Wristcam puts a camera into an Apple Watch band. That’s a product many people have been asking for, but this version seems impractically large. Much larger than anyone wants to wear on their wrist.
Take a look at a product video to see for yourself.
Perhaps Wristcam’s designers tried to pack in too much. There’s an 8MP outward-facing camera and a 2MP selfie one. 8GB of internal storage holds 2000 photos or 1 hour of video, and the accessory has both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
In its defense, the wrist camera weighs less than an ounce. But it looks like a banana strapped to your arm.
Apple Watch camera: Good concept, bulky execution
Apple Watch is one of the few Apple devices that doesn’t have a built-in camera. But it seems inevitable that will change someday. The wearable is gradually becoming more of a stand-alone product as it gets less tied to an iPhone. Many runners just use it alone, leaving their handset at home. With built-in LTE, a Watch can stream music, exchange text messages, and even make purchases with Apple Pay. Adding a camera is a logical next step.
A Patent filing from 2019 shows that Apple itself is looking for ways to pull this off. But a successful camera for the wearable will have to be smaller than a banana.
For anyone who disagrees, the Wristcam can be ordered today for $299. It comes in black, white, grey or rose. And extra bands to fit over the top of the camera unit cost $49.
Watch a demonstration video to see Wristcam in action.
Ed Hardy has been writing full-time about tech for 26 years, and using it for much longer than that. His intro to Apple was a Macintosh SE/30 (which he still has), but now he uses a 13-inch iPad Pro as his primary computer.
That’s because he’s a “tablet first” type of guy. Rather than use a Macbook, he connects a keyboard case to the iPad. And instead of a desktop Mac, he connects his tablet to a 27-inch display and full-size keyboard. (So don’t try to tell him that everyone has to use a Mac to be productive.)
Before coming to Cult of Mac, Ed wrote for NotebookReview, TabletPCReview and Brighthand, as well as other sites.
