On November 28th of 2012 Will.Iam has “got a feeling” that his new camera accessory he’s releasing will change the world. It gets better. Read on to learn more.
In his yet unreleased accessory, Will.I Am is claiming that he will turn your smartphone (starting with the iPhone) into a “genius phone?” using new technology and a super high quality 14 mp camera. The camera I last reviewed only had 12 mega pixels. Still, as they say, sensor size has more to do with image quality than megapixalage.
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I’m very skeptical about his accessory which will serve as an alternative to the 8 mp Camera on the iPhone, and here’s why. As I said, sensor size is a major factor, and in order to make this camera pocketable withan iPhone, it would be hard to accommodate a good quality sensor, as well as a processor and battery. Cameras are battery intensive as are wireless antennas which would be necessary to transfer and display the photos on an iPhone.
That brings me to my next point: Phone battery drain and connectivity. Who wants to use a marginally better camera that drains 50% of your phone battery? And how are they going to transfer the live view photos? They could use blue tooth but that could be slow for displays, and slightly unstable. And what would they display this on? On a closed platform like iOS, you’d need a specialized app to make it happen.
It’s not impossible. I’d point to the iPhone blood pressure cuffs as an example of a similar project that did work in the end. It seems like a risk though, so I’m excited to see how Will.I.Am got around the different barriers. No matter what, I’m sure he “had the time of [his] life” building this.