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Posterous launches killer new iPhone App, adds Themes and CSS/HTML Customization

September 20, 2009 By James View Comments

Posterous iPhone App

Back in July I got word from the guys over at Posterous that they were hard at work on an iPhone app that would make posting video from your iPhone 3G S wonderfully simple. They did not disappoint. PicPosterous is by far the best media app I’ve used to publish photos and videos from my iPhone.

Your iPhone instant camera
Live-post anytime, anywhere
Make photo albums as you go
Auto-resized into an easy-to-browse gallery
Full-length video capture
Supports iPhone 3G S video, playable on web and iPhone
No signup/setup required
Start posting right away
Autopost everywhere
Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, YouTube and more
I can assure you that this has singlehandedly sealed the deal on Posterous being the best mobile publishing site out there. Hands down. If you have an iPhone, there is no reason at all that you shouldn’t have a Posterous site and this app. You can download it here.

Posterous Themes

After much anticipation Posterous has finally added the ability to add themes to your Posterous site. Initially there are four new themes to choose from but I’m sure there will be more to follow. What’s even more exciting than the four new theme options is that they have also opened up the the HTML/CSS code to allow you to create your own Posterous theme from scratch. This will no doubt create an instant demand for quality custom Posterous themes for people to beef up their sites. This also allows people, for the first time to actually brand their Posterous site with their own company brand. This should be huge in the growth of Posterous.

Filed Under: Blogging, Reviews, Uncategorized Tagged With: apple, Blogging, iPhone, iphone 3g s, photos, picposterous, posterous, video

Posterous and Qik Video on the iPhone 3G S

July 7, 2009 By James View Comments

posters_and_qikYesterday I wrote about YouTube’s current dominance as the iPhone video hosting place of choice simply because you can upload videos straight from your phone and not be hindered by the relatively small file size restrictions on email attachments. I also mentioned that Vimeo publicly admitted to not having the resources to develop an iPhone app. I think this is a mistake that Vimeo will ultimately correct or regret, I’m not sure which.

YouTube’s dominant position may not last for long if a couple of other companies have their say. Qik and Posterous are both working on iPhone apps that will allow you to upload much longer video straight from your iPhone.

What will the two apps be offering? We heard back from both of them today. Someone inside Qik and from Sachin, one of the founders of Posterous and here are their responses.

Qik: “There is no limit to the total number of videos you can upload to Qik.com. There is a limit of 2 hours to the length of the video that you can upload.”

Posterous: “We are working on a photo uploading app now, and we’ll add video to it after we release the initial version. This should allow full res, long uploads to posterous.”

All I can say is, wow! The thought of streaming up to two hours of live video on the iPhone is a pretty exciting concept. Qik is already available on jailbroken iPhones but they do have an app in beta so let’s hope that Apple gives it the thumbs up for the App Store.

As exciting as two hours of streaming video is I’m almost more excited about the Posterous app. The Posterous app promises not only to allow you “long uploads” but Posterous will also post/publish your videos everywhere for you. This will allow you to take video on your iPhone, upload it to Posterous and have it posted to your blog, Twitter feed, Facebook account, Vimeo account AND YouTube. Posterous and iPhone have the potential to unleash live video greatness upon the web.

Hopefully we’ll here more soon about one of these apps being released into the App Store.

Filed Under: Blogging, Reviews Tagged With: Blogging, iPhone, iphone 3g s, mobile, posterous, qik, Videos

iPhone 3G S: YouTube vs. Vimeo

July 6, 2009 By James View Comments

youtube_vs_vimeoThe iPhone 3G S comes already set up to easily share your videos on YouTube, but is that really the best service to share your iPhone videos on?

The videos are compressed and uploaded straight to YouTube from your phone which makes it incredibly convenient. The key step in that process is the video compression that takes place. This allows you to upload much larger videos straight to YouTube than anything you’re allowed to email from your iPhone.

Up until now I’ve mostly stored larger HD video files on my hard drive with a couple redundancy backups and smaller videos that I took with my Canon digital camera I shared on Picasa. Now, with the addition of iPhone videos in the mix I wanted to make the move to a video hosting sites to share my videos.

The bad news for Vimeo users is that sharing files remotely from the iPhone is going to be severely limited by the file size limitations put on attachments. For example, you can only email five photos at the same time. So far it’s been my experience that around one minute seems to be the cutoff point for the length of a video that you can email to Vimeo, or anywhere for that matter. And it doesn’t look like Vimeo is going to be giving the iPhone any love anytime soon.

As of now I haven’t found a video too large to upload to YouTube from the iPhone. I just published a video that was well over three minutes with no problems at all and it did it relatively quickly. It seems as though the 2GB upload limit may very well apply to the iPhone as well. If that’s the case you will have the ability to upload extremely long videos from your iPhone to YouTube.

If you’re looking to instantly publish your 3G S videos and not wait until you can upload from a computer YouTube is hands down the way to go, thanks to the built in compatibility nothing else can even come close.

This is not good news for Vimeo or Posterous for that matter (the latter being what I use to publish nearly all of my mobile content). Qik has an app in beta that will theoretically allow users to upload nearly live video limited only by the amount of space on your phone, although that is pure conjecture on my part. I have an email into the creators of Posterous and Qik to see what they have anything they’d like to add to this conversation.

At the very least I’d like to see an iPhone channel on YouTube to easily view all the mobile videos coming in from around the world. Let’s hear it iPhone 3G S early adopters, what has been your experience with sharing iPhone videos with your readers, friends and family?

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