If you read my review but were looking for more info about the game, this is a great resource to check out. It’s provided by the folks at RocketXL (thanks as always to them) and it gives you access to a bunch of cool videos, most importantly a portrayal of the game in action.
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Apple has announced a new version of the iPhone that looks like the 3G, but packs faster hardware and a new 3 megapixel camera that captures video. They’ve also integrated voice commands, but not just dialing. You can interact with the phone’s music as well. For example, from anywhere in the phone you could say “Play Silversun Pickups” and it automatically starts playing. Last but not least are a new built-in digital compass and text-to-speech.
My favorite feature is that, despite these hardware updates, the battery life has received much-needed boost and it all comes at the same price of $199 for a 16GB version and $299 for 32GB. Still too expensive for you? You’ll also be able to get the original iPhone 3G for just $99. Available June 19th.
Here’s my more formal review of the Flip Mino HD, in video form of course. Check out my previous post by clicking here if you’d like to see the video quality.
Flip Mino HD Review Part 1
Flip Mino HD Review Part 2
I’ve been thinking about getting a Flip Video camcorder for a while now, pretty much ever since I started uploading videos to YouTube. It seems to be the perfect mobile pocket recorder, a device I could take with me anywhere to record a quick little something. When their Mino version came out the purchase became a necessity. The thing is just too damn small and sexy to not own. Then, to add to the heartache, the folks at Pure Digital put out an HD version of the thing. What’s a geek to do?
The cool thing about the normal Flip Mino is that it’s relatively cheap. For the 2GB (60 minutes of video) version you pay around $160. Not bad at all. It’s also got around 4 hours of battery life, slightly older editing software, and a smaller CMOS sensor. The HD version is practically identical, but has 4GB of memory (also 60 minutes, but 60 minutes of HD video) and the battery life is cut in half. Now, the battery life doesn’t bother me. If I can only record 60 minutes of video at a time does it really matter if my battery lasts 2 hours instead of 4? The biggest issue is that the Mino HD can cost as much as $230, and as you approach the $300 mark you might be better off picking up a higher-quality camcorder or a digital camera which shoots video.
So you might be asking yourself why even bother with the HD? Well, as I mentioned I like to put my videos on YouTube. YouTube has recently moved to a widescreen format, allowing HD-quality video uploads. Unfortunately the original Mino doesn’t have a setting for recording in widescreen and the HD does, so unless you’re into black bars and low-quality video, the HD is the way to go. That’s the only difference between the two, really. As the names suggest the Mino HD is meant for taking HD video and the Mino is not.
So which is better? Is it worth ponying up an extra $60 for widescreen and 1280×720 resolution video, or should you save some cash and go with 4:3 with a resolution of 640×480? I’m leaning towards the former. The way I see it, no one has ever wished their camcorder shot lower-quality video. It might be worth the extra investment now so that I don’t end up spending money on another device down the road.
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I’ve got another application screencast for you this weekend. This time I talk about a handy little video-streaming program called Livestation. It lets you get news (and other TV channels from around the world) delivered right to your desktop. Thanks for watching, as always. =)
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