POM-CAM
Do you like helmet cams? Do you have an iPhone 4? Well check this out. Andrew Taylor and his Partner Shelby Paget have been working incognito around close friends over the past few months developing a waterproof housing for the I Phone 4.AT told me about the project a few weeks ago and it has been eating away at my insides not being able to tell anyone until now. They finally release their product on Kickstarter.com today looking for supporters like you and I.
Click here to check out the video behind the POM-CAM.
First off, thanks for stopping by and checking out our project. We have put in a lot of time and effort to make this project a success. We hope you like it!
The POM is the only way to turn your iPhone 4 into the ultimate point of view camera. By sliding your iPhone into the housing and using our mounts you can experience the Point of Me in perfect HD.
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FAQ's...
How does my iPhone 4 fit into the POM housing?
The housing opens like a book and your iPhone 4 slides into place and is secured safely with the locking slider.
How does the POM housing lock into the base?
By sliding the housing into the locking pin system it is securely fastened to the base.
How do I eject the housing from the base?
By pressing two eject buttons located on the sides of the base the locking pins release the housing.
If I crash when using my POM will my phone be safe from harm?
We have made sure the structure of the housing will withstand heavy impacts while enduring extreme use.
Is it waterproof?
Our final product will be tested and approved up to 10 meters.
I think you're shooting for the stars with this goal!
We have spent our life savings designing and developing a quality product. Now we are reaching out to enthusiasts like you to help us raise money to cover tooling and setup cost for mass manufacturing of the POM. The product is comprised of over 17 unique pieces with each piece requiring its own tooling. This is why we have made our goal larger than most on Kickstarter. We believe Kickstarter and YOU can help us reach our goal.
More about the POM...
In a generation obsessed with instant gratification and updates to our favorite social networks we can incorporate all of these things and more with the POM and keep the world, or maybe just your best buds, on the edge of their seats.
With the POM housing you can use your iPhone 4 to record your adventures with a wide angle lens. Whether you get your fill on wheels, in the powder, or out in the deep blue the POM will keep your phone safe from impact, scratches, and water damage while still allowing you to get that perfect shot anywhere.
We’ve chosen Kickstarter to help us continue our dream. With our experiences using this product and putting together the edit above of our adventures with the POM, we know that this will soon be a must have for any adrenaline junky with an iPhone 4! We are asking for your support to continue the process of tooling for the first full line of production. We have funded the project ourselves thus far and are asking for your support. We have put together a variety of support tiers that you can commit to. You will be receiving the POM at a discounted price if you pre-order through Kickstarter! If you are a enthusiast who lives in the world of adventure sports, the POM is something you can take on your never ending journey. Pre-order yours today and we promise you won’t be disappointed!
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Check out our video for some awesome shots with the POM and hear our story of how everything came together.
Thanks for your support and please help us spread the word!
www.pom-cam.com
POM - Point of Me
Andrew Taylor
Shelby Paget
Note: Basic POM Package will retail for $129.99 and the Premium POM Package will retail for $159.99. iPhone 4 not included. iPhone 4, Apple logo and Apple are registered trademarks of Apple Inc.
Project location: Santa Cruz, CA
If you guys are looking to help make Andrew Taylors and Shelby Pagets dream come true click here to look how you can help.
Click here to check out the video behind the POM-CAM.
First off, thanks for stopping by and checking out our project. We have put in a lot of time and effort to make this project a success. We hope you like it!
The POM is the only way to turn your iPhone 4 into the ultimate point of view camera. By sliding your iPhone into the housing and using our mounts you can experience the Point of Me in perfect HD.
THE HOUSING FEATURES:
- Quality wide angle lens
- Black rubberized shell
- Locking slider
- Hinged door for easy installation
- Water resistant
- Shock resistant
- Usable touchscreen and buttons
- Waterproof headphone and out-bore microphone jack
- Quality wide angle lens
- Black rubberized shell
- Locking slider
- Hinged door for easy installation
- Water resistant
- Shock resistant
- Usable touchscreen and buttons
- Waterproof headphone and out-bore microphone jack
BASE FRAME FEATURES:
- Protects touch screen
- Quick release buttons to easily eject the POM housing
- Protects touch screen
- Quick release buttons to easily eject the POM housing
THE MOUNTING FEATURES:
- All mounts are easily interchangeable with the Base
- Pivoting chest strap mount
- Pivoting suction mount
- Pivoting bar mount
- Pivoting adhesive helmet mount
- All mounts are easily interchangeable with the Base
- Pivoting chest strap mount
- Pivoting suction mount
- Pivoting bar mount
- Pivoting adhesive helmet mount
FAQ's...
How does my iPhone 4 fit into the POM housing?
The housing opens like a book and your iPhone 4 slides into place and is secured safely with the locking slider.
How does the POM housing lock into the base?
By sliding the housing into the locking pin system it is securely fastened to the base.
How do I eject the housing from the base?
By pressing two eject buttons located on the sides of the base the locking pins release the housing.
