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iPhone 3GS boosts mobile YouTube uploads

Budi Putra — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:18:48 +0000

Google says that mobile uploads to YouTube have increased by 400% just in a week, thanks to iPhone 3GS’ technology. Looks like mostly iPhone 3GS users are also the big fans of the video-sharing site.

Google has announced that uploads from mobile phones to YouTube have increased by 400% since last Friday, when Apple’s new iPhone 3GS went on sale. The handset lets users shoot video clips and upload them directly to the video-sharing site.

In the last six months, uploads from mobile phones to YouTube have jumped 1,700%; just since last Friday, when the iPhone 3GS came out, uploads have increased by 400%.

[via Music Ally]

Video surveillance for iPhone

Budi Putra — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:23:51 +0000

Smartvue today announced that Smartvue for iPhone is now available on the Apple App Store, allowing users to enjoy cost effective video surveillance using almost any network camera (here are a list of some supported cameras and settings).

The application capabilities including:

Works on EDGE and 3G.
Works on Wi-Fi
Support for unlimited number of cameras.
Zoom with iPhone “Pinch” and “Squeeze”
Point and click ease of use

The Smartvue application for the iPhone or iPod touch is available for $0.99 from Apple’s App Store or at www.itunes.com/appstore/.

[via PR Newswire]

Voice Control, Video, Compass and Auto Focus Camera

Alison Spong — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 06:36:40 +0000

Through the release of Apple‘s iPhone 3.0 beta firmware, a fine tooth comb has been going over the configuration files looking for evidence of future capabilities. Main thing being the option to be able to do more with video.

The image (above) demonstrates the main screen for ‘video recording’ in future iPhones. The main difference for the screen is the on the toggle toward the bottom right that toggles between still camera photography and video recording. The option was only presented when the configuration files were modified telling the firmware that a Video Camera was present will this interface appear.

While going through the configuration files, other interesting capabilities found include “auto-focus camera”, “magnetometer” (digital compass) and “Voice Control”. The final version of iPhone 3.0 is expected this summer. With this, a new and updated version of the iPhone may be coming at that time as well.

[via MacRumors]

ITN launches video app for iPhone

Budi Putra — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 04:31:29 +0000

British news agency ITN has launched a video-focused news iPhone application, allowing users to watch video news reports on their iPhone, even if they have no Wi-Fi connectivity or 3G reception. Since its launch over a week ago on Apple’s App Store, it has been downloaded almost 45,000 times in 10 days and is free to use.

The emphasis is currently, however, on free. An ITN spokesperson said that the purpose of the app is to get ITN’s videos “out there” on mobile phones, and at present there were no concrete plans to put ads in the content. In the future, if they were to launch ads, they would “most likely” take the form of sponsorships.

According to Ave Wrigley, ITN’s Head of New Media, the decision to jump into the iPhone market was taken after a successful collaboration with Google on an Android app.

ITN claims is the first video news service available via the iTunes App Store.

[via MocoNews - Washington Post]