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I am amused at how the "specifications" fail to mention the sample rate of the audio and the megapixel data for the video. I would never consider purchasing such a thing absent those two specifications.
I like stuff like this. I definitely rigged my dry erase board eraser to be a spy cam in college. It pays to know when the RAs are coming a bit before they get there.
Nice gadget :)
Great...now movie theaters will make you check your **keys** at the door to watch a movie. :-p
"Oh, awesome, that could really help people document abuses of power!"
"Oh goodness, that could really be used to spy on people and abuse authority!"
Another instance of that wonderful double take of modern tech.
Isn't the megapixel data for the video 640 x 480 = 307,200 = 0.3 MP
Oh, absolutely great. It looks just like a key fob. Until you start pointing it at people and filming them, that is!
Most spy cameras are designed so that they can be filming the target while looking completely unobtrusive. A fake button. A fake pen that clips in your pocket. A fake briefcase. But this? You don't think someone will be suspicious when you take out your key fob during your secret mafia meeting and press the button, pointing it at them?
Because I'd never, ever suspect someone pointing his car key at me for ten minutes in the locker room.
Oh, Brando. What crap won't you vend?
"I'm trying to make you panic."
,,,if it made Star Trek phaser sounds,,,
Actually, I think this is the perfect form factor for a simple USB camera. (Think mp3 player.) A thumbnail sized display to give you an idea if you're really pointing at what you want would be helpful though. (You can squeeze enough information for that purpose into a 88x66 display ...)
Yeah, it's starting to annoy me that most "spy cameras" are designed so that you need to point the object *directly at* someone in order to film.
As others have pointed out, pointing something (a pen, a lighter, a car key fob, and all the other things cameras have been stuffed into) directly at someone is a dead giveaway. Why not make 'em so that the camera is askew? if you're pointing the corner of something directly at someone, it's a lot less obvious, and so a lot less likely to get you a truncheon to the face.
I'd probably just mod whatever it was stuck in to fix that, but it'd be nice if you could buy them that way.
Also, the resolution of these things still plonks them squarely in the "toy" bracket. Surely *someone* must sell professional-quality wireless concealed cameras?
you don't have to point it at anyone. Just "forget your keys" for a while, leave 'em sitting on a table or something.
What's the battery life, though?
Now I wonder how long before movie theaters... Crap, Anonymous beat me to it!
My question is; How long is the recording time, per gig of SDHC card?
And I like this one better. As mentioned above, you can clip it to your shirt and it won't look too out-of-place:
http://gadget.brando.com/tiny-mp3-player-spy-camera-spy-camcorder_p01073c024d001.html
Um, how is that a "key." From the title, I assumed it would be something that looked like this: http://www.twisedesign.com/gfx/portfolio/key2.jpg
I feel like it should be called a "key fob." Like the things with the alarm buttons and such (though, i've never actually had a car with one of those new things).
Modern Audis have a key that looks just like that, which slots into the dashboard. But I agree, it's not a common shape.