If I crash when using my POM will my phone be safe from harm?
We have made sure the structure of the housing will withstand heavy impacts while enduring extreme use.
Is it waterproof?
Our final product will be tested and approved up to 10 meters.
I think you're shooting for the stars with this goal!
We have spent our life savings designing and developing a quality product. Now we are reaching out to enthusiasts like you to help us raise money to cover tooling and setup cost for mass manufacturing of the POM. The product is comprised of over 17 unique pieces with each piece requiring its own tooling. This is why we have made our goal larger than most on Kickstarter. We believe Kickstarter and YOU can help us reach our goal.
More about the POM...
In a generation obsessed with instant gratification and updates to our favorite social networks we can incorporate all of these things and more with the POM and keep the world, or maybe just your best buds, on the edge of their seats.
With the POM housing you can use your iPhone 4 to record your adventures with a wide angle lens. Whether you get your fill on wheels, in the powder, or out in the deep blue the POM will keep your phone safe from impact, scratches, and water damage while still allowing you to get that perfect shot anywhere.
We’ve chosen Kickstarter to help us continue our dream. With our experiences using this product and putting together the edit above of our adventures with the POM, we know that this will soon be a must have for any adrenaline junky with an iPhone 4! We are asking for your support to continue the process of tooling for the first full line of production. We have funded the project ourselves thus far and are asking for your support. We have put together a variety of support tiers that you can commit to. You will be receiving the POM at a discounted price if you pre-order through Kickstarter! If you are a enthusiast who lives in the world of adventure sports, the POM is something you can take on your never ending journey. Pre-order yours today and we promise you won’t be disappointed!
Check out our video for some awesome shots with the POM and hear our story of how everything came together.
Thanks for your support and please help us spread the word!
www.pom-cam.com
POM - Point of Me
Andrew Taylor
Shelby Paget
Note: Basic POM Package will retail for $129.99 and the Premium POM Package will retail for $159.99. iPhone 4 not included. iPhone 4, Apple logo and Apple are registered trademarks of Apple Inc.
Project location: Santa Cruz, CA
If you guys are looking to help make Andrew Taylors and Shelby Pagets dream come true click here to look how you can help.
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Just wanted to follow up with some additional questions/concerns you guys have addressed. To the users with these concerns or to those who haven't had time to read over the whole article; Quite a few people have brought up their concerns about the protection of their phones being compromised in a crash or something similar. I would like to assure you guys that we have literally taken MANY steps to make sure that everything attribute mentioned on our features section and every environment that we've used the POM in, WILL keep your iPhone safe and we can even go further to say that we have crashed during our own motocross, and downhill shots with the housing and have had no issues when the POM hits the ground harder than anticipated. We would not sale a product with my name or Andrew Taylor's name on it without delivering an exceptional final product to you guys. Keep in mind too that we ourselves ride daily and we are the ones that have come up with the necessary features and composites (plastic and rubber strengths/thicknesses) to keep our iPhones safe while riding at a professional level with the POM. Hope this helps you guys know that you are receiving a professionally tested (from an engineering standpoint) and rider tested product that has exceeded our own expectations in all cases!
To put it simply:
iPhone Retail: $599 (720p/30fps max video res)
POM Retail: $129
Total potential loss: $728 (+all the features of your phone while you wait for a new one)
GoPro Retail: $179.99 (960p/30fps max video res)
Total Potential loss: $179.99
Difference: $548.01 plus whatever value you place on having to do without a phone.
www.vimeo.com/19779638
*hint*
Unless iPhone 4 and iPod touch are the same size...I certainly don't think they are. iPod is thinner I think.
i have seen them side by side.
i think this is an AMAZING idea.
ingenious.
but make one for the nokia n8?
pretty please.
it has an amazing camera, (better than the iphone), it's cheaper(at least in South Africa, not sure about the rest of the world)
i would immediately buy one for the n8 because i use it as my camera.
The 2 problems i see here is:
Batery life of the Iphone
Crashing too hard with it, i hope its a solid peace of plastik infront of the cam side.
Well, im very sure i will buy one,
Hey, its only 130$, a Gopro cost 300$ before you get the accesories.
When new iPhone models come out we will be rolling out with new POM setups to suit each model. The reason why we are starting with the iPhone 4 initially is because there are over 900,000,000 users worldwide and Verizon just introduced the iPhone 4 (which works with our POM as well) and most of these users are in a 2 year contract with either ATT or Verizon suggesting that there will be iPhone 4 users around for awhile longer. But do not worry because as soon as the iPhone 5 is released and later models we will be designing a POM to accommodate any changes and/or updates to design.
By the time you tool up the iPhone 5 will be out anyway. And $200k for injection tooling, common, this is no more than $60k in tooling.
how many people actually think about posting online After a run? i would probably be pissing me pants waiting for the other rider comming down. and besides i think UCI is going to ban it anyways. hahaha
@longnguyen - whats the big deal? i really dont see anything wrong with it,except for the price i think it is a lil too much but w/e, also something ive leanred is that there will always be some one trying to bash on new ideas, but u have failed, -'its stupid becuase i can upload vids right after u take them'- , cracker please....
