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Video Recording, Auto-Focus Camera, Digital Compass, and Voice Control In Next iPhone?

Submitted by Michael Johnston on April 7, 2009 - 12:42pm.
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Our friends over at MacRumors have received some very convincing evidence that video recording will be a feature in the next iPhone. A screenshot of the latest iPhone beta shows what appears to be the interface for recording video on an iPhone. It's similar to the current Camera app with the addition of a toggle for video recording. The screen is only visible when a certain configuration file is altered to say that a video camera is present.

This isn't the first we've heard about video recording in the next iPhone. Evidence for editing as well as uploading video has been found.

In addition to this screenshot, evidence for other features have also been found in configuration files. Thus far, mentions of a "magnetometer" (digital compass), "auto-focus camera," and "Voice Control," have been discovered.

All of these items have been found in pre-release versions of the iPhone 3.0 software which is slated to be released this summer. It is likely that Apple will also release an updated iPhone around this time.

about time APPLE!

Submitted by madscientest on April 7, 2009 - 1:56pm.
I have had a free video recorder for as long as I can remember on my iphone(thanks dev team!). Why was this not part of the original software? in my opinion the iphone was RUSHED out the door. the only good part is they give us free updates unlike most cell phones. iphone 3.0 should have been 1.0. bottom line. I believe they are just trying to catch up on current features instead of just focusing on the hardware and app/music store.

Submitted by Eurisko on April 7, 2009 - 2:24pm.
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Originally Posted by madscientest View Post
I have had a free video recorder for as long as I can remember on my iphone(thanks dev team!). Why was this not part of the original software? in my opinion the iphone was RUSHED out the door. the only good part is they give us free updates unlike most cell phones. iphone 3.0 should have been 1.0. bottom line. I believe they are just trying to catch up on current features instead of just focusing on the hardware and app/music store.
That's like saying the first PC OS should have been Windows 7.0, bottom line. Or Apple's first OS should have been 10.5, bottom line. Software develops and grows through many generations, adding as it goes along.

And you're sitting here as about impatient as someone can be, and then blaming Apple for RUSHING something out the door. My God, get a grip, you're the type of customer who will never be satisfied, no matter what happens.

please

Submitted by madscientest on April 7, 2009 - 2:53pm.
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That's like saying the first PC OS should have been Windows 7.0, bottom line. Or Apple's first OS should have been 10.5, bottom line. Software develops and grows through many generations, adding as it goes along.

And you're sitting here as about impatient as someone can be, and then blaming Apple for RUSHING something out the door. My God, get a grip, you're the type of customer who will never be satisfied, no matter what happens.
I will be happy with 3.0 and I'm not the only one who thinks that. Its funny that the things everyone WANTED most came last! that is why is should have been first. thats all, so you know where you can go f*ck yourself.

It was said when the first iphone came out that it was rushed(not by me), and at first i didnt thinks so, but as time goes on it does kinds stand out.

Submitted by Eurisko on April 7, 2009 - 3:56pm.
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Its funny that the things everyone WANTED most came last! that is why is should have been first. thats all, so you know where you can go f*ck yourself.
Who's "everyone"? I could care less about Video, MMS, or Copy & Paste. Neither could most of my friends with iPhones. I wanted a Phone and an iPod, and funny that, they came first! Vulgarity, the last vestige of an inane mind.

LOL

Submitted by madscientest on April 7, 2009 - 6:21pm.
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Who's "everyone"? I could care less about Video, MMS, or Copy & Paste. Neither could most of my friends with iPhones. I wanted a Phone and an iPod, and funny that, they came first! Vulgarity, the last vestige of an inane mind.
I have no idea where your heads been the last 3 years!!!!! Why dont you go put your head back in the sand! and go back to living like a penguin. you know, the kind of people who follow each other with no real purpose!

"Inane"...how true!

Submitted by luqven on April 7, 2009 - 6:53pm.
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I have no idea where your heads been the last 3 years!!!!! Why dont you go put your head back in the sand! and go back to living like a penguin. you know, the kind of people who follow each other with no real purpose!
Seriously dude, chill. When I got my iphone the last thing I EVER thought i would get was landscape, mms, and copy and paste. All i wanted was to get rid of the extra iPod in my pocket while at the same time adding a sick touch screen phone. Even apple never considering some of the things that came out. AppStore? Not planned, look at the fact that the iphone can run an widget, or that in 1.0-1.1.4 there was a default dashboard widget icon in one of the system folders, ON EVERY VERSION. They were planning for in house only apps. I will give you the fact that video recording has been possible since 1.2 and that the camera SUCKS. One thing to remember, there has been a new phone every summer...

Submitted by luqven on April 7, 2009 - 6:56pm.
Anyway, on the actual article ... can it or can it not record. In other words is it just a slider that moves but doesn't let you record?

Submitted by Stephen007 on April 8, 2009 - 10:03am.
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I have no idea where your heads been the last 3 years!!!!! Why dont you go put your head back in the sand! and go back to living like a penguin. you know, the kind of people who follow each other with no real purpose!
So sad that madscientist posts are almost the definition of flamebait. Sure, there's some legitimate content/contribution made from time to time but so much of that is lost in the delivery and the rants.