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Improved always-on Narrative camera takes wide-angled shots stealthily

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Full coverage of CES 2015: http://www.cnet.com/ces/ The Narrative Clip 2 adds a wide angle lens and wireless uploading over Wi-Fi and it is still weirdly small. But it doesn't do video.

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factThe original Narrative Clip was released in 2014 and photographed once every 30 seconds.0:00factThe Narrative Clip service collected GPS-stamped photos to create a photographic memory record across days, weeks, and months.0:00factNarrative Clip 2 features an 8-megapixel camera with a wide-angle lens and larger field of view.0:25factNarrative Clip 2 added wireless Wi-Fi uploading capability, a new feature compared to the original.0:25factNarrative Clip 2 can connect via Bluetooth to a mobile phone for settings adjustment.0:25factNarrative Clip 2 was priced at $199 and available by January 2015.0:25factThe original Narrative Clip was priced at $150.0:25factNarrative Clip 2 features an interchangeable back allowing attachment of different mounts.0:51factNarrative Clip 2 uses an accelerometer to automatically orient photos correctly regardless of mounting angle.0:51factNarrative Clip 2 does not support video recording.0:51
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[00:00:00] Speaker A: I'm Scott Stein, and I'm taking a picture of you with the Narrative Clip 2. This is a clip-on, always-on camera. The Narrative Clip came out last year and was something that took a photo every 30 seconds and then uploaded to a service that used all these GPS-stamped photos to create a photographic memory record of everything you did over days, weeks, and months. Now, the Clip 2 has a higher quality

[00:00:25] Speaker A: camera. It's an 8-megapixel camera with a wide-angle, larger field of view, plus a wireless Finally, you're able to upload via Wi-Fi to the service, or you can connect with your phone to Bluetooth and adjust settings on the camera that's there. You couldn't do that before. It's $199, it's available now, and the original Narrative Clip, which looks very similar, is $150. Another difference is that the back on the Clip 2 is interchangeable,

[00:00:51] Speaker A: so you can attach different little mounts, and no matter which way you turn this thing, it always knows which way to orient the photo because it's got accelerometer built in. It does not, however, shoot video. That's the Narrative Clip 2 here in Las Vegas. I'm Scott Stein with CNET. Thanks.