“All you need to do is download the Camera A and Camera B apps onto your iPad and iPhone respectively—note that Camera A will set you back a buck while Camera B is free. Once you’ve got the apps on your devices, make sure bluetooth is switched on, and open the apps,” Golijan reports. “Ta da! You’ll see everything your iPhone’s lens sees on your iPad.”
Golijan reports, “How does this witchcraft work? Based on the fact that I just saw my iPhone lock screen twice moments ago, I’d say that the apps are allowing your iPad to mirror your iPhone’s display. I guess that means that you could also use this app setup to truly turn your iPad into a gigantic iPhone.”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Note: iPhone 3GS only.
• More info about Yusuke Sekikawa’s CAMERA-A (99-cents) iPad app via Apple’s iTunes App Store here.
• More info about Yusuke Sekikawa’s CAMERA-B (free) iPhone 3GS app via Apple’s iTunes App Store here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Arline M.” for the heads up.]
Why only 3gs? And why not have it work with any Mac’s iSight camera, too?
Doh 3GS only
Was wonderin why I couldn’t find it on my 3G last night.
Sweet to see someone did this though
Too kludgy
I don’t understand. Does the picture save to the iPad? Otherwise this is just a large viewfinder.
Even though these iPads have just started shipping, the revolutionary apps like this are already starting to surface.
Very soon someone (probably Yusuke Sekikawa!) will provide apps for DSLRs that will allow wireless networking with your iPad, providing not only a giant viewfinder, but also a wireless camera controller, and a wireless photo storage, all in your iPad.
Maybe Yusuke Sekikawa or another party, will also make the bluetooth transceiver that attaches to my DSLR.
Exciting times!
There’s a nicer looking one called “Camera for iPad” which works on the 3G.. Is the same price AND is a universal App so it’s only one download.. it works for the iPod touch as well. Unfortunately I still have a few weeks for the iPad to arrive in Australia, but I’m downloading Apps now to get ready.
When I was in the apple store yesterday they said that there is a attachment that would allow a usb camera to attach that would work…
I’m thinking a company like Belkin or Griffin Tech will create a swiveling lens camera that attaches to the Dock Connector. Hold the iPad in any orientation, point the camera in any direction.
Awesome…
Good to see this kind of stuff in development, but that first sentence is rediculous… “The iPad doesn’t have a built-in camera, but you can give it something better.”
I’ve got no issue with lack of camera or this fix, but if you really wanted a camera, “better” would have been built-in.
First cameras, next I want to see 3g networking. Don’t want to buy an iPad 3g for the few rare times I would be using it away from a hotspot.
Why not get a Bluetooth camera to work with the iPad?
Printing documents created in Pages on the iPad would be nice. I watched the iPad tutorial and it sounds like you can send it to your Mac.
I personally anticipate WITH FERVOR the next iteration of iPad. I would love to have video chat on that thing. And keep in mind, nothing from HP or the other Microsoft teet suckers will make me sway from wanting an iPad with iChat so I’m just going to have to wait. i.e. Steve Jobs, you have my iPad purchase when you put in that cam. Until then, you are selling hunreds of thousands of iPads -1 (me lol). Can’t wait! eeeeeeeee!
It also would be nice to see the next upgrade of this device having a minimum of 64 GB and maxing out at 256 GB. (would be fine with it maxing out at 128 GB.. as long as it has a vid cam.)
I am not an iPad consumer whore until then.
I don’t see the wisdom in waiting for iPad 2.0. The beta of this thing was the iPhone. It jut works. Wait if you will but you wait for a year.
Just tried it and Love it! good to see developers are pushing their envelope.
TigerCliff, ‘ but that first sentence is rediculous..’
Yes, ridiculous also.
@ Wha
You could purchase an iPad for $499 today and resell it next year if/when Mr Jobs includes a camera.
Estimated Resale Value: $350
Cost per month to have iPad now: $12.50
Any self respecting iPad consumer whore surely is willing to pay this minimal amount agreed?
Tethering iPhone 3G features will be great if others start to use the GPS and data info.
You have a valid point, Switch!.. valid point indeed. Yer making me think on it again. Thanks!
Personally, I think anyone who wants a picture-taking camera on the iPad is nuts. A video cam for video Skype is what people are asking for.
Here’s another app that lets you use your iPhone’s camera on your iPad through bluetooth. It’s called Camera for iPad and is getting great reviews. http://www.macdaddynews.com/?p=2092
@alansky:
I bought a 64GB iPad for my wife on launch day, but I’m holding back for a 3G version.
However, in my web design work – in which I use Skype all the time to talk to colleagues – a Skype [or similar, I’m not married to skype] – video capability on the iPad would rocket sales in the corporate world.
My wife took her iPad to work today [her company is a huge multi-national outfit] and was showing it to her global CIO. He was raving about it and thought it’d be great for all their company executives [not just the missus..]!
This is a much better idea than a built-in iPad camera.
A built-in camera is going to suffer the limitation of facing only one direction, or two if it had a camera facing forward and one facing backward.
This gives you a much better situation: a camera that can face any direction AND without having to awkwardly manhandle an iPad to face whatever direction it’s built-in camera is aim at.
Options, people… options.
@ron,
Thanks for spelling lesson…saw that after submit. The iPhone didn’t catch it. ;