Polaroid’s Android camera — and the future of point-and-shoot cameras (and photography)
It was inevitable — a camera running a phone operating system.
Yep, mobile photography is now making its way into the world of typical point-and-shoot cameras. The Polaroid SC1630 “smart camera” is powered by Google’s Android operating system. Which means, of course, you’re going to be able to download photography apps to a “real camera” with a 16-megapixel sensor and an optical zoom.
This is a sign of things to come.
Photographers want photography apps, from Path to Instagram to Hipstamatic (and beyond). And they want them on their DSLRs and point-and-shoot cameras — not just on their phones/cameraphones. It’s clear this is just the beginning of a transformation of cameras, of all types, with sharing capabilities and the chance to edit and manipulate your photos right on your camera.
Which raises the question: Would Apple, perhaps, come out with a camera? If you’ve read the Steve Jobs biography, you know Jobs said he wanted to reinvent photography.
