TomTom enters the action camera market with Bandit for $499

TomTom's entry into the connected action camera market is the TomTom Bandit. The TomTom Bandit is the first ever camera to come with a built-in media server, eliminating the need to download footage before editing it.  The camera works with a companion app, making it possible to create and share videos in a matter of minutes, simply by shaking a smartphone.

“We know that the biggest frustration people have with action cameras today is the time and effort it takes to edit,” says Jocelyn Vigreux, President of TomTom, Inc. “With TomTom Bandit we’ve cut the editing time down from hours to minutes - all it takes is a shake!”

“We took a simple, but radical approach to solving the editing problem,” says Slobodan Stanisic, lead engineer, TomTom. “With all existing action cameras you first need to download gigabytes of footage to a powerful PC, a process that can take a long time. Then you need to find the highlights, put together a story and format it. We know this often takes hours. Not with the TomTom Bandit. We have designed a camera where the footage is processed on the camera itself, making the editing process far easier and much faster.”

The TomTom Bandit Action Camera is equipped with in-camera motion and GPS sensors to automatically find and tag exciting moments based on speed, altitude, G-force, acceleration and heart rate*.  Highlights can also be tagged manually with a tagging button on the camera or the remote control. Android and iOS apps will be available for the Bandit.

The specs are as follows:

• Video at 1080p30, 1080p60, 720p60, 720p120
• Cinematic at 2.7k30, 4k15
• Native time lapse at 4k30, 1080p30 (various capture intervals)
• Native slow motion at 1080p x2, 720p x4, WVGA x6
• Single and burst photo up to 16MP at 10/s
• Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Smart and USB3.0 connectivity
• Multiple accessories