Stuff I want: iPhone tripod attachment

I don’t have access to a fabrication plant, or have the skills to prototype this product so I’m just going to describe it in the hope that one of the toy-makers out there in iPod/iPhone accessory land will pick this up and run with it. When it comes out you can all thank me.

I want an iPhone tripod attachment, with remote control, a battery and an optional power source, and a mic socket would be nice too.

Michael Arrington said it best when he wrote that the iPhone 3GS should have been called the iPhone 3G V for video. OK, so the new model is faster – so what, it’s newer than the iPhone 3G – which contained the same processor as the original iPhone – it SHOULD be faster – it’s got 2 years of progress to build-in. The real killer feature will be that video camera.

He  is also right when they say that the Flip is going to come under some serious pressure from the new iPhone. OK, the Flip HD cams do 720p and the iPhone only does 640×480 for now. The iPhone has an always-on connection to the Internet and that makes up for a lot. Right now you can’t stream from your iPhone, but companies like Qik have it working on jailbroken phones, it’s only a matter of time before Apple/AT&T allow it, or Apple make it a ‘wifi only’ feature like VoIP is. Regardless of that, the ease of shooting and editing a video, then posting it to the video sharing platform of your choice is such that you can shoot and upload pretty damn quick, with no computer needed.

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