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Next-Gen Looxcie Video Camera Gets Look from the FCC

By SlashGear, published 05-09-2011

Last month, our own Chris Burns reviewed the Looxcie LX1 video camera, a small camera that you wear around your ear, like a Bluetooth headset. The camera gives a first person perspective, and connects to your phone via Bluetooth. Now, Looxcie has taken the next generation camera, the LX2 to the FCC. There seem to have been some improvements, though we will have to wait for more information to know the full feature set of the new camera. From the FCC filing, the LX2 looks a little smaller than the LX1, and has a USB dongle. Also, the device supports Bluetooth 2.1. The LX1 topped out at 480p, so hopefully the LX2 will do better than that, and also offer more video storage and better battery life. The original Looxcie only had 2 hours of battery life, so I’m pretty sure they would wan...