BT-1 Bluetooth webcam for Mac finally shipping

To think, we've been waiting on the edge of our seats since January to get our hands on Ecamm's BT-1 wireless, Bluetooth-enabled webcam for OS X. Sure, 640 x 480 / 15fps H.264 video quality is comparable to what our MacBooks get anyway, but hey, at least you can be a little more artsy on your Skype calls without losing that prime display viewing angle. All that waiting doesn't matter now, anyway, since it's finally shipping out. Price is $150 and it includes a mini-tripod and USB charger cable -- can't seem to get rid of wires entirely just yet. As for Windows support, it's still not there officially, but we've no doubt some intrepid young coder with an afternoon to spare will fix that.

[Jacobs69 @ Jun 22nd 2009 8:59PM]

Bezel much?

[iFargle @ Jun 22nd 2009 10:22PM]

Exactly what I said. How many macs don't have an iSIght, anyways? Just the Mac Pro and Mac Mini without the new monitor?

[Davinci @ Jun 22nd 2009 10:58PM]

Any windows mobile phone with camera can already act as a wireless bluetooth camera for windows... it can use wifi or 3G connection too.

[Davinci @ Jun 22nd 2009 10:59PM]

wireless bluetooth *webcam*

[MrNuclear @ Jun 23rd 2009 1:02AM]

@ iFargle
90% of the time, my MBP is a desktop with an external monitor, so this would actually be pretty handy. Unnecessary and expensive, but handy.

[zomg0t @ Jun 22nd 2009 8:59PM]

Wow! It's amazing how shitty it is considering the price. 15 fps? Does anyone really need wireless so badly that they'd sacrifice video quality and so much money?

[David @ Jun 22nd 2009 10:59PM]

I'd buy it... for $40.

[Blazeralb @ Jun 23rd 2009 3:18AM]

i dont think id buy it if i just had to pay shipping

[kazbaeden @ Jun 22nd 2009 9:04PM]

Why would they spend all that time developing this thing and then offer it for < 10% of the market? Even Apple knows you have to have windows compatibility to get anywhere.

[PeterF @ Jun 22nd 2009 9:14PM]

Because Apple users are the only ones who would waste so much money on something so unnecessary.

[BB @ Jun 22nd 2009 9:16PM]

Unlike Virus protection

[Ignatius @ Jun 22nd 2009 9:24PM]

Macs get viruses too. Don't step around that point.

[AndrewNoNumbers @ Jun 22nd 2009 9:30PM]

But even Mac users wouldn't get something this hideous.

[Uncontrol @ Jun 22nd 2009 9:51PM]

"Macs get viruses too. Don't step around that point."

trojan ≠ virus

[Kamil @ Jun 22nd 2009 9:56PM]

you know, before medicine, we didnt know that viruses existed....

doesnt mean that they wernt there

[dsteve303 @ Jun 22nd 2009 10:12PM]

And before Apple, there was no computer like we think of today.

[Mmmm... Dohnuts. @ Jun 22nd 2009 10:18PM]

Macs are PCs (Personal Computers) and thus the irony: Apple created the first PC.

[Mmmm... Dohnuts. @ Jun 22nd 2009 10:20PM]

*Successful

[PeterF @ Jun 22nd 2009 11:26PM]

"trojan ≠ virus"
And what viruses for windows Vista/7 are there around today that don't require the user to run them (trojan) AND elevate them through UAC?

[El Erbmocnoc Euqsam @ Jun 22nd 2009 11:41PM]

Or you could use a $25 XBOX Live USB camera...

[BB @ Jun 22nd 2009 9:15PM]

Bluetooth?

[jol @ Jun 22nd 2009 9:08PM]

It's funny, because it would be cheaper to just get a tripod for my laptop.

[loosely_coupled @ Jun 22nd 2009 9:12PM]

$150 for SD @ 15FPS?? No thanks.. There are far better IP camera options out there..

