The Contour family of helmet cameras are among the the one preferred, their small lasers making it a small easier to figure out only where a heck they’re pointing. Not as good as a integrated screen as on a Drift Innovation HD170, though rather than reduction massive. Soon you won’t have to worry about lasers with the upcoming Live Viewfinder underline. As it turns out, a $349.99 ContourGPS doesn’t just have a GPS chip inside, there’s Bluetooth connectivity in there somewhere as well.

This enables a small cameras to connect wirelessly to your Android or iOS device and send a little video its approach. At slightest, that’s a speculation, as a apps aren’t ready for expenditure nonetheless, though we’re told iOS is coming initial someday this summer. It looks similar to you won’t be means to daub into a camera’s storage, this will to one side work like a viewfinder, though which gives us something to goal for in coming releases. This prolongation is entrance after this year, but we’re anticipating to check it out a lot earlier than which. Stay tuned.

Show full PR textContour Turns Your Mobile Phone into a Live Viewfinder for the ContourGPS Camera

January 5, 2011 (Seattle, Wash.) – Contour, a marketplace leader in hands-free video cameras, is announcing the new feature for the award winning ContourGPS model: Bluetooth. Already the first hands-free video camera to constraint speed as well as location in real-time, Contour is unveiling a built-in Bluetooth chip in the ContourGPS as well as the mobile app which together enable your phone to become the live viewfinder. Now, you can see what your camera sees while configuring your settings, all from a most remote locations. Applications are now being grown for a Android as well as iOS platforms. Contour will be demonstrating this new functionality during a Consumer Electronics Show.

“We’re vehement about branch the phone into a live shade for a ContourGPS as well as delivering the single feature scarcely all of our customers have been asking for,” says Marc Barros, Contour’s CEO. “ContourGPS was already a initial hands-free camera to introduce real-time GPS, bringing the total brand new level of video storytelling to our customers around the universe. But with the enabling of Bluetooth, ContourGPS becomes a only hands-free video camera with the wireless viewfinder.”

Hands-free is one of the fastest flourishing video camera categories, though it’s often limited in its application by a lack of the shade. By unlocking Bluetooth, ContourGPS opens itself to connectivity with audio, remote control, and mobile accessories. Most importantly, it enables the mobile app to turn your phone into the live viewfinder.

The ContourGPS camera brings together three of a hottest trends: location, mobile, as well as video. It goes beyond being just the camera – it’s an all-in-one height which offers innovative software in conjunction with the colorful online community. Customers can jot down, post, as well as share their video adventures whilst tracking their trail, speed, as well as betterment on the map – all during the same time. A imperishable video camera done privately for a estimated 100 million outdoor enthusiasts around the world, ContourGPS creates it easy to constraint video from inside of the movement and share it online in seconds.

A 2011 CES Innovations Award Winner, ContourGPS ($349.99 MSRP) is being displayed during a Digital Experience Event on January 5th as well as at the company’s CES Booth #35155. Visit http://contour.com/camera/contour_gps to learn more or to find a complete list of retailers.

About Contour
Contour is a marketplace leader in hands-free, location-aware video cameras. Producing adventure storytelling collection formed on the simple intuitive pattern, Contour enables modern-day explorers to use location-based video to replay their personal tales of movement, journey and travel, pity them with universe at the hold of a symbol. For more information about Contour please revisit www.contour.com.

Via Engadget