Overview of smart phone video essentials.

Apple's iPhone Android-powered Smartphone Flip Video This paper provides a practical review of the more common available smartphones along with a popular handheld video recorder. Their respective abilities to produce credible video recordings for use in formal nursing education as well as staff development are described. Reviewed are two of the more common smartphone operating systems, Apple's iPhone and the Android-powered smartphone. There were included because they are the most popular smartphone operating systems in the U.S. with video recording and editing capabilities. The smartphone operating systems highlighted in this review, are becoming more and .more the device of choice for many healthcare professionals. Because of its popularity, as well as its user-friendly operation, the Flip Video was also included. been time intensive because production required recording devices such as microphones, digital cameras, and software to edit audio and video segments. The devices reviewed for this paper compress all of these technologies into a small footprint and are low-cost and easy-to-use mobile tools. The authors' experience with each item, basic product technical information, and actual, as well as potential uses will be included. There is an easy to read table at the end of this article comparing each device on several aspects. The Flip Video will be reviewed first followed by the Apple iPhone and then the Android smartphone. The Flip Video TM is a pocketsize film-capturing device now manufactured by Cisco (h_ttp_://,5_tore,_thef1ip_.con11s11-us/). This device has the capacity to shoot, edit, and share real life experiences in a seamless manner. The authors' experiences with this device include the creation and distribution of video tapings for review; delivery of supplementary educational materials and content; and student assignments of created Flip Video TM productions, such as with one of the