Polaroid Manufacturing Android Based Camera
Popphoto.com a magazine that I have written for in the past, picked up on a rumor that Polaroid are manufacturing a new ILC running Android. In fact, they have gone so far as to confirm it with Polaroid, this is very unusual, this kind of thing is usually shrouded in Non Disclosure Agreements (NDA’s) but perhaps due the fact they intend to announce it at CES next month, things are a little more ‘relaxed’.
Known at the moment at least as the Polaroid IM1836, is an Android 4 powered camera with interchangeable lenses, 18 MP, 3.5 inch touchscreen, pop up flash, wi-fi, HDMI, panoramic and blink detection features and possibly MicroSD card. So, not too dissimilar to the Samsung Galaxy camera, things are hotting up in this market space, expect to see a lot more of these kind of announcements…
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter is a British photographer, photography journalist, editor and curator and the founder and editorial director of TheAppWhisperer.com, an independent international photography publication established in 2009.Her journalism, criticism and commentary have appeared in The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Financial Times, BBC, Vogue Italia, LensCulture, Popular Photography, Android Magazine, NikonPro, DPReview, Which Digital Camera and Which Camera. She has lectured internationally on photography and mobile art, served as a juror for international photography awards, and exhibited her own photographic work across the UK, Europe, South Korea and the United States.Alongside her editorial work, Joanne's photographic and postgraduate research explores death, grief, memory, representation and social inequality through contemporary photography, participatory practice and visual research methods, with the longer-term aim of developing this work through doctoral research.Through TheAppWhisperer, she continues to publish independent photography journalism spanning contemporary photographic practice, mobile imaging, photographic apps, computational photography and emerging imaging technologies.Joanne is available for editorial commissions, photography projects, judging, curatorial work, speaking engagements, consultancy and selected collaborations.
