One of the more frustrating aspects of the iPhone is its inability to record video. While a hacked, or “jailbroken” iPhone can do it, users are still waiting for Apple to add video as a legitimate feature. But, in the meantime, the developers at 12seconds, which allows people to record and instantly post 12-second-long videos on its site, have found an interesting workaround. (See “Video Microblogging Has Arrived.”)
Today, the San Francisco startup released its iPhone app that lets people choose three photos from their library of images, record 12 seconds of audio, and upload them together a mini slideshow to the 12seconds’ site. The results are surprisingly compelling. See a couple of examples below.
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