7% Of All Americans Have Made A Mobile Video Call
A new study conducted by Pew Research reveals that despite being a relatively new concept, seven percent of all Americans have made a video call on a mobile phone. With Apple pushing FaceTime as a key selling point to the iPhone 4 and the study actually conduced between mid August and mid September 2010, the iPhone 4 must be a major influence in all this. Sprint has been the only other major contributor to mobile video chat in the modern era and supports it only on its WiMAX phones, the HTC Evo 4G and Samsung Epic 4G. The increase in popularity of Wi-Fi phones has increased the popularity of video…
New Apple Event Announced For 10/20/10 – Something To Roar About
Well, the invitations have been sent out for the new Apple event on October 20, 2010 10 am PT in the usual place, Cupertino – but what do you think Steve is going to announce this time? I am positive it is going to be software related. With that Lion peeping out of the invitation could this mean Lion 10.7? What do you think – I want to hear all your ideas, come on.
The Most Successful iPad Photography App Launched This Week – 10/09/10
Take a look at the most successful Pad photography app launched this week… Touch Up TouchUp brings creative photo editing to iPad, enabling anyone to make common adjustments and create captivating art with their photos. TouchUp has over a dozen effects which can be applied in nearly unlimited layers to your photos. SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY PRICE : 40% off regular price. Price: $2.99/Download
Energizer Launch Ultimate iPhone 4 Rechargeable Case
Well, take a look at this. Energizer’s new AP1201 case for the iPhone 4 looks damn good. It offers protection for your device by way of silicone rubber but the big thing is, it actually charges your iPhone at the same time. Energizer even claim that this case will double the life of your iPhone 4, we don’t know about that, we haven’t tried it yet but this looks like just the thing we are looking for, more below. The AP1201 extends battery life for up to 200 extra hours of standby time, 27 extra hours of music time, 7 extra hours of video time, or 5 extra hours of…
Apple iPhone 5 On Its Way And iPhone 4 Coming To Verizon
WSJ quotes ‘one person familiar, said the fifth-generation iPhone would be a different form factor than those that are currently available’, well my bet it is something to do with the positioning of the antenna. So, although not massively surprising considering that Apple launch a new iPhone every year around May/June time. What is also interesting though is the news that Apple are soon to start the production of a CDMA-compatible iPhone – meaning it will be suitable for the Verizon network and should be available early 2011, more below… This news means Apple will be ending the exclusive deal they have currently had with AT&T since 2007, as Verizon…
Hard Graft Tilt iPad Case
Get ready to rock and roll with this case produced by Hard Graft, an Austrian manufacturer of fine lifestyle accessories. This case comes with a front cover made of soft felt with leather behind. It actually rolls backwards and serves as a stand to give support and once you’re done with reading just snap it close and your iPad will be safe with leather protecting the screen and with leather corner loops for additional security. A simple idea made good. To take order go here – it can be shipped worldwide and works out around $116/85 euros plus taxes and shipping.
Apple Puts Back Launch of Final Cut Studio Until 2011
We’ve all been desperate to get our hands on the latest release of Final Cut Studio and were expecting to do so in 2010, seems we’re all going to have to wait until 2011 now after Apple’s Final Cut Studio team reported the development has suffered ‘significant setbacks’. Apparently, one of the pulled-back features relates to an attempt to develop a unified user interface across Apple’s range of pro-video products. The source of this information comes from the French blog Hardmac.com – it is translated into English so take a look. They explained that the development team had expressed: “Reaching a satisfactory compromise among not only the various applications but…
Apple Forced To Close Flagship Beijing Store
The Chinese grey market for the iPhone 4 is rife, so much so that today Apple closed its Beijing Apple Store. Hordes of customers were seen leaving the shop with up to 30 handsets each. Then they were further spotted trying to sell them to passers by, as reported by 9to5Mac. Most other Apple stores and also online ordering has always been limited to 2 iPhones per customer. With Apple offering an unlimited option in Beijing it seems that the inevitable has happened. Now nobody can buy one. Before the police were called in chaos had broken out with fighting taking place in between grey market buyers waving cash around.…
Rick Sammon’s Light It Light! – iPhone App
Rick Sammon’s Light It Light! is an iPhone app that’s designed to help you make professional-quality digital SLR people pictures – without spending a small fortune on professional lighting accessories. Note: Requires iOS 4.1 and later. The app (packed with 570 MB of info) includes video lessons. It’s called Light It Light! because the iPhone version contains all the same great Rick Sammon video lessons as the iPad version but does not have the extensive photo gallery nor Library section that is included in the iPad version, Light It! Rick Sammon took the illustrative photographs with a range of digital SLR cameras – from entry-level to top-of-the-line models. While…
Professional Retouching Secrets by Karl Taylor – Is This The Most Expensive iPhone Photography App?
Well, at $129.95 it’s certainly on the short list. This app has been designed to teach you some of the best kept industry retouching secrets used in professional advertising images to give your photographs that highly polished look. Apparently, you will learn the essential tools and techniques step by step for light shaping, skin smoothing, shading and much, much more. So sounds good, this is just a prelimary preview and as soon as I can, I will review this app thoroughly to let you know if it’s worth the ambitious initial investment. This application is aimed at photographers who want to improve the impact and dynamism of their portrait, fashion,…
