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Camera+ is an awesome and well put together iPhone camera application. In a recent update, they made it even better by tapping into the volume +/- buttons to use them as a shutter button. Awesome! I along with countless other iPhone users know holding your precious iDevice and trying to poke the screen to aim and shoot isn’t always the best option. It’s nice to actually have…you know…options. But this is the iPhone and the infamous App Store approval process at work. So you know where this is going…
Apple rejected the app with the hardware shutter buttons saying it would confuse users. Stupidity is too nice a word. Moving on, Camera+ had the last laugh. While the latest version of Camera+ that’s in the App Store doesn’t have shutter button features enabled by default, an ingenious solution by the developers (Tap Tap Tap) is included to allow end users to enable and disable said feature easily and after the fact:
We’ve seen various apps and services get around Apple’s draconian App Store polices via Safari before. This is yet another notch in the belt if you will. Unfortunately as we’ve seen before, Camera+’s days in the App Store may be drawing to a close once Apple finds out (and probably already has because of our big mouths). When things don’g go their way, they get all ban happy. Best get to it while there’s something to be had…
Fresh off their “Rule the World” campaign, Verizon (Wireless still?) is coming forward to let feature phone users know that they are still important regardless of the onslaught that smartphones are unleashing. At the same time, the sharing and social abilities of smartphones shouldn’t be ignored, even on feature phones. To combat this, Verizon is launching a new Twitter-sharing service called “TweetToGo”.
TweetToGo is a BREW-based Twitter app (developed by Pelago and TweetPhoto) that will allow users access to @mentions, picture sharing via TweetPhoto, direct messages, replying, and of course, tweeting. One other notable additions coming to TweetToGo are GPS support (allowing geo-tagged tweets and pictures), Twitter lists, trends, and access to saved searches. Overall, for a feature phone app, TweetToGo looks rather robust and complete.
Look for TweetToGo, available now and currently supporting 25 different VZW phones, in the “Get It Now” media center. Press release after the break…
Back in their hay day, Polaroid was unstoppable. The instant camera provided pictures on-the-fly, leading many to believe that photographers of the future would just print as they shoot without needing to visit another photo center or dark room again. My how times change. Even today, dark rooms and those old printing centers are still there, not as strong as they used to be though. Through it all however, after the Polaroid camera’s decline and the dawn of digital cameras, Polaroid as a company hasn’t done much of anything interesting.
Obviously the feature set of their cameras needs to be revisited. Toss in a screen and give users the option to review the picture before instantly printing it maybe. That’s but one of several features Polaroid could incorporate into future cameras…
Feats of modern science come in many forms. For some, a new, life altering medicine is what constitutes bleeding edge technology. For others, a new display technology showcases the latest and greatest. While other still don’t focus on any one gadget or area, instead looking at the bigger picture — or smaller picture that is. The shrinking of technology is what everyone really wants. Instead of multiple gadgets or one large gadget, those multiple gadgets are being consolidated into one, and that large single gadget downsized thanks in part to the miniaturization of transistors, capacitors, etc., etc. And what better way to highlight miniaturized technology than a super small digital camera?
This super agent man edition camera is downright minuscule, “stretching” the tape at a mere 4.3 x 2.8 x 1.5 cm L x W x D. Not even a few years ago, something this tiny was more-so a gimmick rather than an actual picture taking solution. In 2010, this midget camera is capable of 5 megapixel stills and even 1280 x 960 video recorded at 29fps! As far as saving all of that secretly recorded bounty, storage options are rather robust for what the small size would lead on to — Micro SD/SDHC Card/TF Card.
Even with a higher than expected megapixel count and pretty eye raising video recording capability, I’m still going to have to hold off. I just can’t see this thing taking too decent of pictures. But then again, this isn’t being marketed as a photographers dream, instead aiming more squarely at that “wanna be secret agent”/need a super tiny camera category. So exactly how small is too small now?
Geeky-Gadgets
- February 25, 2010 4:00 pm
The big draw to HDTV or even digital TV in general is the eye candy over standard antenna based TV. While it is now all digital in the US (and many other countries around the world), it’s design and basic technologies used cause vast amounts of interference and less than stellar picture quality. To some, they’ll take a bit of noise and sparse channel selection for a much lighter deduction in monthly bills. Besides, with the internet being as amazing as it is these days, who watches TV on an actual TV anymore anyway?
For you, oh normal cable/satellite hating antenna loving TV watcher, I bring you the Hidden Antenna Picture Frame. This is at the very basic level of picture frames — no digital junk here. Just plain ‘ol film paper support. Even better however is the hidden TV antenna that’s tucked behind. From now on, wow your friends and clean up your living space by concealing the stuff that no one ever really cares to see.
As far as antennas go, it’s pretty feature packed with support for DVB-T, ATSC, and DAB, and — Gasps! — even analog! Though good luck finding one of those those channels anywhere around these parts.
If you hate visible cables and antenna’s that much and still cling to the classic way of TV life, is $40 really too much to ask? Oh yeah, don’t forget your can display (1) whole picture too. Now how about it?
Dvice > CrunchGear
- February 23, 2010 1:18 pm
With massive blockbusters such as Avatar bolstering the 3D madness, it only seems natural to take another look at 3D experiences at home. Namely, the realization that the $2k+ of A/V equipment you bought 6 months ago just wont work as it relies on HDMI 1.3 instead of the newer “3D Spec” HDMI 1.4. For most general users, 3D won’t make it’s way into their homes for quite some time, if ever. But videophiles and movie junkies whom rely on the best home theater set up have something worth hearing. 3D will work perfectly fine over HDMI 1.3 — in theory, and with a few exceptions.
To keep it short, when your TV receives a 3D image from a Blu-ray player, it is actually in 1920 x 2205 resolution — TV’s don’t do that. Focusing more on the actual HDMI spec however, HDMI 1.3 supports up to 10.2Gbps (same as 1.4). So again, in theory, hardware that uses software rather than system on chip designs (PS3) should be able to push along all of those 3D images just fine.
In the end, it’s all a big cluster. Specs and bandwidth numbers from several pieces of hardware as well as cables ensure it won’t be as simple as plug-n-play. But, for those hoping they can save a few pennies by staying with HDMI 1.3 on at least some of their setup instead of upgrading everything can find plenty of help over at HDGuru. Educate yourselves.
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- November 25, 2009 5:16 am
As any true photographer knows, at the end of the day it doesn’t matter how big your lens is, how expensive your camera is, or how many extra attachments you have. It’s the ability for the person operating the camera to “find the shot”. You may or may not actually have that gift but at least you can wear it on your chest, fooling the world and pretending you do. For that, we have the “Still Need the Vision” T-Shirt. Wear it with pride…
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