[go seki @ Jun 22nd 2009 9:15PM]

.. why?
.. this almost qualifies for "crap-gadget"

[IvanP91 @ Jun 22nd 2009 9:31PM]

in fact, lets nominate it.

This camera is crap considering:

Macs have em built in
Universal wireless cameras are much better in quality

craaap!

[go seki @ Jun 22nd 2009 9:46PM]

Ivan .. maybe if it was pink?? ..

[dsteve303 @ Jun 22nd 2009 9:17PM]

Now your mom and your dad said she moved to Peru,
But the truth is she died,
And some day you will too.

LaLaLa.

[Death_to_Dude @ Jun 23rd 2009 3:20PM]

?
hu....what?

[Major4Play @ Jun 22nd 2009 9:22PM]

Why not a WIFI network camera then you don't get shafted with slow connection.

[Super Haole @ Jun 22nd 2009 9:32PM]

WTF is the point of Bluetooth if it still has to be plugged into USB?
What a waste of resources.

[troy @ Jun 22nd 2009 9:43PM]

USB CHARGER

[Super Haole @ Jun 22nd 2009 9:48PM]

troy..
I realized that after I posted.
Still... this thing is useless.

[dsteve303 @ Jun 22nd 2009 9:49PM]

No Super, you said it had to be plugged in to the USB port....

your stupid (:

[Super Haole @ Jun 22nd 2009 9:53PM]

No dsteve303, YOU'RE stupid.
Unless you meant that somehow it was my stupid.

[dsteve303 @ Jun 22nd 2009 10:05PM]

Listen Super Hawaii Boy. You are the stupid one. I am the mean one.

[dsteve303 @ Jun 22nd 2009 10:07PM]

Listen Super Hawaii Boi. You are the stupid one. I am the mean righteous one.

[dsteve303 @ Jun 22nd 2009 10:07PM]

I sent that twice because I forgot how righteous I was and also to extend the length of the chain.

Hawaii sucks go ALASKA!

[Super Haole @ Jun 22nd 2009 10:30PM]

whatever you say douche

As I said above... I misread the USB charger cable part.

Now go and shoot a moose, catch a frozen fish, or whatever it is you people do.

[richb93 @ Jun 22nd 2009 9:44PM]

Hold up, hold up. If this is for Macs then why does the design of it imply it is a generic box and a hax0red webcam made by a cheap ass student? If they want Mac owners to buy it it needs to be made from brushed aluminium.

[mario83 @ Jun 23rd 2009 1:54AM]

fail

[thedankone @ Jun 22nd 2009 10:00PM]

Does it come bundled w/ laxatives and a glass table?

[Tampa Real Estate @ Jun 22nd 2009 10:24PM]

Its about time...

[CraigJ @ Jun 22nd 2009 10:29PM]

Bluetooth is a bag of hurt.

[dsteve303 @ Jun 22nd 2009 10:30PM]

You're a bag of dicks.

[warrrennnnn @ Jun 23rd 2009 4:20AM]

a murder of assholes, feel free to use that one

[Orbital @ Jun 22nd 2009 10:38PM]

So, uh..

My cellphone can attach to my laptop or PC with bluetooth and wirelessly work as a pretty good webcam, and it has insanely good FPS. (Although everything always looks so dark unless I'm like, in, direct sunlight or under a lamp. But isn't that the same for any webcam?)

What's the point of this again?

[dsteve303 @ Jun 22nd 2009 10:50PM]

That not everyone has a cellphone like youz.

[Davinci @ Jun 22nd 2009 10:56PM]

Any windows mobile phone with camera can already act as a wireless bluetooth camera for windows... it can use wifi or 3G connection too.

[retro77 @ Jun 22nd 2009 11:17PM]

That's about the ugliest thing ever!

[stylemo @ Jun 22nd 2009 11:53PM]

I wouldn't spend $150 for a crap like that.