This article will cover absolutely everything there is to know about video on the iPhone - where to get it, formats, converting, video apps, video hacks, video accessories, and more.
- Praveen Vasudev
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One thing I have noticed is that in any ovie, v show, etc where anything odd happens, the English are always portrayed as standing in place saying something like "This can't be happening" or some stupid thing like that, when it clearly IS happening. Is this some sort of national trait? I like to think that if, say, the dead rise and turn on the living, I would fight back + run to safety FIRST and worry about the ontological implications after.
- Neal Jansons
Laugh, sure. But your pounds sterling end up in a California bank account. ;-)
- Chris Baskind
My cousin dl'ed the Moron Test and tried to get me to take it. I told him he'd already failed because he was a moron for buying it in the first place. He was unamused. I wasn't.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
To be fair, he's kind of a tool, so it's less a reflection of the app and more a reflection of how much I want to throw him off the nearest high-rise.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
I notice that the U.S. is no longer a nation of morons -- for the last few days, "The Sims 3" is #1, so we're now a nation of replicants.
- Stephen Mack
got this after my first intelligent use of ff filtered search. populist USA likes to feign ignorance and UK likes to superficial awareness
- Lane Rapp
Wizetux: I think the word "suspect" went away as soon as he fired off his gun. Haha. I bet the description "clean underwear" went away as soon as he saw that dog clear the car roof.
- d.l.martin
this is so crazy! i cant believe the dog jumps over the car like that! i just retweeted this.
- Jason Pollock
The cops came around the bowling alley after all the customers left and ended up doing a training exercise with the dog. Someone put on a sleeve. It was awesome!
- Rodfather
Oops !!! are you sure that is dog ??? :)))
- CRASH3R
That's incredible. Not one iota of hesitation.
- Rick Cogley
training exercise but that dog would do the same in real - and a few bites are better than a bullet even for the perpetrator.
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
Dollhouse. It is still on the air, barely, and finally hitting its stride. Also, Chuck, Sarah Connor, 30 Rock, and The Unit.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Criminal Minds for crime drama, Big Bang Theory for comedy
- William Harryman
Google's strategy is to make money from your content without paying back (something little through AdSense, maybe). They don't need to own everything, as long as they can put ads somewhere ;)
- Jemm
Uh-oh! "Bandwidth Limit Exceeded - The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to the site owner reaching his/her bandwidth limit. Please try again later." And that means no more updates in iTunes. It was fun while it lasted. Maybe it'll be back up later.
- Christopher Harley
Possibly try RSSHandler YouTube podcast for mobile, iTunes, PSP - YouTube RSS feed items come as embedded Flash players. This is usefull if you want to view them on the Internet with some online feed reader, but it is not ok for offline viewers, where you fetch feed items and view them later without connection to Internet. http://www.rsshandler.com/
- Christopher Harley
this is something I've been wondering why it didn't exist already
- alphaxion
Now that YTpodcaster is dead, RSShandler seems to be an OK alternative. Not as userfriendly as YTpodcaster, though. I'm sure it will die soon too, due to bandwidth issues - so is there any sort of open-source (or even commercial) alternative?
- Ingo
Sounds like some online video company should acquire ytpodcaster. If funding is the issue surely Boxee/Hulu/Youtube would be interested.
- Keith - @tsudo
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- Seth Greenblatt
from Bookmarklet
"Fresh was born on that sinking feeling we have whenever we head into the Finder to 'Find' that file that we are working on, just downloaded, or like to keep handy. Fresh is designed to hide itself when you are not using it - keeping your onscreen clutter of windows more managable."
- Zee.
"Paying for software in today’s world of computing is just ludicrous. WIth the hundreds of thousands of open source software packages available anyone that pays for software just has too much of money to spend! these software packages offer high end user interfaces and premium services just like any paid piece of software. As a matter of fact, a lot of these open source packages are much BETTER than software you would pay for."
- Seth Greenblatt
from Bookmarklet
"iSpeak Spanish is a text and spoken translator app for the iPhone, and part of a series of translator apps from Future Apps. Eight languages are covered so far by the iSpeak series - Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, and Swedish - with translations to and from English in each case. I’ve only looked at iSpeak Spanish, as I can speak it fluently and know what I’m looking at. :) The app has a basic and simple interface. You type your text you want translated into the top input box and hit translate when you’re ready (if you want to swap from English-Spanish to Spanish-English just tap a simple button to swap which is the From language and which is the To language). This will immediately return the translated text in the bottom box."