The only problem I can see is that Apple are due to release the iPhone 5 in about 6 months (probably before this hits the market) and another new model every year after that! The only way I can actually see this working is if they can come up with a way of standardising the mounts and making the case that houses the phone and hooks into the mount available cheaper to go with your mounting kit.
I think the theory is sweet, but can't quite see how it will work in reality!
@antron , really why is it so bad to upload it right after the run instead of waiting till u get home? then spoonyman's second comment does make sence, the chairlift take about 5 mins... (i can only base that on a rough estimation of the highland chairlift, bcuz thats the only one ive been on) and u can upload vids from an iphone during that time... so really its like every new idea on the home page when theres always some one bashing on it, but for reals, why the hell not? and if u dont like its not anyone is forcing you to buy it..
And to be fair, most of the riding I do does involves pushing back up!
and i'm with the human side : prefer to drink a beer with friends saying "heyyyy duuuudeeee do you remember when i hit those jumps!!" instead of taking times to post it on facebook where 95% of my virtual friends don't really care/understand mountain bikes.
i'll stick with gopro. and really hope never have to receive a call from a mom screaming outlout that we f*cked them because we don't want to replace for free the exploded iphone 4 of her 17year old son.
i hope people will start using social networking lightly instead of being adicted
expect for pinkbike. ;p
The only mount which looks like it might work is the chest mount but it's still the core product is expensive to invest in and in essence not designed for this purpose. Not to mention the cost (not just the money, but everything associated with your phone being out of action) if you do munt your iphone.
edit: badbadleroybrown has summed it up nicely, I posted before I read it
edit2: After reading through all the comments and the replies from the developer all I'll say is that the downsides far, far, far outweigh the capabilities of the product.
I don't want to tear you guys to shreds because you had the balls to try something out, but I think you let your vision get in the way of reality here. Better luck next time guys.
The touch through screen also looks a little flimsy, you should talk to Ivyskin and see how they did their touch through screen, as it is a very durable protector a video here : www.youtube.com/watch?v=a92eX85gJG8&feature=player_embedded#at=27
That case is the same as the Reception and is $14.99, granted your case has more options hence why I would say $40 is a good price point.
Great idea...interesting way to raise funds without having investors with venture capital take a good chunk of your business...good luck guys! Good looking product.
For those of you that have and do use a Go Pro, and have expierienced frustrations with down loading, editing, then up loading to your social network ,this product , in my opinion eliminates that. Think of the time saved, that none of us have to give.
COME ON GET ON BOARD
How this effects the life of the product etc...
I have seen Sony and Motorola being tested whilst at a vibe house once and although the test was ok, it would not be representative of mountain biking.
For couple of bucks more you get a Go Pro HD...
that's just a glorofied iphone protective case...
There are a million case producers that can bring this to market inside a month without raising funds to do so.. You guys are what? A year away minimum?
I wish you all the best though and congrats on the originality but I don't think this will make you rich... Probably a decent grade at school though.
Jonny 2.1 BSc hons - industrial design and technology
(product design) at loughborough university
Thanks for the input we appreciate it! We have already taken care of our patents and tm's thus far and we have high hopes to to bring a product like this to market using Kickstarter, but if in the instance that we do not reach our goal we have a few investment firms that have already offered to fund our project in excess of our goal if needed. We are on track to have product shipping within 30 days of our goal being met if not earlier so that the customers will have the POM in hand relatively quickly.
Here is a clip of our POM going through a very hard crash aboard Andrew Taylor's helmet on a recent downhill ride. As you will see in the video, Andrew takes a wrong turn and slides off of a 10 foot cliff straight to his head and the POM housing taking most of the impact! The POM housing as well as the iPhone were both completely protected, minus some dirt and debris, and the POM and Andrew's iPhone 4 went on to film for the rest of the day!
a href=" www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150094228139397&oid=192071407484407&comments "> Crash video with the POM here!!! /a>
Here is a clip of our POM going through a very hard crash aboard Andrew Taylor's helmet on a recent downhill ride. As you will see in the video, Andrew takes a wrong turn and slides off of a 10 foot cliff straight to his head and the POM housing taking most of the impact! The POM housing as well as the iPhone were both completely protected, minus some dirt and debris, and the POM and Andrew's iPhone 4 went on to film for the rest of the day!
a href=" www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/video/video.php?v=10150094228139397&oid=192071407484407&comments "> Crash video with the POM here!! /a>
I guess thats not too expensive considering all the cost of prototyping etc.
doesn't a new iphone come out every year or so isn't that a major issue?
I'll wait til I'm home thanks.
Good concept on paper but overall I don't think they've really assessed the downsides enough.
Are you going to make something like this for other phones?
I posted a comment above about future models just now check it out!
Shelby @ POM