Nextbit exploring Robin support for Verizon and Sprint networks
Today, Nextbit provided another update to its Kickstarter campaign for the upcoming Robin.
What you’re seeing here is the first look at the Robin’s camera experience. Here is how Nextbit described the camera and gallery apps:
When the camera launches, the menu is collapsed into a very minimal pill at the bottom of the screen, maximizing focus on the viewfinder and shutter key. You can expand it to reveal the options for the mode you’re in. You can switch modes from the grid key whether the menu is expanded or collapsed.
The gallery was also developed specifically for Robin, to work seamlessly with our smart storage solution. Once Robin offloads photos, the gallery will display a screen resolution version of online photos until you choose one and want to share it or zoom in. At that time, the gallery will download the full resolution version from the cloud for you. This feature only works in our gallery, not in all gallery apps.
The biggest news, though, provided by Nextbit is that the company is considering releasing a Robin variant that supports Verizon and Sprint’s networks. As of now, the Robin will work with any GSM network; however, Verizon and Sprint operate on CDMA networks, rendering use of the Robin with either of those two carriers impossible. Nextbit should have additional information on the matter this week, but for now the company stated that it is “investigating an alternate version of Robin” that would work with Verizon, Sprint, and other networks around the world.
Nextbit Robin case prototypes
Nextbit has already crushed its goal of $500,000 on Kickstarter with more than 2,500 pledging nearly $1 million. If the campaign does eclipse that mark, Nextbit will include a quick charger with every Robin.
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