Polaroid GL10 Instant 3X4 Mobile Printer for Digital Cameras and Smart Camera Phones (Discontinued by Manufacturer)

I was really torn between giving this 4 or 5 stars. While there are no real problems with the little printer, it's not "perfect", so I'm going to try to justify my 4 star rating.It works great. Install the battery and film pack, charge it up, and go. I've tested it via the GL10 application on my Mac, and by transferring a file over BlueTooth. They both work exactly as they should.Picture quality - now here's the issue I have. Since you're printing pictures, should the quality be the number 1 issue? Obviously you can't expect the world from a $100 pocket printer, so from my first couple of tests, I would say the quality is "good enough". Of course, I haven't tested different file sizes, and the issue I had with the first 2 prints may be that they are scaled down too much, and that is hurting the quality. The pics look great, till you get in close, and then you can see they're obviously digital prints. I still need to play with the input file sizes to see if I just need to pick an "optimum" size. So I'm going to rate this as really good for a $100 pocket printer. Much better than I had hoped, actually. But it may require specific size input files to get the best printouts.The "film" is kind of pricey. Of course, you can get it on-line for less than list price, but $20 for 30 prints seems a bit high??? Of course, these don't require any ink, so again, that's debatable.The one complaint I do have is support. The first printer I got was DOA. Would not power up or connect no matter what I did. No help files, FAQ, drivers, anything really on Polaroid's page. So, I used Amazon's great return policy and just ordered a new one. 2nd one worked fine. But the instructions say "get the GL10 application". OK, where? I had to do some searching to find how to get to the link. Just bad support/design, in my opinion. Their web page just has some very simple info on the products and a big "Buy Now" button. Where's the user manuals, etc? Polaroid, fix this, please.Bottom line, this thing is awesome. I can carry it with my camera/cell phone, and as long as I have film and a charged battery, I can print directly from either my pocket camera, my SLR or my phone easily. Still need more experimentation with file sizes, I have a feeling that 13mega-pixel prints on the 4x3 film is pushing the limits a bit much, but that really is to be expected. Would be nice if they provided a recommended pic size, though. The manual isn't good for much more than how to read the status of the lights, and what the BlueTooth code is.

I looked at several portable printers before I chose this one because it is the smallest printer that will produce satisfactory sized photos. The printer is about 4.5" x 3" x 1.25", or the size of a small book. Its not too heavy, but it does have a sizable charger (about 3.5" x 2" x1").The POGO printer is smaller, but it is more for fun due to the small size of the photo stickers it prints. I travel and want to give instant prints on the fly as gifts. I had to jailbreak my iPhone (Apple Unlocker, takes 5 minutes), then installed a non-Apple application called AirBlueSharing. I am not promoting these but they worked very easily for me and you can find info on these online by others. Anyway, I was able to print using my iPhone via Bluetooth on my first try.The Polaroid GL-10 worked very well, and I was able to go through about 4 ten packs of photos on one charge, which is really good in my opinion. The quality of the photos was very good using my iPhone, and more true to the photos on the phone than the ones I took with my Canon S100 digital camera (only USB with this camera) which I thought was a bit strange. The photos had some fuzziness around the edges when taken in low light, but were more crisp with good light. There is a tendency for white backgrounds in shadow to appear to have a slight magenta cast, but was not unpleasant nor distracting at all. All in all the printer performs as described, spitting out photos in under a minute. The prints are verydurable and come out dry. The cost per print is not bad, and a better deal if you get a ten pack of ten prints per pack (100 prints). I think its a nifty device and althoughI was disappointed that it was not compatible with the iPhone right off the bat, the workaround was easy to do and cheap and did not affect my phone in any way, but please research any questions you have to satisfy yourself. I did not give it 5 stars because of the print quality, and the size of the photos, which I would prefer to be a little bit larger. Get an extra battery if you travel.

