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This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains. — Bull Durham

BarCamp NewsInnovation brings the unconference model to the news business. Unconferences are free, adhoc gatherings, with an agenda driven by the participants.

UPDATE: Matt Neznanski (above), a reporter for the Corvallis Gazette-Times, led the discussion in Portland. Here are some photos of the Portland event and the Google News Group.

Three NewsInnovation BarCamps happen this weekend; BarCamp NewsInnovation Portland (Saturday), BarCamp NewsInnovation in Chicago (Saturday) and BarCamp NewsInnovation Miami (Sunday). The Portland event is being held near the RecentChangesCamp.

A national event, BarCamp NewsInnovation Philadelphia, is scheduled for April 25.

BarCamp NewsInnovation is a regional gathering, bringing together tech-savvy, open-minded individuals who embrace the chaos in the media industry.

Everyone may participate. They are looking for: journalism students, web developers, freelance journalists, local beat reporters, technologists, editors, entrepreneurs, journalism professors, and news consumers with ideas for the future of news.

Click Here to join the liveblog starting Saturday morning.

It’s Oregon’s 150th anniversary. I’d like to travel around my state this year, recording interesting stories. I’d live in a van for a month or two, and update this website from the road.

I was thinking about following the Cycle Oregon route. A clickable map would bring up stories and photos. For my fitness program I’m training at NWdocumentary.org.

A modern news platform might include the following:

• Kindle and smartphone compatibility
• Twitter Feeds
• Flickr Feeds
• Soundslides and audio
• 10×10 graphic interfaces
• Skype roundtables
• Live Maps with visual complexity

About half of National Public Radio’s mobile visitors (about 700,000 to 800,000 per month) use iPhones, writes American Journalism Review. NPR Mobile, on the iPhone, provides multimedia and audio slide shows, often utilizing the flash-based SoundSlides program. Soundslides, a rapid production tool for still image and audio web presentations, has a large forum of active users and hundreds of great productions. perhaps newspapers should hire an iPhone Adviser.

A Newspaper Association of America graph shows a decline in paid readership every year beginning in 1993 when the total was a little more than 62.5 million. That shrunk to about 53.2 million in 2006.

Total newspaper advertising revenues fell by $3 billion in the first six months of 2008 to $18.8 billion, the lowest level in a dozen years, according to the Newspaper Association of America. Ad revenue is four-fifths of a daily paper’s income.

UBS figures newspaper revenues will be down 12.2 percent when the final figures are in for 2008 and tumble another 17.6 percent in 2009. The print industry is undergoing a sea change, and companies are scrambling.

Nearly all American newspapers have far fewer journalists than they did a few years ago.
For the first half of 2008, online sales rose a modest $35 million, or 2.3%, to a bit less than $1.6 billion. But on-line ads are not nearly as profitable — or unique — as print advertising.

By the year 2020, print ad revenue will be about half what it is today, while online ad revenue will be more than 10 times what it is today, reports AJR. Moble platforms may be one direction, but currently only 21 percent of U.S. adult mobile phone owners use the mobile Internet, and only 7 percent do so at least once a week, according to Forester.

NewsInnovation founder Jason Kristufek (below), explains how BarCamp NewsInnovation works.

Conferences like BarCamp NewsInnovation make tool training available to anyone. A temp agency for journalists could be next. I believe the best is yet to come.

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My name is Lester Burnham. This is my neighborhood; this is my street; this is my life. I am 42 years old; in less than a year I will be dead. Of course I don’t know that yet, and in a way, I am dead already. — American Beauty

Today at the GSMA’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the short film “English as a Second Language”, won the grand prize in the Mofilm mobile short film festival.

Over 250 films were submitted to the Mofilm Film Festival, held at the GSMA’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week. The MOFILM film festival encouraged submissions from amateur and professional film-makers for movies no longer than five minutes in length. Awards were presented yesterday to the best animation, drama, documentary, science fiction, outstanding cultural achievement

Actor Kevin Spacey, host of the Mofilm film festival, founded the web site Triggerstreet.com to encourage short-film makers to distribute content through the web.

