It would only work with Jailbroken (Rooted) iPhones as when you just put the Camera Kit into the iPhone / iPod, it says something like "Incompatible Accessory" and that's before you add the Explorer to the mix.

It does work with the iPad without a separate power source, so the Director will likely work as well, albeit drawing even higher power.

I still think a PC / Mac is a better source than the iPad for working with the Explorer and Director if for no other reason than ASync USB.

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