IPhone Camcorder?(washingtonpost.com)
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IPhone Camcorder?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/30/AR2009043003193.html?nav=hcmodule
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Why would this be news, it is not too difficult to achieve. I have been using "Cycorder" http://cydia.saurik.com/info/cycorder/ on my iPhone for months now and it works flawlessly. The only gotcha is that you have to have a jailbroken iPhone, and use cydia to install it but the video quality and sound quality are fine. If as the article suggests, this is a software only upgrade it is not a big deal. The article talks about doing video editing on the iPhone itself which I don't think is practical. It would be news if the next version of the iPhone had a real hi-def camera to allow to acquire HD video, however I doubt that this is apple horizon any time soon.
How well does it handle motion? I ask because whenever I try to take a photo from my car with my iPhone it ends up distorted. The sensor scans from top to bottom, which means that anything that moves (like signs, etc) will look like they're bent.
That really annoys me, I'm a big boy and can deal with battery intensive activities. Much like using data uses a lot of juice, I'm alright that I get a hit if I take half an hour of video. Being protected from running down my own battery is lame.
> It would be news if the next version of the iPhone had a real hi-def camera to allow to acquire HD video, however I doubt that this is apple horizon any time soon.
This is actually a very likely next step for the iPhone, especially considering the success of Mino's Flip HD
This is actually a very likely next step for the iPhone, especially considering the success of Mino's Flip HD
How badly does it effect your battery level? I think that is the deciding factor in a number of the restrictions from Apple.
Analyst reports on Apple developments are particularly cringe-inducing to me. Many are clearly unsubstantiated guessing by folks who are perhaps only marginally familiar with Apple's plans.
The only thing that makes this particular article worth a look was the link to BusinessWeek's article. And the only thing that makes BusinessWeek's article worth a look--the only part that didn't amount to a guess or "info" from an "undisclosed source"--was the link to Gizmodo's article ( http://gizmodo.com/5202166/iphone-30s-video-recording-interf... ), which documents its evidence clearly and keeps its analysis firmly based on demonstratable qualifications.
The only thing that makes this particular article worth a look was the link to BusinessWeek's article. And the only thing that makes BusinessWeek's article worth a look--the only part that didn't amount to a guess or "info" from an "undisclosed source"--was the link to Gizmodo's article ( http://gizmodo.com/5202166/iphone-30s-video-recording-interf... ), which documents its evidence clearly and keeps its analysis firmly based on demonstratable qualifications.