Some FaceTime with Steve Jobs
Dear Steve,
I love Apple. I have a Macbook Pro, an iPad and now a fancy schmancy iPhone 4…I’m wondering if I can get a little “FaceTime” with you now…have a minute?
After a full day spent with the iPhone 4, one of the best features your new phone has is its HD camera. It shoots VERY well in HD (720p) Your device can easily replace the Flip. Why buy a FLIP for $200 when you can get HD video, a camera, a phone and amazing technology for the same price as a brand new iPhone 4…?
Ok, so that’s the good news, here’s where you completely drop the ball….For a company that’s made it’s money on the user experience and simplicity of use, there is NO way you can easily share your HD video you just shot on your iPhone 4.
The ONLY way I can share my HD video with the world is by simply (!) taking the following NINE steps
- Shoot video
- Plug iPhone 4 into your computer (hopefully a macbook, I haven’t figured out how a PC can do this)
- Open up iPhoto (hopefully it will recognize your iphone)
- Select video to download
- Open up iMovie (again, hopefully you have this, or something similar)
- Import Movie from iphoto- create a new “event”
- Create a new “project” in iMovie
- Drag your new event into your new project
- Then (and only then!) you can Share your movie via YouTube and be given the option to choose “HD”
Easy huh?
Ok Stevie, here’s what you need to do…
1. Tell people that you can’t share HD movies with your iPhone 4. Because, well, you can’t…
2. Tell people that the brand new iMovie App ($4.99) doesn’t do this either. (can i get my money back please?)
3. Talk to YouTube and tell them that it’s your problem so that other YouTube users don’t blame it on you…
Thanks for listening!
Tyson
Just picked up the new iPhone 4 today. The hype is legitimate. I spoke with one of the team members there today who told me that they had 500 reservations (the maximum) for pick up that day and an undisclosed amount of iPhone 4 available for first-come, first-served. So, there will probably be 1,000 or so people walking out of that store today with new phones. Compare that to last year’s announcement of the 3GS. They had 350 people come the entire DAY…
So far, the new iPhone 4 is living up to all the accolades- for the most part.. Here are some quick reactions…
- The new “retina” display lives up to its billing. Incredibly clear.
- “Face time” (the live talk/chat) feature is VERY VERY cool, but you obviously need someone else who has an iPhone 4 and you need to be talking over wifi, NOT 3G, so don’t plan on having a video conference when you are out and about- it simply can’t happen. You need to be sitting still on a wireless network. Will it work on planes and trains with their own wifi? Not sure yet. It also won’t work with another phone or network. So, will this drive more people to the new iphone? or will they wait?
- Weight. It feels heavier (i.e.- better) First reaction is obviously the “squarer” feel and glass on both sides of the camera. Buuut, at night time or in the dark, it could be tricky to see which side is up. Positive side here is that the metal ring around the frame is actually an antenna, and I already notice better reception at the office.
- Multi-tasking. Very cool feature allows you, to well, multitask. Good for us social media/ADD types…
- Video: The jury is still out on this one, because well, Apple CLAIMS that you can shoot in HD but you can’t – yet. (trust me, I’ve tried everything)
What I CAN do is compare the Flip HD Mino to the iPhone4. I took 2 identical 14 second videos with the Flip and the iPhone. I’ll let you be the judge and I welcome your comments below…
