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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Snapture which brought professional camera features, Cycorder which brought video recording and apps like Qik and Flixwagon that have brought live video broadcasting have made iPhone’s camera a lot more fun to use than its very basic camera app.

Unfortunately these apps are only available for the jailbroken iPhone so they are still out of reach for iPhone users who are not technically inclined.

Till we don’t see jailbreak apps like Qik etc on the App Store which we hear could be soon, iPhone users can checkout iPhone apps like Debacle Software’s Pano for some fun. It allows you to create panoramic photos as seen below from multiple photos right on the iPhone.

Pano is developed by Debacle Software, a three-man operation consisting of Adam Cohen (image processing guru), Julian Lepinski (iPhone developer), and Eric Akaoka (graphic designer).

With Pano you will no longer need to use applications on your computer to merge the photos manually to create panoramic photos, you can create panoramic photos from multiple photos (up to 4) on your iPhone.

How to use Pano?

Taking panoramic photos using Pano is very simple. After you have installed Pano on your iPhone from the App Store, launch it from your iPhone’s home screen.

At this point, you are prompted to take your first photo. You start off by taking the left most photo. After taking a photo, it will prompt you to either use the photo or retake the photo.

If you choose to use the photo, it will prompt you to take the next photo. While taking the second photo, Pano gives you a reference of the first photo by overlaying the transparent version of the right-hand part of the first photo. This feature is extremely useful in aligning the photos.

You need to repeat this procedure for four photos. You can hit cancel at any point if you want to make a panoramic photo by stitching less than 4 photos.

When you are done, Pano stitches the four photos together to create a panoramic photo by performing the image blending as well as some auto color correction. The panoramic photo created is saved in iPhone’s camera roll.

Conclusion:

I really liked Pano’s simple user interface. As you can see from the photos posted on Panorama’s Flickr group, the paramoic photos that have been created using Pano look quite good.

Pano costs $2.99 and you can download it from this App Store link.

What do you think of Pano? Tell us in the comments below.

(via iPhoneHacks.com)

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Jay Freeman, creator of Cycorder, a free Video Recording app, has released an update than now allows you to record Video with sound, for FREE! There are some small adverts that are placed very neatly at the top of the screen. and I would encourage you to click and support Jay and his hard work.

Below is a quick sample. Cycorder is clean, easy, quick and good. My hats off to Jay, great app!

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