This one is designed to look like the Instagram app icon, some weird sort of
marketing recognition tie-in.
I looked the media up - $24 for 80 prints. The prints (both digital and
physical) have a QR code embedded, I believe, so that people can scan it and
figure out who you are or some such nonsense.
Paul Braun
Certified Music Junkie
"It's such a fine line between stupid, and clever." -- David St. Hubbins
"Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life" - Berthold Auerbach
> On Dec 10, 2014, at 02:52, Hughes <timhughes@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 2x3" cards
> I wonder what the cost of the disposables is going to be?
>
> Even at $300 retail, this could be a big money maker if people really use it
> ,assuming the disposable trail is high like the original polaroid.
> Tim
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> From: Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 9, 2014 8:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] The Polaroid Socialmatic (was: Sociomatic)
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>
> The marketing-speak in the copy of that listing made me old-school nauseous.
>
>
> Paul Braun
> Certified Music Junkie
>
> "It's such a fine line between stupid, and clever." -- David St. Hubbins
>
> "Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life" - Berthold Auerbach
>
> On Dec 9, 2014, at 20:43, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> No, I'm not making this up. There was a short blurb on a local social
>>>> commentary programme
>>>> just now that made mention of a new camera from Polaroid, the "Sociomatic"
>>>> (Socialmatic?). It's a
>>>> thin camera that includes a small printer and a wireless adapter. The
>>>> printer produces printed
>>>> copies of photos around the size of a business card, and the wireless
>>>> adapter lets you upload and
>>>> download photos from social media.
>>>>
>>>> I won't have a wifi connection until tomorrow morning, so I cannot
>>>> examine the details. The
>>>> blurb mentioned that it is already available from Amazon. Perhaps someone
>>>> here can find out more
>>>> about this. If it's for real, it may be just the thing to exhume Polaroid
>>>> from the grave.
>>>>
>>>> But, it's unfortunate that the name sounds very similar to sociopathic.
>>>> The comedians are
>>>> going to have fun with this.
>>>>
>>>
>>> And "Polaroid" sounds a lot like "paranoid", so this camera could become
>>> known as the Paranoid Sociopathic.
>>>
>>> I've known a number of people who would readily identify with that.
>>>
>>
>> And the Polaroid Socialmatic is for real:
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/Polaroid-Socialmatic-Digital-Instant-Camera/dp/B00QFVKXIC
>>
>> But it still sounds like Paranoid Sociopathic.
>>
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
>> - Hunter S. Thompson
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