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iPhone 3G S triggers surge in YouTube uploads
Electronista | The Macintosh News Network —
[image] Mobile YouTube uploads have shot up dramatically with the release of the iPhone 3G S, Google claims. Whereas uploads have grown approximately 1,700 percent in past the six months, Google notes that figures rose 400 percent daily on June 19th, when the 3G S was launched in eight countries. The 3G S is the only iPhone capable of video recording, and is able to upload directly to YouTube. Apple and Google maintain a close corporate partnership . Files can be delivered using either a Wi-Fi or 3G connection. Google acknowledges that many of the clips so far are simply test videos, demonstrating the technology rather than making any practical application. ...
Does the S in iPhone 3GS Stand for Submarine? [IPhone]
Gizmodo —
Sure, this video must be fake, but the sound is so clear I find hard to believe that it is inside a case. Then again, I find even harder to believe that any iPhone can survive this. There's only one way to know the truth: Get your iPhone 3GS to the pool today, submerge for a few seconds, and tell us. Come on. You know you want to do it. Send me your test video to jesus@gizmodo.com.
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User learns the S in iPhone 3Gs stands for “sink”
Coolest Gadgets —
An iPhone user proves it’s not the “Jesus phone” after all by dropping it in the pool!
Hat Tip to Crave for this YouTube link of a user videotaping poolside using his iPhone 3Gs. He suddenly drops it and into the drink it goes. But here’s the amazing part. It continues to video tape while in the water and according to C’Net, two days after dropping it into the pool, IT STILL WORKS.
The iPhone comes with a 3 MP video/still camera with autofocus. Now, obviously, since it sunk like the proverbial rock, rather thank walk on water, it simply can’t be called the “Jesus phone” anymore. But ...
iPhone 3GS Is Waterproof, Too?
iPhone Alley - News —
[image] iPhone 3GS can record video reasonably well in most circumstances, but as it turns out, it works pretty well under water, too. YouTube user KhenaKara was trying out his new iPhone 3GS's video recording capabilities when it slipped out of his hands and down to it's watery grave, or so he thought at the time. To his great surprise, not only was it still functioning, but days later it still remains fully functional! Best of all, he posted the video to YouTube (after the break). [via CNet ...
The iPhone 3GS is Waterproof
iPhone Download Blog —
This is an undocumented feature of the iPhone 3GS. Apparently the new iPhone is waterproof… What?
Well, this guy was trying out video recording by the swimming pool when the iPhone accidentally slipped off his hand. The result: the first underwater video recorded with an iPhone. Check out the video below to see it for yourself. ...
iPhone works underwater, but don’t try this at home kids…
The iPhone User Guide —
iPhone 3GS user KhenaKara accidentally dropped his iPhone 3GS into a pool while video recording and amazingly it kept recording. Since he was recording you can watch the whole experience in the video below. Days after the event the phone still works fine.
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iPhone 3G S Dropped In Water, Still Works???
The Iphone Spot —
This may be a fake but listen to the very end when you can hear his voice get squeaky saying “Dude It Still Works”. I also note the guys face that saw him drop it which is on the Inflatable tube.
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Try this with a Pre!!!!
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iPhone falls in pool while recording video, still works
The Raw Feed —
Some dude dropped his iPhone in a pool while recording video, so we get it see the whole thing from the iPhone's point of view. Best of all, he pulled it out and it still worked ...
iPhone 3GS takes plunge in pool while shooting video… and lives to tell the tale
IPhone news, updates and Iphone information —
Now, we're hoping this isn't some elaborate hoax perpetrated on the kind citizens of the internet, because if it's real, it's amazing. Here's the deal: a man capturing video poolside with his iPhone 3GS somehow loses control of the device and ends up dunking the entire phone... while filming. Miraculously, he manages to fish out the handset and ...
iPhone 3GS dropped into pool, does not falter
iPhonefreak —
iPhone 3GS dropped into pool, does not falter It was bound to happen sooner or later. The owner of the iPhone in question was daring enough to hold his new iPhone 3GS over the edge of the pool and use its video record feature, I’m sure you can guess what happened next. The caption of the video reads,“Was trying video on my new iPhone 3G S at the pool and dropped it in the pool. Don’t know if it’s waterproof, but it still works fine. I had a few people comment on seeing a strap in the video. I have a rubber cover and had put a strap through the earpiece hole to avoid just this type of thing. I didn’t have it on my wrist at the time, but believe me, I will from ...
Don’t try this at home
IPhone news, updates and Iphone information —
Filed under: Humor, Odds and ends, iPhoneOr at the pool, or at the beach. It seems a French fellow was proud of his new iPhone 3GS and was taking pictures around the pool when the sort of inevitable happened. Yup, in the drink. Amazingly, the iPhone survived the underwater ordeal, and even recorded [YouTube link] the trip. Allegedly. ...
iPhone 3GS Dropped in Pool and Still Works
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iPhone 3GS Dropped in Pool and Still Works
Monday Fun Video: Aqua iPhone or Human Farce?
The iPhone Blog —
Either an iPhone 3GS was dropped in a pool and kept on recording, or as Richard Lai demonstrates in this second video [NSFW-L] someone was smart enough to cover it in plastic wrap first.
You can decide for yourselves, but we’re not letting our iPhone’s anywhere near water without full deep sea gear and a mini sub…
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Monday Fun Video: Aqua iPhone or Human Farce?
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