And it is also the first smartphone ever to have an application that allows you to browse the internet. Oh, hold up “ maybe it ‘s not the first ever “ it ‘s just the first one ever to have applications for browsing and video recording that anyone actually wants to use. Yes, that ‘s it I think.
Just as we saw mobile browsing go through the roof when the first iPhone came along, Google has reported a huge spike in mobile uploads to YouTube since the iPhone 3GS launched “ providing excellent proof once again that while the Nokia N-whatevers of the world may offer better hardware, more features, higher specs etc, the iPhone is unmatched in providing features implemented in a simple, elegant way so that people can actually enjoy using them, and using them often.
Here ‘s part of what Apple Insider has to say about Google ‘s recent report that it saw a 400% increase in uploads from mobile handsets in the first five days after the 3GS hit the stores:
If there was any doubt that that the video recording and upload capabilities of Apple’s new iPhone 3GS would signal a new chapter in mobile video sharing, the first statistics quantifying its impact are in, and they’re impressive.
I know that my own usage of Safari on the iPhone is light years different to how it was on Windows Mobile and Palm devices. Literally, hours per day compared to minutes.
I own one of the neat little Flip video cameras, and like it a lot “ but I can honestly see my video recording activity increasing a lot with the 3GS.
What about you all? Did you ever use a browser as much on any other mobile device? Will you be a heavy user of video recording on the 3GS?
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