- Cee Bee
from Bookmarklet
YourFonts.com is a FREE online font generator that allows you to create your own TrueType fonts within a couple of minutes. Go make your own handwriting as a font!
- Mathew™ one of a kind
from Bookmarklet
This is the low down on our tools for use with the 2.2.1 firmare from Apple, read the whole post in full before attempting anything.
- Simon Wicks
from Bookmarklet
Im gonna wait on the updating ... just got everything working fine here ...
- johnpiercy
He says: "Some of the phrases I see a lot that can easily be replaced with one word without losing meaning are:" -- which can be shortened to "Phrases that can be replaced with one word without losing meaning:" Can't help myself.:-)
- Dave Winer
Yes, phrases can be shorten to one word, but it doesn't sound as good when spoken. There are still places (speeches, e.g.) where shortening phrases wouldn't work.
- Rui Pereira
Read the piece, when I hear those phrases either in writing or spoken, they make me cringe.
- Dave Winer
Let's do global find and replace on the interwebs. That might save a few GB. :P
- Meryn Stol
Applied in reverse, it's an excellent way to increase your word count for school assignments. ;)
- Meryn Stol
This depends on context. Those phrases in some contexts can't be reduced without changing/losing meaning.
- Tanath
Good writing is about mixing it up. For instance, if you are writing a resume you never use the same phrase twice even if you are saying essentially the same thing "I did this" 20 times throughout the resume.
- Alex Scoble
Sorry, Glen, I didn't know that mixing it up and clarity/precision were mutually exclusive. Good writing is about lots of things.
- Alex Scoble
"at this point in time" is in there twice (and I agree with Alex about mixing it up; in my writing classes, I was taught not to get too repetitive, so changing words around is often necessary)
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Went out there to check out the quality of the video and it seems you have the server hammered. What are you overall thoughts on the device. Looking to get one for family usage.
- Sloan Bowman
I'd love to see what iMovie '09's anti-shake algorithm would do with that.
- Kevin Fox
Sloan: I like the small size of the FlipCam. A camera that gets taken with you takes more video and provides more value. The Kodak has slightly better video quality and takes AA batteries.
- Robert Scoble
got mine literally in transit now, my 3rd flip cam
- sean percival
How do you like the audio on those two cameras? The Kodak Zi6 audio sounded good when Chris Pirillo and Steve Garfield used it, but they were in environments with little background noise.
- Bruce Lewis
These pocket cams are too expensive for what you get. $200 is a lot for crappy webcam quality video that doesn't take pictures. Also, the CMOS sensor causes a very noticable 'wobbly' video from the rolling shutter and slow processor. On the other hand, the CCD sensor on digicams aren't good for video either since you'll get purple streaks in high contrast scenes and a lot of noise in indoor/low-light.
- Rodfather
Bruce: the audio works great. I have older FlipCam which I use here: http://www.kyte.tv/scobleizer and the audio is great as long as you stay close to the subject. Missionary: Kodak Zi6.
- Robert Scoble
Rodfather: what would you recommend then?
- Robert Scoble
Robert: 2 questions. Is the mic on the Kodak Zi6 as good as the mic on the Flip Ultra? IS the low light performance as good on the Kodak Zi6 as on the Flip Ultra? I remember reading in a review that the low light shooting on the Kodak is not on par with the Flip.
- Gregg H.
I'd recommend a digicam from Samsung at the moment. They are cheap, take decent pics, and record in h.264. The NV24HD has a wide 24mm lens, but the main drawback is the sound cuts off when zooming. Still, it's cheap, small, has optical image stabilization, optical zoom, takes SD cards, and shoots in multiple video resolutions.
- Rodfather
Greggish: I don't know. I will try to do a review. Mike Arrington is testing a few out too and we're going to Davos together. Rodfather: I'll get a Samsung too. They looked very nice at CES.
- Robert Scoble
Robert - you never listen. :P The Flip HD is one of the *WORST* of these types of cameras, dude. You got taken. The Creative Vado kicks the shit out of the Flip Mino HD.
