Do we want the Instagram Polaroid camera? Yes we do  A company
called Socialmatic recently announced that it has signed a
memorandum of understanding with the company that licenses the
Polaroid trademark to create a digital version of the Polaroid
camera that looks suspiciously exactly like the Instagram app
icon.  Instagram app iconThe company says, somewhat
optimistically given that it has nothing beyond a very sexy
rendering, that it hopes to begin production in 2014. Between
then and now it will need to proceed beyond the MoU to an actual
contract, come up with some specs, design the product’s
electronics, find a manufacturer, figure out a way to sell it,
get deals with retailers of some kind, somehow get it into
customers’ hands, and pray that it actually works. Oh yes, and
it will probably also need to strike some sort of licensing
agreement with Facebook, given how similar its concept is to the
Instagram icon (right).  To which we say: Design manufacture
legal blah blah blah. WANT.  Update March 5: An