Awesome early access games available on Gear VR
What Early Access games are best to try?
Early access games give players the chance to check out games that aren’t quite polished yet, or ready for mass consumption. You may have seen them over on Steam, without realizing there is an entire category of them available for play on your Gear VR. There are over a dozen different games and experiences that you can take a look at, and we’ve gathered the best of the best. Best of all, each game that we talk about here is available for the low, low price of free.
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Riptide GP: Renegade, a beginner’s guide
High-speed racing thrills: wheels not required.
It was 20 years ago when games like Wave Race 64 for the N64, and the Jet Moto series for PlayStation proving that racing games need not be confined to the asphalt track. In the time since, notwithstanding a few sequels and reboot attempts, not much has been done with the jet-ski racing genre.
Developers Vector Unit had done their part to breathe new life into the genre. Their first title, Hydro Thunder Hurricane, was a surprise hit on the Xbox Live Arcade. Since then, they’ve turned their focus to bringing console-quality racing to Android and other mobile platforms. Their latest game, Riptide GP: Renegade, is the third in the series and a guaranteed blast of nostalgia for fans of Wave Race 64 or Jet Moto.
Set in not-too-distant future where water is seemingly everywhere and rocket-powered hydrojet racing is apparently a huge big deal, Riptide GP: Renegade is a visually stunning game featuring outstanding water physics and a great sense of speed. There are multiple single player and multiplayer options to choose from — a story-based Career mode where you must redeem your racer’s reputation after a run-in with the law, as well as leaderboard challenges, quick races, and both online and local split-screen multiplayer options — which help to justify its $2.99 price in the Google Play Store.
But before you dive in, we’ve compiled our best tips for beginners so you can leave your opponents in your wake.
- Control is everything
- Master the motion of the ocean
- Tricks are cool, but upgrades are more important
- Don’t trip yourself up with tricks
- Find all the shortcuts
Control is everything
If you’re playing Riptide GP: Renegade on your phone, by default you’ll be stuck using the all-too-common tilt steering controls. The tilt control scheme is quite apropos, given the riders really lean into their turns on their hydrojets. Unfortunately, it’s just hart to steer precisely — more than fine in games when you’re drag racing a car down a flat strip. But when you’re dealing with the choppy waterways in Riptide GP, the slightest angle difference can fling you way off your preferred line and, given how unrelenting the AI, likely knock you out of a podium finish. Fortunately, you also have the option of using a Bluetooth gamepad.
The first time you play Riptide GP with a controller, the added control an analog stick allows is instantly noticeable. Making small tweaks as you line up an epic jump suddenly involves less guesswork than finding the sweet spot with the tilt controls.
Using a controller also lets you pull off stunts more efficiently. With the default control scheme, you swipe with both thumbs in tandem to pull off stunts in the air. That works just fine. But again, the tactile responsiveness of the sticks and the sheer fact that your thumbs naturally rest right on them as you play just makes pulling off tricks that much faster and easier.
And of course, if you ever want to make use of split-screen multiplayer — a rarity on console games these days and nearly unheard of for mobile games — you’ll need at least two (up to four) gamepads. For what it’s worth, Riptide GP: Renegade also plays fantastically on the Nvidia Shield TV Box, so you can play with friends without cramming around your tablet.
Master the motions of the ocean
As Vector Unit boasts on the Google Play page for Riptide GP: Renegade, “Every race is different because the surface you race on is always changing.”
This is very true, and the outstanding water physics are one of the features that makes this game worth checking out. But they can make each race completely unpredictable in a bad way. If you awkwardly bounce off an opponent’s wake or don’t properly prepare for that massive wave coming your way, you’re bound to be flung well off course, or into something that will cause your rider to crash.
The problem is the learning curve for mastering how to maintain top speeds through choppy sections is pretty high. Considering you often need a perfect run to finish first, knowing how to read the water and, most importantly, how to quickly recover when you’re thrown off course is crucial. In the end, you’ll have to play through each track multiple times to figure out your best lines through the choppiest bits so you can keep up with your competition.
