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Lextech’s all official with iRa, iPhone surveillance app

By: , IntoMobile
Thursday, July 10th, 2008 at 5:42 AM

Lextech iRa - iPhone surveillance app

A month ago we posted an article about Lextex’s surveillance app for the iPhone/iPod Touch. It’s been officially announced, it’s called iRa, and it brings the power of multiple live video feeds and direct camera pan-tilt-zoom control in the palm of your hand.

iRa’s intuitive interface lets users to access multiple video feeds (from their own security cameras) over WiFi. The capabilities to view videos full screen, physically move cameras, and zoom with a single touch (from an iPod Touch or iPhone) work together seamlessly to create situational awareness.

According to the official release, iRa fits organizations with one or more facilities that need to cover a large amount of square footage and wherever keeping one or more security guards mobile is important — i.e. shopping malls, parking lots/garages, museums, power plants, government labs, etc. The product will be available for purchase in late July. In the meantime, you can get more information from Lextech Labs website.

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Dusan Belic

Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.

  • Anonymous

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    Simple steps to get started:

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    2) Once done, you can now access snapshots of images, videos from your iPhone from anywhere, anytime! GotoCamera not only stores all your recordings, but also gives you the option of enabling motion detection settings.