Anyway, the guys that developed the iPhone video recorded recently updated it to run on the 2.0+ firmware so I took the plunge and used QuickPWN to jailbreak my 3G iPhone. It was pretty simple to do and I was able to find the video camera app on Cydia and install it. The only hitch I encountered was that my unlock code that I had purchased does not work on this latest version of the video camera app. I have a support email into them for a new code so I can take video past their 30 second trial block.

One of the feature of the video camera app is the ability to upload your videos directly to YouTube from your iPhone. I shot the below video on my 2G iPhone a while back:

While it’s not the best resolution and is only recorded at 15fps it is still pretty cool. Also YouTube does it’s un-magic my re-encoding it to the Flash format which is not all that great. When I download the original mp4 files down to my computer and view them there they actually look pretty good. I really hope that either the iPhone Video Recorder team or Apple come out with a video app that can do at least 24fps as that would really be nice.

Well the rumors have been flying around that the next version of the iPhone is eminent. This new version is supposed to have 3G and GPS. It is also rumored that it could be selling for less then the first generation iPhones. The recent shortage of the first gen iPhones in Europe and Apple her in the States points to the fact that we could see iPhone 2.0 any day now.

As cool as 3G, GPS, and more memory would be it is the official support for 3rd party applications that I am looking forward to. I have had my phone jailbroken for quite some time so I have a plethora of 3rd party apps on my phone already. Some of the apps are so useful that I would be willing to pay money for them but… I do not look forward to firmware updates that are going to add more functionality to my phone but break my paid-for apps.

I have already put the hints in to my wife that the new version is coming out and that I would like to get it for my Fathers Day/Anniversary/Birthday present and she seems open to it. I don’t see myself jumping on it right away unless the come out of the gate with official video camera software. If they do have that I would no doubt pay for the software plus the cost of a new iPhone as well (I would need the extra memory for video of course ).

The video camera would be used to capture those moments with the kids where the regular camera is just too big, not appropriate, or not around. Having a good quality camera phone has caught some really cool moments with my kids and I would like to do the same with video. The other use for a camera on my iPhone would be to strap it to my RC Airplane to take aerial video. I have already tried 2 different cameras for this that didn’t work all that great but I think the iPhone is light and small enough that it would work great.

Anyway, daily I pour over my feeds to see if the new iPhone has been released into the with the patient expectation of a true Apple Fanboy.

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