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iPhone 4 video embodies new-tech aesthetic
CNet News ^ | June 30, 2010 | by Stephen Shankland

Posted on 06/30/2010 9:28:39 PM PDT by Swordmaker

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To: PugetSoundSoldier
Gaah! You trying to kill me? ;)

Nothing worse than a double drone huh!?


41 posted on 06/30/2010 11:08:47 PM PDT by Niteflyr ("The number one goal in life is to parent yourself" Carl Jung)
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To: Niteflyr
> I live in So Cal and had zero problems with ATT/iPhone...no dropped calls and almost always 5 bars of 3G...must be a regional thing...

I'm in upstate NY, in the Ithaca area. AT&T coverage sucks here. I have friends with iPhones and they just don't cut the mustard, nor do any other phones with AT&T. Verizon, OTOH, is all over and powerful here. So yeah, regional.

42 posted on 06/30/2010 11:17:29 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: Hildy
I used it today. The video was awesome. HOWEVER, the iphone4 has a huge problem and it constantly drops calls. My friend who showed it to me was really not happy and I don’t blame him.

Mine doesn't. Where is your friend located?

43 posted on 07/01/2010 12:01:04 AM PDT by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
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To: Gator113
I won’t be able to wait until next June, so I may have to go with the Droid X for now and change over later. darn.

That's why I told you of my own concerns and theory... I know when they iPhone was first introduced and it was said then it was a five year exclusive. That may actually expire in 2012...

44 posted on 07/01/2010 12:55:01 AM PDT by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
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To: dayglored
Just my opinion. You know I support your Apple threads and appreciate them, and I respect your efforts to bring Apple-related tech news to us. I'm certainly not ragging on ya. Just sayin', this one isn't worth working up a sweat over.

Not sweating... just giving it as an example... because they were starting to use the thread to talk about how great the video was. I wanted to nip THAT in the bud.

45 posted on 07/01/2010 12:57:26 AM PDT by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
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To: Niteflyr
Actually I am an iPhone user/lover and took it the other way...point of the cartoon as I saw it is that the iPhones were sold out...and no matter what the salesman promised the buyer knew exactly what they wanted.

Thanks for the explanation, Niteflyr

46 posted on 07/01/2010 12:58:33 AM PDT by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
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To: PugetSoundSoldier

In my younger/dumber days, I was this close to buying a Bose Lifestyle 12 system.....boy am I glad I decided not to!


47 posted on 07/01/2010 3:11:52 AM PDT by Future Snake Eater ("Get out of the boat and walk on the water with us!”--Sen. Joe Biden)
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To: Niteflyr

funniest video I’ve seen in awhile

“It prints money”

“I don’t care”

haha


48 posted on 07/01/2010 5:09:59 AM PDT by esoxmagnum
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To: PugetSoundSoldier
How many people have had their phones bricked?

Most of those that Jail broke their phones, but not those, that don't try to alter the operating system.

49 posted on 07/01/2010 6:10:51 AM PDT by itsahoot
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To: PugetSoundSoldier
I think we should all agree the most important function of a phone is to first BE a phone...;)

Not really, I spend less than 1% of the phone battery on phone calls. That is probably why you guys don't get it. I have excellent coverage with AT&T, and travelled to the mid west without noticing any dead spots. I think most of AT&T's problems are in large cities, and certainly low population centers.

In any case AT&T will soon be a moot point, then we can move on to some other defect, that seems to always concern people that don't and won't ever have an iPhone.

50 posted on 07/01/2010 6:19:02 AM PDT by itsahoot
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To: PugetSoundSoldier
HTC EVO. You have removable 32 GB MicroSD cards to record all the video you want, and change them out in a matter of seconds.

One, you don't have iMovie or anything close on an EVO, so you'd just be downloading all your video to a desktop for editing anyway. Two, kind of hard to edit a movie containing video that's on the 32 GB SD card you just pulled out.

51 posted on 07/01/2010 6:52:07 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: Swordmaker

The same town I am in. I have an Iphone3 and mine doesn’t drop calls so it’s definitely the phone.


52 posted on 07/01/2010 8:34:30 AM PDT by Hildy
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To: antiRepublicrat

Yes, so I can edit my video with decent tools. That’s hardly a bad thing.

