Brazilian blog BlogdoiPhone has leaked screenshots that show a version of iOS 5.1 pre-GM that shows a new screen for the camera shortcut on the homescreen and also further evidence of Siri's support for Japanese, which was previously noticed by the assistant itself. Currently the shortcut to the iPhone's camera from the lockscreen is to...
King Camera is an impressive little photo app now available on the app store. I had never used the application before but it's making quite a splash lately with it's most recent update and the fact that it is now free. Your iPhone is capable of a number of things that aren't immediately available in...
According to the International Business Times, Singapore iPhone enthusiasts will soon be able to buy a cameraless iPhone from M1, the country's biggest mobile phone provider. The camera-less iPhone will cost an estimated $38 more than a standard iPhone 4 or 4S but the modification, performed by M1, will void Apple's warranty. Demand for an...
Technology that allows a merchant to begin accepting payment for their goods or services directly within a mobile device has been getting a lot of ink lately. Recently, we reported on PAYD, one of the new smartphone dongles that put the power of a credit card terminal in your pocket. But now, thanks to Card.io,...
One of the founders of tap tap tap's popular Camera+ app (which recently surpassed 6 million downloads) is Lisa Bettany, a local resident of BC's West Coast. Her role in the creation of Camera+ has been previously documented by Entrepreneur, but now she has a new journey ahead of her--a trip around the world armed only...
Tap tap tap has just released some stunning numbers for their popular photography app (and one of my favourites) Camera+. The app has reached its 6 millionth sale milestone, with over 950,000 downloads in the past month alone. Last June, they hit 3 million total downloads. After Apple's 30% cut, the taptaptap team notes they...
Photographer Katherine Rose of The Guardian recently put the iPhone 4S's camera through its paces to see how it would fare in comparison with the Canon 5D Mark II that she uses professionally. The test was carried out on a series of subjects in a couple of different lighting scenarios. You can visit this link to see all the images with...
Last June the iPhone 4 became the most popular camera on Flickr, and now the iPhone 4S, just over a month old has surged to become the second most popular cameraphone, behind the iPhone 4. The top 5 cameraphones, as of November 2011: iPhone 4 iPhone 4S iPhone 3G iPhone 3GS HTC Evo 4G The...
In case you've been wondering whether iPhone 4S can make you can ditch your everyday digital "point-n-shoot" or "DSLR" camera, this comprehensive camera war from Ars Techinca should probably give you the answer. Along with an iPhone 4S, the testers took sample shots with a 5MP iPhone 4, an 8MP Samsung Galaxy SII, an 8MP Canon...
One of my favourite photography apps, Camera+, has been updated to bring back the VolumeSnap shutter feature that caused the app to be banned from the App Store as it violated developer guidelines. That feature is now back, in the 2.4VS update: What's New In Version 2.4VS VolumeSnap is back, beyotches!! Apple implemented this feature...
It appears iOS 5 has a built in panorama mode for the Camera app, as discovered by @conradev (via @chpwn). iPhone developer Conrad Kramer discovered this within iOS 5.0 beta 7: So, I found out how to enable Panorama is the iOS Camera app. Set the key 'EnableFirebreak' to YES in com.apple.mobileslideshow.plist Chpwn notes the...
Over the past few years, one area that has been steadily improving in smartphones in the mobile camera technology. Back in 2007 when the original iPhone was launched, it was fitted with a camera which could barely shoot any decent shots with less megapixels, no auto-focus and no flash. Many people quoted it as "a...
