Polaroid SC1630 Smart Camera – Powered by Android

The Polaroid SC1630 is one of the first Android powered point-and-shoot’s on the market. The beauty is that it’s the same size as a cell phone, but you can’t make any calls – wait – that doesn’t seem like a feature…?

I love the idea, love it, make a camera that has the ease of use of the Android Ice Cream sandwich OS, which ships with a standardized aesthetic and theme.

For DSLR’s it’s an especially fabulous idea, for there is still a need for DSLR’s and high-end professional photography, however in a lot of ways the software and the expandability of the software on these high-end DSLR’s leave a lot to be desired. To develop your camera functionality on the Android platform and keep a unified experience across your product line would be extremely beneficial, and I would support it whole-heartedly. You would also have unity between third party hardware and so on…

On the other hand, this is why Polaroid is going bankrupt. The only thing that can save this product is how quickly Instagram shows up with it’s Android application. In fact, if Polaroid has anything left – it should be doing everything in it’s power to purchase Instagram and join the new millenium, otherwise Polaroid will soon be joining the DoDo bird in extinction.

Point and shoot cameras are dead.

If you come across another gear site that pushes point and shoot cameras, especially now after CES has ended, ask yourself, why are they posting this? Is it because they truly believe it’s a great product, or because they need to have a certain amount of posts-per-day to fulfil a quota?

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