Tricks are cool, but upgrades are more important
Every time you level up your rider in Career mode, you earn skill points. Skill points can be spent to unlock different upgrades for your rider, including a bunch of super cool tricks. Once you start collecting skill points and checking out everything that’s available, you’re going to be tempted to spend them on a flashy new trick because landing tricks during a race is how you fill up your boost bar — the crazier the stunt, the more boost you receive.
But you should really hold off on upgrading your bag of tricks until you’ve snagged the first three skill point upgrades on the list: Boost Bonus, Boost Start, and Drafting. These three upgrades are absolutely necessary to keep up with your opponents as you progress through Career mode.
Boost Bonus increases the length of your boosts, which is crucial for when you’re trying to pass opponents down the final stretch, or when you bail and need to get back up to speed. Boost Start gives you the option to tap the boost icon right when the lights turn green at the start of the race for an acceleration boost off the line. Drifting lets you get a minor speed boost when you’re riding behind your opponents, indicated by wind effects.
Drifting seems to be the most important of the three, as once you get good at following your opponent’s lines you can use the added speed from drifting to blast past them at the perfect moment.
There are three levels for each upgrade, which become available at rider levels 2, 5 and 10. Ensuring you have the skill points saved up to unlock these crucial upgrades will be key for a smooth progression through Career mode.
Don’t trip yourself up with tricks
On the topic of tricks, you’ll soon learn to use them sparingly and strategically. The basic set of tricks are typically easy to do off of every jump, wave, or drop — but they barely fill the boost meter. This will lead you to take more risks and try to squeeze a trick into every jump. Do not do this.
The risk-reward for tricks is pretty steep. Sure, filling the boost meter can help you zip past an opponent on a straightaway, or recover after taking a speed-killing sharp turn. However, if you don’t finish the trick before you hit the water, you crash causing the rider to go flying.
You’ll quickly learn how impossible it is to fully recover from a crash in Riptide GP: Renegade. If you’re in first place and you crash, you’ll likely drop down to fourth. If you ride clean for the remainder of the race, you might be able to claw back up to second place, but getting back to the front of the pack is incredibly hard.
The AI is just not as prone to messing up their stunts, so you really got to be strategic when to pulling off tricks. If you didn’t hit a jump at max speed, you’re probably better off just taking the jump, forgoing collecting some boost, and focusing on maintaining speed and lining up the next section of the course.
Find all the shortcuts
Vector Unit did a great job with the level design for all the courses in the game, throwing in a bunch of objects to interact with and at least one or two secret shortcuts on every track.
Finding shortcuts isn’t too hard, as long as you keep an eye on your surroundings as you race. Our best tip for discovering and mastering shortcuts is to really explore the courses outside of the competitive races in Career mode or multiplayer. Pick a track in Quick Race mode and take a slow, leisurely tour. Think you saw one? Turn around and check it out. You’ll quickly notice the off-map paths, and can learn their twists and turns at your own pace. Once you’ve mastered them, you can incorporate them into your competitive races and — hopefully — cut out in front of the other racers.
But just like pulling off tricks, you really have to be confident and strategic with using shortcuts. Try to cut into a shortcut too late and you risk bailing and making things much worse for yourself.
Got any other tips?
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Grab an unlocked HTC One A9 and 15000mAh power bank for just $360
Newegg is currently offering the unlocked HTC One A9 in topaz gold for just $360, and to sweeten the deal you can also score a free 15000mAh power bank with your purchase. The HTC One A9 has 32GB of internal storage and 3GB of RAM under the 5-inch display. HTC has already stated the One A9 will be receiving an update to Android Nougat in the future, which makes this an even better deal.
If the $140 savings on the phone isn’t enough, the free 15000mAh power bank sweetens it even further. This will help you keep it charged while on the go, ensuring you don’t run out of power. This deal is only available for a limited time, so be sure to act quick if you are interested.
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Amazon Echo: What can Alexa do and what services are compatible?
Amazon Echo is a hands-free speaker controlled with your voice. It features a personal assistant called Alexa, who will perform various tasks for you and control various systems.
There are seven microphones within Echo, all of which feature enhanced noise cancellation and far-field voice recognition, meaning you can ask Alexa a question from any direction, even when playing music, and she should still hear you.
