Looking beyond the hype that normally accompanies news from Apple, the new iPhone 4 has the potential to put a multimedia production suite into the hands of journalists. One of the most significant improvements is the 5 megapixel camera, with the ability to shoot video in 720P HD. The more powerful A4 processor and the new screen resolution will also make it easier and faster to edit video on the

Given the international launch of the iPad, I thought I would reflect on some of the apps that suggest the power and impact of this device. I have had an iPad for a few weeks.  My initial impressions were that it was an interesting device but I was unconvinced as to its purpose. Image by Veronica Belmont via Flickr Now that I have it for some time, and have customised

Image via CrunchBase The launch of Apple’s iPad sparked off discussion as to whether the device could save the news industry. Indeed, many of the first iPad apps came from established media outfits, such as the New York Times, AP News and BBC News. But in an initial study of the usability of several media apps, Jakob Nielsen concluded that: iPad apps are inconsistent and have low feature discoverability, with

One of the most innovative ideas on how to reimagine print for Apple’s iPad comes from Sweden. The Swedish publisher Bonnier worked with design firm BERG to rethink how traditional magazine content could work on the iPad. The result, Mag+,  is an innovative prototype, that goes beyond just reproducing text on a screen with some video next to it. Explaining the ideas behind the prototype, Bonnier R&D said: The concept

Within minutes of the end of Steve Jobs’ announcement of the Apple iPad, I was getting emails and Twitter messages, asking me for my take on the device. Like so many thousands, I followed the presentation through the live blogs from Engadget and the Nieman Journalism Labs, as well as Twitter. Ahead of today’s unveiling, there was so much hype about the device that you could be forgiven for being

Apple’s iPhone has generated a great deal of buzz, with many articles appearing in the mainstream media. But the biggest beneficiary has been the blogosphere, according to Nielsen BuzzMetrics. The traffic generated by the phone is “higher than any product launch we’ve monitored”, Nielsen BuzzMetric’s Pete Blackshaw told Netly News. Some 1.5% of all blog posts mentioned the iPhone in the week following Steve Jobs’ unveiling of the product in

The debacle over the Engadget and Apple’s share price is a startling reminder of the power of some blogs. Michael Arrington has documented what happened over at TechCrunch. In brief, the technology blog Engadget reported on an internal Apple e-mail which claimed the iPhone was being delayed. The news reverberated across the internet and within a matter of minutes, $4bn was wiped off Apple’s market worth. Engadget corrected the story

Twitter has attracted quite a bit of attention, as people share what they are doing right now. As with so many Web 2.0 ideas, it new and untested. But Amy Gahran from Poynter has come up with an interesting use for it. Like myself, she is a speaker at the Knight New Media Election ’08 seminar. Instead of live blogging the event, she is ‘twittering’ the discussions. It reads a

The WashingtonPost.com seems to introduce a new feature every day, or sometimes it can just feel that way. As I was clicking around the site on Tuesday, I stumbled upon another new service – high definition video podcasts specifically created for Apple TV. This is an interesting move for the Post. Apple TV has only been in the shops for a few weeks, but the newspaper is already betting on

This is off-topic but I stumbled across this smart mash-up on Apple’s iconic 1984 Mac ad on the unofficial Apple Weblog. Instead of Big Brother, we get Hillary Clinton. And who is fighting against the Clinton ‘hegemony’, supporters of Barack Obama. The video has been watched more than 750,000 times on YouTube