AR Drone

[Pieceofsand]

http://www.youtube.com/ardrone

[Dittoz7]

That's one piss'd off bull... O_O

[s0m3th1ngAZ]

That's f*** crazy.

[TOMMY VERCETTI]

Lets see how long it takes to see a similar invention from the military

[Dattebayo]

That's weak that you have to use it with an iPhone.

[Pieceofsand]

it saids a 90 minute charge will give you a 12 minute battery. also the range is only 6 meters, which is about 18 foot lol.

[Dattebayo]

That's because it operates off Bluetooth. They need to make it so it works off cell phone frequencies.

[MinisterofDOOM]

I'd be a lot more interested in it if it didn't require an effing iphone to control. What the @#$% @#% @#$ @ #%! @#% !@#% !@# %! @%# $%#@ $^ @#$^ @#$^ @#$ %! @#$%@# %&@$ %^!#$@ % $*#% @ $%^@ # kind of @#$^#$^@# moron decides "hey, let's make an expensive hovering R/C toy and require people to already own a $300 phone in order to use it.

Why the #$%@ does it not come with its own remote? There's NO REASON this thing can't be controlled with a regular two-stick remote.

I'm not paying 300 @#$%^@%%@%#@%ing dollars for a radio control vehicle that doesn't even COME WITH A @#$!@#%!%! REMOTE.

My annoyance cannot be expressed by verbal profanity. I give the Parrot AR designers one- AND two-finger salutes.

I think the reason I'm so annoyed is that, aside from that whole lack-of-a-way-to-actually-use-the-damn-thing aspect, I think it's a really neat flier. I'd probably find a way to spend $300 I don't have on it if I could actually control it.

Even if they release control software for other devices, I'm not interested. I have a Wii. I know firsthand how bad gyro controls suck (note: really bad). I have no interest in flailing a phone around to pilot what might otherwise be a precision-handling aerotypething.

[Red coupe]

I'd be a lot more interested in it if it didn't require an effing iphone to control. What the @#$% @#% @#$ @ #%! @#% !@#% !@# %! @%# $%#@ $^ @#$^ @#$^ @#$ %! @#$%@# %&@$ %^!#$@ % $*#% @ $%^@ # kind of @#$^#$^@# moron decides "hey, let's make an expensive hovering R/C toy and require people to already own a $300 phone in order to use it.

Why the #$%@ does it not come with its own remote? There's NO REASON this thing can't be controlled with a regular two-stick remote.

I'm not paying 300 @#$%^@%%@%#@%ing dollars for a radio control vehicle that doesn't even COME WITH A @#$!@#%!%! REMOTE.

My annoyance cannot be expressed by verbal profanity. I give the Parrot AR designers one- AND two-finger salutes.

I think the reason I'm so annoyed is that, aside from that whole lack-of-a-way-to-actually-use-the-damn-thing aspect, I think it's a really neat flier. I'd probably find a way to spend $300 I don't have on it if I could actually control it.

Even if they release control software for other devices, I'm not interested. I have a Wii. I know firsthand how bad gyro controls suck (note: really bad). I have no interest in flailing a phone around to pilot what might otherwise be a precision-handling aerotypething.

I would bet they used the iphone to cut costs.
The control interface is STUPID. Like you said, gyro controller really sucks and I bet using a fake touch screen analog stick is not a ton better.... BUT there is a lot of marketability in that style of a controller. This thing is new and high tech, the controller is new and high tech... OMG look so shiny!

I think adding a quality touch screen with a decent picture, integrated accelerometer and some kind of transmitter in a nice case would likely have pushed production costs high enough for them to miss their price point and put it up in the next level of spending...

They may cut down their customer base by requiring you to own an expensive controller device already, but many people do anyways and they also open it up to more people by cutting cost.

I think the controller (well, in reality the whole thing other then the idea) is dumb, but sales wise I could see where it may work out to be a good idea.