Lately there has been alot of video recording apps released in the App Store that delivers for iPhone 2G & 3G owners that Apple neglected. Here’s a run down of them all against the incumbant Cycorder from Cydia creator Saurik.

Frames Per Second (maximum)
iVideoCamera - 3
Camcorder - N/A
iVidCam - 7
Cycorder - 15

Length
iVideoCamera - 1:00 
Camcorder - long as space holds
iVidCam - long as space holds
Cycorder - long as space holds

Resolution
iVideoCamera - 160×213 
Camcorder - 320×426
iVidCam - 360×280
Cycorder - 384×288

Price
iVideoCamera - $0.99
Camcorder - $0.99
iVidCam - $1.99
Cycorder - free

My thoughts are that iVideoCamera was 1st but now looks like the worst. Only 3 frames per second, for a minute & the smallest resolution makes it to me an easy avoid.

Camcorder was aright. Better than iVideoCamera but with no ability to transfer your videos anywhere doesn’t make it cut in my book.

iVidCam was the next to come. Out of the non-jailbroken available video recorders it has the best maximum FPS, matches Camcorder for video length but beats it for resolution.

Then of course there’s Cycorder, which is available only via jailbreaking. It has more than twice the maximum frames per second than any other video recording app available (only beaten by the 3GS’s 30 FPS), ties with Camcorder & iVidCam in terms of video length and beats them with resoution. To top it all off, its free.

So I think the choice is obvious, if you’ve jailbroken your iPhone 2G & 3G & already have Cycorder then there’s no need to get rid of it. If you don’t already have it, then get it. However if you aren’t tech savy enough to jailbreak an iPhone then I think you’d be happy with iVidCam.

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Car security company Directed Electronics is unveiling a new iPhone application Tuesday that lets customers control parts of their Viper SmartStart-enabled vehicle from their iPhone or iPod Touch. 

The app, called Viper SmartStart, is quite similar toZipcar’s recently released iPhone app, except it can work with your car, and not one you’re renting for the weekend. It too creates a virtual keychain control module that can do things like lock and unlock your vehicle, open the trunk, and activate the alarm, getting rid of the need to carry around one of those keychain clickers as long as you’ve got your phone handy. 

Coolest of all, though, there’s a “Smart Start” button in the center of the screen that can turn on your vehicle. The company is promoting this as a simple way to defrost or cool off a car before you get in–that is, assuming you correctly set the climate controls the last time you were inside. 

Since the app uses the iPhone’s data connection to send the commands, you can control your car (or cars) from anywhere you have an EDGE or 3G signal. It also means you can use it on a non-cellular data device like the iPod Touch, as long as it’s near Wi-Fi. 

The app is completely free, but it requires you have Viper’s SmartStart system installed in each car you want to take control of. This costs $499 for a new installation, or $299 for cars that already have a Viper alarm system, as well as an active subscription to Viper’s Smart Start service. Buyers of the system get a year of the $29.99 service included when they get the service installed; then they have to pay after that.

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A: $144,326.06 USD

Just in case you felt compelled to assemble a collection of every push-to-fart program out there, BustedLoop calculates the price of purchasing all 55,732 available iPhone apps to be $144,326.06.

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The iPhone 3.0 firmware will allow the redownload of purchased applications for free, according to a AppAdvice report.

A couple weeks ago it was discovered that users running the iPhone OS 3.0 beta were unable to redownload purchased iPhone applications.

The mobile App Store presented a message stating, “You’ve already purchased this. You can redownload it for free on your computer, or tap Buy to buy it again.”

AppAdvice discovered that this message only occurred to users who had not updated to the new iTunes 8.2 software. This new version adds some logic that tells a device what iTunes accounts are authorized on the computer. Since those users’ devices never received the authorization information from iTunes 8.2 they were not able to pass it along to the App Store when they tried re-downloading apps.

So in order to redownload apps you must have installed iTunes 8.2 and have synced to a computer that has been authorized with your iTunes account.

(via iClarified.com)

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EA has released Need for Speed Undercover for the iPhone and iPod touch.

DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES? Get behind the wheel of the world’s #1 racing franchise to find out! Explode into a racing frenzy on your iPhone and iPod touch in this action packed adventure of hot pursuit and betrayal.

