Video of actual editing video on the new iPhone IGM: iMovie app for iPhone 4 (Video Review/Tutorial)

Lucky Brits, the new iPhone is available for a mere £99 when you sign up for a £30 per month service plan. Brits can also purchase the phone unlocked and have options for 12, 18 and 24 month plans as well as pay as you go because there are six service providers in the UK market.

If I lived in the UK, I would own an iPhone. Over here, I make do with my iPod Touch and a cheap T-Mobile pay as you go. Kind of ironic that in Apple's own market, the iPhone is a huge rip-off with the worst service provider on the market. The AT&T system is massively overwhelmed and owning an iPhone in LA is a frustrating exercise in dropped calls and slow data downloads.

Shame.

Dan

BTW, those of you desperate enough to let AT&T bend you over should read this. You may have some big surprises when you check your AT&T bill The real cost of AT&T's basic data plan | ZDNet

Dan

Found this link on an iPhone-related site:

And there you go - someone with production experience, a little (pun intended) bit of grip equipment, and a story...

Micro-productions on a micro budget, produced on micro cameras. Definitely will alter the landscape.

I was playing around a bit with the video function today. In low light situations the frame rate drops from 30fps to 24 fps.

I shot a few different things and so far there doesn't seem to be a variation (i.e. 20fps or 27fps).

Not that big of a deal really, but I thought I'd mention it. Maybe somebody will create an app where you can lock frame rates.

...if Apple allows that sort of thing.

I still don't think indie filmmakers will go for it... It doesn't have a shallow depth of field! :P

Ahh ... but that's exactly where the "reality distortion field" comes in handy. They'll never even notice! :-)

Andrew

When pros begin shooting with phones...
 

I am quite sure this is not a First, but thinking back to the beating of Rodney King, the shooting of Neda in Iran and other 'events' for which there may not have been a professional cameraman .. this new iPhone may let us all become widows for the world.

YouTube - iPhone 4 Short Film - "156 Turns" - Pikes Peak International Hill Climb with Ducati Multistrada.!

Yes, the average consumer is now equip with devices that shoot very high quality HD video. They also have at their fingertips, access to online and offline free, or inexpensive HD video editing software.

Have a wedding coming? Event? Video biography of a loved one? Need video for a news program? Short documentary?

Who's needs that professional anymore?

A feature film has already been made using a cell phone. However, the story fitted this.

Worldchanging: Bright Green: The World’s First Cell Phone Feature Film

Just because you have a word processor doesn't mean you're a novelist.

Yay, Verizon will become an iPhone provider! Anything to break the Draconian deal with the Devil that Apple signed with AT&T.

Verizon Wireless Said to Start Offering IPhone in January - Bloomberg

Dan

That £99 ($150) deal for a 16GB iPhone does commit you to a 24 month contract at £30 ($45) per month for a total of £819 ($1230) for the two years. There are cheaper ways of buying an iPhone e.g. unlocked direct from Apple for £499 but that monthly plan is a decent deal & not out of line with regular prices for any phone for 900 minutes, 5000 texts & 1GB of data. Another deal gives a free phone if you sign up for £45 for 24 months but that does give you 2000 minutes of calls in addition to the 5000 texts & 1GB of data. There is also an offer for unlimited voice calls plus unlimited texts for £45 per month & the handset then costs just £99.