Linux 'copter flies in to Blighty
Parrot's helicopter-like executive toy, the AR.Drone, will land in the UK in August, the company revealed last night. Priced at £299, the Drone is a tad too pricey to pick up for the offspring, but eminently affordable for your average gadget fan. After all, they'll need an iPhone to run the remote control software - 'nuff said …
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they'll need an iPhone ?
Then they can iPhuck off. What a stupid pointless restriction to your potential sales.
It looked like a brilliant toy for checking crops - in the country where the only use for an iPhone is posing. They just lost 90% of their potential market.
iPrats.
Sigh
@Tom 7
Firstly, shut-up.
Secondly, they're also releasing an Android controller. Happy now?
Awesome
I've been waiting since about August for them to release this. £299 doesn't quite fit into the impulse-buy department, but I expected as much..
Sounded interesting until...
...I read the license for the SDK.
Android too.
Contrary to popular demand, the have an open source Android controller for it too.
Re: This is the year
@Chemist
Nice1. My keyboard is now drenched in coffee!!1oneone
Perv-o-copter
The local neighbourhood voyeur could hover one of these outside someone's bedroom window with the camera routing a live feed back to their iPhone. Assuming they can keep it steady enough to maintain a hover, 12 minutes fly time should be more than ample for their purposes...
Still, at least flying one handed makes a change from typing one handed.
Anon because I'm somewhat embarrassed that I even thought of this application.
iTouch
Will work with one of those too, I imagine that clients will be available for desktop, either as a browser plug in, flash, or something similar.
Been following this on Facebook for a while, they do look great fun, especially if you team up more than one, wonder if I can get my client to buy a few to play with in their warehouse?!
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