Amazon Echo’s personal assistant will respond to the wake word “Alexa”. If you have more than one Echo, or Echo Dot in your home, Alexa will respond from the device closest to you. She is always listening, but you can turn the microphone off with the button on the top of the Echo if you want some privacy.
What can Alexa do?
Alexa will play music, provide information, deliver news and sports scores, tell you the weather, control your smarthome and even allow Prime members to order products they’ve ordered before.
She updates through the cloud automatically and learns all the time. The more you use Echo, the more Alexa adapts to your speech patterns, vocabulary and personal preferences.
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What can you ask Alexa?
There are plenty of things you can ask Alexa to do. A feature called Skills in the Alexa app will enable you to customise your Echo device with capabilities to suit your preferences.
There are a number of different skill categories within the Skills section of the app, including Go Places, Stay Informed, Make Your Home Smarter and Be Entertained. To get started, you just have to tap Enable Skill when you’ve found one that is suited to you.
Some will require you to link to an existing account or separate subscription to use. For example, to use Uber with Alexa, you’ll need to have signed into your Uber account within the Skills section of the the Alexa app. Here are just a few examples of what you can ask Alexa to do.
“Alexa, wake me up at 7 in the morning”
“Alexa, ask Skyscanner for a flight to New York”
“Alexa, ask The Telegraph for the top stories”
“Alexa, what’s on my calendar today?”
“Alexa, what’s the weather in London?”
“Alexa, play Taylor Swift from Amazon Music”
“Alexa, how’s my commute?”
“Alexa, shuffle my Favourites playlist”
“Alexa, turn it up”
“Alexa, will it rain tomorrow?”
“Alexa, read my audiobook”
“Alexa, what’s in the news?”
“Alexa, ask Uber to request a ride”
“Alexa, open Just Eat and ask for my last order”
“Alexa, turn on the coffee machine”
“Alexa, turn on all the lights”
“Alexa, set the master bedroom to 20 degrees”
“Alexa, ask Jamie Oliver for a recipe”
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What apps and services work with Alexa?
Numerous companies have announced partnerships with Amazon Echo, as you will have seen from some of the questions above. Here are some of the services that work with Alexa and what they mean you can do.
Just Eat
The Just Eat partnership means you can get Alexa to order you a take away from one of the thousands of restaurants it has available.
Uber
Need an Uber from home? No problem. Just ask Alexa to request you one and you’ll have a driver on its way to you.
National Rail
Want to know what your commute has in store for you before you leave the house? Ask Alexa to check and she will pull in the information from National Rail regarding train times and schedules.
The Guardian
For those that read The Guardian, Alexa will give you a rundown of the paper’s top stories so you can find out which ones you’ll want to read before your commute.
The Telegraph
Like The Guardian, the partnership with The Telegraph means users can ask Alexa for this paper’s top stories too.
Sky Sports
Want to know how your favourite football team is doing? Or how your rival team is doing? Just ask Alexa and she’ll deliver the bad news in her lovely accent.
Jamie Oliver
Need a recipe from the Jamie Oliver app but have your hands full? Just ask Alexa and she’ll find it for you so you can carry on with whatever you’re doing.
Fitbit
Want to know how you slept or how many steps you’ve done? Fitbit’s partnership with Echo means you can just ask Alexa and she’ll let you know. No need to open the Fitbit app.
Skyscanner
Take me to New York. The partnership with Skyscanner allows users to ask Alexa for flight dates and prices using a natural conversation search method.
TuneIn
For those that love a random radio station, the TuneIn partnership with Echo allows you to ask Alexa to find your favourite station and listen to it all day.
RadioPlayer
Like TuneIn, RadioPlayer offers numerous radio stations meaning you can ask Alexa to recommend you one or just play one you know you like.
Spotify
The Spotify partnerships allows users to request songs, artists or playlists through Alexa, which she will then play through Echo’s 360-degree omni-directional audio.
Laundrapp
Have a suit or dress that have needed dry cleaning for months? Ask Alexa to take care of it and the partnership with Laundrapp means they will be collected, cleaned and redelivered.
BMW
BMW Connected is available as a Skill, allowing users to ask Alexa for an update on their fuel and battery levels, as well as ask her to lock their car remotely.
Tado
The partnership with smart heating system Tado means users of the system can ask Alexa to set, increase or decrease their home temperature without moving a muscle.
