Well I couldn't find anyone to go fishing with me today, so i took a ride over to St Paul myself.
Vexilar had a unit set up there, but it wasn't connected to a display. I asked if it was a working unit and he said yes it was, however his phone was IOS and it was only working on Android currently. So I asked if could DL the app from the Play Store and try it. Unfortunately the app wasn't available yet but he offered to email it to me. So we did that.
Keep in mind that what I'm about to say was based upon that emailed app and it might not be the final working version. I'm not sure.
I was able to connect to the camera with my phone very easily and without issue (just like connecting to a hotspot) and got a nice clear picture. However there WAS INDEED a small amount of lag. Nowhere near anything like a couple of seconds though, more like a couple of milliseconds. But it was enough to notice. I would compare it to webcam on your laptop....just slightly behind. Will it make a difference when fishing? Who knows.
The next thing I tried was taking a still shot and capturing a short segment of video. Its pretty easy as there is a camera/camcorder button. I did that and I noticed right away that there is no feedback to when the video starts/stops/saves. You just tap the button and hope you hit it I guess.
The next thing I tried was walking a distance away to see how stable it was. I got about 20ft away and the feed froze and got very choppy. Not sure what caused that, but it happened each time I got about 20ft away.
When I got home I wanted to try and mess with the still shot and video I captured. I opened the APP, but it won't let you go any further unless you connect to a camera (I noticed a library button on the video feed and wanted to try that). I couldn't go any further, but at that point I also couldn't back out either. Neither the back button on the software nor the back button on my phone worked. I had to hit the Home button and do a force close.
So instead I went into my Files folder and found a FishPhone folder with 4 items (1 picture and 3 videos). Unfortunately I cannot get the videos to play on my phone or my PC. I was however able to get the picture. I'm not impressed at all by the resolution of the picture, hopefully the video will be better.
Personally, I think the version of the App I was provided needs some work, but when it was up and working, the image was clear and it worked pretty darn good. And it was impressive to see the feed on my phone and be able to control the LED. The slight amount of lag could possibly be an issue when used for fishing though and I would suggest trying it out with your phone/tablet on a demo before pulling the trigger.
Again, this is just from what I seen of the demo unit and the demo App. For all I know the final version could be different.
Here is the image I captured.
