TomTom, a company best known for its GPS gadgets and a line of watches for runners and athletes, is diving deeper into action sports. Meet the Bandit camera: a GPS action cam that’ll beam footage to a connected smartphone. If you’re in a hurry, and don’t want to futz with proper edits on a computer, TomTom’s app will pull videos from the camera so you can share them quickly — all you have to do is give your phone a shake.
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The app also servers as a viewfinder so you can keep an eye on what’s being captured in real time. In terms of the camera’s specs, the Bandit shoots 1080p at 30 and 60 frames per second and 720p at 60 and 120 fps with native time lapse and slow motion features.
Certainly makes me regret my recent GoPro purchase. Disclaimer, I work for TomTom and am in Amsterdam this week and got to see a camera in-person. Don’t consider this a proper review (nor am I qualified to review given my work relationship) but the build quality of this camera is A+. I think we could throw this thing off a 10 level building and be fine. If you have a TomTom watch, the interface is very familiar.
I prefer the shape of this unit over more popular action cameras. It’s probably going to be a hit. You can check out the product page on TomTom.com.