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Will.i.am to Launch 14 Megapixel Camera Add-on for iPhone

Friday November 23, 2012 8:36 pm PST by Arnold Kim
Telegraph reports that Black Eyed Peas star Will.i.am will be launching an iPhone accessory next week that promises to boost your iPhone's camera significantly.
The first product from his new consumer electronics and app venture i.am+ is an accessory that clips onto an iPhone and transforms the eight megapixel smartphone camera into a 14 megapixel camera, which it is claimed dramatically enhances the clarity and definition of your photographs. Speaking exclusively to The Daily Telegraph, he says: ‘We have our own sensor and a better flash. You dock you phone into our device and it turns you smartphone into a genius-phone. We take over the camera.’
Few details are offered, but it is described as interfacing to the iPhone through the dock-connector and has its own camera and flash hardware.

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AJH1993
85 months ago
This add-on better be so three thousand and eight.

And not two thousand and late
Rating: 321 Votes
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hlfway2anywhere
85 months ago

This add-on better be so three thousand and eight.

And not two thousand and late



i logged on just to like that comment.
Rating: 90 Votes
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MultiMediaWill
85 months ago
I haven't heard anyone complaining that the iPhone needs more megapixels... seems 100% useless.
Rating: 87 Votes
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TheClarkster
85 months ago
So you have to carry this extra 'camera' with you, but it only works when attached to the iPhone?

Why not just a standalone camera then?
Rating: 54 Votes
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firestarter
85 months ago
Because when I'm looking to do photography, I immediately think 'Will i am' :rolleyes:
Rating: 40 Votes
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kevinpdoyle
85 months ago
Or you could buy a professional camera......
Rating: 36 Votes
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mcstain
85 months ago

You dock you phone into our device and it turns you smartphone into a genius-phone.


Sounds like someone needs a genius-phone to correct their grammar.
Rating: 33 Votes
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GSPice
85 months ago
Everything about Mr. Adams just disgusts me. First he considers himself a "musician", now he has the audacity to have a hardware line. It's just disgusting and insulting to real musicians and designers. My opinion? No, it's a fact.
Rating: 24 Votes
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ZacNicholson
85 months ago
i doubt it will be useful
Rating: 21 Votes
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Watabou
85 months ago
What's the point?

1. The iPhone already has a decent camera.
2. I don't need another bulky accessory.
3. Megapixels aren't everything.
4. I don't need something that's made by will dot i dot am plus.
5. It will probab--er--definitely cost a lot.
Rating: 21 Votes

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