$1.99 iPhone App Saved Oscars Film

$1.99 iPhone App Saved Oscars Film: "$1.99 iPhone App Saved Oscars Film"

"In this video report from CNN, documentary film director Malik Bendjelloul talks about how he used a $1.99 iPhone app to finish shooting his Oscar-nominated film, “Searching for Sugar Man.” The film tracks the rise to fame of the Detroit musician Rodriguez, who never made it big in the United States but became a legend in South Africa. Bendjelloul started shooting the movie on film, but with just a few shots remaining, he found his budget depleted. That’s when he turned to an iPhone app called 8mm by Nexvio, which gave his video a retro feel. “It looks like real film,” says Bendjelloul. “You can’t tell the difference.”"

(Via Apple Hot News.)

Augmented Reality goes mainstream

The NZ Herald has just released their AR interactive app for iOS and Android making the TimeOut magazine supplement interactive.

Check out the overview at:http://offer.nzherald.co.nz/timeout/

Download the first version of the AR interactive TimeOut issue here: http://offer.nzherald.co.nz/timeout/pdf/TimeOut_3-9_November_2011.pdf

Check out the iPad/iPhone app at: http://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/timeout/id474689475?mt=8

Honey I shrunk the iPad2!

Apple have squeezed the iPad2 power into the iPhone 4S! Dual core A5 processor, better graphics engine and 8M pixel camera. All round speed boost from the iPhone4. The real changes will come with iOS5 and iCloud next week on October 12.

http://www.apple.com/iphone/

Sent from my iPhone

Sharefest Augmented Reality Workshop

Participant interaction :-)



Participants decoding QR Code to workshop notes : http://tinyurl.com/6f2mut9

Vimeo launches app to create, edit, share videos

Vimeo launches app to create, edit, share videos: "Vimeo launches app to create, edit, share videos"

(Via iPhone Central.)

iPhone4 Announced

http://www.apple.com/nz/iphone/

RT@MacLife iMovie for iPhone has themes, transitions, titles, sharing. Project lists, clips viewer. Record into timeline. IPhone4 available June 24. Preorders June 15. 5 countries up first, plus 18 more in July. No multitasking on the 3G with iOS4. First-gen iPod touch won't support iOS 4. iOS 4 is free on June 21.

Tech Specs

http://www.apple.com/nz/iphone/specs.html

Overview Video: http://www.apple.com/nz/iphone/features.html#design-video

iOS4

Finally answers most of my peeves with the iPhone:

• Multitasking


• Decent camera and video editing


• BT keyboard support


• Folders for organising Apps


• Better Battery Life!

What's still missing?

• Direct screen mirroring for demos


• Simple Bluetooth file transfer? - need to check OS4 limitations on BT


• Decent File manager


• Physical keyboard - not a problem for me - but some people prefer a physical keyboard & don't want to carry a folding BT keyboard extra

More iPhone/iPodTouch/iPad Music apps

http://www.ikmultimedia.com/Main.html?iphone/index.php


http://www.iconnectivity.com/


http://www.midipad.de/Website/midipad.html


http://www.macosxaudio.com/front/2010/05/rebirth-reborn-for-iphone/


http://www.audiotoolkitapp.com/


http://itunes.apple.com/nz/artist/far-out-labs/id286627796

iRig for iPhone/iPodTouch/iPad

Turn your iPhone/iPodTouch/iPad into a multiFX processor!

iRig is an input/output adaptor for the iPhone/iPodTouch/iPad for audio recording and FX applications - it should work with most apps (e.g. FourTrack) not just Amplitube! However when used with Amplitube, it turns your iPhone into a fantastic live FX processor! - no more stomp boxes needed!

• iRig adaptor costs $39.99US


• Amplitube App costs $19.99US

Wikitude Worlds

Wikitude Worlds – iPhone 3G Version Released

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UStream Live Broadcaster

Just released (10th Dec 2009) UStream Live Broadcaster works on non-jailbroken iPhone 3G & 3GS for LIVE videoo streaming to the UStream website. It supports Twitter announcements and YouTube archiving. A Great free app available from the iTunes App Store!

http://www.maclife.com/article/news/apple_blesses_ustream_live_streaming_video?OTC-EX2244440726

http://www.ustream.tv/

Apple releases iPod updates, iTunes9 & iPhone 3.1 OS

Today Apple released updated versions of their iPod line - the biggest update being for the iPod Nano which now sports some great media capturing tools:

iPod Nano

• Camera for video (& images?), sync to YouTube via iPhoto


• Built-in microphone and speaker for audio recording


• Pedometer - good for exercise!


• Nike+ built-in


• FM Radio

So Apple now have a great media capturing device at an affordable price point for students. Like a 'Flip' video camera built into an iPod! Camera records at close to DVD quality (640x480, 30fps, H264). Audio includes AIFF, WAV, AAC, MP3 formats. So a potential staged implementation of WMDs for students could look like:

• students buy iPod Nano in Y1,
• iPhone in Y2,
• Mac 'Tablet' or MacBook in Y3...

Pricing:
iPod nano
8GB NZ$259
16GB NZ$318

inc GST

iTunes9

New features include ability to remotely organise iPhone screens - i.e. organise apps.

Also Apple gave statistics on games for the iPhone - way ahead of PSP & Wii!!!

