yinfu99 April 11, 2013 01:30 PM

Well there goes the need for walk around camera men. Now reporters can have a drone follow them around while they interview, investigate, etc...and the camera man is in the van watching the live feeds. This has great snoop potential too. Imagine a department of the Police where there are drone operators/surveillance teams that can go into areas of potential danger or illegal activities to monitor them. They might need a second feed though, one to watch, and one to steer by.

Quad copterHQ April 11, 2013 04:33 PM

Looks promising, can't wait to try it out! Though some more info about the optics would be nice, I wonder how it compares to the GoPro HERO 3 Black. Looking forward to adding it to my list of top quadcopters soon: http://quadcopterhq.com/top-quadcopters/

Angus MacKenzie April 11, 2013 07:27 PM

Im afraid I need to have this.

David Anderton April 11, 2013 10:57 PM

Get an Android app version and I'm keen

Devin Clarke April 12, 2013 05:15 PM

This looks amazing!! I really hope it doesn't "fly away". just saying... it could happen to anybody.

professore April 12, 2013 06:30 PM

Further to David Anderton's comment about an Android app......it is nothing short of crazy that this company would have chosen to launch first with an app for iOS and nothing for Android! The world knows that Android devices out-number iOS by some 5-to-1 and the gap is widening all the time !

Tom Swift April 12, 2013 08:53 PM

Angus MacKenzie, it's worse, I have no need for one but I want one.

DonGateley April 12, 2013 09:46 PM

Uh, how long does it stay up?

biscuitcutter April 12, 2013 10:00 PM

This is really neat stuff......................
BUT
I'm sure it will come as a shock to most of you, but there are some people out there who have neither an iDevice or an android device. How about an app for the camera that will run on my Windows 7 laptop?
Also, what is the price of the Phantom with the fancy 2 axis mount and including the GoPro camera?

Brian Lang May 27, 2013 03:49 PM

It's pretty common to release on iOS first, and follow up with Android. Yes, there are more Android devices, it's generally easier to develop for iOS because of fragmentation on Android. I other words, it's relatively easy to write an app that UBS on iPhones, IPods and iPads, buts its alittle more difficult to write one that runs on the thousands of different Android devices our there. This is a bit of an over simplification. As far as other devices, who knows? It will depend on if the company decides its worth it to invest in software to run on other platforms. If you buy outside the mainstream, you can't expect the same level of support.