ContourGPS Uses Your Smartphone as a Viewfinder [Video]

Hey, people with ContourGPS sports cameras: CONGRATULATIONS! YOU’VE WON A PRIZE! That camera you’ve got strapped for your helmet has been hiding a secret Bluetooth chip, which you’ll soon be capable of use to stream live video in your smartphone.

By applying a firmware upgrade for the camera and downloading a free phone app, Contour GPS users can stream their cameras’ view to their smartphones over Bluetooth. Having a viewfinder for this sort of cameras is a big deal-it’s easy to turn out with a poorly-framed video with this sort of cameras, since you sometimes can’t preview your shot before recording-but with a variety of 30+ feet, there’s numerous room for creative use (Think super simple surveillance, a rear-mounted car camera, confessional-style video, etc.) Here’s how it works:

The Android app have to be available in Spring, and the iPhone app should follow soon after. Unfortunately, because of differences in Bluetooth handling between Android and iOS, the iPhone version will require a $30 transmitter that slips into a selection port on the ContourGPS camera.

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