Pocket Phojo 2.5

[marlof]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.idruna.com/pocketphojo.html' target='_blank'>http://www.idruna.com/pocketphojo.html</a><br /><br /></div>Idruna Software has released an update to their photojournalist software, Pocket Phojo. This software is designed to allow photojournalists to get photos back to base as rapidly and conveniently as possible. While many photojournalists use laptops to edit their shoots and send them to a server, Pocket Phojo enables you to do this on your Pocket PC using the wide range of connection options Pocket PCs have. Since the photographic gear of a photojournalist usually has considerable weight in itself, moving from laptop to Pocket PC for these tasks might be very welcome. New in version 2.5 are many features, among which support for Windows Mobile 2003, performance improvements, less memory requirements (leaving that memory to work on the large files of the pro DSLRs), and better support of FTP and e-mail. <br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/pocketphojo_levels.gif" /><br /><br />"Pocket Phojo 2.5 is a free upgrade for existing customers, who will receive an email with a link to the download. New customers can purchase Pocket Phojo for only $489 ($389 for freelancers until Jan 1st), or for convenience, complete solutions including a preconfigured and tested HP iPAQ Pocket PC and all necessary accessories start at only $897 plus shipping."

[yunez]

$498? This is more expensive than photoshop

[guilmon]

Right...ONLY. While this might be a useful program, that price tag is just astronomical.

[jornadaholic]

Pocket Phojo for only $489 ($389 for freelancers until Jan 1st)
:jawdrop: :crazyeyes: :shocked!:
do i get a used car with that?

[PaulNolan]

It's not like Phojo is the most expensive Pocket PC app in the world, $489 is pretty cheap compared to the software one of my customers in Afghanistan was evaluating :p I just thought people might be interested in knowing that many of the photos they see might just have been processed and transmitted via a Pocket PC, specifically many sports games in NY, the last flight of Concorde, and the stabbing of the Swedish Foreign Minister. Recent photos by Phojo users at the Associated Press can be seen here:

http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news/?c=news_photos&p=Ed+Betz
http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news/?c=news_photos&p=Richard+Drew
http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news/?c=news_photos&p=Bebeto+Matthews
http://www.edbetz.com/

If you read The Washington Post, Newsday, The San Antonio Express News, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Philadelphia Enquirer, Miami Herald, Time Magazine, LA Times, The Sun, The Daily Mail, Verdens Gang, Aften Posten, you might also see some pics that have been Phojo'd :)

"I was assigned to cover the final takeoff of the British Airways Concorde at New York's JFK International Airport.. After the plane's early morning departure, I immediately Phojo'd the images of the controller from the tower via FTP to the AP via my Sprint 3G card. Everyone was impressed to see them come back on the Yahoo-News-Photos site on the tower's computer before we left." - Richard Drew, Staff Photographer AP-New York

"Covering the California Recall for my employer, Dagbladet Daily Newspaper in Norway, I had to come up with a solution to combat 9 hours difference.. I brought my laptop as a backup, but it never left the bag. Thanks to Pocket Phojo I was able to file images in time for deadline back to Oslo - from my pocket - as I continued shooting Arnold on the stage and alleged victims for his groping offstage." - Orjan F. Ellingvag - US Photo Correspondent Dagbladet Daily Newspaper.

[griph]

$498? This is more expensive than photoshop

Err - this is a commercial product with more limited uptake than Photoshop - Photoshop is intended for a wide range of users - and if you are someone who wants/needs to travel light - what other options are there that do the job?

Do you baulk at paying lap-top prices for Pocket PC's? (Bet you dont)

Value is a subjective thing - and this isnt a shareware app.

[marlof]

It's not like Phojo is the most expensive Pocket PC app in the world, $489 is pretty cheap compared to the software one of my customers in Afghanistan was evaluating :p

The strange thing is that as a digital media nut, I'd love to use Phojo to review my images, and post them to my private family website. I'm the only one in my family that is very mobile, and when I stay away for a few days, I take my laptop to do that. I'd love to do this on a Pocket PC, but still I wouldn't buy Phojo, since I can't justify this expense.

I don't have problems with that though, since I know this program isn't written with my type of use in mind. This is not targeted at us hobbyists, but at photojournalists, who need a working and reliable way to do their work. For the same reason they buy more expensive cameras then I do, they buy more expensive software. Simply because it's a job expense, whereas for me it is only playing.

[PaulNolan]

Marlof, if it's something you`d find useful, send me an email, I`d be happy to send you a copy..

[Martin I Pettinger]

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I'm with Marlof on this one. I may be away from home a lot soon and I'm a hobbyist and want to upload pics to my web site whilst away from home using a combination of PDA and mobile phone.

I have discovered that the in built apps on my iPAQ 2210 include adjustments for contrast, brightness and have a crop feature. It would be useful to have a fuller feature set though.

Can anyone recommend anything a bit cheaper :lol: for photo editing of digital piccies. I did post in the Multimedia Forum some time ago but I'm not sure that many folk browse that forum as the general ones
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[Andy Sjostrom]

This is not the average consumer photo album application. It is meant to be used professionally in the field by journalists/photographers.

I've used Phojo the last year when travelling and it is an amazing product.

8)

[marlof]

Can anyone recommend anything a bit cheaper :lol: for photo editing of digital piccies.

There's two major ones:
- Photogenics (http://www.idruna.com/products_pocketpc.html) (also by idruna), although I'm not aware if the current version would support your Pocket PC (may be Paul might help you with that).
- Pocket Artist (http://www.conduits.com/products/artist/) (by conduits). So far I've used the latter, since it can read my .psd Photoshop files.

Both aren't cheap, but affordable if you're a digital media hobbyist.

For viewing and light editing you might also want to try PQV (http://www.bitbanksoftware.com/PQV.html) by Bitbank Software / Hanaho. It's very speedy, and has some nice resizing etc. controls.