The iPhone 4 has one of the best smartphone camera in the market today thanks to features like 720p HD video capture and HDR photography support.
Not surprisingly, many of us have now been using the iPhone 4 as our primary camera to capture pictures with family and while on travel.
However, despite its high quality photo and video capturing features, the iPhone 4 does not offer a way for users to clasp the device on a tripod stand like one can do with other cameras.
Glif is a project that is aimed at solving this problem. Started by a hardware developer and an interaction designer from New York, Glif is a nifty accessory that offers a way to clasp the iPhone and mount it over a tripod stand. In addition to this, Glif can also serve as an independent stand to view content on the iPhone at an acceptable angle. Here is a short video from the manufacturers that offers a good preview of this really cool iPhone accessory.
Like most projects that struggle to take off due to insufficient funds, Glif developers Tom Gerhardt and Dan Provost too have been facing similar challenges in bringing their project to fruition. However, the project has seen a terrific reception at KickStarter.com; a website that helps developers gain pledges from interested buyers in order to develop their projects. Glif has generated close to $100,000 in pledges from users at KickStarter in less than two weeks and is in the process of being put into production soon.
Glif is tagged at a price of $20 and users who pledge this amount at Kickstarter.com will receive the iPhone accessory as soon as it is manufactured. Are you interested in purchasing a unit? Click here to pre-order Glif at KickStarter.
[via CNET]
kind of nice. I have thought of when will any company will make a tripod like for the iphone. I even thought of making one but nah.
Over price for a piece of plastic that one might use once a year. A phone is a phone and most of the time it is for communication. I hope I can remember where can I find this piece of plastic when I needed
cool idea, many uses
I was just trying to do My own stand today… It kind of works… I would love to have this! I love the camera but it's still hard too use in low light. This could really help.
I like it, but the question I'm going to look into is will I be able to keep my case on the phone? It doesn't look like it.
I'm thinking a more generic mount is in order, especially since other phones have even higher pixel counts and people are more likely to use them as a camera, too.
I just wish I knew how to actually create it myself and then sell it off to some big company.
Nope, you're wrong. Many people use their phones as cameras, and now the pixels and quality is such that they are the main camera a person might use.
This is a really cool product actually because while most people take amateur videos with their iPhone 4s, there is the possibility to shoot really great, almost professional films. Just check out this film by incase, filmed entirely on the iPhone 4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mc2AMINsoA
look like Canon, Nikon and Olympus will give free point and shoot camera to anyone that want one because iphone 4 does it all.
This is retarded. You cant use it with a case, and if you dont use a case you are retarded, or a millionaire.
They may not give them away, but I guarantee sales have been dropping for them ever since cameras on cell phones have improved to a decent point. I bought my last camera many years ago. It was a 3.3 megapixel. My video camera is OK, and still beats my iPhone 4 based on ease of use, stability, and zoom. But with a proper cellphone mount, consumer video cameras are approaching the point of obsolescence.
no wonder
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