Posts Tagged ‘iPhone’
|Use your iPhone as a GoPro HD replacement
Monday, November 28th, 2011
Ever since I got my new bicycle, I wanted to find a way to record videos of my rides. I’m planning to make a video with a bunch of stuff I’ve done here in Miami and I thought that my bike rides could be a great source of footage.
The first thought of course was to buy a GoPro HD camera, but I didn’t want to spend that much money, and I wasn’t really planning to do anything extreme that involved water or mud. Since I already own a small device capable of taking awesome videos–my iPhone 4S—I tried to figure out a way to use that on my bike.
Most bike supports for the iPhone are made so that you could use the phone as a bike computer, so they weren’t ideal for my purpose. After some research, I came up with the following setup:
Here’s a picture of the final result:
While I already had a Glif, I was afraid that a bump could throw the iPhone off the track with a tragic outcome. That’s why I opted for the Canopy Jumba, which I was able to find on Amazon for $20 (apparently that store doesn’t carry the case anymore). Another alternative could be the XShot case, but I’ve never tried it so I’m not sure on how secure the tripod adaptor is.
Here’s a video made mostly with this setup:
Tags: Bike, Camera, iPhone, Video
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The problem of developing for Android
Thursday, October 27th, 2011
This morning I saw this great chart by Michael Degusta that clearly shows Android’s poor support for its phones. This is the reason why enterprises are choosing iOS devices over Android ones. This is why many company choose to develop for iOS first. This is why many developers choose to stick with iOS only.
Few months ago I bought a Nexus One, so that I could test some Android apps we are developing at 39, and yesterday I found out that Ice Cream Sandwich (the upcoming Android version) won’t be available since the phone is too obsolete. Now, this is a phone that is only few months older than the iPhone 3gs, that is still sold, supported and updated by Apple.
Tags: Android, iOS, iPhone, Nexus One
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Possible picture of an iPhone 5
Thursday, August 4th, 2011
If you ask me, this look legit, and if it’s a fake, this is a pretty close guess of what the iPhone 5 will look like. Apparently this picture was taken yesterday in the office of a French operator.
Tags: iPhone, Rumor
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