This product is excellent for printing pictures quickly and easily from a camera or smart phone but not an iPhone.I tried to connect the printer straight to my computer but this was next to impossible - people have said it can be done but I have yet to figure it out.You can however transfer pictures from your computer onto your camera and then print from there with ease. This includes pictures taken with your iPhone which takes the portability out but at least those pictures can be printed; pictures taken on Instagram come out grainy when any filter is added so be aware of that.The Bluetooth function works great, it does take a bit longer than if it is connected to a USB but it is really neat to use with friends.I have been using this printer for about 6 months now and I really love it! I take it with me whenever I go hiking or skiing or on small road trips with friends and it adds something to it - everyone thinks it's very neat.I would recommend getting this but like I said, don't expect amazing quality that you will frame and keep forever - these pictures are neat to post on cork boards or hand out for a souvenir after a great time with loved ones!

I was looking at buying the Polaroid's instant camera but hesitated to buy it coz of its size and short battery life. This instant mobile printer is my solution!Pros:- light weight and portable- you can print from cell phone by connecting phone to printer at bluetooth, which is soooo cool and I use this option more since I take pictures with my cell phone more than my camera. I showed how this thing works to my friends and they all said it's so cool!- you can also have the option of printing from camera by connecting to printer with a USB cable (which I don't find in the box so I guess it's not provided)- can reprint same photo over and over (not like the instant camera where you have one and only copy of the photo you took)!- can print photos you took from before- great photo size (3x4)! It's perfect for scrapbooking or picture journal- Printing quality is decent for instant photos. The photo is smooth looking with no streaks. But be sure that your photo resolution itself is high enough to have an ideal printed photo.- Printing speed is pretty fast. It may take some time sending the photo to the printer at bluetooth, but it does not take forever. I'm not usually in a rush so I can wait~- You can easily change from border to no border by pressing a button on the printer- there are indicators telling you when you run out of paper or batteryCons:- Photo's a bit red toned. If you have blue color in your photo, it'll probably turn out purple in the printed photo. But I guess it's kind of expected from a polaroid photo- It does crop the photo a lot if you use the white border and you just have to make sure the people are in the center of the photo and no big head shots!- battery cover is not attached to printer. When I open the battery cover it easily comes off and I have to hold it or put it down while I install the battery. It's a little hard to put the cover back and close it too. But I won't have to do that too often (since I don't need to remove the battery unless it's not rechargeable anymore) so I guess it's not too big a deal.- can't seem to send photo to printer at bluetooth when the photo had been editedOverall it's a great handy little printer and I love it! I think I'm addicted to printing and collecting those 3x4 photos!

If you have an iPhone you practically need a PhD in computer science to figure out how to print from your phone to the  Polaroid GL10 Instant 3X4 Mobile Printer for Digital Cameras and Smart Camera...  which was kind of the whole point of buying this printer. I still haven't figured it out, but here is some help if you are up for the challenge: [...] It might work better if you have a Blackberry.It am still trying to find the application for printing from my computer (it is difficult to find things on their website).I have spent quite a few hours with the product with much frustration and still haven't been able to print a damn photo!So, if you are looking for an easy way to print photos on the go (as I was hoping to on my holiday) forget this product! Polaroid GL10 Instant 3X4 Mobile Printer for Digital Cameras and Smart Camera...

Before i borough it, i was struggling between GL10 and pogo bc this one doesnt come with sticker photo paper as pogo. But i'm falling love with this one now. I only use it to print 3x4 size for once and then i started to use it to print 2x3 size (of course need to edit the photo size first.) The only thing bothers me is the bluetooth connection with iphone.....so if you have an iphone and want to print immediately using GL10, u need to jailbreak your iphone and download an app first. To perform the best result of your photo, use the blue paper to clean up the printer everytime before printing. :)

Cool! Nice printer! And paper is a way much better quality than the 2X3 paper. Nothing to compare. It's just really bad it doesn't work with the iPhone :((