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Last week, I blogged about how the new Apple ipod nano makes recording and posting video to the Web a snap. With the incredible growth of online video, we often overlook the power of audio to create a compelling experience.

iPhone Apps: The Future of Handheld Multimedia is Now

When it comes to multimedia, I’m biased in favor of iPhone; but only because it is the most versatile handheld device currently available. There are dozens of ways of capturing and sharing multimedia on the iPhone without ever touching your computer.

Here are just a couple of samples of applications that make it super simple to create multimedia using an iphone and instantly sharing your creations with the world.

Audio Boo

audioboo audio recording app

With this Free app and a free AudioBoo account, audio can be recorded and uploaded directly to the Web over a wifi or 3G cell phone connection. The audio can also be embedded into a blog post like this:

HT Professional Audio Recording


This $3 audio recording app is one of many audio recording apps available in the iTunes store. HT Pro allows uploading of longer recordings (up to 30 minutes) directly from the device to the Web allowing content such as this recorded interview with the Missoula Children’s Theatre to be online in minutes.

Animoto

Another free app that combines up to a dozen of your iPhone photos with Creative Commons music and voila – Animoto in the palm of your hand.

Check out this little Animoto production made and shared on Facebook from iPhone while lounging in a hammock.

Social Web apps make sharing without a computer a snap

Uploaded Multimedia can also be shared on social networks directly on the iPhone directly using Wordpress, Facebook or Twitter Apps making posts like this one directly to a fan page in Facebook a snap.

Are you an iPhone fan?

What’s your favourite app for getting multimedia instantly to the Web?

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Add audio to Wordpress.com for Free

by Todd Lucier on February 19, 2009

Step by step how to add audio to your Wordpress.com blog

A few weeks ago I wrote a post describing how to get almost anything into your Wordpress.com blog – for free. At the time, I was stumped by audio. Although there are many places that stream audio directly, there seemed to be no where to host mp3 files and stream them yourself through Wordpress.com. After searching the four corners of the Web, I came upon Archive.org a free place to store all sorts of media files.  YES, they let you stream your audio on your Wordpress.com Blogsite.

This short pdf document gives step by step instruction on getting audio into your posts to liven things up a bit for your readers.

Also, by copying the URL from Archive.org, it is simple to add a hyperlink to your audio from email, newsletters and virtually any Web page.  You can even prepare audio files for use in location specific media projects,  for example: streaming audio to handheld phones.  Cool!
Get Audio Into Wordpress.com for Free

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Get any kind of media into your Wordpress.com Blog

January 21, 2009

There are easy and free ways to add all kinds of media to your Wordpress.com blog. This post explains how to add photos, video, audio, text and mixed media documents to your blog.
Photos: Wordpress.com makes it easy to upload and host images using the Upload/Insert photo button on the admin panel. These photos [...]

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