IPhone App Turns Woman into Super Mom!

| Feb 18, 2010 | 1 comment

For the most part, I am a good mom. I make a special lunch for my kids to take to school every day, I am there to tuck them in at night, I do endless hours of crafts with my daughter and I know EVERYTHING about Star Wars for my son.  That being said, I am that mom at every function that did not bring the camera or video camera.  I fail big time, every time, to record anything that may be important in my children’s lives. One thing I never forget is my Iphone. Now this phone has a camera and a video camera and while they are both decent when in the right situation, they are decidedly poor in the wrong situation. The Iphone has no flash and no zoom, two major issues.

Well I am happy to say that I am now not just a good mom but a  SUPER MOM! Thanks to two new Iphone apps that  I recently downloaded: Qik Video and Camera One.  Now, Camera One isn’t as impressive. It does allow you to zoom, it adds a “flash”, it even has a timer.  The only downfall that I see is that the picture quality is really bad, worse that just using the Iphone software.

As for Qik Video, I am sorry I didn’t have this software for the kids Christmas concert because I was 5 rows back from the stage and my video camera was back at home which left me to video via my Iphone. I am overall impressed with the quality of video that comes in but again, the issue is that there is no zoom.  With Qik Video you can zoom and add all sorts of neat effects (3G only). Plus, you can share the videos straight to Facebook, SMS, or email. It records a 15FPS, and I am impressed with it’s over all capabilities.

These apps are not free – I believe they are $1.99 each but it’s a small price to pay to be transformed from loser mom to SUPER MOM at the next school/athletic event. (I’m gonna need a cape)

Not to mention all the videos I can take of my friends after they had a few cocktails……straight to Facebook baby…yeah! (This is where Super Mom turns into her evil twin, a cape is still going to be a necessity.)

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Michelle D'Attilio

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Michelle D'Attilio (@identify_urself) is the President of Corporate Identity Solutions, LLC, a branding and website development company. She is half of the TweetUp Girls (@tweetupgirls) with Jeanette Pham (@identifyourself) which helps businesses take their social media investment to the next level through social media based events. She is a self-described techy and gadget geek who is crazy about tennis. Identify-Yourself.com
  • startingmom

    I agree that the Camera One app does not produce good photos. Thank goodness for iPhone 4; it has the best camera, with 5-megapixels and LED flash. You can even take HD videos with it. Anyway, if you don't mind, I'd like to share what iPhone app made me a supermom, too. It's called Intuition. It's the best personal assistant for moms, IMO, as it takes care of my tasks, to-dos, appointments, etc. so I have more time for my kids. I also like the way I can delegate some errands to my husband via email, Facebook and Twitter so he won't forget to pick up some groceries on his way home. It's cute and it's free :) You can check it out on http://www.iconapps.com/product.htm