Flip family of interactive displays is adapting to those changes.
First introduced in early 2018, the second generation of the series becoming available — simply called Flip 2 — features enhancements designed to take full advantage of how people of all ages share their thoughts and ideas.
Flip 2 now comes in two sizes — 55-in. and 65-in. — and a series of software and hardware refinements intended to improve the workflow for everything from brainstorming sessions in a tech incubator to teaching for students as young as preschoolers.
The Flip 2 has a familiar look for just about anyone. Many workspaces and learning environments have, for decades, had paper flipcharts in a corner, flanking whiteboards and chalkboards. Flips share the same basic shape, but are entirely digital — using the best aspects of a tool designed for collaboration.
Using paper meant flipping sheets, or tearing them off and sticking them on available walls, or being transcribed to memos so the work could then be shared. It worked, but was also very clunky and impractical. The same goes for whiteboards on easels and walls, with smudgy markers and no way to efficiently save ideas.
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All collaboration on the Flip 2 happens on a digital screen. Notes, drawings and even painting can be added with a simple stylus — with as many as four users at once. Any source on the screen — like a document or image — can be annotated with ease. When a meeting or learning session is finished, all the work can be shared instantly via email, network or printer. It can also be ported to a USB drive.
A big attraction of the Flip 2 is the combination of portability, flexibility and ease of use. A Flip 2 — set up very much like an easel — is both small and light enough to move around between meeting, learning and training spaces. The 55-in. version can be pivoted to operate in landscape or portrait orientations.
From inception, the product designers put a premium on delivering a user experience so simplified that training takes minutes and setup time is minimized.
The first generation Flip has seen widespread adoption in everything from Fortune 500 offices to classrooms. The second generation versions have a set of new and enhanced features that build on that marketplace momentum and address some of the feedback from users.
Here’s how the Flip 2 has been enhanced:
While interactive whiteboards have, for years, been commonplace in collaborative work and learning environments, the Flip series is very different from what’s been seen to date. Here’s how:
We’re no longer in a world dominated by top-down management and one-way learning. We collaborate. We share. And we spread the work around. We also archive it — because both time and ideas are precious.
Organizations of all sizes and types are adapting to different ways and styles of meeting, training and learning. The Flip was designed with that in mind, and the second-generation Flip 2 reflects that evolution.
See the original Samsung Flip in action in this short video, or learn more about collaborative digital technologies and how they can transform your business settings with this free white paper.