GeotagPhotos

Bei meinen heutigen Photospaziergang hat das ganze wunderbar funktioniert. Im Gegensatz zu meinem früherer GPS Tracker, dem i-gotU, scheinen die Routen auch deutlich gleichmäßiger zu sein, da die Software nur neue Punkte speichert wenn man eine einstellbare Mindestdistanz vom alten Punkt entfernt ist.

Ich kann die Software bisher also uneingeschränkt empfehlen, und da ich mein iPhone eh immer dabei habe, ist das sogar praktischer als ein extra GPS Tracker. Besser wirds eigentlich nur wenn die Kamera dann mal das GPS selber integriert hat.

The main advantage of HDR pictures, that a greater dynamic range of luminances can be represented. For example I took this picture of Entringen:

Entringen - normal mode

Entringen - HDR mode

The normal mode picture is very dark in the lower region of the picture as the sky has some bright spots. The HDR mode picture doesn’t show this problem. The problem of taking three pictures one after another is that non-static scenes can change between the pictures. As an example I took a picture of a flag waving in the wind:

Flag - normal mode

Flag - HDR mode

The normal mode picture is fine, but the HDR mode picture shows the contours of the flag of the over and under exposed pictures.

As the iPhone saves the HDR and normal mode pictures at the same time, it is a nice to have feature.

tethering info

The iPhone OS 3.0 software update includes lots of new features, one called “Internet tethering”. It mean that you can use your iPhone as a modem to connect to the internet via GPRS or UMTS. My mobile provider O2 has a Internet flat rate for 10 € a month with UMTS speed for the first 200 MB and after this it is throttled to GPRS speed. So I asked in the local shop if it’s legal to use it with my laptop and they told me that it is. So I searched for some information how to set this up, and it’s very easy.

You only need to setup the correct information on the iPhone how to connect to the Internet. There’s .mobileconfig generator on iphone-notes.de: Just select your carrier and the information will be send to your email address. Open this mail on your iPhone and confirm to install the settings. Now you can enable Internet tethering in your settings. To use it, just plug in the USB cable (it’s also possible to use tethering via Bluetooth) and Windows Vista will automatically install drivers and do the rest for you.

tethering info on home screen

If everything is set up, your iPhone will show a blue bar on the home and info screen informing you that it supplies Internet tethering.

It ran a quick flash speed test and it got about 156 kbps download and 23 kbps upload speed but here at home I have only GPRS connection. So this is not the ultimate replacement for an cable or DSL connection, but a cheap fallback and a nice-to-have feature while being on the road.

tethering connection in Windows Vista

Lightsaber Unleashed

“Ever wished you could swing your iPhone around like a lightsaber?”

This questions is the start of the description of Lightsaber Unleashed – a must-have application for every geek.

You enable/disable your lightsaber by clicking on the lightsaber, while your iPhone emits sound effects from your phone’s speaker. When you swing around your the sound effect’s too. It’s very funny and for free!

So, I’m looking for someone to duel!

Wordpress Screenshot

Yesterday I found a nice tool in the appstore: WordPress

With this program it’s very easy to blog and manage comments from your iPhone.

This post is an example I wrote on my phone and added a screenshot within the app. The JPEG quality could be better, but that’s the price of mobility

Skype auf dem iPhone

Seit heute gibt es auch Skype auf dem iPhone.  Es läßt sich hier im Appstore kostenlos herunterladen. Laut Spiegel Online soll bei den T-Online das Telefonieren in GPRS/UMTS Netz nicht möglich sein.

Auf meinem iPhone klappte die Installtion problemlos. Mit meiner O2-Karte kann ich allerdings auch nicht über GPRS/UMTS Skype Telefonate führen. Im WLAN klappt es aber problemlos.

Da die Anwendung aber offen sein muss um Telefonate empfangen zu können, macht es auf dem iPhone eigentlich nur Sinn um ausgehende Telefonate zu führen oder per Skype zu chatten.