Other Prize Winners included:

• Pushkin – Trevor Hardy – Animation
• Enough – Tor Kristoffersen – Drama
• The Science of Attraction – Claveski – Documentary
• Star Chicks – Jay Lee – Science Fiction
• Rockwell – Lisa Mills – Outstanding Cultural achievement

Spacey said that TriggerStreet.com has yet to add mobile phone films as part of its mix, “but I think we should. It’s one of the things that would be great for our members…I think why there’s no reason in the world not to, as long as we can figure out a way to compensate the content makers. Someone once asked me ‘how can we get more content?’, and I said, ‘Pay them’.”

Technology partner, Accenture, through its recent acquisition of Origin Digital supplied the video sharing and upload technology that supported film submissions for the event.

Marc Andreessen appeared on Charlie Rose last night, notes TechCrunch.

He gave Rose a primer on everything from Facebook and cloud computing to the mobile Web. He also tells Rose: “I’m creating a fund.”

The Mobile World Congress has just wrapped up, and amidst all the hype and buzz, new products announced we now have several new mobile phones to eagerly await and anticipate. Almost all the major cellphone manufactures have displayed their newest mobile handsets.  We’ve gathered ten of the most exciting new phones that were announced during the Mobile World Congress and describe each of them briefly.

Samsung OmniaHD

Samsung has really made tremendous stride into making its Omnia product line the most powerful mobile devices that we all possibly have.  The Samsung OmniaHD boasts of a 3.7-inch active-matrix OLED screen, a great video capturing devices capable of recording up to 720p resolution video at 24 frames per second. It also boasts of an 8GB/16GB built-in memory, a 32GB microSD expansion slot, wireless video and a slew of other great features.

HTC Touch Pro Diamond2

Bearing the compact design and iconic style of its predecessor, the HTC Touch PRO Diamond 2 features a 3.2-inch high-resolution wide-screen VGA display, touch screen sensitive zoom bar, five megapixel camera with auto-focus, expandable memory, gravity sensor and ambient light sensor. Other features of the HTC Touch Pro Diamond2 include, Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional,Bluetooth 2.0, Wi-Fi, and Touch Flo 3D Zoom bar.

Sony Ericsson “Idou” Smartphone

Featuring a 3.5-inch (16:9) screen, a 12-megapixel camera with flash and touchscreen interface, the Sony Ericsson seems to be another “would be” iPhone competitor/killer wannabe. It’s a 12-megapixel mobile phone so expect to use it more for as a digital camera than a mobile device. The Sony Ericsson idou was said to be running on Symbian operating system, so it is certainly not a follow-up to the Windows-Mobile powered Xperia X1. 

Acer DX900

One of Acer’s four touchscreen smartphones that were introduced during the MWC, the Acer DX900 sports a 2.8-inch VGA touch scree, a 3.2-megapixel camera with autofocus and flash, a secondary camera for video calling, GPS, Wi-Fi, microSD slot, touch input with 5-way button navigation, powered by Windows Mobile 6.1 and most importantly a dual-sim slot.

LG Arena aka LG-KM900

This new LG phone features a 3-inch screen, 5-megapixel camera with auto-focus, Wi-Fi, GPS, 8GB internal memory, microSD slot, a 3.5mm headphone jack, touchscreen interface which is almost similar to the iPhone. But most importantly, the LG Arena captures DVD-resolution video that makes it more of a multimedia phone. The LG Arena phone is slated for a March release in Europe.

HTC Touch Pro2

The HTC Touch Pro2 is different from the HTC Diamond Touch Pro2. Yeah, makes you wonder how many more Touch Pro device can HTC possibly do? Anyway, the HTC Touch Pro2 is slated for a summer release and some of its key features include 3.6-inch widescreen VGA display, full QWERTY slide-out keyboard, 3.2-megapixel camera, GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Windows Mobile 6.1 OS.

