The Black Eyed Peas star and entrepreneur Will.i.am is well known as an evangelist for new technology. Next week will see the global launch of his iPhone hardware, which he claims ‘will turn your smartphone into a genius-phone’.
The first product from his new consumer electronics and app venture i.am+ is an accessory that clips onto an iPhone and transforms the eight megapixel smartphone camera into a 14 megapixel camera, which it is claimed dramatically enhances the clarity and definition of your photographs.
FSM EXCLUSIVE DEAL Speaking exclusively to The Daily Telegraph, he says: ‘We have our own sensor and a better flash. You dock you phone into our device and it turns you smartphone into a genius-phone. We take over the camera.’
The camera will be the first of a series of digital products that bear his name – to support them, he has invested in what he calls ‘digital real estate’ online. He now owns the domain www.i.am. Users of i.am+ accessories will be given individual online profiles, for example www.i.am/Will.
Pricing will be announced next week at a launch in London.
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