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Announcements

The HHH Filmmaker iPhone Giveaway Has Begun!

It’s official! Stop what you’re doing, and go enter to win a new iPhone 4 with a ton of cool extras.  I won’t ramble on about it since all the details are on the Giveaway page.  Go have a look!

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Announcements

The First Annual HHH Filmmaker iPhone Giveaway launches in just 3 days!

The First Annual HHH Filmmaker iPhone Giveaway launches THIS MONDAY (June 14th)! Full details will be posted on the Giveaway Page, but here’s a tease… We’re giving away Apple’s new iPHONE 4, along with an OWLE BUBO, a MIKEY from Blue Microphones, a ProPrompter Wing, and a whole bunch of absolutely awesome apps! This is the ultimate rig for mobile media-makers, and

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Apps

Developer Interview: Movie*Slate 2.0

One of our favorite iPhone apps just graduated to the iPad.  Not only is it bigger, and prettier, Movie*Slate 2.0 has added some very impressive, and professional features.  Rather than just list the new bells and whistles, I decided to contact the app’s author, Cliff Joyce of Pureblend Software… and let him list all the bells and whistles. Here’s what

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Gear

Can you squeeze Apple’s new iPhone into your Owle Bubo?

That sounded dirty. We’ve discussed the Owle Bubo many times on HHH, and we still think it’s the hippest accessory around. It smooths out your iPhone 3GS footage, adds a wide angle lens, comes with a directional microphone, offers plenty of expansion possibilities, and looks cool as hell. The iPhone 3GS slipped right into the Bubo’s custom carved slot, like

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Gear

Next Gen iPhone Shoots & Edits HD Video

Mobile media moguls just got an early Christmas present.  Apple has announced the new iPhone 4 with a sweet looking, built-in HD Video camera.  It will capture 30p video 1280 x 720 (not 1920 x 1080).  Disappointed it can’t record 1080?  I’m not… at least not yet.  I’ve got several consumer video cameras, all claiming to shoot 1080p… which the

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