@Lite: is laughing at the Lazytown/Lil Jon remix: That's why I simultaneously respect and dis on the decision. Maybe the iPhone's not made for the knowledgeable gadgeteer, but we should all know video sucks up battery life. If I need to snap a quick vid for something once in a while and the hardware's capable... let me make that call!
Anyways... I get this is Apple's philosophy and I respect it. Just ain't for me.
@Fractal the Meek: Well, the problem is that the phones don't capture motion video. They take a series of mpg images and stitch them together w/ audio track. That's the part that is really power draining on the system.
I worked for Motorola for a few months last year, and had a discussion w/ an engineer about video on phones, and why it was so damn primitive.
Yeah, he was about as accurate as the gypsy fortune teller I hired to help me get a jump on the pool at work. She also nailed the lack of true multitask but had some weird prediction around a Smell-o-Vision upgrade for the hardware/SDK...
@Fractal the Meek: That prediction is true. It will come in 3.0.1. Comes in flavors like Pine Scent, New Phone, Apple Store, and Citrus Mint. Grape, Lemon, and Beach are still locked for third-parties.
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Anyways... I get this is Apple's philosophy and I respect it. Just ain't for me.
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I worked for Motorola for a few months last year, and had a discussion w/ an engineer about video on phones, and why it was so damn primitive.
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It's basically a trade-off they willingly made on the phone's featureset.
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