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iPhone 3G S + Water = Entertainment

hydle — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:53:46 +0000

Matt Matt linked me in on this adventuresome video of the day. I do warn though – Try NOT to submerge your iPhone.

iPhone 3G S [VOICE MEMO]

hydle — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:52:59 +0000

I’m surprised at the ease of use of the new Voice Memo application on the new iPhone 3G S. Quick and easy to record… and quick and easy to send to yourself or friends via email.

PLAY iPhone 3G S Voice Memo

iPhone 3G S - Voice Memo

iPhone 3G S vs. iPhone 3G [VIDEO]

hydle — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 10:05:24 +0000

After shooting this quick burrito movie at Chipotle I have noticed that the data rate of the iPhone 3G S H.264 video varies between 3600 kbit/s and I would assume 3800 kbit/s. This isn’t a tremendously high data rate for doing anything serious with… but respectable for a talking mobile device. Relating the iPhone 3G S to my preferred pocket video capturing device, the Canon PowerShot SD870 IS that shoots in 1280x720p at a 25 mbit/s data rate, there really is no comparison.

iPhone 3G S – Video

Format: H.264, 640 x 480, Millions, AAC, Mono, 44.100 kHz

Data Rate: Between 3650 kbits/s and 3800 kbits/s

iPhone 3G S Video Test - Click for Video

Uploading directly to YouTube is simple enough and the aspect ratios will adapt to a vertical or horizontal recording. I am not a super fan of the audio levels algorithm as it seems it is pretty easy to peak the 44.100 kHz recorded audio with loud sounds + voices. It is also a difficult hold to capture video of yourself without covering the internal microphone of the iPhone 3G S. This makes for shanty audio at best… as you will see in the second YouTube upload test and is something to definitely watch out for.

YouTube iPhone 3G S Video 1 – Vertical
YouTube iPhone 3G S Video 2 – Horizontal

iPhone 3G – Video

No Supported Video Capabilities

However, qik has a steaming solution that you can play with if you want to geek just a little.

iPhone 3G S vs. iPhone 3G [PHOTO]

hydle — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:08:12 +0000

iPhone 3G S – Photo

3 Megapixels – 1536×2048 – 1.3MB – Ability to Autofocus + Tap to focus

iPhone 3G – Photo

2 Megapixels – 1200×1600 – 415.5KB – No ability to focus

New iPhone 3G S (the ski racer)

hydle — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:48:33 +0000

iPhone 3G S now has video capability, faster processing power and longer battery life. It is hard to determine what differences are actually hardware driven and which ones Apple is software marketing into the phone… but this chart should help.

On a green note – the new packaging is 23% smaller then the already minimal packaging. Go Apple.

Thanks to the Engadget crew for creating this short bus chart

iPhone 3G – available now

8GB black only – $99

iPhone 3G S – available June 19th

16GB black or white – $199
32GB black or white – $299

iPhone 3.0 software – available June 17th

iPod Touch will have to pay for this update