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The iPhone as a travel brochure - Focusing on the details that matter
Imagine the following scenario. You’re planning vacation, and after much deliberation, you narrow your future destination down to two places - Costa Rica and Cancun, Mexico. Now, imagine that during the process of deciding where to go, you start to compare seemingly minute details such as which country’s weather is closest to 85 degrees, which [...]
Continue reading...New clues in iPhone OS 4 Beta point to 720p video recording
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
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Delving into the newly released iPhone OS 4 Beta 3, developers have discovered that new API’s which allow them full access to video capture data also give include the ability to record video at much higher resolutions than the current 640×480 resolution on the iPhone 3GS. The pertinent data strings read: AVCaptureSessionPreset640×480 AVCaptureSessionPreset1280×720 So it appears that the [...]
Continue reading...Rumor: iPhone to sport 8-megapixel camera in 2011
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
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Take this with a grain of salt, but Scott Moritz of The Street (yeah, told ya’) is reporting that Apple has tapped Sony to supply an 8-megapixel camera sensor for an iPhone model expected to hit the streets in 2011. Hello Sony, goodbye OmniVision. Apple has picked Sony’s 8-megapixel camera chip for the 2011 iPhone, according to [...]
Continue reading...Rumor: Next-gen iPhone to come with OLED screen, front facing camera, dual-core processors
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
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In all the hoopla over the upcoming Apple Tablet, people seem to have forgotten about the iPhone. But if a recent report from the Korea Times is any indication, the next-gen iPhone will come with a number of interesting improvements. According to KT, South Korea’s second largest mobile carrier, the next-gen iPhone will come equipped with [...]
Continue reading...Report: Next-gen iPhone to include 5 megapixel camera
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
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The next-gen iPhone will reportedly include a 5-megapixel camera, according to a recent report in DigiTimes. Citing industry sources, the report notes that OmniVision has already secured orders to supply Apple with the image sensors for what’s estimated to be 40-45 million units sold in 2010. Interestingly, Omnivision last June announced a 5 megapixel OV5650 Image [...]
Continue reading...Rumor: iPod Touch to receive iPod Nano style video camera this Spring
Saturday, November 21, 2009
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When Apple refreshed its line of iPods this past September, a video camera equipped iPod Touch was largely expected as a given. In the days leading up to September’s media event, however, word broke that last minute technical difficulties with the planned camera had forced Apple to shakeup its roadmap and plan on releasing an [...]
Continue reading...Rapper Paul Wall shoots entire music video with iPhone 3GS [Video]
Thursday, September 24, 2009
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Houston based rapper Paul Wall recently released a video for his new single, “I Need Mo”, and the entire thing was shot exclusively with an iPhone 3GS. While this isn’t the first time someone has created a music video using only an iPhone, this is the first time a big name in the entertainment industry [...]
Continue reading...Video Showdown: iPod Nano v. Flip SD
Sunday, September 13, 2009
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Apple CEO Steve Jobs made a point at last weeks media event to compare the new video capable iPod Nano to the popular lineup of Flip Video Cameras. Now you might get a lot more bang for your buck with the Nano, but if you’re solely interested in shooting video, how do the two devices [...]
Continue reading...iPod Touch 3G teardown reveals spot for a camera
Friday, September 11, 2009
iFixIt was up to their old tricks today with their customary iPod Touch teardown. Not surprisingly, the internals reveal that Apple did indeed clear some room for a camera It appears that Apple left in room for a camera in the top of the device. There is a 6mm x 6mm x 3mm space between the [...]
Continue reading...More video footage from the iPod Nano
Friday, September 11, 2009
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Check out this iPod Nano video footage of Bill Lonero straight shreddin’, courtesy of Jim Dalrymple of LoopInsight. Dalrymple notes that the new Nano “records video at 640 x 480 with millions of colors in the .mp4 H.264 format”, and at a framerate of 29.97 framers per second. And in case you’re curious, Dalrymple notes the [...]
Continue reading...Will a camera-enabled iPod Touch arrive by Christmas?
Friday, September 11, 2009
Last we checked, the “new” iPod Touch’s have yet to hit any Apple Stores, and despite Steve Jobs assertions to the contrary, something’s afoot here. The most likely explanation is that cameras were, in fact, poised to be in the new iPod Touch models, but that quality issues forced Apple to readjust midstream and simply [...]
Continue reading...Report: iPod Touch with video camera still on Apple’s product roadmap
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Apple’s iPod Touch announcements this week were viewed by many as a dud. After months of reports that the Touch would receive a similar camera to the one currently used in the iPhone 3GS, the only significant upgrades were a faster processor and more storage capacity. Explaining the lack of a camera in the Touch, Steve [...]
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Wednesday, June 9, 2010
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