http://www.simonx314.com/blog Digital Simon Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:06:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's been fun. The blog is now over. Or is it? http://www.simonx314.com/blog/2010/09/02/the-end/ I'm happy I shot some colorful, detailed footage of bumble bees last week because it made great demo material when people asked about the video recording capabilities of the iPhone 4. I am really impressed with it's ability to focus on nearby subjects. But I didn't feel like ... http://www.simonx314.com/blog/2010/07/01/hd-bees/ The iPhone antenna is getting a lot of negative press, but I think it's a double edged sword. The antenna is very large and exposed on the edges of the phone. You can strangle it by covering it with your hand and slow down your data speeds. But you can ... http://www.simonx314.com/blog/2010/06/29/4-megabits-with-iphone-4/ [Source] http://www.simonx314.com/blog/2010/06/28/iphone-4-retina-display-under-the-microscope/ iMovie is $4.99 and only works on the iPhone 4. Earlier iPhones do not have the CPU power to edit 720p video. Here is a one minute video I cut together. It demonstrates all the features of the app. Theme transitions, background music, titles, titles with ... http://www.simonx314.com/blog/2010/06/28/imovie-for-iphone-review/ In the city and in the suburbs, depending on where I am I'm getting 3mbps download speeds and almost a megabit up. That's significantly faster than I ever got with my 3G or 3GS. The 3GS HSDPA antenna is capable of these speeds but I've only gotten two megabits, maybe ... http://www.simonx314.com/blog/2010/06/28/att-iphone-4-fast-3g/ I shot this at the Smithsonian garden. http://www.simonx314.com/blog/2010/06/26/iphone-4-hd-video/ The internet has been buzzing about problems with cellular reception when holding the iPhone with your left hand, towards the bottom. If your left hand bridges the two separate metal edge pieces reception noticeably drops. What boggles my mind is Apple released a product with such a blatant design flaw. Cosmetics ... http://www.simonx314.com/blog/2010/06/25/more-iphone-thoughts/ They started lining up last night at 8pm. I got to the Apple store at 3:30am and I'm #60 (update now I'm #100 people because were saving spots). Now there are hundreds behind me but employees informed us they have a large stock of iPhones. Update: There are at least 300 ... http://www.simonx314.com/blog/2010/06/24/live-from-iphone-4-launch/ The screen is amazing!  Google Maps has so many more streets in detail, the retina display is the best feature of this phone.  It's thinner than the 3GS, but not wafer thin like the iPod Touch.  I tried some FaceTime video calling and it's cool but the novelty wears off ... http://www.simonx314.com/blog/2010/06/23/iphone-4-hands-on/