http://smartphonephoto.com/blog -where generations communicate Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:50:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you have old family movies, you can get them put onto DVDs.  But what if you want to take a short clip from one of those DVDs and post it as an MPEG file to YouTube for the family to see and enjoy? Thanks to a customer of ours, Martin ... http://smartphonephoto.com/blog/2009/11/09/taking-a-clip-from-a-dvd-and-putting-it-up-on-youtube/ While I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for an I-phone on Verizon's network, there are Google powered phones out. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114156763 Google is providing the Operating System and in the first case, Motorola is making the phone.  With the I-phone, as with all Apple products, Apple is providing both the Operating System and ... http://smartphonephoto.com/blog/2009/10/26/googles-new-verizon-phone-droid/ 1.  you may return your phone for full credit within 30 days of purchase (that's the law and it applies to ALL phones sold in California, from ALL carriers). 2.  all cables, manuals and the box must be returned intact. 3.  no returns after rebate submission. 4.  returned phones will be sold as ... http://smartphonephoto.com/blog/2009/10/07/verizon-wireless-phone-return-policy/ To send a text message from your email, send to NUMBER@vtext.com To send a PICTURE message from your email, send to NUMBER@vzwpix.com If you send a picture to contact@smartphonephoto.com we can print it here in 4x6, 5x7 or even 8x10 size here in the store.  If you need help doing all this, ... http://smartphonephoto.com/blog/2009/10/06/verizon-text-and-picture-messaging-faqs/ All the carriers make claims about how their coverage is the best.  AT&T is "more bars in more places" or "the nation's fastest 3g network while Verizon is the "nation's most reliable network."   Of course they're all very careful to make sure they're technically accurate in these seemingly conflicting statements. AT&T ... http://smartphonephoto.com/blog/2009/10/05/wireless-phone-coverage-in-alameda/ The main thing to know about "smart" phones today is that they ALL come with a required $29/month internet/data plan IN ADDITION to your voice plan.  That's $720 over the two years of your contract.  That's why I-Phones and Blackberry's are so cheap.  Those devices cost $300+ to manufacture, but ... http://smartphonephoto.com/blog/2009/10/05/to-get-a-smart-phone-or-not/ It's not widely publicized, but Verizon has an overseas loaner program if you need to take your phone with you on your overseas trip.  If you call 800 711 8300 you can arrange for them to send you a loaner ahead of your trip.  You'll activate that phone as your ... http://smartphonephoto.com/blog/2009/10/05/going-international-with-verizon/ If you're going to collect and organize your photos digitally, there's a couple of ways to organize them.  You can put them in folders but then you must decide if the folders will be named by date ("2009" with "Jan" "Feb" etc underneath that) or by topic (child name, activity ... http://smartphonephoto.com/blog/2009/10/04/organizing-photos-by-renaming-files/ Any photo or document that can be scanned can be restored.  The original will generally be given back to you on the spot.  The restoration work is done with Photoshop typically.  There's a number of examples on the website of "before" and "afters."  It's possible to "fix" a photo that's been ... http://smartphonephoto.com/blog/2009/10/04/restoring-old-photos/ Most digital cameras today, including some Digital SLRs even, have a video mode.  These generally take decent videos at medium quality resolution.  It's not going to be the quality of that old camcorder you never use anymore.  But it can be taken with that small camera in your pocket - ... http://smartphonephoto.com/blog/2009/10/04/using-your-digital-camera-for-video/