iPhone 4 a new journalist tool
Iphone 4 now a standard tool for journalists?
Iphone4 has became a multi-purpose multimedia device capable of taking quality video and photo shoots. It has also a wide array of document writing app’s and high screen resolution. This makes it a perfect mobile office tool for journalist which are always on the move to hunt down the next big story. Because of this, New York Times has decided to equip their complete team of journalists with iPhones.
One of the NYT directors called the iPhone 4 a “game changer”.
The first member of their staff which received an iPhone 4 was Andrew Sorkin who has covered the recent Davos conference in Switzerland.
Mac dedicated web portal MacStories announced that journalists writing for the NY Times have received their handset coupled with the Aspera file uploading app.
Since the massive amount of video content on New York Times website is requested, providing their top team with a complete of smartphones is a effective tactic. They have now equipped themselves with a multi functional device which is capable of replacing whole area of considerably higher priced hardware. Goodbye laptops, dictaphones, cameras, still cameras. Here comes the 21 century journalists tool of trade: the iPhone 4.
It seems that other media outlets including CNN are planing to make use of the new Verizon iPhone.
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