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https://secure.christiestreet.com/products/doorbot Would you buy it? If so, why not? What ways do you think it can be improved (design wise, price wise, etc.)

I'll take this into account, thank you guys for your opinions.

Hello Mick. I appreciate it. My goal is to create the world's first smartphone connected doorbell, not an ugly IP camera with a button, which is DoorBot.

The doorbell would look better than that example, but it would still look like a normal doorbell. It can't look to fancy because it would top off thieves.

Not yet.

I'm working with developers to make it powered without any issues.

It will be a wide angle lens installed at the top and angled towards the top as well, so that's not an issue.

So you wouldn't mind spending $100 for a doorbell that looks like this? What if it becomes a well known type of doorbell? In other words, robbers may start looking for these black doorbells because it will have high resale value.

It's a doorbell button which looks like any other doorbell button. It's $100 because it has a mini camera (which you can't see) which streams video to your smartphone. Would you be afraid of someone stealing your push button in this situation or not?

Work2Play, thank you for your input. I've just sent you a PM.

Thank you for the tip. My goal, however, is to make the door station cost less than $200 for the customer. The only solution I see is to use an existing Android device as the door station. Please correct me if I'm wrong. What I envision is an outdoor unit which looks just like any other...

Thank you for the tips. Are you referring to using a normal iP camera? Also, would this solution be able to send a video alert to the smartphone? Also, I haven't seen an iP cameras with a doorbell like button.

Good idea, but... 1. How would the person ring the doorbell on this device? 2. How would you connect it to an Android or iOS device so that it alerts you when the doorbell is rung?

What's the best way, you think, to make a video door intercom which lets you talk with and see visitors, from your smartphone? My original plan was to make a customer door unit which included a camera, intercom, and button. However, I could not figure out how to connect such a device to...

The cost to develop a custom camera/button for the outside pales in comparison to widely available touch screen technology that can be used for the same purpose and will go down in price even more. Also, having a touch screen open up new possibilities.