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Posted by hipstomp | 13 Oct 2010
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I have friends who still send postcards when traveling overseas, an anomaly in an era when you can snap a cell phone shot and MMS it anywhere in the world. As quaint as the act is, there's something more mnemonically durable about receiving a physical postcard.
It's for those postcard senders that Austria-based Markus Huttary's Polapost concept is designed. The Polapost is a digital camera with an integrated printer, so you can shoot your own postcards on site, and tweak them via the onboard touchscreen before printing. Perhaps there's a bigger market for instant film than Polaroid realizes....
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People like physical postcards, so let's make a specialized electronic device to make them on the go. Talk about overkill.
(Pretty, though.)
I disagree-- having spent a year in Europe and also being a photographer, this concept sounds like something fun. For someone who is traveling for extended periods or just for the photo enthusiast, I could see really enjoying owning something like this and entertaining friends and family
This is a good idea. It lets you capture an exact moment and send it to your loved ones, rather than try and find a postcard that 'sort of' shows it. Plus I reckon the design looks pretty nice. Not sure about the 'pop up' screen. It has a cool 'star trek' spaceship look to it.