Finally iPhone gets a video recorder that records at the maximum speed of the iPhone Camera. Oh what a feeling!! I know, because I’ve tested it and it works well for a phone with camera but doesn’t support video recording!! Ever since I got my hands on the iPhone I wondered whey Apple wouldn’t release the video capability of the iPhone Camera. Found many resources but trust me, none of them made any sense. So when Apple wouldn’t release or reveal the full potential of the camera, independent developers felt the responsibility and released their own version of the video recording software for the iPhone, the Cycorder. As the name says, it came from Cydia. So unfortunately if your iPhone isn’t jailbroken then you will be left alone from using this great software. (see our post on  Unlock iPhone 3G).

Ok, for the rest who have the luxury of using third party software, here’s what the recorder delivers. The camera records at the maximum speed of 6-15 frames per second depending on lighting conditions, with no compression delay between pressing stop and getting to view the resulting video. Cycorder does MJPEG compression: the same as that used by most point and shoot digital cameras that also happened to support recording video. Video files are recorded at 384×288, a 4×3 (television) aspect ration.

We’ve tested it ourselves and I’ve to say, it’s OK. It’s not highly impressive but I guess something is better than nothing at this stage. So don’t get too excited seeing all these options  as the software is at it’s initial stage and doesn’t record any sound. The software is FREE but when the sound recording option is added, it’s expected to add cost.

“It’s expected that the audio recording will be done within the week and may be sold as a premium feature.”, the developers said.

Here’s the sample video that we’ve taken.

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