Apps Now Is More Powerful Than Media?

With the popular of iPhone and other smart phone, apps are now playing a more and more important role. We can tell that one day apps will replace media.
App has dominated the world. If you do not agree with it, I'll prove it. iPhone now reaches 123 countries and regions. Of course, if you use iPhone, you are using iPhone app. Just like internet, now app are used every corner of the world.
However, media, including books, music, movies, are used much less than apps. Just look at Apple, report said that only 51 countries and regions can purchase music through iTunes and 6 countries and regions can purchase TV show on iTunes.
There are many limitations in traditional media area, especially in TV and Movies. And every channel customes their own rules(Cinema, Pay to watch, DVD, Cable TV and Internet Streaming Media). iTunes' music and video and all the music and video on the internet's limitation on geographic shows that there's still a long way to go to make a legal market of digital media all around the world.
There is one way that can do that: app. It presents the future of media. App is media. Just like games and software are regarded as media, app is also a kind of media. Not only that, it now a swallow other forms of media little by little.
We first experience this kind of "software swallows media" is Book. The best book on iPad does not only provide iBook and Kindle version, but also provided as standalone app. All the best child book on iPad are apps with full function. They all integrate pictures and video in the user experience.
"Tin Tin" on iPad is a perfect example of this. It is adapted from a carton movie, in which integrates 3D model and 360° room to let readers to feel that you are in the story. Music and movies are relatively passive experience, but they now in apps and become one of the funcion in an app. With the more and more media are integrated into apps, software and media's boundary is now much fuzzier than ever before.
This trend first appeares in production areas, more and more music, video and movie are produced by iPhone. Apps that can integrate music and video are much more than before. Before we enter the next era, we need a lone time of upgrading. Think about it. Nowadays, how the whole media content is spreaded by app? No matter people enjoy the media through Spotify or watch movies with iPad through netflix, the music and movies do not change anyway. It just provides much better user experience.
If you want to promote a music or a TV show and make it popular among people, you can put them on Facebook and Twitter and millions of people will share it and your music or TV show will really really popular. You do not need to spend millions of USD to promote it on radio or TV.
The apps that provides this kind of media will influnce our consumption habits very much. Apps will help us to find media through SNS and bring them to TV, iPad, speaker and other devices. They do that without a set-top boxes, radio and book store and they make you spend your money with app. Every media compay must pay attention to this or they will be in trouble.

Hello everyone, I'm Pele Gao and I'm very interested in iOS devices. Hope my article will help you when you need them. DVD to iPad and iPad Converter are two best software for you to convert DVD and videos to iPad.

The Winner of the War of Video Encoder: H.264

According to the report from MeFeedia, over 80% videos are using H.264 as their encoder. If the video is using HTML 5 video tag, it can be played on iPad directly without any help. Of course, this is not mean that you must do that or do that at present. This only means that if you do hope using the same version of video for iPad and other ways, you do not need to reencode you video with other encoder, you just need to use HTML 5 instead of Flash. This report also points that H.264 is now used widely and really popular. A research on Jan. 2010, at that time, only 10% video was using H.264. And the number rises to 80% after only two years.

Thanks to the iPad and other devices's popular, H.264 now dominates the world of video encoder. Most of the devices such as iPad, iPhone, etc support the H.264 hardware acceleration. At May, 2010, the report from MeFeeia showed that only 26% video use H.264 as video encoder.

It's clear that the file which supports HTML 5 is now influce the Giant more and more in video market. Such as Adobe announced that they will no longer provide Flash Player for mobile devices's web browser, all kinds of operation system and other devices. Although WebM from Google has been become open source, it develops really slow. A report from MeFeedia, only 2% video use Google's VP8 as their video encoder. That means that the Google's purchase of On2 Technologies benefits Google nothing at all.

With more and more devices support H.264, the share of it will be higher in the future. Only in case that there is a competitor with enough competitiveness and widely used in the devices which support hardware acceleration, H.264 will be the winner in the war of video encoder.

What is H.264?

H.264/MPEG-4 Part 10 or AVC (Advanced Video Coding) is a standard for video compression, and is currently one of the most commonly used formats for the recording, compression, and distribution of high definition video. The final drafting work on the first version of the standard was completed in May 2003.