Netatmo
Like Tado, the collaboration with Netatmo means users with this heating system can also ask Alexa to turn the temperature of their house up or down.
Hive
British Gas-owned Hive is another smarthome partner of Echo, allowing users to ask Alexa to turn the heating up or down, turn lights on or off, as well as turn anything with a Hive Active plug on or off.
Philips Hue
Need to turn off the bedroom light, or all the lights? The Philips Hue partnership allows you to control your Hue lights by asking Alexa rather than having to go into the app.
EDF Energy
The EDF Energy partnership allows users to ask Alexa to access their energy account, check their next payment data give a meter reading, without lifting a finger.
TP Link
The partnership with TP-Link means users with any of the company’s smart plugs or bulbs can ask Alexa to control them with their voice.
WeMo
Like TP-Link, the WeMo collaboration means users can ask Alexa to turn their WeMo connected devices off or on without needing to open the app.
Honeywell
Have a Honeywell connected system? Just ask Alexa to turn your heating up or down in and she’ll make sure it gets done.
SmartThings
SmartThings is also a partner of Echo, offering users the ability to command their smart home through Alexa, whether it’s turning the lights off or the temperature up.
Nest
The Nest compatibility with Echo means users can control their thermostat through Alexa, like other smart heating systems on this list. You can set a specific target temperature, lower the target temperature, as well as say things like “I’m too hot”.
Sonos
It’s not available yet, but Sonos has announced it will add Alexa voice support in 2017, meaning you’ll be able to ask the personal assistant to play music in your living room without even opening the Sonos app.
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A totally new energy source in slow moving rivers
Today on In Case You Missed It: University of Michigan researchers spent years creating a water-harnessing river turbine to create electricity, called the VIVACE. It’s the first time electricity appears to be effectively generated in slower rivers rather than oceans, but that’s because the developers used physics to get turning turbines to agitate the water enough to create more energy for their neighboring cylinders. It’s an as-yet prototype but a promising new development in the realm of water-powered electricity.
If you’re interested in the giant balloon video from China, that’s here, and the JibJab app can be downloaded from an app store. As always, please share any interesting tech or science videos you find by using the #ICYMI hashtag on Twitter for @mskerryd.
Apple fuels TV service rumors with cable exec hire
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple has hired Peter Stern (second from right), a former executive at Time Warner Cable. The paper believes that Stern will be working under Eddy Cue on the firm’s “cloud services,” whatever those may be. It’s too early to jump to conclusions, but it’s interesting to note that Stern was believed to be negotiating with Apple in the early days of its TV project. The paper also says that Stern feels that the business model of the set-top box is outdated and that the future of TV is apps. That’s a sentiment shared by several of his new colleagues, including Apple CEO Tim Cook.
Of course, Stern has also developed a reputation for increasing Time Warner’s customer base by placing an emphasis on customer service. It’s entirely plausible that he’s simply a promising executive who is being poached for a role within Apple’s growing services team. After all, with Apple Music and iCloud, Apple is developing a business that collects subscription revenue for its products, much like a cable company. That’s an area where Stern has plenty of experience and a track record that could have caught Cue’s eye.
Then again, a more fanciful reading of the situation could be that, as a cable insider, Stern would make a perfect negotiator. Apple’s long-mooted streaming TV service has struggled because the company couldn’t make deals with the TV world. CBS chief Les Moonves believes that Apple gave up because cable businesses were too wedded to their existing business model. Other reports suggest that Apple’s refusal to share customer data was the biggest roadblock, while others reported that the company struggled to develop a compelling $40-a-month bundle.
If you wanted to be even more fanciful, you could note that Tim Cook’s Apple has shown a willingness to buy in experience, wholesale, in areas where it’s weak. The firm splashed out $3 billion on Beats Electronics in order to get at the headphone firm’s subscription music arm. The platform was developed by one of the record industry’s biggest players, Jimmy Iovine, who personally intervened to get big names like Taylor Swift and Drake to sign up with Apple Music. Perhaps the hiring of Stern is the first in a series of deals that’ll demonstrate to the world that Apple remains deadly serious about upending the world of TV.
