Great Review for iMovie App - now get the d@#m iPhone4 into Canada!

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iMovie Review

by on July 2, 2010

iMovie for iPhone

You’ve read our iPhone 4 review in which we declared Apple’s new smartphone one of the all-time gadget greats, but what of the killer new app for the fourth generation device; the iMovie video editing software?

The new application, available from the App Store for an austerity budget-friendly £2.99, means iPhone users are now able create full video projects complete with pristinely trimmed clips, transitions, themes, subtitles and even a spot of music.
With the Apple iPhone now boasting brilliant quality HD video capture at 720p with decent sound recording, there’s never been a better time to bring a video editing package to the device, and the mobile incarnation of iMovie (indeed the first decent video software we’ve ever seen on a phone) is an absolute belter.

As you’d expect, camera functionality is built-in to the app meaning you can record movies and drop them directly into the touchscreen timeline as well as import pre-recorded movies and photos into your project to create an animated slideshow.
The touchscreen interface is a perfect reproduction of the desktop version and whizzing through screens and adding in effects is ridiculously slick (thanks to the speedy A4 processor) and intuitive. Just a simple click on a piece of footage brings up the video trimming bars (first seen on the iPhone 3GS), which allow you to tailor your clip to the perfect length with great ease.

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http://best-apps.t3.com/apps/iphone/entertainment/paid/imovie/

Vaguely live map of trains in the United Kingdom -seems to be working

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What is this?

This map shows all trains currently on approach to a particular station. The yellow pins are stations (click for a local map of that station), the red pins trains. The trains move in approximately real time, or rather quicker if you check the speed-up box.

How does it work?

Live departure data is fetched from the National Rail website, much like my timetable site, and then it does a bit of maths and magic.

Who did this?

Matthew Somerville. Formerly a civil servant, I’m now normally to be found working for mySociety helping create and update various popular democracy and civic websites, like TheyWorkForYou and FixMyStreet. But I’m always open to offers for other fun stuff. :) I can be emailed at matthew@dracos.co.uk.

This site is not affiliated, associated, endorsed, or in any other way connected officially with the National Rail site. The train pop-ups contain links to the relevant page on National Rail’s site; this page is not responsible for them, nor the collection of the train time information.

BBC Unveils its Red-Button Interactive TV Schedule for July 3rd through 16th | InteractiveTV Today

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Numerous listings of interactive content available through the 'Red-Button' feature - can't say any of it sounds that exciting but I could be wrong. One sample...

"The BBC has announced the line-up of content that will be available through its red-button interactive TV service, July 3rd through 16th:

For the first time in its eight-season history, the entrepreneurs-pitch-VC's reality TV program, "Dragon's Den," will offer a supplemental show via the red button. According to the BBC, the red-button show will feature behind-the-scenes footage and insights from the show's five "Dragons" (VC's), and will enable viewers to "find out why the Dragons chose to invest, and discover how the entrepreneurs feel once they've escaped the rigors of their trial by fire." The show will be available on Sky, Virgin and Freeview on July 17th, 9:55PM-4:00AM, and on July 19th, 12:15AM-4:00AM. (Note: This Red-Button service will not be available through the UK's free-to-air satellite TV platform, Freesat.)"

Much more on original site.