Cell Phone Articles
Director Films Movie on iPhone
Korean director Park Chan-Wook is claiming to have filmed the world’s first cinema-standard film entirely on Apple iPhones. The successful director of 'Old Boy' and 'Thirst' fame shot the 30 minute film 'Night Fishing' in just 10 days with 80 people and a budget of roughly $130 000. Unexpectedly some of that funding came from KT Corp, South Korea’s sole agent for iPhone plans.
Word Lens: Translate with an iPhone
Just launched from Quest Visual is an iPhone app for translating text in images (think road signs etc) on the fly! How handy will this app be on a Europe holiday to decipher signs/menus/accommodation details on the go.
My Morning Pocket Computer Routine
Every morning on the bus I'm still amazed at how much stuff is packed into this little pocket computer - the iPhone 4 in this case. I seem to have created myself a little routine for each morning - strategically shaped around signal strength and how long I've got to get stuff done so I thought I'd share it...
Google Chrome, Tabs Rewarded
Some of us in the WhistleOut office are big fans of browser tabs - a feature available in most browsers nowadays, including Internet Explorer 7 and upwards. Note, if you are still on IE6, try your hardest to get off it and upgrade asap. The funeral has even happened. Get on it.
Apple iPhone Knocks Nokia Out of #1
Well it’s finally happened folks. In around just 3 short years Apple has done what might have seemed impossible back in 2007 and taken Nokia’s golden crown, officially seizing market supremacy here in Australia with the iPhone. That’s not just for smartphones, by the way. Apple is now Australia’s number 1 mobile phone vendor.
WP7 Sales Not Taking Off
It has recently come to light that Microsoft’s latest attempt to achieve success in the smartphone market might be stumbling well short of the mark. Despite a multi-million dollar advertising campaign and one of the biggest launches in history for a mobile operating system (mobile OS), Windows Phone 7 devices just aren’t walking out the door.
Copy & Paste for WP7 (Video)
First Microsoft promised and now they’re delivering copy & paste for their Windows Phone 7 (WP7) devices. One of the only pokes critics have been taking at the flashy new OS is the noticeable lack of the popular copy & paste function. Microsoft tried to placate its fans with a promise to add the ability in early 2011 and they weren’t lying.
Catch the Gingerbread Nexus S First
Google has announced the very first phone to wield the much awaited Android v2.3 Gingerbread update; the Google Nexus S. The Nexus S is designed and manufactured by mobile giant Samsung in conjunction with Google and uses the popular and frankly awesome Galaxy S as its basic hardware template.
PlayStation Phone Video Leaked
Well folks, we’ve been waiting a while now for the PS Phone, codenamed the Sony Zeus Z1, and things just got a bit more exciting with the latest leaked video. Whether or not this is just a Sony PR stunt or an actual leak we don’t know. What we do know is that this is a real as life gaming phone. Many phone users have never been fans of a hardware QWERTY slider, opting instead for the on-screen software version. This approach to the slider form, however, has completely changed the game on the competition and dramatically extended the range of appeal for the slider form factor.
QWERTY Keypad for iPhone (Case)
The iPhone 4 has many great features, but the lack of a slide out physical keyboard is not one of them. This can prove to be so much of a frustration that we're sure that once or twice a month, every iPhone user will glance across longingly at a BlackBerry user tapping away on their little keyboard and feel the envy towards that firm little QWERTY keyboard under their fingers.
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