Tag: camera

iPhone 4S has some nice camera upgrades

by Justin Alcon

For some of us, the most compelling new feature of the iPhone 4S isn’t the debut of iOS 5 or the faster A5 processor. No, what I’m most excited about (and I know I’m not the only one) is the new, beefier camera. We’ve come a long way; ten years ago phone cameras were a joke, and now they’re the most popular camera on flickr.  The iPhone 4S’s camera upgrade shows us why.

First, the size: 8 megapixels. This is the most marketing-friendly upgrade, but in my opinion it’s the least important. Plenty of devices have high pixel counts, and the fact is you don’t need a high pixel count to take a quality photo. High pixel counts are really only necessary for very large photos with very large sensors, like DSLR-type cameras. Having a lot of pixels in a small space only helps the quality of shots that are blown up very large, which isn’t a common use of a phone snapshot. So what is important? Read More

Looxcie is great for field Professionals

by Justin Alcon

We’ve talked about the collaboration requirements of both office-bound professionals and the folks working out in the field.  While office-based collaboration is pretty straightforward, field collaboration is more unique and real-time oriented.  Field-based collaboration needs can be understood like this: how many times have you seen something amazing or catastrophic and said “man, I wish I had my video camera out”.  Now, imagine you’re on a construction site and there’s a serious accident.  It would be even more important to have gotten that on camera, right?  Unfortunately, it’s not realistic to walk around with a video recorder held out in front of you at all times.  You’re a contractor, not a photographer.  No problem…Looxcie to the rescue! Read More