25 posts tagged “iphone”

Today Apple released updated versions of their iPod line - the biggest update being for the iPod Nano which now sports some great media capturing tools:

iPod Nano

• Camera for video (& images?), sync to YouTube via iPhoto
• Built-in microphone and speaker for audio recording
• Pedometer - good for exercise!
• Nike+ built-in
• FM Radio

So Apple now have a great media capturing device at an affordable price point for students. Like a 'Flip' video camera built into an iPod! Camera records at close to DVD quality (640x480, 30fps, H264). Audio includes AIFF, WAV, AAC, MP3 formats. So a potential staged implementation of WMDs for students could look like:

• students buy iPod Nano in Y1,
• iPhone in Y2,
• Mac 'Tablet' or MacBook in Y3...

Pricing: iPod nano 8GB NZ$259 16GB NZ$318 inc GST

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New features include ability to remotely organise iPhone screens - i.e. organise apps. Also Apple gave statistics on games for the iPhone - way ahead of PSP & Wii!!!

The v3 software update is free for the iPhone 3G, and brings significant new features - so it's a good idea to update to v3 software using iTunes. This will UNjailbreak your iPhone, meaning cycorder, QIK, netatalk etc will be removed. However you can re-jailbreak your iPhone after upgrading to v3 software simply using 'Redsn0w' from http://blog.iphone-dev.org/ , then reinstall cycorder, QIK, netatalk etc... using Cydia.

A tutorial on how to do this using either a Mac or PC is here: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/how_to_jailbreak_your_iphone_to_os_30.php

Some of the new v3 software features are:

• Landscape Keyboard - available in most applications now
• MMS
• New Search feature, with shortcut access
• Built-in Voice recording app, with email upload function
• Better YouTube app - with your YouTube account login option
• Use as modem for laptop via Bluetooth
• Stereo bluetooth for stereo Bluetooth audio accessories
• Direct buy and download of movies etc from iTunes Store to iPhone
• Cut, Copy, Paste text between apps
• Automatic WiFi login - great for using the Unitec 'HOTSPOT' - no more painful repetitive login process!

Check out the Novation Automap application for the iPhone and iPod Touch:

• MIDI CONTROL IN YOUR PALM
• Now you can turn your iPhone / iPod touch into a MIDI controller, with multiple faders and buttons easily assigned to parameters in any software that allows MIDI control, and even some that don't!

Audio recording and web sharing made SIMPLE! AudioBoo is an awesome FREE application and web sharing utility for the iPhone. It supports attaching images (and new images from the camera), GPS and Google Maps location etc... Here's my first 'Boo' below ;-)

http://audioboo.fm/boos/14478-first-audioboo click this link to view the extra AudioBoo features on http://audioboo.fm

Wiki version of iPhone Tutorial notes available HERE:
http://ctliwiki.unitec.ac.nz/index.php/IphoneTutorials

Apple iPhone OS3 features: http://tinyurl.com/detdar iPhone OS3 overview http://tinyurl.com/coydrt Overview of updates in slide below (From GSMArena, and Engadget)

Apple Presentation http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/0903lajkszg/event/index.html http://www.apple.com/iphone/preview-iphone-os/ Great list of new features, BUT still no video recording or Flash support!!! BOO!

• Logon to Blackboard and the iPASA, PASAipodtrial 'course'
  
• Create an account online at http://qik.com QIK is a live video-streaming application for smartphones
  
• Link your Qik profile to your YouTube and Twitter accounts - when you record a video stream via QIK, it will automatically be uploaded to your YouTube account, and 'announced' to all your Twitter 'followers'!
• Update your Blackboard 'Homepage' in iPASA
• Edit your Blackboard Homepage (In the 'Tools' menu).
  Include the following info:
  
  • A headshot photo
  • A brief introduction of yourself
  • Your GMail address
  • Your Vox Blog address
  • Your YouTube address
  • Your QIK address
  • Your Twitter username
  • Your MSN username/address
  
  

Video streaming on the iPhone (after jailbroken), using QIK, and Flixwagon:

1. QIK

NZHerald article on future delivery of music – via smartphones! Schweizer, K. (2009, January 24). Musicians turn to tech-savvy audience: Smartphones and the internet prove popular with both artisits and fans. Weekend Herald, p. C5. "Most music will eventually be accessed over smartphones such as Apple's iPhone and Research In Motion's BlackBerry, said Terry McBride, who manages Sarah McLachlan and Avril Lavigne." "The smartphone is changing the music industry because of its platform and I predict most consumption of music will be through a smartphone in the future," McBride said in Cannes. Read full article HERE: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10553302&pnum=0

Download the TED Talks iPhone/iPod application here http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=298728479&mt=8