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Video Podcast Roundup

2008-05-15T12:04:45+03:00

I regularly enjoy watching video podcasts on my N82, usually while on my train commute to and from work. Mostly I download them with the Nokia Podcasting application, or sometimes with another computer when there's no WiFi around then copy the videos to my N82 with the USB cable.

Here is a roundup of the video podcasts that I watch including the RSS Feeds that you use to subscribe and download the shows,

DL.tv: Video podcast about things in your Digital Life, for Tech fans, by Tech fans. Hosted by Robert Heron. Robert is very knowledgable about the various High Definition technologies ranging from HDTVs, to Bluray, and often discusses HD on the show.
RSS Feed: http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/ziffdavis/dltvipodpspvideo

DiggNation: Weekly show discussing some of the top stories from social news website Digg.com. Hosted by Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht
RSS Feed: http://revision3.com/diggnation/feed/quicktime-small/

Tekzilla: Weekly show answering your tech questions and helping find solutions to with your problems. Hosted by Patrick Norton and new co-host Veronica Belmont
RSS Feed: http://revision3.com/tekzilla/feed/quicktime-small/

The Totally Rad Show: Three friends discussing the latest in movies, video games, and occasionally TV or Comics. Hosted by Alex Albrecht, Dan Trachtenberg, and Jeff Cannata
RSS Feed: http://revision3.com/trs/feed/quicktime-small/

The Digg Reel: Weekly show covering some of the most popular videos from Digg.com
RSS Feed: http://revision3.com/diggreel/feed/quicktime-small/

Smartphones Show: Video podcast covering the latest Smartphones and the Smartphone industry. Hosted by Steve Litchfield
RSS Feed: http://3lib.ukonline.co.uk/sshow/sshow.rss

RocketBoom: Daily Video show covering a wide range of topics with a comedic presentation. Hosted by Joanne Colan
RSS Feed: http://www.rocketboom.com/vlog/tele_daily_enclosures.xml

Cranky Geeks: Weekly show covering the tech industry from a cranky perspective. Hosted by John C. Dvorak
RSS Feed: http://rssnewsapps.ziffdavis.com/audioblogs/crankygeeks/cg.ipod.xml

Driving with The Guru: Come hitch a ride with the Symbian Guru as he discusses the latest Symbian and S60 news and devices.
RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/symbianguru/drivingwiththeguru

These video podcasts can be played on the Nokia N95 8GB, N82, N95, N93, or N93i.

If this isn't enough videos to keep you entertained for hours, Revision3 hosts a few other video podcasts. Also DL.tv and Cranky Geeks have recently started to be made available for download in 3GP format, (15 FPS, 320x240 resolution videos) that can be played on a wider range of mobile devices, such as the N81 8GB.

Do you have other video podcasts that you enjoy watching that I missed? If so leave a comment so I can check them out! If I like the show I might add it to the above list.

Flickr Adds Video Support

2008-04-14T10:42:55+03:00

Probably many of you have heard by now about Flickr adding support for video uploads, here are my thoughts on the new feature. First off some interesting facts, Flickr chose to put some restrictions on the Video uploads to begin with:
- Max filesize upload 150 MB
- Max length of video 90 seconds
- Only Pro accounts can upload videos

I have a Flickr Pro account that I use to upload many of my photos, I feel like videos are a welcome addition as long as it does not disturb the photo sharing part of Flickr. In general I'm not sure what I think about Flickr adding video support we'll see how it works as time goes on, but I did find the restrictions they imposed an interesting approach to video sharing. The restrictions certainly encourage video editing to make sure the videos are no longer than 90 seconds and to keep the interesting part of the video quickly accessible for the viewer, it saves on bandwidth costs for Flickr streaming all of those videos, it saves on storage costs for Flickr having to save all of the uploaded videos, also it definitely cuts down on the likelihood of members uploading TV shows and/or movies that they do not have permission to upload.

I think it's understandable for them to limit it to Pro accounts for 2 reasons:
1. It is a new feature and they have a huge user base. Generally rolling out new features can cause problems to the existing system, so limiting it to the Pro users first in a Beta phase for the paying members makes sense. Whether they will open up video uploading to Free users in the future or not I don't know.
2. Looking at the monetary side of things, Flickr might keep the video feature Pro only and thus use the new Video feature as a way of encouraging new Pro Account purchases.