The game features 20 of the world’s fastest and hottest cars like the Porsche Carrera GT, Nissan 370z (Z34), Lamborghini Gallardo and the Pagani Zonda F - each boasting its own unique style and performance features handling, steering, corning, and acceleration.

Incredible 3D graphics enhance this exhilarating driving experience. Sweeping camera angles intensify your ride and yield a realistic look and feel - simply put, the best visuals iPhone and iPod have to offer.

The game will take 92.3 MB of space on your iPhone and costs $9.99 to purchase.

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One of the few disappointments with the Apple iPhone is its camera. PCMag has published 22 suggestions on how to get the most from it. Even if you are waiting for an iPhone that has a 3.2 or 5MP camera, the tips and apps that follow will come in handy for improving your image collection on Apple’s handheld marvel.

Tips for Taking Better iPhone Pictures:
1. Learn a bit about photo composition
2. Don’t take pictures in direct sunlight
3. Check that the lens is unobstructed and clean
4. Switch to landscape orientation occasionally
5. Mind the background
6. Hold the iPhone still with two hands
7. Get close to people you’re photographing
8. Take several pictures of your subject, varying the angles and poses
9. Get the light right

Apps for Shooting Better Photos:
10. Camera Genius 1.3 (US$2.99)
11. Fast Tap Camera 1.3 ($0.9)
12. Photon (Free)
13. Real Cam SP ($2.99)
14. CameraBag 1.4 ($2.99)
15. ColorSplash ($1.99)
16. PhotoArtist ($1.99)
17. PhotoCanvas ($2.99)
18. Photo fx ($2.99)
19. Photogene ($2.99)
20. Photo Lab 1600 ($1.99)
21. Photobucket for iPhone (Free)
22. Facebook for the iPhone (Free)

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Quickoffice, the maker of office productivity software for Symbian and BlackBerry handsets, has released its first suite for the iPhone.

Quickoffice for iPhone, which was released Monday, allows full editing of Microsoft Office documents and spreadsheets, and incorporates cut-and-paste functionality–a feature that will not be natively supported by the iPhone until the summer.

File-sharing and content-management capabilities are also built into Quickoffice for iPhone. Aside from allowing editing of Office documents, the suite also supports the viewing of iWorks and PDF format files.

The new suite also incorporates access to MobileMe iDisk accounts. However, that functionality was already enabled in Quickoffice’s free MobileFiles application, which was released in November. Quickoffice for iPhone can be downloaded from iTunes for $19.99.

(via iPhoneAtlas.com)

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iPhone Atlas has already covered a number of complaints from iPhone users about iPhone OS 2.2.1. Frequently, faulty Wi-Fi connections were the source of these complaints. Recently, that problem has resurfaced, and one user is linking the Wi-Fi problems to heat generated by the iPhone and its battery.

A discussion in the Apple forum describes a problem in which some iPhones are randomly dropping Wi-Fi signals, then failing to reconnect to any network for a period of time. Many people think the problem is caused by the iPhone overheating, and some go so far as to place their iPhone into a refrigerator to speed up the cooling process. (We don’t suggest you do the same; refrigerating your iPhone could cause water damage and void your warranty.) We recommend letting the iPhone cool at room temperature for 30-60 minutes or until cool to the touch.

Apple Discussions user ScottieWil goes a step further and actually opened his iPhone to apply a nitrogen stick directly to the relevant chip. His Wi-Fi immediately returned to working order. ScottieWil researched the problem further and said in one of his posts:

I have now found the common factor in my Wi-Fi working and not working …. its charge level of the battery. If the cell is under 50 percent, Wi-Fi just works …. if it’s above, it has problems. If the charge level is 90 percent or more and I try to use Wi-Fi, the phone can reboot with[out] warning. This, as I said before, may be the cell not being able to provide the current demand of the phone.

He also suggested that the iPhone’s battery is very sensitive to temperature, which explains why Wi-Fi would work temporarily when the phone was cool, but not later after the phone heated up.

Due to the varied nature of Wi-Fi problems reported, we suggest you follow some of the troubleshooting tips we wrote about previously here and here before contacting Applecare.

If the tips above fail to resolve the problem, some people on the same discussion thread are reporting that Applecare is replacing iPhones experiencing this heating problem. However, Apple is only doing so after the iPhone is examined by a local Apple store.

(via iPhoneAtlas.com)

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