Source: WSJ
Draft BBC Charter sets the stage for a subscription service
A few months after its White Paper, the UK government has published the first official draft of the next BBC Charter. The crucial document, which sets out the broadcaster’s funding, corporate structure and general approach to programming, comes with a few crucial changes. After all, it’s been a decade since the last Charter was drawn up — a lot has changed in that time, both politically and inside the media industry.
Protecting the licence fee
The licence fee is divisive among the British populace. Some see it as an outdated form of funding which penalises infrequent viewers. Others believe the mechanism is vital to the BBC’s success as a public service broadcaster, removing it from the whims of advertisers and giving it the freedom to take creative risks. The new BBC Charter will ensure the licence fee rises with inflation over the next five years, starting in 2017. The government believes there are “drawbacks” to the system, but admits it’s still the best way to fund the broadcaster over the next decade or so.
BBC to disclose staff wages
Gary Lineker, host of Match of the Day. Credit: Joel Ryan/Invision/AP
When the White Paper was introduced, it came with an explosive proposal: that the BBC disclose every staff member earning over £450,000. The hope was that such an order would make the BBC more transparent, exposing high-earners and how its money is being spent. Today, the Department for Media, Culture and Sport has gone further, dropping the threshold down to £150,000 instead. That means more presenters and journalists will be caught up in the public disclosures. The Guardian suggests the lower brackets could catch employees such as Fiona Bruce, Jeremy Vine and Claudia Winkleman, alongside larger stars such as Gary Lineker.
A change in governance
Under the new proposals, the BBC Trust will be abolished. The independent governing body will be replaced by a new BBC Board made up of 14 members, of which nine will be appointed by the broadcaster itself. The chair will be selected through a government-led process, while the final four will be chosen as representatives for Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England. In addition, the BBC will be held to account by Ofcom, the UK’s media watchdog. The regulator will review any proposed changes by the BBC to its core services, as well as complaints submitted by viewers.
A subscription service
It’s long been rumoured that the BBC wants to set up a subscription service. While much of its funding comes from the licence fee, it’s keen to look at alternate forms of revenue (consider the iTunes style BBC Store, for instance). A subscription service could be used to boost its commercial revenue, especially in markets such as the US. The new Charter states that the BBC “may develop, test and pilot such a service, with the approval of the appropriate Minister.” In the previous White Paper, the government stressed that a subscription model couldn’t be used to “top up” or replace any service already supplied by the licence fee. Such an offering would, therefore, need to offer entirely new features or content in the UK.
A radio switchover
Justin Bieber in the Radio One Live Lounge. Credit: BBC/Bryony Shearmur
Many people still listen to BBC radio the old-fashioned way. The government is keen for the industry to go digital, however, and leave the analogue airwaves behind. While a timeframe hasn’t been set for a switchover, the possibility is still very much on the table. In the new BBC Charter, it states: “The BBC must use all reasonable endeavours to co-operate promptly and in good faith with any department of the UK Government involved in the planning or implementation of a digital radio switchover.” A new agreement would need to be drawn up by the BBC and the government, setting out funding and signal coverage requirements.
Looking ahead
Here’s a common scenario: You live in the UK and love The Great British Bake Off. One week you’re travelling abroad, either on holiday or a business trip, only to discover that iPlayer isn’t accessible. It’s a real pain, and the UK government knows it. To solve the problem it’s asking the BBC to look at whether “portability of on-demand programme services” would be possible for viewers who are “temporarily outside the United Kingdom.”
A verification system would be required, and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport has asked whether a similar system could be used to close the so-called “iPlayer loophole” in the UK. It’s all blue sky thinking at the moment, but it’s not hard to see where the government is going with this — tying the licence fee to your BBC ID would, theoretically, stop the people who currently watch iPlayer without a valid TV licence. The BBC’s findings will need to be submitted to the government before December 31st, 2020. (So don’t expect any sweeping changes in the next few years.)
The BBC’s response
Tony Hall, Director-General of the BBC. Credit: EON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images
Tony Hall, Director-General of the BBC, calls it a “hard won charter” that will support a “strong and creative BBC the public believes in.” He’s mostly in favour of the new BBC Board, after campaigning for a better split between BBC and government-appointed members. “The BBC is a public service broadcaster – not a state broadcaster,” he said. “I am glad they have reconsidered.” He’s less impressed with the decision to out staff members earning over £150,000, however.
