UPDATE: Gio Benitez in comments says that CBS4 is looking for viewer feedback. However you must do it using your iPhone 3GS. Contact Gio at his email address: gbenitez@cbs.com or @GioBenitezCBS4 on Twitter
The new iPhone 3GS, or whatever this thing is called now, has camera!!! Best thing since sliced bread!!! Nothing new for a cell phone but to the iPhone it is, considering the gadget didn’t even have copy and paste until recently.
And of course what’s a newscast without the obligatory video of crazy people who slept on sidewalks so they can get their hands on a piece of plastic and metal the day it’s released?
WFOR of course reported on the new super duper iPhone but went with a different angle. Instead of showing video from news services, or lug one of those big TV cameras around, they had producer Geo Benitez (who I guess didn’t sleep on a sidewalk for his iPhone?) shoot the story about the new iPhone 3GS … with an iPhone 3GS using the gadget’s new video camera.
Thankfully it appears they either used a device or someone with a steady hand because there were no vomit inducing hand shaking video.
I think the story came out pretty good, you can watch it here
Considering some stations are already using cheap video via Skype I’m thinking it is safe to assume that live video via iPhone (or any phone with video camera) is not too far off. It will make AT&T’s 3G network completely fall apart but who cares about them it’s the future today.
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No side-walk sleeping for me! LOL
Thanks for the post. We are actually taking responses to the iPhone story — but here’s the catch: you MUST use your iPhone to shoot it. Go ahead and send the videos to gbenitez@cbs.com.
Thanks again.
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Gio
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clever way to do this story!! and I do wonder what this will mean for journalists out there. Yes – many phones have had video cameras, but now that THE phone does, I imagine we will see even more stories made on the iPhone.
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