H.264/MPEG-4 AVC is a block-oriented motion-compensation-based codec standard developed by the ITU-T Video Coding Experts Group (VCEG) together with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)/International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG). It was the product of a partnership effort known as the Joint Video Team (JVT). The ITU-T H.264 standard and the ISO/IEC MPEG-4 AVC standard (formally, ISO/IEC 14496-10 – MPEG-4 Part 10, Advanced Video Coding) are jointly maintained so that they have identical technical content.

H.264 is perhaps best known as being one of the codec standards for Blu-ray Discs; all Blu-ray Disc players must be able to decode H.264. It is also widely used by streaming internet sources, such as videos from Vimeo, YouTube, and the iTunes Store, web software such as the Adobe Flash Player and Microsoft Silverlight, broadcast services for DVB and SBTVD, direct-broadcast satellite television services, cable television services, and real-time videoconferencing.

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Experience Sharing: Ten Steps to Perfectly Jailbreak Your iOS 5.0.1

On July 26, 2010, the Library of Congress officially repaired several exemption clauses in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and it formally recognized the legitimacy of the IOS jailbreak.

Jay Freeman,the founder of Cydia, Jailbreak software community, said about 10% of the global iPhones had escaped.

Now the redsn0w 0.9.10b1, which can perfectly jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 has just released. Currently, it supports iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4 CDMA edition, iPad 1, iPod touch 3G, iPod touch 4G. However, the iPhone 4S, iPad 2, using A5 processor still can not escape.

Please check the device Settings - > General > On the Machine to inspect equipment running on the firmware version, if you are running older versions of the firmware, you will update it to the 5.0.1 then jailbreak.

Step 1, Download redsn0w_win_0.9.10b1, then Decompression attachment and open redsn0w.exe

Step 2, Click the “Jaibreak” button on the map

Step 3, Make sure your iOS device is switched off, and the data line is connected to a computer.

Step 4, During the Jailbreak process, you need first enter DFU mode. The concrete operation process has three steps. First, hold the key for several seconds. After the prompt field grey, go to the next step.

Step 5, After that, don't let go the open key, and also hold down the HOME key for 10 seconds.

Step 6, Release the open key, but continuing to hold down the home key for 15 seconds

Step 7, If you succeed, there will be a progress bar.

Step 8, If the following interface appears, select the" Install Cydia" to start installing the Cydia to iOS equipment.

Step 9, After a while, your iOS device appears English covering the screen, this demonstrates file uploading.

Step 10, Two or three minutes later, your mobile phone will reboot, and you can see the Cydia Icon

Finally, I say one more word: although the jailbreak can bring you some new functions, it may also lead to the instability of the system, power consumption increasing, etc. So think twice and then make the decision according to your needs.

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How to Enjoy Your Favorite Videos on Portable Devices at Will For Mac Users

Are you a Mac user?
Claimed iPad 3 parts have been circulating for some time already, but a few more pieces to the puzzle are starting to appear. 9to5Mac posts this photo of iPad 3 home buttons in comparison to the existing iPad 2 ones.


No real surprises, though it should help kill already sketchy rumors that Apple might do away with a home button altogether. The backside is slightly tweaked, though we'd be hard pressed to draw any conclusions from it. The biggest takeaway is that iPad 3 parts are continuing to leak as production and shipment draws near.

The iPad 3 is expected to arrive in early 2012, anywhere from February to April in timeframe. The iPad 3 is also expected to carry an ultra high resolution 'Retina' display.
Do you still feel frustrated that you can’t enjoy your favorite videos on portable devices at will?

Now, a professional software—Aiseesoft
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can help you to solve all the problems. With it, you can convert between all popular video and audio formats with super fast conversion speed and high output quality, such as AVI, MP4, MOV, MKV, WMV, DivX, XviD, MPEG-1/2, 3GP, 3G2, VOB Video, MP3, AAC, and AC3 Audio etc. In addition, the best video converter for Mac can also extract audio from video file and convert video to MP3, AC3, and AAC…as you want.

OK, let’s move to how to use the amazing software.

Step 0: Download and install Aiseesoft Video Converter for Mac.
After a while, you can use the following interface:

Step 2. Load Video
You can load your video by clicking “Add File” button or clicking “File” button, you can choose “add file” on a drop-down list.

Step 3. Output format and Settings
From the “Profile” drop-down list you can find one format that meets your requirement.

After doing the 3 steps above, you can click “start” button to start conversion.
Wait a minute, the conversion will be soon finished.

