Looxcie’s second-gen camera is no better than the first
Remember the Looxcie? It’s a low-resolution, wearable video camera that beams footage to your Android phone or iPhone. Now comes the Looxcie 2, a smaller, lighter version which also comes with a bunch of new attachment options, as well as compatibility with Apple iCloud.
The old Looxcie was ear-mounted, and looked like an oversized Bluetooth earpiece. Now you can also mount it on a bike, a helmet, or anywhere else you might like to record crappy VGA resolution video. The camera can capture up to 10 hours of video and has a two-hour battery life while recording.
But most interesting — and mostly unexplained — is the claim, reported by Slashgear, to be iCloud compatible. ICloud is Apple’s new push-syncing service that keeps app data, music and photos in sync across your iOS devices and computers. Third party developers will be able to use iCloud to push data around, but as far as yesterday’s Apple Keynote went, I remember hearing no mention of video-syncing, doubtless because files would be too big.
Perhaps Looxcie knows something we don’t, and is somehow using the companion iPhone app to sync across your home Wi-Fi network. If this is so, then we can look forward to a whole lot of devices hooking up with our iPhones and iPad in future, and that can only be a good thing.
The Looxcie 2 will be available in a week at $200 for the 8GB model and $180 for the 4GB.
Looxcie 2 press release [PR Newswire via Slashgear]
See Also:
- Looxcie, A Futuristic Wearable Bluetooth Camcorder
- Ear Mounted iPhone Camera Is Like Tivo for Your Life
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