- l0ckergn0me
Robert makes a good point that having the camera with you all the time provides more value. These are small enough to put in your pocket wherever you go, and to use for things you might not have thought of without them. Great if the next gen has some sort of always-available connectivity.
- Tom Landini
Rodfather: It sounds good on paper to use the video mode of a digicam. But I've found that the movie mode on even the better digicams lack when it comes to adjusting to changing light conditions. When moving to bright light you get wash out. When moving to low light you get an almost black screen. Quickly adjusting to light changes and shooting in low light is something the Flip does exceptionally well, even if the image quality is not very high.
- Gregg H.
l0ckergnome: OK, I'll get a Creative Vado. I didn't pay for a FlipHD yet.
- Robert Scoble
@Greggish. Ya it really depends on your use. The processor for the Mino handles light well and with the CMOS sensor, is generally better in low light. Don't get me wrong, I like these, but it's coming to a price point where I'd look into other options with more features. These are geared for ease of use and portability.
- Rodfather
Flip didn't send me mine, either - I wasted good money on it. I've done quite a few comparison tests, and the Vado tops 'em all (certainly, against the Flip).
- l0ckergn0me
Chris I really hate that you use a weird spelling of l0ckergn0me here. Makes it hard to reference you on posts so usually I don't even try. Anyway, thanks, I put a link to your review in my blog and will get a Creative too.
- Robert Scoble
I'm still going strong with my Canon Powershot TX1 ;) HD ftw. Everybody get a Vado. Vamos a Vado.
- Bwana ☠
The Flip Mino HD has great video quality, but it the lens is surprisingly narrow. You never feel that you can fit everything in frame. I have some comparison videos between it and the cheap ($110) Memorex HD cam: http://simsbox.net/p18
- Daniel Sims
I've tried them all. FlipHD the best, but I've been somewhat frustrated with upload time.
- Pete Blackshaw
I have tried 3 brands of HD palmcorders including FlipMinoHD and prefer the Kodak Zi6. Zi6 has higher quality video at 60fps, has real HD out with component cables, larger screen, and still photo capability. Mino does have the advantage on size and charges from USB. Also, watch out if you expect to play the HD videos on a standard netbook. I blog about that here: http://budurl.com/HDcam
- Patrick Moorhead
Otis is a puzzle game for the iPhone and Mac based on a classic game popularly known as Same Game, Chain Shot, or JawBreaker. The object is to remove all the blocks from the board by clicking on groups of two or more blocks with the same color. Clear as many blocks at once as possible to score higher, but only through careful maneuvering can you clear the entire board. Written with an attention towards design and interface, Otis packs addicting gameplay, stunning visual effects, and multiple levels of difficulty for every player.
- Christopher Harley
I love this game. It's probably the only game on the appstore that I actually looked for.
- Joshua Schnell
Is it just me, or is the download link for the mac version broken?
- Richard Coppen
My favourite so far has got to be Natsulion, does exactly what I want (shows me friends timeline, lets me reply), and best of all, it's free. Yeah, I'm a cheapskate ;-)
- Mat
Tweetie hands down, nothing else comes close.
- Ryan
TwitterFon. No space wasting bubble chat. Proper caching of tweets. It gets better and better with every release. It's free, though I'd happily pay a few bucks for it.
- craym0nk
Tweetie is great. The last update to TwitterFon has got it within reach, though.
- Ian Betteridge
I still really like Twitterific, cant get into any of the others. I have Tweetie for handling multiple accounts at once, but Twitterific has my main account and stays most used.
- Simon Wicks
Pastebud enables round-trip copy and paste on your iPhone or iPod Touch. It works between the two applications that matter the most: Mail and Safari. It does this without requiring a jailbreak or App Store download.
- Daniel Rowley
I currently use Cyberduck, but iClock and Paparazzi sound promising. I wonder what is the difference between the current Mac screenshot function and Paparazzi is though? Is it more like PC's SnagIt?
- Shevonne
I'm looking forward to use them when i get my mac
- Murat Bişkin
@Shevonne I think Paparazzi is more for taking a shot of the currently displayed web page. I don't believe it does a full screen grab, but I would hope it might capture the full page even if it needs to be scrolled vertically to do so.
- Devon Campbell