The iPhone 3GS has a great camera (for a cellphone) especially with the new easy-edit video function. But holding the lightweight handset steady isn’t easy. Joby already addressed this by rebranding it’s smallest bendable tripod as the Gorillamobile (sadly, not a car for big apes), and that remains a great multi-purpose option.
But if you want some thing for half the price, and with a single minded focus, you can now try the Blur Tripod, another poorly named accessory for the people who brought us the iTwinge external keyboard. The big difference is the connection, a cradle like converter which also pokes into the dock connector to keep the iPhone steady. On the bottom is a standard tripod bush socket, and the $15 kit comes with a small folding tripod included. The Gorillapod uses a suction cup.
The company also supplies photo software for the iPhone, but as it isn’t yet on the iTunes App Store, we’ll have to wait to see what it can do. There’s not much not to like here, unless the connection is somehow wobbly. Available now.
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