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Brian: Hi everybody, Brian from Shopify here, with a new product we’re going to show you
today called Glif. The Glif is sold on Shopify, these are the guys that got their start there,
they had a great idea for an iPhone accessory that wasn’t really out on the market yet.
They went to Kickstart, tried to raise $10,000 to get it built. Within a couple weeks, they
raised $125, 000, and the end result is this little product right here.
To give you a quick idea of how it works, what you do is, you take your iPhone 4, with
the camera, and it snaps into this base. They’ve put a standard tripod fretting mount right
here on the bottom of the device, so now you can turn your iPhone’s camera into something
that can be plugged into any standard tripod. So if you’re filming a high school graduation,
things like that, you can do all that with your iPhone 4. You don’t have to go out,
spend lots of money a fancy camcorder. The camera that’s already built into the iPhone
4 takes care of it for you.
What you’re going to do, once you’ve plugged the iPhone 4 into the Glif, you’re going
to take a standard tripod base, and screw that in… you’ve now got a sturdy tripod
base for your camera. Plugs into your tripod like so, and you’re now good to go.
This is great if you’re ever filming yourself, for example, for Shopify product reviews – of
course we’ve got Mark working on the camera for this one, so thank you Mark. That’s
what the product’s great for, there’s a few other things the product can do, I’ll
give you a quick look…
Once you’ve got the Glif separated from the tripod base, it’s also got this little
notch here, which you can use to stand your iPhone in a couple different ways. If you’re
doing Facetime chats with friends or family, you can use the Glif as a stand, to give you
a nice little view. If you’re playing games, you can also attach the clip to the side,
and it keeps your phone elevated so you’re not holding it in your hands for an extended
period of time, as that can often be awkward.
If you’re interested in purchasing the Glif, you can go to www.TheGlif.com. These sell
for $20 each, and if you purchase two or more, shipping is free. So that’s this episode
of Shopify reviews, my name’s Brian, and we’ll catch you next time.