Animoto Launches App for Easy iPhone Slideshows

Animoto, a New York-based slide-show service that makes awesomesauce out of pictures and video clips, has launched an iPhone app.
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iPad 2: Thin, Not Picture Perfect

The new IPad 2 is thinner, lighter, faster and more powerful than the original. It offers an excellent balance of size, functionality and price, and keeps Apple ahead in the tablet race, at least for now.
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So Tablets Aren’t for Content Creation, Huh? The iPad 2 Begs to Differ.

While many have tried to pigeonhole the iPad as just for watching movies and casual Web browsing, Apple’s iPad 2 and new versions of iMovie and GarageBand show that, at least for certain tasks, the tablet can not only be as good as a computer, but better.

Google’s Eric Schmidt Shows Off Movie Studio, a Tablet Video-Editing App

Speaking at Mobile World Congress, the Google executive says that contrary to critics, devices are actually improving human connections. His talk is just getting started. Click here for live coverage from Mobilized’s Ina Fried.

Video Editing Made Easier

Katie tests Adobe’s Premiere Elements 9 video-editing software program.
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IMovie for iPhone 4 Hits the App Store

As a prelude to the official launch of Apple’s (AAPL) new iPhone 4 today, iMovie for iPhone appeared in the App Store late Wednesday night. The $4.99 application, which requires a new iPhone 4 running iOS 4, adds some relatively feature-rich video-editing capabilities to the device and its new 720p-capable HD video camera.

New iPhone Keeps Apple Top of Class

Walt calls the iPhone 4 a major leap over its already-excellent predecessor, the iPhone 3GS.
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IPhone 4: Thanks for the Memory

Here is a good explanation for why the forthcoming iMovie app from Apple will run on the iPhone 4, but not on its predecessor, the 3GS: The new model has double the memory. Video of a Worldwide Developers Conference session released Thursday confirms rumors that the device is packing 512MB of RAM.

Is iPhone 4 the Biggest Leap Since the Original iPhone? Analysts Say Probably.

The first analysts’ notes on Apple’s new iPhone 4 have begun rolling in and they sound a common theme: While not the revelation it might have been (for obvious reasons), the device may well be, as Steve Jobs claimed Monday, “the biggest leap since the original iPhone.”

Apple Still Selling Laptops, Refreshes MacBook Pro Line

Perhaps the iPad and tablet computers will replace laptops one day. But for now, most people are still going to use conventional computers for day-to-day work.

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Mac Faithful to Get an iLife

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