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Fair, though Flir[0] and Seek[1] both offer thermal cameras as accessories; conversely, there's the Caterpillar S60 phone with built-in (Flir) thermal camera[2]. But the accessory approach does mean more compatibility headaches, no doubt.

0: http://www.flir.com/flirone/ios-android/ 1: http://www.thermal.com/products/compactxr 2: http://gizmodo.com/caterpillars-new-s60-is-the-first-smartph...

I can't help but feel like at at some point projects tango and ara will merge at or at least cross paths.

Then maybe you'll see vendors offering a combination of tango and base-level frames? Just switch between them as required.

Also, because Tango is tightly integrated with the phone IMU