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Working with the iPhone, and loving it

As a photographer I get a lot of questions about cameras. Recently most of the questions are about my iPhone 4. Do I like it? Is it good enough?

Let’s put it this way, “If it were 6-foot-4, I’d marry it.”

Yes, it has its flaws, calls are dropped, apps can be buggy, but for me it’s so much more than a phone — it’s a new art medium.

Shooting for a newspaper, my job is to explain events visually. It allows me to be “normal.”

The phone has given me a chance to go beyond that and explore a personal side. Usually at any given time, I’m carrying around 40 pounds of camera equipment and stick out in any crowd. No one questions someone with a cell phone camera.

The days of, “Hey, photographer lady, take my picture” are over.

I’ve been shooting with it every day since I purchased the phone three months ago.

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Skype Teases iPad App, Voice Calling, Verizon iPhone

VoIP provider Skype published and then quickly removed support documents suggesting voice calling on Apple’s iPhone akin to FaceTime, the native iPad app, and even a mythical Verizon iPhone.

An updated Skype for iOS software will add video calling between i-devices and desktop Skype users, while it looks like an iPad version is in the pipeline, too, a help document published Friday on the company’s official site revealed.

Skype took down the help file a few hours later, leaving Apple fans puzzled. Don’t worry — someone in the company’s marketing probably messed up by hitting the “launch” button prematurely, as the new release isn’t ready for prime time yet.

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