Reviews
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Eye Recognition To Bring New Level Of Entertainment Convenience To LG Smartphone
Smart Video, a new multimedia UX feature from LG Electronics (LG), will be unveiled for the first time in the Optimus G Pro. Smart Video takes viewing videos on mobile devices to a whole new level of convenience with eye recognition that eliminates the need to manually control playback during the viewing experience. Through the implementation of advanced eye recognition technology, Smart Video recognizes the position of the viewer’s eyes and automatically plays or stops the video without any manual input from the user. When the viewer’s eyes are no longer focused on the smartphone display, the front camera recognizes this and immediately pauses the video automatically. Once the…
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Nokia Lumia 920 – Smartphone – Review
Our Head of Technical Hardware here at theappwhisperer HQ is Kevin Carter. As well as covering that for us, he is also the Technical Editor for a number of magazines and websites, including the British Journal of Photography, Digital Photography magazine, DxO and many more. Recently Kevin reviewed the Nokia Lumia 920 for DxO and I thought you might be interested in the results and conclusion. To read that, go here. Kevin is currently working on the brand spanking new BlackBerry Z10 smartphone review for DxO too, as soon as that’s published I will add the link to that too.
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Hipstamatic TinType SnapPak Review
We’ve just published this comprehensive review by Egmont van Dyck on the recently launched TinType SnapPak by Hipstamatic. It’s very extensive and we think you’ll enjoy this a lot, over to you Egmont (foreword by Joanne Carter). “With the release of Hipstamatic’s new Tintype lens and two accompanying film cartridges recently there has been a very positive response throughout the social network system. I myself immediately downloaded the new SnapPak and after just two exposures, felt it was necessary to do an extensive lens/film test, since the results obtained were intriguing. It was Hipstamatic creative director Aravind taking the lead on how to bring the old traditional look of…
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Etchings – iPhone Photography App Review
As a postage stamp collector from way back, my eye is always drawn to any artwork that has elaborate etching work. This app, by MindSea Development Inc. allows the user to “…. instantly create beautiful etched illustrations from any photo!” (MindSea.) Recently updated, Etchings doesn’t have much in the way of “bells and whistles” in it’s platform but it does truly deliver etched illustrations…simply and elegantly. It is currently available for $0.99 in the App Store. It also offers an in-app filter set for an additional $0.99. (Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 5.0 or later.) Click here to download. I took a look at Etchings just…
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Polaroid Manufacturing Android Based Camera
Popphoto.com a magazine that I have written for in the past, picked up on a rumor that Polaroid are manufacturing a new ILC running Android. In fact, they have gone so far as to confirm it with Polaroid, this is very unusual, this kind of thing is usually shrouded in Non Disclosure Agreements (NDA’s) but perhaps due the fact they intend to announce it at CES next month, things are a little more ‘relaxed’. Known at the moment at least as the Polaroid IM1836, is an Android 4 powered camera with interchangeable lenses, 18 MP, 3.5 inch touchscreen, pop up flash, wi-fi, HDMI, panoramic and blink detection features and possibly…
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Hipstamatic Launch The Print Lab – Home Style And Travel Accessories
Hipstamatic announces Print Lab, a new print service featuring two entirely new print collections for home and travel. The Home Collection includes prints on wood panels, metal, canvas scrolls, and stretched canvas, and the Travel Collection includes prints on totes, briefcases, weekender bags and iPad covers made from reclaimed, vintage U.S. military materials. The Home and Travel Collections join Hipstamatic’s standard print offerings, in 4, 7, 10 and 30 inch sizes, as well as the company’s analog product line of iPhone cases and graphic t-shirts. “We are obsessed with bringing beautiful images beyond the screen and into our lives. Taking old ideas and putting a modern twist on them was our goal…
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Blux Camera For iPad – Review
The app that we are going to look at today, it’s a little jewel of technological advancement, oozing with amazing features. Blux Camera for iPad (£1.49 – $1.99) allows the user a full range of manual control, turning the iPad into an almost proper point and shoot mean machine. What Is It? In a nutshell, Blux Camera is Instagram’s filters meet James Bond’s technology. In this app you can find roughly all types of feature you may need to take and edit your photo. Albeit, you can benefit from this only while using it in real time, for there are no post processing options and one will not…
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SlickFlick – iOS App Review
SlickFlick is a social sharing photo app that allows you to create stories based around your images. Stats Developer: Curious Quests Ltd Category: Entertainment Updated: November 30, 2012 Version: 2.1 Size: 12.6 MB Rating: 12+ Price: Free/download Our Rating: 4/5 **** What Is It? It’s a beautiful app created by an ambitious team of developers and backed up with £100,000 by a group of media & entertainment investors, to forge a new craft of telling stories with photos. The app can be loosely described as an Instagram for animated picture stories. Is It Easy To Use? Once you’ve downloaded the free SlickFlick app, you need to register…
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Mixed Reactions To The New Will.i.am i.am ‘Genius iPhone 14 Megapixel Camera’
On November 24, 2012 we mentioned that Will.i.am perhaps best known as one of the founding members of The Black Eyed Peas was about to release an accessory to enable an iPhone 4/5 to shoot 14 megapixel images. Well, this product has now launched in London and the range starts at $315/£199 and will initially only be available at London’s Selfridges from December 6, 2012. It comes with an integrated keyboard and the cost of the development was according to Will.i.am himself ‘the cost of two DJ gigs’. The product literally ‘fits over your iPhone unit so you only need to carry one device’, he went on to say. There…
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Will.i.am To Create ‘Genius ‘i’Phone’ With 14 megapixel camera
Will.i.am perhaps best known as one of the founding members of The Black Eyed Peas and seven Grammy Award winner has announced that he is to release an accessory that will enable an iPhone 4 or iPhone 5 to shoot 14 megapixel images. Will.i.am was interviewed by Georgia Dehn of the British newspaper The Telegraph where he explained that next week will see the global launch of his iPhone hardware that ‘will turn your smartphone into a genius-phone’ The first product that will be released is ‘an accessory that clips onto an iPhone and transforms the 8 megapixel smartphone camera into a 14 megapixel camera, which it is claimed dramatically…