Video recorded entirely on iPhone 3GS

from http://mashable.com/2009/07/02/technologic-overkill/

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iPhone OS3 Features announced

Apple iPhone OS3 features: http://tinyurl.com/detdar


iPhone OS3 overview http://tinyurl.com/coydrt


Overview of updates in slide below (From GSMArena, and Engadget)

Apple Presentation http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/0903lajkszg/event/index.html

http://www.apple.com/iphone/preview-iphone-os/

Great list of new features, BUT still no video recording or Flash support!!! BOO!

Top 20 iPod Touch & iPhone apps

Here's my list of my top twenty apps (All on the iTunes Store for download - some free, some not):

1. Mail

Great for checking mail anywhere, anytime. Awesome preview of attachments (no saving :-( ). My favourite way to blog.


2. Safari

The best Mobile Web experience around!


3. NetNewsWire

For keeping up with all my RSS Feeds.


4. Fring

Instant Messaging extraordinaire!, also includes Skype, Gmail notifier, and Twitter posts.


5. Twitterriffic

Finally Twitter makes sense ;-)
Includes GPS and Photo microblogging to Twitter.


6. YouTube App

Search, bookmark, email, blob-out to YouTube Videos on the awesomely viewable screen!


7. Google App

Shortcut to Googles Mobile Web Services - formatted for iPhone.


8. Shozu

A social Media-blogging hub!


9. Google Earth

Cool maps! Zoom in on your house!


10. FourTrack

Ditch the cassette recorder - record your musical masterpieces in multitrack using FourTrack.


11. Caravan

Easy Mac & PC file-sharing with iPhone.


12. Bible reader

Carry a searchable Bible everywhere!


13. Path Tracker

Track your movements over Google Maps and savethe path - could be a great car-rally or treasure hunt tool!


14. Mobile Fotos

Flickr on your iPhone.


15. Band

Create some musical inspiration - WOW!


16. Comic Touch

Annotate your pics.


17. DecibelMeter

How load is that music???


18. iProRecorder

Record a voice note or audio PODCast.


19. Voice4Fun

Edit your audio recordings on the iPhone


20. Speedtest

Test how fast your internet connection is - is Telecom/Vodafone ripping you off???

iPhone Music Video

Rap Music Video recorded entirely on iPhone using Jailbroken iPhone and Cycorda app.

I used Cycorder to shoot everything. This app rocks, but you can only use it if your phone is jailbroken, so go out and jailbreak your iPhone - you will thank me later. After Effects was used to edit the video because Final Cut didn’t like the resolution and frame rate that came out of Cycorder. I particularly like the look of the footage when it gets all warpy because the sensor can’t keep up with the motion. It kind of has this retro/film/stopmotion feel.

See the authors Blog

YouTube video HERE

WOA - electronic musicians - SLOrk and "iBand"!!!

Check out this amazing 'band' - all using iPhone/iPod touch music applications to form a band! They have some great videos and audio samples on their website - awesome!

iBand

iPhone Drumming demo:





iBand performance:

SLOrk

Currently highlighted on Apples website is SLOrk - the Stanford Laptop Orchestra!

http://www.apple.com/pro/profiles/slork/





http://slork.stanford.edu/

Mobile Learning Reflections

A series of student reflections on some of the Mobile Learning Trials at Unitec 2008.

Diploma Contemporary Music - iPod/iPhones

Bachelor Product Design (Year2) N95

Bachelor Product Design (Year1) iPhones

Diploma Landscape Design - Sonyericsson P1i

Fring on iPhone

Another free IM client for the iPhone/iPod touch. I've used Fring for a while on a range of Symbian based phones (they also have a Java version) - it's unique feature is the support for Skype over Wifi on the iPhone/iPod touch (Fring supports Skype over 3G in its other versions in addition to WiFi). Fring can be a bit flakey - being a bit of a memory hog, and requires a good signal to logon. However I prefer Fring's interface to that of Palringo or AIM. Previously I have used IM+ on UIQ, which I thought the interface was really nice, however IM+ seems to have logon issues with MSN servers now :-(

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DipMusic iPod/iPhone Trial Overview

I've put together a 10min overview of the Diploma of Contemporary Music iPod/iPhone Trial for 2008 - makes for fun viewing!

DipContemporaryMus Mobile Trial Overview

Media Streaming on the iPhone

While the iPhone works great with YouTube, using the YouTube application, it does not play friendly with other Flash video sites (at least without 'jailbreaking' it!).

The iPhone dosen't support Flash video - which the main browser video versions of most web - based video sites, such as www.ted.com videos are formatted as, HOWEVER, the iphone happily plays and streams .mp4 video! So finding the .mp4 video link from sites such as www.ted.com videos actually do stream nicely OTA (Over The Air) directly to the iPhone. See screenshots below ;-)

To do this:
Browse to the video site on Safari on the iPhone. Select the 'RSS' feed links on the iPhone, you can then stream OTA .mp4 video or audio directly from sites like www.ted.com. The iPhone uses an online feed reader to do the conversion for it: http://reader.mac.com, which then displays a Quicktime plugin icon, selecting this icon will then stream the audio or video directly OTA to the iPhone YAY!

Be aware that streaming media does not store it on the iPhone - if you want to watch/listen more than once, it's best to use the iTunes links on your PC to download the video/audio to iTunes on your PC, then sync the downloaded files to your iPhone for offline viewing!