Hand Held Hollywood officially ceased operations on September 17th, 2024. The site will remain online for archival and research purposes. The App Directory continues to receive updates as needed. If you’d like to contact Taz, the contact form is still functional. We also invite you to join Taz’s mailing list here.

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Announcements

HHH at the L.A. Post Production Group on Wednesday!

Do you work in Post Production?  Do you live in the LA Area?  Do you sleep with your iDevice under your pillow? If you answered yes to these questions, why haven’t you already RSVP’ed for this week’s Post Prod Group meeting?!

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Mac|Life reports on DYI Teleprompter for Flip Camera

Using an iPhone (running the awesome ProPrompter app), a metal bookend, a Dynex Bracket, and some Velcro, Clint Bradford was able to put together a nifty little teleprompter rig for his Filp HD video camera.  Check out this Mac|Life Story for the details, and a link to a PDF containing the step-by-step instructions.  Or, take a look at Clint’s website.

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Apps

ShowBiz Expo ’10 – Studio Suite 9

Every so often, we’ll cover a Mac or PC application simply because it ties in so nicely with your iDevice. Such is the case with AlterMedia’s Studio Suite 9, a great looking system for facility and studio management.

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Apps

ShowBiz Expo ’10 – Doddle Pro adds Call Sheets

As you may remember, we covered Doddle during NAB earlier this year.  In addition to showing off Doddle’s primary function as an industry directory, Doddle’s developers teased us with news of some sexy call-sheet functionality they were planning for future versions.  Well, the future is now-ish!

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Gear

ShowBiz Expo ’10 – The Cube kicks Mountains of Ass

Super Awesomeness, thy name is CUBE! This is without a doubt the niftiest thing I’ve seen in a while. The Cube by Teradek is a real-time, camera-mounted video streaming encoder. In other words, it takes video from your camera, encodes it into h.264 video, then streams it over a wireless network to your laptop. The video is then immediately available for

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Mashable Showcases Videos shot with iPhone

Mashable.com just posted a great collection of Music Videos, all shot with the iPhone 4.  If you’ve ever doubted your iThing’s ability to create impressive images, you need to re-direct yourself here now.  And as an added bonus, some of the songs are pretty catchy!

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