Gadgetory

groan as smartphone accessory that's basically what parrots been doing since it launched its ar.drone in 2010 and continues with its line of mini drones I'm Josh Goldman Luci net and this is one of those mini drones the rolling spider there are a lot of many quad copters out there but the spider is a little different and then it's loaded with sensors to make it really easy to pick up and fly regardless of skill level it's completely controlled with a smartphone or tablet and it has these attachable wheels that let you drive the spider on the ground and roll it up walls and across ceilings the wheels also give is propeller some protection while you do flips with a couple of taps on the screen and it's a good thing the propellers do have some protection because it only comes with one set you also get only one battery pack and that typically lasts for just five to eight minutes of flight and has to be charged in the spider and that takes 90 minutes for a full charge and while similarly sized copters have cameras capable of HD photos and video the rolling spider can only take low resolution stills from the bottom you can read the full review on cnn.com but if you can live with those shortcomings it's stable flight and easy operation make it an excellent mini quadcopter for novice pilots are those just looking for a few minutes of fun I'm Josh : and that's a look at the parrot mini-drone rolling spider