Feb 29
iPhone, Photography, Technology, Video Accessories, iPhone, video No Comments
Here’s a nice roundup and demonstration of the current batch of iPhonegraphy accessories from AdoramaTV.
My favourite? The Owle Bubo, I’ve wanted to try one of these out since I first saw it a year or so ago. Love the idea of making a movie with one of these.
Apr 06
iPhone, Technology Apple, iPhone, mobile, N8, Nokia, Upgrades No Comments
I am a self confessed Apple fan. Our house is well equipped with Apple branded gadgets and has seen several iterations of the current devices passing through it’s doors on the way out to eBay.
Currently I own an iPad, iPhone 3GS and a 4 year old 15″ MacBook Pro. My Wife has an iPhone 4 after recently upgrading from a Motorola V3 / iPod Touch combo. My kids even pretend to have iPhones and iPads all the time, not knowing anything else in their 5 and 3 year old lives.
I am not trying to show off here, I just want to make it clear how entrenched in the Apple Ecosystem I am at present. Yes, it is very sad! ^_^
The iPad Effect
The thing is, since taking possession of an iPad, I have found myself for the first time ever, thinking about selling my iPhone with out the express intention of replacing it with another iPhone.
In fact, I am actively seeking a replacement for my 3GS that includes the features missing on or equal to those of the iPhone but at a cheaper price.
These include a decent camera, HD video, Wifi hotspot sharing without the ‘Apple tax’ (i.e. extra charges just because it is an iPhone), and the fabled ‘openness’ of other platforms.
This is the enormity of the iPad’s impact on my gadget life.
First Candidate – Nokia N8
It is with this purpose in mind that I have applied to trial the Nokia N8 and I heard today that it is on it’s way. I can upgrade to the N8 with Orange UK for just £49.99 today, as opposed to £230-ish for an iPhone 4, but if I wait until June I can get the N8 free for £10 less than I pay now for the 3GS.
Once I have received the N8 trial unit I will be going ‘cold turkey’ and hiding my iPhone for the two week trial period. The N8 will be my only phone/mobile computer (other than iPad)/camera/video recorder for those two weeks.
I will be seeing if I can live without the App Store on my Phone, how the iPad works with a non-Apple phone, if at all and what the Ovi Store experience is like for someone so used to Apple’s way of doing things.
I will post here as much as I can about my experiences over these two weeks, but I will probably put out more regular updates over on Twitter.
Apr 09
iPhone, Technology Apple, comment, ipad, iPhone, OS4.0, predictions 1 Comment
Apple yesterday announced that the new iPhone OS 4.0 will be hitting the ubiquitous mobile phone/device/mini-computer in the Summer, but the iPad would have to wait a few more months until Autumn (the Fall as they would call it). Call it paranoia, but I have a theory why this might be.
The iPhone traditionally sees a new model around the end of June. So that would tie in nicely to the release of iPhone for OS 4.0. Many features, most notably multi-tasking, will not be available to older models except the most recent iPhone 3GS. So to get all the new shiny goodness of OS 4.0 on their device, many iPhone users will have to upgrade. This will generate a ‘need’ in consumers minds so that they end up buying new hardware to run the ‘must-have’ features of the new iPhone OS.
However, the iPad will still only be about three months old by the end of June, and Apple may well be planning to upgrade the iPad’s specs, but not that soon for fear of really, really, upsetting their early iPad adopters.
So I think that Apple will revamp the iPad in 6 Months time, about September-time, and coincidentally will release OS 4.0 for the iPad at the same time. This will drive many who had been critical of the iPad’s first incarnation to think again about purchasing now it has better specs and a shiny new OS. This will also give consumers time to get used to having OS 4.0 and its enhanced features, and they will be gagging to get this same functionality on their iPads too.
Am I being cynical? Time will tell…
Related Tags: predictions, iphone, OS4.0, comment, iPad, Apple
Mar 02
iPhone, Photography, Technology HDR, iPhone, iphoneography, Photography, Reviews No Comments
This is the second of a two part post about the Pro HDR app for the iPhone. In this post I include some examples of what the app can do, and talk about why I like it and bought it.
In the first part of this two-parter I talked about how the Pro HDR iPhone app by eyeappsllc looks and works. In this second part I wanted to include a few examples and show what the app could do with the photos fed into it.
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Feb 28
iPhone, Photography HDR, iPhone, iphoneography, Photography, Reviews 1 Comment
Can you really do HDR on the iPhone? I take a look at the Pro HDR app and provide some examples of what it can do, so you can see for yourself before buying. Short version: I like it! Read on to see why.
A few days ago I saw a Tweet linking to a photo and it included a ProHDR hashtag. I viewed the photo and thought it looked good, but my interest was piqued by exploring the hashtag further on Twitter. The results that some people had achieved were quite impressive. So I thought I would have a go at creating an HDR type photo on the iPhone myself. I enjoyed the process so much and was impressed enough with the results that I was inspired to blog it and share the results here with you, dear reader. More
Aug 17
iPhone, Technology iPhone, jailbreak, MMS, OS3.0, restore, video No Comments
I bought my first generation iPhone almost a year after the original launch, only when I could afford to because O2 had drastically reduced the price without contract. Selling my old iPod 30Gb and my old mobile meant I could just about afford it.
Now, I have desperate geek-lust towards the iPhone 3GS, but there is no way that I can afford to get one at the moment. So I am resigned to using my old original iPhone for the foreseeable future.
This isn’t such a bad thing really, I love the iPhone as a device, and the OS3 software update went a long way towards making my iPhone more of a pleasure to use.
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