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iPhone 3G S Video Star (the buster abides)

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so here’s video of Buster tearing up a bone while I record his antics with the all new iPhone 3G S. Conditions were low light (only one cfl was running) and the subject was a tan puggle, lying on tan carpet covered by a tan blanket right next to a tan bed. also, the youtube-compressed-version compares fairly with the original quicktime .mov file but there is noticeable compression artifacts in the YouTube version as compared to the original.

One last observation is the audio quality…it is superb. In all of my recording tests, the audio proved to be excellent. In this video, I’m playing “lonesome train” by ben harper and the sound is more than acceptable considering that buster’s bone-chomping is very distinct from the background audio.

still, having a video camera of this quality with one-touch publishing to YouTube made the iPhone 3G S’s cost of entry well-worth it for me…and Buster.

Verdict of iPhone 3G S Video Recording:
Video Quality = 7/10
Audio Quality = 9/10

P.S. Look at me! I’m like those kids from Engadget!

the iPhone 3G’s battery sucks…HARD

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so if you’re like me, you ran your sexy-self down to the apple store on friday the 11th and waited in line for 5 hours for the new iPhone 3g. also, if you and i are indeed doppelgangers then you picked the white 16gb version and also have a puggle named buster…and great hair.

so the iPhone 3G is great. the app store, gps and 3G (when you can find it) is a winning combo for apple and those crooks at AT&T. that being said, the battery blows balls. big hairy ones.

in a given day, i usually go from a full-overnight-charge to my first low battery warning by around 3pm. weak.

earlier this week i heard that if you switch off the “ask to join networks” tab in your network settings, you can squeak out a little more precious lithium power. turns out this little tip has worked wonders for me…apparently making the wifi content to only join my trusted networks has given me a roughly 25% boost in battery life. this gives me ample time to answer each and everyone of my bootie calls.

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oh and i’m talking about this setting right here.

Official WWDC 2008 Predictions

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so it’s become a tradition for me to make predictions on the eve of any Apple Expo Event. being that tomorrow is the WWDC, I shall once again either completely UNDERpredict or OVERpredict what Steve Jobs will have to say to the Apple-masses tomorrow morning.

here are my official predictions:

  • iPhone 2.0: the long awaited 2.0 firmware will be announced as “final” and bring all sorts of 3rd party application goodness as well as full-on Exchange support, etc. also expect a few more “apple developed applications” in this release. it will be available for download…IMMEDIATELY.
  • MobileMe: say goodbye to the overpriced .mac service and say hello to the all new premium offering from apple bringing over-the-air syncing of personal email, contacts, etc. MobileMe will be available for purchase…IMMEDIATELY.
  • 3G iPhone: no more shall iPhone users be frustrated with lousy Edge network speeds when away from WiFi. Assuming that the major carriers (AT&T as well as international carries) will need time to field test the new hardware, expect to be able to pickup the new 3G iPhone in “later this month.”
  • GPS: throw in GPS and crazy Google Maps integration when the 3G iPhone ships…oh and while i’m at it…video recording, MMS (dear god let them include MMS) and a ‘lifeblogging app’ in the new version for good measure.
  • OS 10.6: given that this is a developer’s conference expect to hear about Apple’s next iteration of OSX and a complete LACK of PowerPC support. Sorry legacy users.
  • Total OS Integration: expect his Steve-hood to emphasize tighter integration between the mobile and desktop versions of OSX and the new online offerings in MobileMe.

i’ll update this post after the keynote address and we can all collectively laugh at my complete and total lack of understanding of what the hell apple chooses to do with their multi-billion-dollar-company.

iPhone Camera Tip

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i love my iPhone.

i hate my iPhone’s camera.

yesterday, tuaw.com posted the single greatest iPhone tip of all time.

While we’re on the subject, I’ll offer my tip for taking decent iPhone photos. Unlike nearly every other camera ever made, the iPhone exposes an image when the “shutter button” is released, not depressed. With that in mind, here’s the three step process I follow

1. Press and hold the “shutter button”
2. Compose the shot
3. Release

The tendency is to compose the shot and then tap the button, often resulting in blur. Try this method and watch the results.

ever since reading this, my iPhone pictures of buster have been tack sharp!

it turns out that being a doctor is hard

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are you a med student/resident? 

do you own an iphone?

have you ever spaced on the “Ottawa Ankle Rules” during rounds?

is your attending doc a dickhead?

WELL…if you answered YES to ALL of these questions, then you should check out the Med Eponyms app for the iPhone.

we here at 1LS give it 4.5 out of 5 Snowflakes.

enjoy.

Med Eponyms for the iPhone

customized webclip icons

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with all the news coming out of macworld, i was most excited about the new iPhone firmware release.

“umm…excuse me, what? i can customize the icons on my home screen? in any order my little heart desires? YES PLEASE!”

by 3pm i was fed up with work and school and decided to customize the hell out of my new iPhone WebClip icons and came up with the following (sorry for the shitty photo):

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some dude started a flickr pool for iPhone/iTouch Webclip icons and I’m happy to be a part of it…check it out here.

hehe…phones are cool…hehe