Check Flickr's Blog for more details on the new video support http://blog.flickr.net/en/2008/04/09/video-on-flickr-2/

Live Streaming Video from Your Mobile Phone

2008-03-31T10:41:21+03:00

There is a recent trend towards live streaming video from mobile devices on the internet. Qik and Flixwagon are 2 of the companies that are providing S60 applications and storage on their website. With either of them you can start recording video with your Nokia S60 device that is then uploaded and streamed live to their website.

Matthew has posted an entry over on Darla Mack's Blog that compares the audio and video from a recent event he attended. While at a musical play he used 2 Nokia devices, one live streamed with Qik and the other with Flixwagon.

Another big event was Live streamed this weekend. The Symbian-Guru decided to use a couple N82s to Live stream his Wedding on Flixwagon. Now that is an excellent way to share the marriage live with others that couldn't attend! =)

What do you think of this recent popularity of live streaming video with your S60 mobile device? Have you tried Qik or Flixwagon? If so what one do you prefer and why?

If you haven't tried either yet but are curious why not head over to one of their sites and sign-up? They are free to use, the only thing you would have to pay for is your Packet Data usage while streaming over the cellular network. Therefore if you are using one of these services, WiFi is the preferable upload method unless you have an unlimited Data plan from your cellular provider.

Firefox Extension for 3D UI Photo Browsing

2008-03-14T12:37:47+02:00

This week I came across I really cool Firefox plugin that allows you to view photos from a webpage in a sleak 3D style UI. The plugin/extension is named PicLens.

It is not only available for Firefox, but also for IE and Safari as well! Simply install the plugin then click on the play button that appear when you place the mouse cursor over an image. The plugin works with several photo sites including: Share on Ovi, Flickr, Facebook images, and Google Images.

For more info and to download free extension check their website at PicLens.com.

New CEO of Mozilla Corporation John Lilly on The GigaOm Show

2008-02-20T03:27:00+02:00

The New CEO of Mozilla Corporation, John Lilly, appeared on The GigaOm Show for a short Q&A about what his new role means to Firefox users, the future of Mozilla Corporation, and the future of the Thunderbird E-mail client. John took over as CEO at the request of former CEO Mitchell Baker in January.

Watch this episode of The GigaOm Show here.

(Note: If you want to download the show and watch it on the go, the 'Small Quicktime' version plays well on the Nokia N95, N82, N95 8GB, N93, N93i, and other devices that have MP4 playback support.)

Post Secret Video and Website

2008-02-12T11:04:20+02:00

Post Secret is a wonderful Project created by Frank Warren a couple of years ago. Frank started the project by posting this message "You are invited to anonymously contribute your secrets to PostSecret. Each secret can be a regret, hope, experience, unseen kindness, belief, fear, betrayal, desire, feeling, confession, or childhood humiliation. Reveal anything - as long as it is true and you have never shared it with anyone before." www.PostSecret.com

Then something amazing happened, the letters came flooding in, from all around the world. Frank posts many of these letters and postcards on PostSecret.com that are very touching and honest.

An excellent video montage of some of the secrets from PostSecret.com is available here. The 256 Kb MPEG4 version can be downloaded and played on the N82, N95, N95 8GB, N93, N93i, and other devices that support MP4 QVGA resolution video playback. PostSecret is a great example of what can be accomplished online through the medium of the web.

Accelball: Python + N95 accelerometer demo

2008-02-07T11:09:58+02:00

Christopher Schmidt has created a great example game on how to use the Accelerometer with Python on S60. Check out his video demonstrating his ball demo controlled by the accelerometer and written in Python.

The sourcecode of the demo is available on his Symbian page.

Nokia N82 will change the Future of News Coverage

2008-02-06T12:22:18+02:00

Jeff Jarvis, a graduate school professor in NYC, was given a Nokia N82 while working with Reuters. He used it extensively while covering the World Economic Forum.

Beet.tv Interviewed Jeff to find out what he thinks is so empowering about using a Multimedia Camera Device, like the Nokia N82.

Watch the video over on Beet.tv.

What do you think? Is Jeff right? Will devices such as the Nokia N82 brought to the masses combined with always on internet access change the way News is presented as we know it? Or will the large News companies be too powerful and influential to overcome the way things are?

 Source: IntoMobile