Parrot AR.Drone Now Available for Pre-Order

[Guest]

The personal remote-controlled quadcopter will hit the market this September 2010.

Parrot AR.Drone Now Available for Pre-Order : Read more

 

[JonnyDough]

The question is, how long can it stay in flight? 3 minute? 2 hours? If it can actually last more than ten minutes I'll be surprised, if it can last more than thirty I'd consider buying one.

 

[polly the parrot]

Most copters I've gotten have never been in the air for more than 10 seconds...

 

[lashabane]

[citation][nom]polly the parrot[/nom]Most copters I've gotten have never been in the air for more than 10 seconds...[/citation]
Is that 'cause you shoot it? 😀

 

[Fetal]

... and this in only for CrApple?

 

[joytech22]

[citation][nom]Fetal[/nom]... and this in only for CrApple?[/citation]

AWWWWwwwww.... I hate that blue fruit.. green or red is MUCH better.

 

[yrmoma]

[citation][nom]Fetal[/nom]... and this in only for CrApple?[/citation]
"The video feed is streamed over WiFi to an iOS device running the remote control app."

If one were to read the article, you'd easily figure out that, yes, it is only for Apple. But, that's simple reading and processing that information, and from your comment, I can clearly see you do not have this ability.

And because all the fanbois will not like this I'll say this: I've never owned an apple product, and probably never will. But this unrelenting hate for anything, be it good or bad, is really out of hand.

 

[hillarymakesmecry]

If it ran on Android too I might consider buying one.

 

[Skid]

[citation][nom]hillarymakesmecry[/nom]If it ran on Android too I might consider buying one.[/citation]

I concur, besides, they are really limiting there mark share by forcing people to use one type of product, why can't we control it from our PCs? If it runs over WiFi there no reason it can't be routed to a computer or laptop.

 

[WyomingKnott]

... while its front-facing counterpart provides a feed that allows the operator to steer the gadget properly—even when out of view.

Or spy on your sibling's date, or figure out where the police are while your partner robs the bank, or...

 

[Guest]

If these have fair battery life and signal strength, with the cameras on these, they may be good for paparazzi.

 

[winterblade]

Make that App multi-platform (Windows, android, Linux, PSP?? 😛) and it would be a too-good-deal-to-let-it-pass.

 

[Hanin33]

yes, PSP or DSI support would be ideal... this way you can get reasonable control of the copter...

 

[kenwheeler77]

[citation][nom]JonnyDough[/nom]The question is, how long can it stay in flight? 3 minute? 2 hours? If it can actually last more than ten minutes I'll be surprised, if it can last more than thirty I'd consider buying one.[/citation]

You obviously don't know how to use google. Here, let me google that for you.

http://tinyurl.com/33vew7g

 

[JonnyDough]

Haha, I use LMGTFY.com all the time. Google itself though? So hard!

 

[1paladin]

I also would like to see Android support. My Evo's 4.3" screen would really be sweet with that video stream.

I have nothing against the iPhone but PLEASE support Android. With 200,000 new Android devices activated each day there are a lot of devices out there that could attach to your Drone.