"3rd-i" cam for spyin' on the go

by Chris Ziegler posted Jul 31st 2006 at 9:51PM

There are undoubtedly less proprietary ways to go about doing this, but if you're looking for a quick, painless way to get a PC-free camera feed to your phone, a British operation by the name of 3rd-i reckons they have the answer. The concept is simple enough: take your garden-variety video cam, strap on a GPRS modem, and call it good for £199 ($370). Besides accessing live video and up to 30 days of archived footage via pretty much any Java MIDP 1.0- or 2.0-enabled phone, the unit can be set up to immediately text you upon detecting motion. Not bad -- in fact, we'd strongly consider using 3rd-i's cams to secure the Engadgetmobile, but the dual band 900 / 1800 support just doesn't cut it in these parts.

[Via Crowdedbrain]

Filed under: Peripherals, GSM, GPRS

Tags: 3rd-i, cam, camera, gprs, infrared, motion, motion sensor, MotionSensor, security, sensor, webcam

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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-_- @ Aug 1st 2006 8:11AM

$370 for a spy camera that links to your phone?! considering that there are cheaper options, and the fact that this thing is only dual-band, i'll pass (even though the idea is cool).

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