And I can do it by popping my microSD card into my PC and have immediate access to the ENTIRE video, versus waiting an hour to download to my PC to edit.

And of course, if I’ve filled up my phone, it takes just a few seconds to remove the full card and insert a new one. Quick way to get the videos off the phone. Now I don’t have to second-guess myself about what I want to capture today, because I don’t know what I might miss later in the afternoon because my phone is full.


53 posted on 07/01/2010 8:45:05 AM PDT by PugetSoundSoldier (Indignation over the Sting of Truth is the defense of the indefensible)
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To: Hildy

Have you tried a sleeve on the iPhone 4? It won’t solve all your reception problems, but many people are reporting it helps somewhat, so you go from zero reception to some reception...

Until Apple comes out with a better fix, that might be your best option.


54 posted on 07/01/2010 8:53:48 AM PDT by PugetSoundSoldier (Indignation over the Sting of Truth is the defense of the indefensible)
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To: PugetSoundSoldier
Yes, so I can edit my video with decent tools. That’s hardly a bad thing.

That's also nothing new. The whole reason for the existence of the article was that you can now shoot AND EDIT a professional-level movie entirely on a phone. You in turn suggested a phone where you can't do that. How helpful was that?

55 posted on 07/01/2010 9:20:21 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: antiRepublicrat
OK, let me try to make this really clear:

I don't WANT to edit on my phone, and I personally see very little functionality in that feature. When I'm out using my phone, living life, I don't want to spend it editing, I want to spend it having fun and living. I want to capture photos and video at will.

Later on that night or a few days later I will edit, sort, filter as needed.

For me, I see no reason to spend 40 minutes capturing video at the alligator park outside of Bangkok, then sitting in the middle of the elephant show, and spend an hour or two editing the video. That's something I'll do later in the evening, or even 2-3 weeks later.

But if someone wants to edit on and Android phone, you can look at Photoshop, or you can use Arcsoft's tools. Those are pro-grade tools if want them.

56 posted on 07/01/2010 9:49:13 AM PDT by PugetSoundSoldier (Indignation over the Sting of Truth is the defense of the indefensible)
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To: PugetSoundSoldier
I don't WANT to edit on my phone

Then what were you doing on a thread that was entirely about the ability to edit on a phone?

But if someone wants to edit on and Android phone, you can look at Photoshop, or you can use Arcsoft's tools.

Now that would have been a useful, informative post, especially since I have a Droid, and recently had the need to do a quick edit on a video before emailing it. However, I can't see that one can actually buy that Arcsoft mobile video editing program anywhere. Looks like vaporware to me.

57 posted on 07/01/2010 10:08:27 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: antiRepublicrat
Then what were you doing on a thread that was entirely about the ability to edit on a phone?

Providing information about alternatives that people may not be aware of. Just informational purposes that there are valid options out there. Is that a problem?

And if you want more video editing options, there Qik, and of course Google is rolling out their own integrated cloud solution.

There are options out there, contrary to your insinuations.

And of course I have the option of taking all my videos and editing on my PC in a matter of seconds, since I can remove the memory card. I am not tied to a USB or WiFi or 3G tether.

58 posted on 07/01/2010 10:27:11 AM PDT by PugetSoundSoldier (Indignation over the Sting of Truth is the defense of the indefensible)
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To: PugetSoundSoldier
Providing information about alternatives that people may not be aware of.

Everybody who does video knows the alternative because that's the way everybody does things now. The article is about a new way of doing things, a way that the product you mentioned cannot do.

And if you want more video editing options, there Qik

So far I'm still waiting for one. You gave vaporware and now Qik, which at most can trim a video. Still waiting for you to give me an iMovie level of video editing for the Android. Keep searching the Internet. I've already searched the Android Market for video editing software.

59 posted on 07/01/2010 11:19:17 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: antiRepublicrat
I know you're pushing iMovie, but it seems that it doesn't work too well for lots of people. Crashes, doesn't edit, locks up, etc. Not too handy of an application, looks like it needs a good amount of refinement to actually do what it's promised to do.
60 posted on 07/02/2010 1:57:37 AM PDT by PugetSoundSoldier (Indignation over the Sting of Truth is the defense of the indefensible)
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