Amir Kurtovic

Freelance Journalist, Writer and Social Media Victim

Tag: smartphones

The Best Free Android Apps For Journalists and Bloggers – Part 2

A few months ago I wrote about my favorite free apps for the Android G1. Well, since then a lot more phones using the Android operating system have been announced and a lot more free apps have appeared on the market place. Here’s a list of my favorite Android apps for journalists and blogger. (You [...]

The Best Free G1 Apps For Journalists and Bloggers

The T-Mobile G1 Google phone is an excellent smartphone choice for journalists. The standard software and features that come with the phone will allow you to accomplish most tasks. You have a full web browser, email, a camera, a video recorder, notepad and full QWERTY keyboard, GPS, and quick access to Google search and Google Maps. But sometimes you need software that is not included with the phone, and the G1 Market has tons of free software to meet most of your needs.

This is a list of my personal favorite G1 Applications that I think would be useful while working on a story on the go.

Smartphone Journalism

The power of smartphones is being recognized quickly. The Iran election protests showed that anybody with a cellphone is a potential cameraman or citizen journalist.
Here’s an example of a professional broadcast journalist using the video camera on the new iPhone to shoot an entire story and run it on air:  http://cbs4.com/video/?id=78304@wfor.dayport.com. And here’s a link [...]