Samsung has upgraded their Flip digital flipchart to the Flip 2. The Flip 2 is an easy-to-use interactive e-board for any professional, academic or public meeting environment. The Flip 2 offers several collaboration capabilities and special features, including brush mode, annotation on, merge to roll, and other collaboration tools. Samsung’s Flip 2 is available in two sizes, 55 and 65 inches, models WM55R and WM65R. The new slim height-adjustable stand for the 55-inch model offers increased workspace in front of the display, and an optional hinge assembly structure that allows the display to be easily switched between landscape and portrait orientation, along with wheels on the base for an efficient, moveable solution. The 65-inch model provides a larger screen which can be used as the main display in a meeting room, while the no gap wall mount reduces the space between the product and the wall.

The Flip 2 provides smooth and pen-to-paper-like writing in a variety of colors, styles and widths, while Brush Mode allows users to create art at the stroke of a brush in watercolor and oil painting modes. Up to 4 people can write simultaneously with a pen or finger and erase drawings with a finger or palm swipe. Samsung’s Flip 2 allows users to write on any background source. By simply clicking the note layer button, users can enjoy smooth writing anytime, anywhere on any content displayed, without affecting any work behind the original layer.

With the Flip 2, users can quickly and easily select, move, crop, capture, and edit any image. Each Image can also be merged to the roll with just one click of a button, allowing it to be edited or erased. Samsung’s Flip 2 has up to 20 pages of writing space per roll, allowing users to seamlessly scroll through pages. The Flip’s intuitive, user-friendly menu simplifies navigation and saves time, while the quick finder feature allows users to preview content and make instant changes directly on the screen.

The Flip 2 supports web browsing and allows users to access the Internet directly through the display, with no additional device needed. Once the browser is open, annotation is still available for users to draw around the browser too. The Flip 2 also gives users the capability to open Microsoft Office applications and PDF files directly with a built-in document viewer, ensuring easy access regardless of the content source.

When the display is not in use, users can select a custom image to be shown on the Flip 2 as a screensaver. This means the Flip 2 can help to display important messaging and provide a signage function when not being used as a flipchart. Users can also take advantage of the embedded templates that allow the Flip to be utilized for a wide range of applications such as a calendar, scheduler, note or checklist board, to match whatever function the user needs.

The Flip 2 features Samsung Workspace, which supports wireless cloud service access, Microsoft Office 365 access, and control of a PC without the need for a physical connection.

Users can project content on the Flip 2 to another large digital display in real time, using a Wi-Fi Direct or HDMI out connection. The Flip 2 display can even be shared while connected to a personal device, ideal for large meeting environments, delivering information to bigger audiences. Following any meeting, users can distribute recaps to all attendees and colleagues, removing the time frustration traditionally associated with handwritten meeting notes. Important conversations and content are stored within the Flip 2 in real-time, easily shareable across mobile and digital channels.

The Flip 2 offers versatile connection options including USB, HDMI, NFC and wireless connection. The Flip also offers an optional tray as a more powerful connectivity extension. Samsung’s Flip 2 ensures that confidential meeting information remains in the right hands. Using its reinforced, 6-digit lock system, each in-office team is able to safeguard sensitive content, lock the display and remove critical content from view. Samsung has also partnered with Cisco Webex to provide Webex on Flip which gives users in different locations the ability to notate, co-create and collaborate instantly on their Flip 2 displays through the Webex cloud platform.

PMA Research (PMA), the worldwide market information experts on large displays, has published their latest sell-through tracking report on large-format (32-inch and larger) flat panel displays being sold by leading U.S. Distributors who serve commercial markets. The data in that report showed that 55″ and 65″ models accounted for nearly a third of the interactive flat panel display units sold in June and the sales for those sizes combined were down 8% year over year.