Director Eschews Film, Shoots Music Video Entirely With iPhones
March 11, 2010
It’s not like director Tom De Nolf doesn’t have 35mm film cameras and a bunch of other video-making tech at his disposal; no, De Nolf was so surprised by the video capability of his recently purchased 3GS that he chose to shoot the above music video using just three iPhones.
“Wow, this takes a really great [...]
Stick Some Legendary Drum Pads In Your Pocket [Review]
March 11, 2010
Drums are awesome; there’re few things as satisfying as making sounds by thumping something with a stick even if that stick is virtual. Now, for a buck, the iPhone can be turned into a virtual museum of virtual drums, thanks to Vintage Drum by developer OutOfTheBit.
Nine drum kits are available to choose from, [...]
?New YouTube App for Windows Mobile and Nokia S60 phones
March 11, 2010
Cross posted from the YouTube blog
?Last March, we launched the YouTube Mobile app for Nokia S60 and Windows Mobile phones. Since then, the application was translated to 12 languages, installed on millions of devices around the world, and has been chosen as a Nokia Ovi Top App of 2009. Today were excited to announce the release of the latest version of the YouTube Mobile app, version 2.4.
We strongly believe that faster is better. The YouTube Mobile app is designed to be the fastest way to find and play a video on your smartphone. In the initial release we minimized the number of features and focused on speed for things that matter – app startup, finding a video, and starting playback.
In todays release we have added search query suggestions, My Account support, and a new homescreen user interface that is optimized for larger screens. Now when you log into your YouTube account on our phone, you can view your favorites, subscriptions and playlists from wherever you are. Lets say you have recently found an amazing basketball shot video and favorited it on your desktop PC. When youre at the basketball court with your friends all you need to do is launch the YouTube app and go to your Favorites to show it to them.
Another feature that we have added is query suggestions. When you type into the YouTube search box, you get relevant suggestions. This saves on typing which is especially useful for mobile phones where text input may be difficult.
To download the app on your Windows Mobile or Nokia S60 phone, simply visit m.youtube.com/app in your phone’s browser. For more information, please take a look at the YouTube Help Center.
?Posted by Andrey Doronichev, Product Manager, YouTube Mobile
Daily Deals: $749 MacBook, 22? iMac, 2.26GHz MacBook
March 11, 2010
We take a look at three hardware deals for Mac fans. Apple has 2.13GHz MacBooks for $749. A 22-inch 3.06GHz Core 2 Duo iMac is on sale for $1,363. A 2.26GHz Core 2 Duo MacBook, bundled with 8GB of RAM and a 500GB hard drive is $1,573, rounding out our top trio for the day.
As [...]
Tablet Wars: HP, ARM Attack iPad with New Videos, Warnings
March 11, 2010
HP and ARM are ganging-up on Apple’s iPad, introducing new videos highlighting the tablet’s lack of Flash support and warning the Cupertino, Calif. company may not have the stage to itself much longer. Indeed, the chipmaker says there could be at least 50 iPad-like tablets introduced just this year.
HP’s “slate” device, with Windows 7, will [...]
Digital Americana: A Magazine For iPad, And A Sign Of Things To Come
March 11, 2010
Digital Americana has just popped up out of nowhere, claiming to be “the first literary & culture magazine developed especially for the interactive tablet experience.”
Or to put it another way, it will be “a new interactive magazine made exclusively for the Apple iPad”. And anyone can contribute.
The editors are looking for fiction, artwork and photography [...]
Publisher Fights Apple over nip-slip iPhone app
March 11, 2010
There’s been a tremendous amount of peek-a-boo over racy apps in the iTunes store lately. Following a purge of apps with names like Epic Boobs — which once squeezed their way past censors — some of them were re-instated.
Most of the offending apps, however, were produced by small shops. The hotties available on the iTunes [...]
Report: Apple Wants 5M iPads During First Half of 2010
March 11, 2010
Apple has told its Taiwan suppliers to produce around 5 million iPads by mid-year, one analyst said Tuesday, citing unnamed sources. FBR Capital Markets analyst Craig Berger called talk of production delays “just false alarms” after Apple recently announced an April 3 U.S. availability date for the first iPads.
If correct, Berger’s projection would be a [...]
Verizon: iPad Will Help Sell More MiFi Devices
March 11, 2010
Verizon sees a way to cash-in on the iPad, despite AT&T having the exclusive data contract for the Apple tablet device. In a memo, the rival wireless carrier sees the new Apple gadget as “an opportunity for VZW” and urges employees to promote its MiFi wireless router as a stop-gap connection method until a 3G [...]
iTunes LP is a failure, but Apple never really cared about it anyway
March 11, 2010
Over six months after it was first unveiled, iTunes LP is a total bust. Apple launched its interactive album format with a library of six iTunes LPs: since, only 23 more have been added to iTunes.
What the heck happened? According to Paul Bonanos writing over at GigaOm, it all comes down to two things: [...]
