Martin Källström

Narrative Clip wearable camera review

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Narrative's Clip wearable camera takes a photo of what you're facing every 30 seconds, and then curates the best for its smartphone app. Full review at http://wp.me/pj722-1jKT

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factNarrative's mission is to photo-document users' lives to help them remember.0:06factThe Narrative Clip takes a photograph every 30 seconds.0:06factThe Clip is designed to be worn on a coat or lapel.0:06factThe Clip has a 2-day battery life.0:06factPhotos taken by the Clip synchronize with Narrative's cloud service where they are sorted and curated into moments.0:06factPhotos can be captured manually on the Narrative Clip by double-tapping it.0:06factThe Narrative Clip is recharged via micro USB.0:06factNarrative's smartphone app displays photos in a curated timeline.0:31factUsers can star and share photos from the Narrative app.0:31factThe Narrative app allows viewing all photos taken by the Clip, though many contain duplicates, blur, or poor framing.0:31factThe Narrative Clip captures candid, unposed moments of people that users might not normally have captured themselves.0:31factThe Narrative Clip's retail price is $279.0:31factNarrative's curation algorithm offers an innovative approach to the concept of lifelogging.0:56
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[00:00:06] Speaker A: What were you doing last week? How about last year? Narrative wants to photo-document your life to help you remember, with its Clip wearable camera snapping a photo every 30 seconds. Designed to be worn on a coat or lapel, the Clip runs for 2 days on a charge, and it synchronizes with Narrative's cloud, where the photos are sorted through and the best collected into moments. Photos can be taken manually by double tapping it, and it's recharged via micro USB. Then you can see your images

[00:00:31] Speaker A: as a curated timeline in the smartphone app, from where you can star them and share them. Alternatively, Narrative will show you all the photos it took, though there are always plenty of duplicates and often can be blurry or poorly framed. What makes the Clip addictive, however, is that there's invariably a gem or two in each collected moment— photos you might not normally have captured, or of people when they're unposed and acting naturally. Whether that's worth $279 depends on how on board you

[00:00:56] Speaker A: are with wearable tech, but for those wanting to better document their lives, the Narrative Clip's curation offers an interesting twist on the idea of lifelogging.