GoPro’s ambitious plans to be a player in the fledgling drone market crashed last week when it had to announce a product recall due to Karma UAV units falling from the sky. The company needed to resolve a performance issue related to loss of power during operation, it said. It indicated it would resume shipment of Karma at some point, but didn’t suggest when. The Karma recall likely will have a significant impact on GoPro’s stock price and revenue, said Michael Blades, a senior industry analyst at Frost & Sullivan.
I owned the karma and had to send it back due to recall. That being said, I will be purchasing it again once it comes back to market. The problem with listing Karma as a $799 drone is that the drone is really around $399 that also includes a detachable stabilizer and hand held grip that can be mounted to just about any GoPro mount. Also, it includes the controller with built in screen. This is a huge plus. I also have a 3DR Solo that uses a tablet or phone for live view. neither my Samsung Galaxy S7 or LG v10 come close to the 900 nits brightness of the GoPro Karma controller. This is extremely important when flying on a sunny day.
For $799 you receive the Karma Controller, detachable Stabilizer, Stabilizer Grip, Stabilizer mounting ring, Spare Propellers, Back pack Case with GoPro shoulder mount, and the Karma Drone.
STOP, just stop. You are not required to use the Capture app and GoPro has fixed the re-logon issue. You do need to log on once. If you are too paranoid to do that, DON'T, but stop trolling every GoPro article to post your rant.
Apparently you missed reading my message in any of those postings you have seen. This is a matter of bait and switch. Nothing to do with logins. I have 20+ years in the technology and photography field, hundreds of passwords and usernames, I am not paranoid at all.
Logins do not belong on tools. I bought my camera solely because of the ability to use the tethering capability of the GoPro App.
Not even a year later, there are a half dozen ways I can be logged out of the tool I use.
Would you be upset if you bought a car, and suddenly they took back the engine. Your car would be pretty worthless, right? Well, my camera is worthless now. I can't depend on it.
I want a refund, but they refused. So get used to my "trolling".
Every good craftsman checks his tools before going to work. Login once but check your access before going to work. If we use your analogy, you bought a car with a remote keychain ignition. The car works fine, the key starts the car, but there was an issue with the remote. You think you should be refunded for the entire car. The remote now works, but you can't stop obsessing over it.
STOP!
And please don't respond to me, I'm done and this is a misuse of this comment section as it has NOTHING to do with the article. You are too selfish to realize this, which is why you post your own personal story of woe inappropriately on other's articles.
So the analogy of a car remote, exactly. All I want is for my remote to work again. Even a key, (technically a bypass) when the battery is dead. Cars usually have a bypass when a remote doesn't work. Mine has a chip.
Great anaology, I'll credit you in my future posts. :-)
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GoPro’s Drone Initiative Crashes With Karma Recall
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. November 18, 2016 05:00 AMGoPro’s ambitious plans to be a player in the fledgling drone market crashed last week when it had to announce a product recall due to Karma UAV units falling from the sky. The company needed to resolve a performance issue related to loss of power during operation, it said. It indicated it would resume shipment of Karma at some point, but didn’t suggest when. The Karma recall likely will have a significant impact on GoPro’s stock price and revenue, said Michael Blades, a senior industry analyst at Frost & Sullivan.
For $799 you receive the Karma Controller, detachable Stabilizer, Stabilizer Grip, Stabilizer mounting ring, Spare Propellers, Back pack Case with GoPro shoulder mount, and the Karma Drone.
Apparently you missed reading my message in any of those postings you have seen. This is a matter of bait and switch. Nothing to do with logins. I have 20+ years in the technology and photography field, hundreds of passwords and usernames, I am not paranoid at all.
Logins do not belong on tools. I bought my camera solely because of the ability to use the tethering capability of the GoPro App.
Not even a year later, there are a half dozen ways I can be logged out of the tool I use.
Would you be upset if you bought a car, and suddenly they took back the engine. Your car would be pretty worthless, right? Well, my camera is worthless now. I can't depend on it.
I want a refund, but they refused. So get used to my "trolling".
STOP!
And please don't respond to me, I'm done and this is a misuse of this comment section as it has NOTHING to do with the article. You are too selfish to realize this, which is why you post your own personal story of woe inappropriately on other's articles.
This has everything to do with a poorly run company.
I checked my tools before leaving. I used my tools for 9 months and they simply stopped working. This is class action material.
Great anaology, I'll credit you in my future posts. :-)