Review of Blue Microphones’ Eyeball
I got a chance to a catch a sneak preview of Blue Microphones’ new line for 2009 at CES, and I was very pleased to try out the Eyeball.
The Eyeball is a specially designed camera that takes after the Snowflake with its spherically shaped microphone. Its base is a clip-shaped thing that rests atop a laptop easily, and serves as a stand in case the user wants to put it on any flat surface.
There is a video of me giving a review of the Eyeball while being filmed by the Eyeball. Yeah, that’s awkwardly worded, but just watch it, and it will make sense.
The Eyeball has a camera lens that will pop in and out at a touch. This will insure that the lens stays covered when you don’t want to be filmed. I believe that is important in an age when many programs turn on the webcam automatically.
The Eyeball is compatible with many programs including Skype, iChat, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger, and Google Talk. It requires no special software for installing, and plugs right into a USB port.
You should be able to purchase the Eyeball from Blue Microphones for a little less than $140 on sites like Amazon.
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The Pda Blog Says: September 12, 2009 at 12:00 pm
hahaha so cute 
Blue Microphone Eyeball Automatically Webcam | Electronic Digital Technology Review Says: September 13, 2009 at 5:07 am
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[...] stand also doubles as its compartment, so it’s quite portable as well. Here’s Mark from Coolest Gadgets‘ review of the Eyeball, taken using the Eyeball [...]
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The Geek Church » Blog Archive » Tech News for the Day, Friday, September 11 Says: September 11, 2009 at 4:12 pm
[...] (We can get ride of the awkward turning on and off the camera scenes from the vids.) Check out the Eyeball from Blue Microphone, and the video, [...]