Tips:
1. Trim
"Trim" function is for you to select the clips you want to convert.
There are 3 ways that you can trim your video.
a. You can drag the buttons(1) to set the start and end time
b. You can preview the video first and when you want to start trim click the left one of the pair buttons(2) when you want to end click the right one.
c. You can set the exact start and end time on the right side of the pop-up window.
It is for you to select the clips you want to convert.

2. Crop
Cut off the black edges of the original movie video and watch in full screen using the "Crop" function.
There are 3 ways that you can crop your video.
a. We provide 7 modes on our “Crop Mode”(1)
b. You can set your own mode on the right side of the pop-up window(2)
c. You can drag frame to set your own crop mode(3)
You can cut off the black edges of the original movie video and watch in full screen using the "Crop" function.

3. Snapshot and merge into one file
If you like the current image of the video you can use the “Snapshot” option. Just click the “Snapshot” button the image will be saved and you can click the “Open” button next to “Snapshot” button to open your picture.
If you want to make several files output as one you can choose “Merge into one file”.

How to rip a DVD, convert video and transfer music from ipod to computer with only one tool

This guide aims to show you how to rip a DVD, convert video and transfer music from ipod to computer with only one tool.
It includes 3 parts:
Part 1. How to rip DVD to iPod/iPhone/Sansa/PSP/Zune and other MP4 and MP3 Players
Part 2. How to convert all video to MP4, AVI, FLV, 3GP, WMV, MOV, MPG, RM, RMVB, MKV, VOB…
Part 3. How to backup iPod songs and videos on your computer

Believe or not, to do the things above what you need is download Aiseesoft DVD Converter and few clicks.



Part 1. How to rip DVD to iPod/iPhone/Sansa/PSP/Zune and other MP4 and MP3 Players.
Step 1. Click “DVD Ripper” on the main interface to run Aiseesoft DVD Ripper.



Step 2. Open your DVD Drive and put your DVD in it, then click “Load DVD” and choose “Load DVD” to load your DVD into this best DVD ripper.
Step 3. Choose your output format from the “profile” drop-down list. This best DVD ripper provides you so many formats that out of your expectation, such as “iPod video MPEG 4 (*.mp4)”, “iPhone 3G MOV 640*480 (*.mov)” and so on.

After you choose your output format, you can adjust your output video’s settings, such as “Resolution”, “Frame Rate”, “Bitrate”, “Sample Rate” and so on.
Click “Start” now to begin your conversion and you will get your video soon.

To make your output movie more enjoyable you can do some editings to it through this best DVD ripper. You can choose a part of your movie to convert (trim), remove the black edges of your DVD movie (crop) and also adjust the effect (effect) and select subtitle and audio track.

Part 2. How to convert all video to MP4, AVI, FLV, 3GP, WMV, MOV, MPG, RM, RMVB, MKV, VOB…

Step 1. Click “Total Video Converter” on the main interface to run Aiseesoft Total Video Converter

Step 2. Click “Add File” to load the video you want to convert.
Step 3. Choose output format by clicking “profile” and customize your own output video by
clicking “settings” to adjust the Resolution, Frame Rate, Bitrate and so on.
Before you click “Start” to begin your conversion, you can do some editing works, such as pick up a part of your video to convert(trim), choose your own play region(crop) and put two or more files into one.(merge into one file).
OK, now you can begin your conversion.

Part 3. How to backup iPod songs and videos on your computer.
Step 1. Click “iPod to Computer Transfer” to run Aiseesoft iPod to Computer Transfer.

Step 2. Plug your iPod to your computer and the Aiseesoft iPod to Computer Transfer can automatically scan and find your iPod.
Step 3. Choose the songs and videos you want to backup.
Step 4. Click “export to PC” button to transfer your songs and videos to your Computer.

Samsung couldn’t enjoy Ice Cream Sandwich to Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab?

Android is a giant mobile platform that develops at a fast pace, along with each new major version comes confirmation from the OEMs that not every product in existence will be getting that shiny new OS update. Samsung announced that several of its recently released products would be upgraded to Google Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) by March 2012 on Wednesday, including the Galaxy S II and the Galaxy Note. The company followed up by saying that the Galaxy S, released in June 2010, and the Galaxy Tab, released in October 2010, will not be able to take the upgrade, despite being fairly recent releases.