“Our position on talent pay has not changed and all major broadcasters have questioned the merit of the proposal. The BBC is already incredibly transparent and we publish what we spend on talent pay – a bill which has fallen in recent years. The BBC operates in a competitive market and this will not make it easier for the BBC to retain the talent the public love. Ultimately, the BBC should be judged on the quality of its programmes.”
The draft Charter will be debated in parliament this autumn. Once the finer details have been ironed out, it’ll be presented to the Privy Council — a body of advisers that help the Queen with political matters — for approval. The document will then come into force starting on January 1st, 2017.
Source: Draft BBC Charter
B&O Play speakers get Google Cast multiroom support
In its battle to cover consumers’ homes with connected speakers, B&O recently began outfitting its gear with Google Cast functionality. Operating like a Chromecast does on your TV, the company’s speakers can directly pull music from the streaming service you’re using instead of either your smartphone or tablet. That’s on top of its existing AirPlay, DNLA and Bluetooth support. After initially allowing owners to Cast their music to individual speakers, B&O confirmed today that the technology has been opened up to work seamlessly with the other B&O speakers in their multiroom setup.
While Sonos is seen as the go-to brand for multiroom speakers, Google Cast has slowly gained the support of other popular speaker makers. Harmon Kardon, Vizio and Philips are all utilizing the standard, giving Google’s streaming technology a much needed boost. Sonos, on the other hand, has gone the other way, opening up to support control directly through Spotify and the Amazon Echo. B&O says both the Beoplay A6 and second-generation Beoplay A9 are already compatible, while its soundbar and other networked speakers will gain multiroom support via a software update.
ESA’s Gaia satellite mapped a billion stars in the Milky Way
The European Space Agency launched the Gaia satellite and its one-billion-pixel camera to space back in 2013. Gaia has been mapping the Milky Way ever since, and now the ESA has released a 3D map featuring over a billion stars — we’ve never seen 400 million of those before — based on the data it collected from July 2014 to September 2015. As you can see above, it shows how dense a billion stars look. Don’t dwell on those weird lines cocooning the structure too much: they’re merely artefacts from the way the satellite scans the galaxy.
Team member Timo Prusti said this demonstrates that “it is possible to handle the analysis of a billion stars.” Since they only used preliminary data to make this map, though, it only indicates the distances and movements of around two million stars. They got those numbers by combining information Gaia sent back with data gathered by the ESA’s Hipparcos satellite, which operated from 1989 to 1993. The team plans to release a second map in late 2017 showing the positions, distances and motions of all 1.1 billion.
Gaia will set its sights on remote galaxies, planets and even asteroids in the future. Hey, its camera is powerful enough to see an object on the moon that’s the size of a human nail from way back on Earth. Might as well use it to the fullest. However, even its impressive camera can’t detect some celestial bodies. Science says astronomers want to develop and deploy an infrared version of Gaia that can detect even faint dwarf stars and see through dust clouds.
Via: Science
Source: ESA
Leica unveils the Sofort instant film camera
With Kodak and others trying to make film cool again, Leica has jumped into the fray with an instant camera, the Sofort. It uses Fuji’s Instax format, and Leica has even decided to release its own brand of film, available in black and white or color. The German company designed the body itself, though it’s very … un-Leica like. If anything, Fuji’s own retro-styled Instax camera has a more Leica-esque look.
The camera is equipped with an optical viewfinder, like classic Leica’s of old. It does have some modern touches, with different scene modes including “party,” “selfie” and “macro.” The black & white film will likely run €14 (about $17) while the color pack should cost €12 ($14) for 10 photos. You can also use Fuji’s Instax film.
Knowing this is Leica, you may be bracing yourself for the “red dot” tax on the Sofort. The camera apparently does run a high-ish $300, which is less than I was expecting. However, the very similar Instax from Fuji runs $175, and the Impossible Project’s Polaroid-like I-1 camera, which uses the classic, larger-format Polaroid 600 format film, also costs $300. I think the latter camera, frankly, captures the nostalgic fun of instant photography better than Leica’s oddly-styled model.
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