The Crabble that I used to carry in my wallet is a perfect example of why wallet-friendly mobile device accessories have a lot going for them. The same idea lies behind the creation of the ClearShot, a new Kickstarter project that is a smartphone tripod in the shape of a credit card. More precisely, it’s a bit shorter than a credit card, and about the thickness of two embossed credit cards stacked on top of one another. This means that it should fit into most wallets with credit card slots.
To use it, you fold it up into a stand that can grab onto practically any smartphone with or without a case, and hold it in different positions, both in portrait and landscape. The exact number of positions depends on the device and case. Naturally, it will also work as a stand, though it’s designed as a tripod.
The beauty of this is that it can be with you at all times, at least if you still use a proper wallet. Most people tend to end up not using tripods with their phones simply because they don’t have one or have it with them, so the price and portability of this could fix that. $15 will get you one ClearShot, and the price per unit will decrease as you move through the tiers up to the $5000 1000-pack distributor tier, with various other goodies thrown in on the way.
Hmm, the Crabble could be used as a portrait/landscape tripod too, and the design was simpler, what makes this any better?
Like I said, I had a Crabble, and it wasn’t all that stable. It relies on gravity to keep the device in place, can’t be used in portrait mode (at least not on large devices”, and generally isn’t all that adjustable. The ClearShot actually grabs onto the device, physically, which brings more stability in most situations.
Thats weird, did the phone you were using it with have a particularly odd back plate or rounded edges? Ive got a Crabble too, haven’t tried it with my EVO LTE but it worked fine in either orientation with the slightly smaller but thicker EVO 3D… In portrait it only really held it firmly at a 90 degree angle but in landscape it did 45 and a steeper angle too (dont think it did 90). Im not sure this is gonna work terribly well for anything that isnt an iphone since its made with the iphone’s precise thickness and flat edges in mind, but but I pledged for one anyway… What the heck, and for $15 if it sucks with the EVO ill just give it to one of my iphone toting friends.
It’s been ages since I’ve used it now, I just remember it being less than stable. Might have been a UMPC though, in which case this one won’t even fit xD
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