How To Use smartphones or tablets as a security camera

Today almost everyone is using smartphones , also people have some damaged old phones Some might even have devices with a partially damaged display screen or few other minor issues such as the low battery, scratched display, tarnished body etc. The resale value of these phones is simply too low . Why not we use them for advantage You can make use of your old smartphones and tablets in many ways. So i came up with the idea of use a phone like a webcam

How to 

Download and install the app ‘Free Internet Cam (Web of Cam)’ from here. The app is available for Android, IOS and Symbian devices for now with Windows Mobile and Blackberry OS support to be available soon. Setting up the app is very simple. Install the app and fire it up. The first time you launch the app, you will be asked to enter your Google account details—this app works with your Google account. Give in the user name and password and proceed to the next screen. Here you decide what you want the Android device to act as. You have two options—a camera or a viewer. Select camera and tap the ‘Next’ button. Once done, the app will start up the rear camera on the display and wait for a viewer device or client to connect. You have a choice here to keep the phone’s display kept on, blank out the screen by tapping the button on the bottom or simply put the device on standby mode. The app will operate in the background and keep streaming the video feed. Now search for a proper location to place the camera device with the charger connected to it—you would definitely want the camera to stream 24x7 and the battery will not live that long for sure; hence the charger. Make sure your wireless network or 2G/3G service is available in the area you are going to place the camera. Place the phone/tablet on a higher level in the room to ensure that you cover a larger area to be monitored. Your security camera is now ready for action.

Instructions

You can configure your mobile phone into a Camera or Viewer unit. Alternatively, you can enter the URL displayed on the Camera device to a web browser and watch the video from PC.

Apart from Android, "Web of Cam" also supports iPhone, iPad and Nokia S60 devices. Please visit our web site http://webofcam.com to download the application for other platforms.

Now start using your phones or tablets to watch your napping baby while you are busy with your household chores!

Features:

•  Stable video and audio streaming at high quality
•  Web interface: http://app.webofcam.com
•  2-way audio
•  switch front/rear camera. Turn on/off LED
•  Zooming control, exposure control
•  Automatic camera discovery and pairing. No need to enter the IP of your wireless camera manually.
•  Password protection for cameras
•  Adjustable video resolution and white balance
•  Can turn off the camera LCD to save power and life-time.
•  Simultaneous connection from multiple viewers.

Screenshots :

Once you have logged in, your camera will show up in the list of ‘Available cameras’. Tap the relevant camera to get the video feed. Now that the feed is available via the Internet, you can monitor the room from anywhere. Keep a watch on your home, office, garage, garden, porch, etc. while travelling or while at work. You can also remotely control a few elements of the camera. You can take snapshots, switch between the rear and front camera, and even turn on the LED flash as a light source. This app can work on iOS and Android devices as both a camera and a viewer. Symbian devices can act as a camera only—it is time to bring out those old Symbian phones. Windows Mobile and Blackberry users will have to wait for now and get the app when it launches or head to the next option explained below. 

there are many types of webcam apps available in google playstore click here

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