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Contour Sues GoPro for Patent Infringement

January 19, 2016 By Eric Reagan

Contour-v-GoPro

It seems that GoPro just can’t catch a break lately. After whiffing on the launch of the HERO4 Session, GoPro was subsequently sued by Polaroid because the Session rips off the Polaroid Cube‘s design. Then, GoPro had to drop the HERO4 Session price down to half the original retail price in order to move a few units during the holidays. Of course, holiday 2015 sales turned out woefully inadequate and GoPro is now restructuring and laying off employees. Of course, GoPro’s stock is in freefall and now shareholders are filing class action suits against GoPro because they think GoPro has been too optimistic about future sales.

In the midst of all of this turmoil, GoPro was sued by Contour, the bastard of the action camera industry, for patent infringement. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Action Cam, GoPro Tagged With: contour, GoPro, Hero3, HERO4 Session

 

GoPro’s Sales Slipping; Restructure to Cut 7% of Workforce

January 13, 2016 By Eric Reagan

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GoPro announced today that its sales for the fourth quarter of 2015 were lower than expected even with an overall $435 million in revenue. GoPro noted that the lower revenue also reflects a $21 million reduction in price protection related charges due to dropping the HERO4 Session down to $199. [Read more…]

Filed Under: GoPro Tagged With: Business, GoPro, HERO4 Session, stock

GoPro’s HERO4 Session Targeted by Polaroid for Patent Infringement

November 4, 2015 By Eric Reagan

GoPro-HERO4-Session-and-Polaroid-Cube

C&A Marketing, which licenses Polaroid’s brand name, is suing GoPro for patent infringement of its Polaroid Cube line of action cameras. C&A claims that the GoPro HERO4 Session is a ripoff of the Cube, which was introduced to the market several months before the HERO4 Session.

If you were familiar with the Polaroid Cube prior to the HERO4 Session launch, you couldn’t help but notice the striking similarity of the two.

I said as much in my coverage of the HERO4 Session announcement coverage: [Read more…]

Filed Under: GoPro, Legal, Polaroid Tagged With: Cube, GoPro, HERO4 Session, lawsuit, Legal, patent, Polaroid

GoPro HERO4 Session Drops to $299

September 28, 2015 By Eric Reagan

HERO4 Session right

Alongside the new GoPro HERO+ announced today, the GoPro HERO4 Session also got a price drop to $299.99 (down from $399.99).

Recall that the GoPro HERO4 Session is an ultra-compact action cam measuring as a 1.5″ cube. It captures 1080/60p video, as well as the taller frame 1920 x 1440p video at 30fps. It can also deliver 720p video at 100 fps for roughly 4x slow motion when conformed to a 24p edit timeline.

You can find the HERO4 Session here at B&H Photo.

Filed Under: GoPro Tagged With: action cam, GoPro, HERO4 Session, price drop

GoPro HERO4 Session Review from MKBHD

July 25, 2015 By Eric Reagan

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Marques Brownlee has published his review of the GoPro HERO4 Session and addresses some important features and concerns about the new cube-shaped camera. You can see the review in the video above.

HERO4 Session right

The HERO4 Session captures 1080/60p video, as well as the taller frame 1920 x 1440p video at 30fps. It can also deliver 720p video at 100 fps for roughly 4x slow motion when conformed to a 24p edit timeline.

Filed Under: GoPro Tagged With: GoPro, HERO4 Session

GoPro HERO4 Session Now Shipping

July 13, 2015 By Eric Reagan

HERO4 Session right

The tiny new GoPro HERO4 Session is now in stock and shipping to customers. The HERO4 Session captures 1080/60p video, as well as the taller frame 1920 x 1440p video at 30fps. It can also deliver 720p video at 100 fps for roughly 4x slow motion when conformed to a 24p edit timeline. Check it out here at B&H Photo.

Filed Under: GoPro Tagged With: action cam, GoPro, HERO4 Session

GoPro Unveils Tiny New HERO4 Session Camera

July 6, 2015 By Eric Reagan

GoPro HERO4 Session

Today, GoPro announced a new, ultra-compact camera, the HERO4 Session. It is a small 1.5″ cube camera that bears a striking resemblance to the Polaroid Cube. Consequently, Polaroid launched its next generation Cube+ camera today as well – although I don’t think it will be getting the same attention as GoPro’s new camera… [Read more…]

Filed Under: Action Cam, GoPro Tagged With: action cam, action camera, GoPro, Hero4, HERO4 Session

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