Smart Phones, Tablets, Gadgets, etc....

[phattymatty]

iphones, etc. take excellent quality video these days but you can't zoom in or out...or if you can it's really grainy. don't know how androids work, they may be better.

[PhillyPhanInDC]

I love my phone, but the video is for gadget kind of videos, usually never more than 90 seconds.

Digital camcorders are still where it's at if you have to record some kind of event.

[ice grillin you]

half of youtube seems to be cell phone videos many of which go 7 8 9 10 minutes...certainly not event length but much longer than 90 seconds

[Zanshin]

I have an android, and I rarely use my video camera anymore. My phone shoots in HD, and digitally zooms enough for most things. My video camera was awesome when I bought it 8 years ago, but the tapes are a pain in the ass and Sony never updated the drivers, which makes it hard for me to get the stuff on my computer.

[PhillyPhanInDC]

half of youtube seems to be cell phone videos many of which go 7 8 9 10 minutes...certainly not event length but much longer than 90 seconds

Oh, you can run them as long as the memory holds out. I guess what I meant is it isn't worth taking anything longer than 90 seconds to me.

[ice grillin you]

some of them seem to have pretty amazing quality...but i guess it depends on what kind of device you have

[Munson]

I would just buy a digital camera, most of them record anyway.

[Sgt PSN]

I think the big advantage to having an actual camcorder is that it's much easier to control the camera itself when filming.  Cell phones and digi cameras are great for capturing short videos but if you're filming anything longer than a minute or 2, it's a pain in the ass trying to hold the thing somewhat steady.  And I think regardless of the quality of the video shot with a phone or camera, a camcorder is still probably going to be a little better quality....if nothing else other than the fact that I think most/all of them have some sort of stability control.  Just like I don't think that a camera phone will ever replace a regular camera in terms of over all photo quality.  It's mostly just about what you want. 

[Sgt PSN]

Upgraded to the iPhone 4S yesterday. My 3Gs basically died after the IOS 5 update. Battery life was dramatically reduced and it would constantly just power off whenever I'd use it no matter how much of a charge it had and wouldn't power back on until I plugged it in. 

[SD]

My HTC touch pro 2 sucks ass so I decided to get the new iphone. When all is said and done I'm getting it brand new for $120 and my bill is only $50 per month.

It's long and complicated but I'm on a SERO plan through Sprint which is what they give out to employees and relatives.

So what's so great about this friggen phone?

[SunMo]

everything

[phattymatty]

i've had an iphone for about 6 years or so, three different versions, and in a fire i would still probably save it over most people i know.

[Sgt PSN]

hahaha

[PhillyPhreak54]

i've had an iphone for about 6 years or so, three different versions, and in a fire i would still probably save it over most people i know.

lol

[hbionic]

Lesson for anyone out there...if you plan on being in a fire...make sure you have Matty's iphone in you.