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Re: Polaroid Cube

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Post by CHY872 »

bendecoste wrote: post #129
kcbanner wrote: post #125

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you joking?

Sincerely curious, what kinds of profits do F1 teams make?

So a large team like Ferrari or McLaren will spend about $400 million on running the whole team for the year - that includes all salaries, R&D, simulation, transport, part costs, marketing etc.

They'll get about $80 million back on that from prize money (it's more like $100 million if you win).

Then there's the sponsorship - for a large team about $300 million a year is reasonable.

The rest can often be found from elsewhere. McLaren had large funding from Daimler until recently (when they received a $40 million fine Daimler paid) - Ferrari have a lot of their own money. F1 drives car sales, and the technology from F1 can be pulled back into the road cars - just look at McLaren's new models..

Re: Polaroid Cube

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Post by chrissnell »

I want to see a utility camera manufacturer produce a product that is more readily integrated into DIY hardware/Internet of Things projects. These rugged little cameras are awesome but I've yet to see one that provides an open interface for enthusiasts to manipulate the bulb/mode/settings externally to the camera. I'd like to see a Bluetooth (perhaps BLE) -enabled camera that can be triggered from an Arduino, watch, smartphone, or whatever the user can dream up.

Re: Polaroid Cube

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Post by m_mueller »

baddox wrote: post #40
rexignis wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sony has been competing with their Actioncams. It's a superior product in terms of image quality (according to reviews), and that wrist screen they offer with it is very cool.

There are several solid action cams out there now. A quick search of YouTube shows countless reviews and comparisons. In my hobby of RC aircraft, the ~$80 Mobius cam is a very popular alternative to the GoPro. Most reviewers compare its video quality to that of the previous generation GoPro Hero 2, but it's smaller and much cheaper. Its firmware also supports it being used as a dashcam. http://buymobius.com/collectio…

Panasonic is currently marketing their 4k wearable cam in Japan [1]. Pretty impressive for that size I'd say.

[1] http://cdn.camyx.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/panasonic-hx...

Re: Polaroid Cube

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Post by marcamillion »

Gracana wrote: post #20
msandford wrote: post #6

Finally someone else is stepping into the GoPro market. Good to see competition here. I know the feature sets aren't identical but sometimes worse is better.

I think the fact that it's tiny, cute, and inexpensive will help them carve a niche out from under GoPro. I can imagine something like this being used in places where you wouldn't really want a "hard core" action cam.

Where is the price listed? I don't see it anywhere.

Re: Polaroid Cube

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Post by collyw »

geargrinder wrote: post #135
celticninja wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

they make a nice sum on their formula one team, that alone is a difficult feat so i reckon they are pretty business savvy.

Red Bull F1 may be "profitable" but only if you separate it from the 100's of millions invested by the Red Bull parent company. It is simply a marketing venture whose real profit is measured in brand awareness and sales of little cans of caffeinated soda.

I do a fir bit of "extreme sports". Mountain Biking and Kayaking mainly. Ironically no one I know (who participates in these sports) drinks Red Bull on a regular basis.

Re: Polaroid Cube

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Post by smorrow »

baddox wrote: post #81
rm445 wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Parent poster understood that, and suggests the incorrect usage is becoming standard, as people apply a simplified form of the rule. In the same way, one might expect "whose" to be phased out in favour of an incorrect "who's". I'm not convinced they are correct (note deliberate use of the ungrammatical but popular singular 'they'), because hyper-correctism seems to be increasing as well. The population seems to be sp…

Indeed, I understand that fully. My point is that the English language is not prescriptive in practice. In fact, even if you're a prescriptivist, you could easily argue that "its" is a special case, since most English possessives are formed with apostrophe s.

It isn't a special case. (its : his) :: (it's : he's)

So you don't say "it's" for the same reason you don't say "hi's".

Re: Polaroid Cube

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Post by darkxanthos »

kin wrote: post #32
msandford wrote: post #6

Finally someone else is stepping into the GoPro market. Good to see competition here. I know the feature sets aren't identical but sometimes worse is better.

While it's in the same consumer market as GoPro, remember that GoPro is more than a camera company in the same way that Red Bull is more than just an energy drink. GoPro is headed in the direction of lifestyle branding. Original content, sponsored professional sports, brand collaboration, etc. So while Polaroid and Sony are welcoming competition in the space, GoPro's market IMO seems more focused elsewhere.

I don't see this being the same market at all. Gopro is marketed at adventure and sports. Polaroid is pushing this toward the average Joe. With a $99 price point it's well positioned to displace gopro.

Re: Polaroid Cube

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Post by simias »

owenversteeg wrote: post #143
jameshart wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You forgot "Less space than a Nomad. Lame."

For anyone that didn't get the joke - this is what a popular and now famous Slashdot comment said about the iPod when it was released.

It wasn't a comment, it was CmdrTaco's reaction in the blurb: http://slashdot.org/story/21026
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