Vlog: Road Trip to Philly with the Nokia N93i and N95

August 18th, 2007 • Mark Guim • Filed Under •

My friends and I were craving for some authentic cheesesteaks so we took a road trip from New York City to Philadelphia. Among the four of us, we had two Nokia N95s, an N93i, and a Nokia N80. The Nokia N93i became the favorite video tool, while the N95’s for pictures. We barely used the N80 (time to upgrade, G!). Now that I’m back in NYC, I combined our videos and photos and crammed them into a 3 minute video of our road trip. Check it out.

You can also view this video in DVD-like quality. at blip.tv

We didn’t really find anything interesting in Philly other than the cheesesteaks. We tried both Pat’s and Geno’s. We all agreed that Pat’s is better.

You can check out some of the photos taken at my Flickr.

I usually play with Final Cut editing my videos, but since iMovie 08 just recently came out, I wanted to try it out this time for the fourth episode of MarkTV. I am surprised at how easy and quick it is from editing to publishing with iMovie 08, but it may be too simple.

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There are 6 comments so far. »

  1. Daniel Graf on 18 August 2007:

    Hey, have you tried kyte from your Nokia phone? You can report live via your phone straight from the trip - pictures, videos, chat, etc. The video quality straight from the Java app is limited, given the Java limitations, but you can send them in higher quality straight to your channel via email (e.g. marktv@kyte.tv). Your channel can be on your blog, Facebook, MySpace, etc. Check it out and let us know what you think.

    Disclaimer: Nokia Growth Partner is an investor in kyte.tv.

    Best,
    Daniel

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  2. PJ on 18 August 2007:

    lol. Funny video. I bet it didn’t take too long with iMovie ‘08 but I know it’s missing a lot of stuff from the previous version. Too bad I can’t even run it on my PowerBook. TIME TO UPGRADE!!! I wish. haha.

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  3. Ninong Brown on 19 August 2007:

    dude, we had a fun time. and yeah, not too much to see in philly, but we had good cheese steaks and we laughed our asses off. and yes, i think i might just upgrade to a new phone. i wonder what website i can use to get the cheapest phones???hmmm…

    oh yeah, PJ, you rich son! get a macbook pro!!!! yeah, i called you out! lol

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  4. Mark Guim on 19 August 2007:

    I couldn’t add audio transitions with iMovie 08 and I can’t select certain parts of audio to add (they must all start at the beginning). But then again, Steve Jobs said if you want real movie editing, go buy Final Cut.

    Maybe in the next upgrades they’ll add back the features from the previous version.

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  5. Michael O. on 24 August 2007:

    Hi Mark!

    I’m writing you because I’m a Mac user, pro filmmaker who’s been using Final Cut Pro since version 1.0, and possibly a newcomer to the Nokia world.
    The iPhone comes with too many strings attached for me (contracts, wait periods, etc.) and it does not seem to have the video-making prowess of the N93 or N95.

    I was thinking of getting an N93i, I like the look, I like the videocam qualities (flip out screen, optical zoom), and don’t feel like i need all the extra bells and whistles of the N95.
    But I just wanted to make extra specially sure that compatibility with a Mac is good. Downloading footage and editing in FCP is not a problem for you obviously… how about uploading movies to watch on the plane (is there a plane-safe mode?) or transferring songs/photos/contacts/etc. Is there a Mac-friendly application? I looked at some links I found here in NokiaBlog, but they all took me to “dead” corners of the Nokia site.
    Just wanted to make sure that a) N93i is still the best buy for a filmmaker who wants to have a good phone that is also a good videocamera, and b) that there are no serious drawbacks as far as Mac-compatibility, especially with video editing and video blogging.

    P.S. I’m also living in Hong Kong, just thought I’d throw it in there. (also why I don’t want to wait for an iPhone) Also, it’s PAL territory. And I know that the N93i shoots 640 x 480 30 fps NTSC footage. Oh well. guess I won’t watch the footage on a PAL tv. It’s gonna end up mostly on my FaceBook and YouTube anyway.

    P.P.S. Oh, does the N93i also work as a webcam by any chance? I’m operating from a Powebook G4 with no built-in camera….!

    I know that’s a lot of questions, but I can use all the detailed advice I can get, and you seem to be just the man for it… Thanks!

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  6. New Traveller on 29 January 2008:

    I will be starting my first year of college classes this year and cannot wait to get to go on my very first REAL roadtrip. Thanks for your post, and please keep writing!

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