$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.)

Storify of AUT LTDF Fellows launch

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/

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Mobile Moodle Workshop

Some of the people in the mobile workshop, all busy with our iPads. #mootnz11

Workshop Notes:
http://thomcochrane.wikispaces.com/Mobile+Moodle+Workshop

#ECE11 Conference Salford Uni Workshop

Links to notes and presentations for the Education in a Changing Environment Conference at Salford University, presented by @fredgarnett and @thomcochrane (remotely from New Zealand):

• Theory, Practice & Mobile Social Media
• An emergent eTeam Model Prezi

Mobile Devices & Web Consumption

iPads Consume 400% More Wi-Fi Data Than Other Mobile Devices [STUDY]: "iPads Consume 400% More Wi-Fi Data Than Other Mobile Devices [STUDY]"

"Mobile devices on the whole, according to the study, have usurped desktop platforms as the most ubiquitous Wi-Fi devices. In 2010, iOS and Android devices accounted for a combined 33% of Wi-Fi devices. Now they represent 58%. By comparison, Windows and Mac OS X devices together declined from 63% to 36% during the same time span."

(Via Mashable!.)

Mobile Technologies shape the future of Africa

An interesting presentation on the impact of mobile technologies on Africa: http://www.slideshare.net/rudydw/mobile-trends-2020-africa

Mobile Trends 2020 Africahttp://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/7748832

View more presentations from Rudy De Waele

The Mobile Movement

Interesting facts from Google Mobile Adds:

iPad MIDI Control Applications for Yamaha MOTIF XF Synth

MOTIF XF MIDI Control Applications for iPad

Mobiles in Education

Educause Quarterly Magazine, Vol 34, Number 1, 2011, focuses on mobile devices in education http://www.educause.edu/node/225844

Well worth a read of several very interesting articles.

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.)

5 tips for using Blogger on your Android phone - Official Google Mobile Blog

http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2011/02/5-tips-for-using-blogger-on-your.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OfficialGoogleMobileBlog+%28Official+Google+Mobile+Blog%29

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Mobile Blogging from here.

[Posted with iBlogger from my iPhone]

SynthStation49 Keyboard Controller for iPad

http://www.akaipro.com/synthstation49

Sent from my iPad

Mobile Internet Finally Mainstream?

You know that mobile web 2.0 is finally mainstream when over 50% of a standard issue PC magazine is devoted to mobile computing and mobile web 2.0!

1. e.g. November 2010 issue of NZ PC World http://www.pcworld.co.nz
2. Also breaking stories in NZHerald and Newsweek feature mobile:
3. How the Cell Phone Is Changing the World - Newsweek http://bit.ly/c3bgdG
4. Smartphone wars in time for Christmas - Technology - NZ Herald News http://t.co/xSHlvxc

Blackberry Playbook Announced

Billed as "Blackbery amplified", and the "professional tablet", is this the device for IT Directors and HODs - not students?!

http://na.blackberry.com/eng/?2&RMID=MR00300_GL_EN_MU_2010-09-27_BB_Teaser&RRID=4C323FB9E5B2257CE10000000A506748

• * 3 MP high definition forward-facing camera
• * 5 MP high definition rear-facing camera
• * Codec support for superior media playback, creation and video calling
• * 1080p HD video; H.264, MPEG4, WMV HDMI video output
• * Micro USB, Micro HDMI, and DLNA media streaming
• * Flash 10.1 support
• * 7 inch screen
• * Capacitive multi-touch
• * Blackberry Tablet OS
• * 1GHz Dual core processor, 1GB Ram
• * Pair BlackBerry® PlayBook with a BlackBerry smartphone via secure Bluetooth® connection - other mobiles???1
• * Blackberry Appworld - currently 8353 apps, and 2428 themes - compare with 50000+ for Android and 250000+ for iOS

Mobile Film Making Ideas

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/musicevents/shootthesummer/
• http://heloukee.wordpress.com/2010/05/29/usgfhks/
• http://heloukee.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/hugh-garry-2/

Mobile Blogging options for Typepad & Wordpress

You can upload/post to Typepad from your mobile phone in several ways:

1. Use the mobile browser http://i.typepad.com
2. Email upload – find your Typepad upload email in your Typepad profile and add as a contact on your phone – then either MMS to it or use GMail on your Phone to mail posts to Typepad.
3. Download the Typepad App from either the iTunes App Store (iPhone/iPad), or CellSpin from the Android Market (Android Phone), or CellSpin from the OVI STore (Nokia) on your phone
4. Install Pixelpipe on your phone & link to Typepad as a ‘Pipe’
5. Install the HelloTXT app on your (iPhone/iPad, or Android) phone
6. See http://help.sixapart.com/tp/us/typepad_mobile.html for more options.

You can upload/post to WordPress from your mobile phone in several ways:

1. Use the mobile browser http://m.wordpress.com
2. Email upload – find your WordPress upload email in your WordPress profile and add as a contact on your phone – then either MMS to it or use GMail on your Phone to mail posts to WordPress.
3. Download the WordPress App from either the iTunes App Store (iPhone/iPad), or the Android Market (Android Phone), or from the OVI STore (Nokia) on your phone
4. Install Pixelpipe on your phone & link to WordPress as a ‘Pipe’
5. Install the HelloTXT app on your phone

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

MoLeNET mlearning project results

"There can be little doubt from the MoLeNET evidence base that the effective use of mobile technology, with appropriate and relevant staff development, can have a really positive influence on learning outcomes. And while this project was in post-16 education I hope that the Department of Education will recognise the potential for schools."

http://www.agent4change.net/resources/research/619-world-leading-handheld-project-ready-for-feedback.html

One of the world's biggest handheld learning projects is pulling together the evidence for its final report, due at the end of May. The UK's MoLeNET (Mobile Learning Network) Project has used an investment of some £16 million from the Learning Skills Council to set up further education projects that have engaged some 7,000 teaching staff, 1,000 technicians and more than 70,000 learners – all over three years.