New iPhone Photo App: SpyPic

Move over, Jack Bauer – there’s a new spy in town.

Description from the AppStore: Use Spy Pic to take pictures on the sly.

Who needs a brooding butler or a wacky scientist to deliver up the latest in covert technologies when you could have Spy Pic? Spy Pic is the answer to all your surreptitious activities. Well, the ones that involve a camera at least.

Have you ever wanted to go unnoticed while photographing a lopsided bouffant at the mall, or sneak a peek at a nose picker behind you on the metro?

Spy Pic -- for the moments you can’t be obvious.

Features:

• Take pictures discretely—of anything—while appearing to operate your phone normally with the help of an “alibi activity”
• Tap anywhere on the screen to take the picture
• Shake your phone to change the camera from front to back*
• Swipe left or right to change your “alibi activity” to avoid detection.
• Swipe up or down to adjust the transparency of your “alibi activity” to reveal what the camera sees. This will enable you to lightly see what you are taking a photo of with out compromising the mission completely.
• Photos automatically saved to your phone’s photo album
• Email photos directly from app

AppStore Link: SpyPic - Price: £1.19/$1.99/€1.59

Please note: This app requires iOS 4

iPhone 4 Video: "APPLE OF MY EYE"

When Apple first released the iPhone 3GS with video capturing capabilities last year, we saw a flurry of videos all filmed on Apple's smartphone and this year is no exception.

"APPLE OF MY EYE" was shot on the iPhone 4 and edited using the iMovie App, and all with in 48 hours.

New iPhone Photo App: REAL-CAMERA

*** YOU CAN ZOOM and TAKE PICTURE WITH REAL BUTTOM ***

FEATURES:

• Take PICTURE using Silent mode switch.
• Take PICTURE using play button of your earphones.
• Take PICTURE using proximity sensor (on left top of iPhone)
• Zoom using play volume button of your iPhone.
• Zoom using play volume button of your earphones.

AppStore Link: REAL-CAMERA - Price: £0.59/$0.99

Editors comments: This is another poorly translated app description, but if you have an iPhone 4, this this app promises to let you use the iPhone's hardware buttons to take your photos, just like a "REAL-CAMERA".

If you have an iPhone 4 and decide to try out this app, then please let us know if it works as described, and what you think of the app.

New iPhone Video App: iMovie

Description from the AppStore: Make beautiful HD movies anywhere with iMovie, the fun, feature-rich video editing app for iPhone 4. Create a video postcard of your day at the beach and publish it to the web — without ever leaving your spot in the sand. Or make a movie of your child’s birthday party and send it to your parents — while the party is in full swing. With iMovie for iPhone, you can start several projects and finish them whenever you want and wherever you are.

Made for Multi-Touch.

• Tap to add or record video right into your project.
• Drag to trim the lengths of video clips and photos.
• Pinch to zoom the timeline and get a closer look.
• Slide to scrub through the video in your project.

Give it a theme.

• Choose from a selection of themes including Modern, Bright, Travel, Playful, and News.
• Each theme includes a matching set of titles and transitions – plus its own soundtrack.
• Instantly change themes or swap themed elements in your project.
• Titles and graphics automatically update with location data from your video.

Add music and photos.

• Select from included music that matches each iMovie theme, or select from your own song library.
• Enable ducking to automatically lower the volume of background music and highlight audio from video clips.
• Add photos from your own library, or take a picture and drop it into your project.
• Customize each photo with a unique “Ken Burns” panning effect.

Share your movie.

• Export your movie in one of three sizes: Medium, Large, or HD.
• Share your movie on the web in a MobileMe gallery or on YouTube.
• Send your movie to friends and family in an email or via an MMS message.
• Easily sync your movie back to your computer.

AppStore Link: iMovie - Price: £2.999/$4.99

Editors comments: Finally iMovie for the iPhone, but this app from Apple is ONLY compatible with the iPhone 4, so those with an older iPhone should look at ReelDirector.

Shootout: iPhone 4 v Canon PowerShot S90

iLounge have just posted some comparison photos taken with the new iPhone 4 and a Canon PowerShot S90.

Bellow are 2 of the comparison shots taken by the guys over at iLounge, but to see the rest, and to find out which one was shot on the iPhone, and which one on the Canon S90, then head over to their Flickr stream.

Source: iLounge

Let's talk iPhone 4

So the iPhone 4 was launched today here in the UK, the USA, and many other countries.

Did you get yours? if so what do you think of it?

What are your likes and dislikes?

Does the camera live up to what you were expecting? or is it better or worse than expected?

Do you have any issues with any photo apps?

Please let us know what you think of the new iPhone 4, sharing your thoughts and questions.

Coming soon: IncrediBooth, a Photo Booth in your Pocket

From the developers that brought you Hipstamatic and SwankoLab, comes IncrediBooth, which is exclusive to the iPhone 4

Step up, sit down, and get ready to cram as many of your friends together as possible. The photo booth has returned, and it's incredible. No coins needed, no hunting down old dirty dive bars, and no longer limited to a single backdrop! Be the life of any party and bring your IncrediBooth with you.

Take photo strips with three different lens/film combos

• Grab onto the slider dial and turn it to you desired setting. Choose from a Helga Lens with Supergrain B&W film, the classic John S lens with SuperContrast film, or a custom Kaimal lens with Infrared film.

Bring happiness to any event, party, or lonely evening

• Grab a group of friends and squeeze together, or just shoot yourself to show off how awesome you are. Set the scene, line yourself up with the built-in mirror, and fire away!

Share with Facebook or email

• Send the whole strip or just one or two of your favorite poses directly to Facebook or email. Plus IncrediBooth fully supports the new multi-tasking in iPhone 4, so you can leave the app and do something else while your upload is progressing.

iOS 4 compatible, but not iPhone 4 ready

By the end of Thursday many of you will have a nice new shinny iPhone 4 in your hands, and whilst this new iPhone will sport what will undoubtedly be a great 5 megapixel camera, be prepared to be disappointed.  Not because of anything to do with this new marvel from Apple, but because of the lack of photo apps that will support its new 5 megapixel camera.

Now whilst we have seen a flurry of photo apps all being updated to support iOS 4, none as far as I am aware support the new camera, so whilst many apps are iOS 4 compatible, none of them are iPhone 4 ready.

Unfortunately I will not be getting my hands on an iPhone 4 until the second week in July, so for those who do get one, please be sure to come back and discuss your thoughts here, letting the rest of us know exactly what you think of it, and what we are missing.

iPhone 4 photos and video surface in Prague

A user the Czech Republic going by the name if Swenak has got his/her hands on the new iPhone 4 ahead of its official release this coming Thursday.  Swenak has posted the following sample shots and video, giving us a real look at what the new iPhones camera is capable of, and I must say the images look really good, really crisp, really sharp.

Source: Jablickar.cz

Apple: iPhone 4 - This changes everything. Again.