Why does Samsung couldn’t enjoy Ice Cream Sandwich to Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab? According to Samsung's official statement: the Galaxy S, which is actually less than 18 months old, doesn't have sufficient RAM or ROM to run the new operating system along with Samsung's TouchWiz user interface overlay. Samsung also said that the Galaxy Tab won't receive an Ice Cream Sandwich update either. The devices' ROMs are too small to hold Samsung’s TouchWiz interface, Widgets, video-calling application, and Android 4.0 at the same time.
For a better perspective of how much RAM Samsung’s custom UI demands, Anandtech found that for the Honeycomb version of Android, TouchWiz consumes about half of the available RAM at startup. Samsung has also announced that many of its other Android devices will be getting the upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich. The Galaxy Nexus, this year’s flagship Android device, and Nexus S are currently the only devices running Ice Cream Sandwich, but the Galaxy S II Smartphone and the three other Galaxy Tab sizes are reported to be getting the upgrade in the future. The Nexus S runs the same 1GHz Hummingbird processor that the Galaxy S does, but because it’s an Android flagship device — essentially Google reference hardware, it doesn’t run Samsung’s TouchWiz UI.

Announced in October, Ice Cream Sandwich adds a number of new features to devices on the platform, the main one being the unification of the OS for both tablets and Smartphones, as well as the addition of software-based buttons that replace the ones that have been physical buttons. As with other major releases of Android, it carries with its particular hardware requirements, leaving a number of older devices stuck on certain versions indefinitely.

While the original Galaxy S wouldn't have qualified for Samsung's pledge to the Google Android Update Alliance this past May, it does underscore just how important that pledge was—which makes it all the more discouraging that the company danced around the question about Ice Cream Sandwich upgrades for several recent Samsung models. However, many mainstream consumers don’t follow this stuff, and probably aren’t even aware of the new version of Android, much less want to get it. For those more tech-savvy, don’t overlook the outstanding homebrew community that probably has Android 4.0 coming to a device near you.
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How to convert mts/m2ts/ts video and put them into iPod?

As people have higher requirements about the quality of videos, more and more HD videos are emerging. And we come across a large number of HD videos in our daily life. Nevertheless, at the same time, these videos bring people many format troubles. Many people complain about the HD videos and the relevant converting issue, such as, what is HD, MTS format? Why do many people choose that format? How to convert the MTS, M2TS, and TS into the mp4 mpeg, mp3, etc? How to put the MTS and HD formats into iPod and iPhone?

Therefore, it is really necessary to read the following article that will answer all your questions, solve your problems. Most importantly, an ideal method will be offered to you.
High-definition video or HD video refers to any video system of higher resolution than standard-definition (SD) videos, and most commonly involves display resolutions of 1280×720 pixels (720p) or 1920×1080 pixels (1080i/1080p). By using the HD Camcorder, such as, Canon HR10 Camcorder, JVC Everio GZHD7 , Sony HDR-HC1 MiniDV, people can get extremely high quality videos. As the video you record on your camcorder is MTS, TS, M2TS or other HD video format which can not be accepted by some popular portable players, so you have to convert them into normal video format to edit. Here I am will willing to share with you
how to convert MTS, TS, M2TS video to normal video formats. The following are the excellent tools.
MTS Converter



Steps:
Step 1: Load Video
Click “Add File” to load the video that you want.
Step 2: Choose Your Output Profile and Settings
From “Profile” drop-down list you can choose your output profile according to your need.
For example, if you have a iPod and you want to convert video for it, you need to choose “iPod” from the profile list and then it also provides the second chance to specify your iPod generation.
Step 3: Video Editing
This powerful MTS Converter allows you to do many video editing.
Step 4: Conversion
After you have done all the steps above you can click “Start” button to start your conversion.

The excellent software with the similar function are :
M2TS Converter, HD Video Converter.

Well, if , you also want to put the transferred videos from your iPod to your computer or to your friend’s iPod , the iPod Transfer is the best choice for you . It can easily transfer data between my iPod and iPhone, backup iPod data in your computer and put songs and videos from your computer to iPod/iPhone without iTunes.

How to transfer songs and videos from iPod to your computer, from computer to iPod and from iPod to iPod.

Click “Computer to iPod” button, it will allow you to transfer songs and videos from your computer to iPod easily.

Click “iPod to Computer” button, it will allow you to backup your songs and videos from iPod to your computer.

Click “iPod to iPod” button, it will allow you to transfer songs and videos from one iPod to another iPod dirrectly.