HoverAir's latest flyer eradicates divide between pocket cam and drone
The palm-sized gimbal camera with snap-on wings raised $245,000 in its first day, but regulatory complications have disrupted U.S. Flight Kit availability.
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FCC Shoots Down Chinese Drone Maker's Claim That It Got Around the US Foreign Ban
It appeared the HoverAir Versa’s modular design exempted it from the FCC ban. But the agency tells PCMag that "importing, marketing, or selling this device" is illegal.
It Looks Like HoverAir's Flying Gimbal Camera Already Got Banned in the U.S.
The HoverAir Versa, which was announced in July, was advertised as the world's first "flying pocket camera." The first word in that description may have gotten the company caught up in a recent drone ban, as it appears to already be pulled for U.S. customers.
HoverAir’s transforming modular drone has already been halted in the US
The HoverAir Versa. | Image: HoverAir I am so sorry, fellow US gadget fans: the FCC's drone ban appears to have struck again. The HoverAir Versa - a baby steadycam with snap-on propeller wings that transform it into a drone - has already stopped taking US orders just three days after its Indiegogo debut, and may be forced to abandon shipping plans in the US. HoverAir is now telling backers it's only shipping its camera to the US, not the piece …
HoverAir's latest flyer eradicates divide between pocket cam and drone
The line between a pocket camera and a drone keeps getting blurrier, and HoverAir has just about erased it. The company, which helped pioneer the self-flying camera, has now shared full specifications for the Versa, the palm-sized gimbal camera it teased earlier this month. We covered the initial reveal when the Versa first broke cover, and this follow-up digs into the numbers behind the concept.Continue ReadingCategory: Consumer Tech, Technolog…
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