Nokia N86

One of Nokia’s new mobile phone announcement during the MWC, the N86 features an 8 megapixel sensor with wide-angle Carl Zeiss optics camera with dual-led flash, 8GB of internal storage, OLED screen, microSD support, and GPS. The Nokia N86 is expected to retail for around EUR 375 when it gets released in Q2 2009.

HTC Magic

Yes folks. It’s the official second Google Android-powered phone as a follow-up to the G1 phone. And Vodafone was lucky enough to snug the exclusive distribution rights for the highly anticipated mobile phone.The HTC Magic features a 3.2-inch QVGA touch screen display, a trackball, navigational buttons, various email options including Google Mail, POP3 and IMAP and Google Talk.  The phone also features other Google applications, including Google Maps, Google Search and YouTube.

Samsung Blue Earth

The Samsung Blue Earth is a clear epitome of an environment-friendly mobile phone.  It is solar-powered, I hope you like the idea. But aside from being environment-friendly the Samsung Blue Earth also features a touch screen interface and other mobile phone features which is all operated by solar power. 

Sony Ericsson W995

Aside from the Idou, Sony Ericsson also launched its latest walkman phone, the W995. The Sony Ericsson W995 features an 8.1-megapixel camera with auto focus and photo flash and face detection technology, a Walkman player with clear stereo quality, and other usual Walkman phone features of Sony Ericsson. It supports fast 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity features and lets you upload videos directly to YouTube.

There you have it. Ten of the most exciting new mobile phones that were announced during the just concluded Mobile World Congress. Some of these phones are set to be released in the coming days.While some would probably be available before the end of the year.  Some were already snugged by major mobile carriers while some still awaits to be picked up.

HTC’s contribution to the slew of new mobile phones announced during the just concluded Mobile World Congress is its follow up to the HTC Touch Pro, and it’s simply called the HTC Touch Pro2. The HTC Touch Pro2 boasts of the TouchFLO 3D interface  integrated into a customized version of Windows Mobile 6.1, a single contact view which display individual conversation history of contacts, and HTC’s Internet Push Technology.

The HTC Touch Pro2 just like its predecessor was designed to answer the needs of mobile phone users who are business professionals. It was designed with distinct style and strength while at the same time powerful enough to deliver mobile productivity experience.

Among its many features is a 3.6-inch widescreen VGA display that gives you an expanded viewing area and a finger-friendly QWERTY keyboard. The HTC Touch Pro2 also has longer battery life, expandable memory, touch-sensitive zoom bar and ambient sensors. It’s Straight Talk technology feature gives integrated email, voice and speakerphone experience. It allows you to switch from email to single or multi-party conference calls as well. Additionally, the Straight Talk technology boasts of a mechanical and acoustic design that features sophisticated speakerphone experience which is similar to those found in corporate boardrooms particularly high-fidelity voice and sound experience which is enhanced by asymetric speakers and noise suppression.

Published specs of the HTC Touch Pro2 include:

• Qualcomm® MSM7200A, 528 MHz Processor
• Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional Operating System
• 3.6-inch TFT-LCD touch-sensitive screen with 480 X 800 WVGA resolution
  Adjustable tilt screen
• Internal GPS Antenna
• Bluetooth 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate and A2DP for wireless stereo headsets
• Wi-Fi: IEEE 802.11 b/g
• HTC ExtUSB (11-pin mini-USB 2.0, audio jack, and TV Out in one)
• microSD memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
• Main camera: 3.2 megapixel color camera with auto focus
• Second camera: VGA CMOS color camera
• Talk time up to 270 minutes for WCDMA
• Talkk time up to 419 minutes for GSM
• Standby time up to 454 hours for WCDMA
• Standby time up to 348 hours for GSM

The HTC Touch Pro 2 is slated for release sometime in early summer.

AT&T’s Pantect Matrix mobile phone was only released late last and yet the company in cooperation Pantech is already following it up with the new Pantech Matrix PRO handset. This dual-sliding mobile phone features a double-keyboard and a slew of features that were upgrades of the original Pantech Matrix handset. The Pantech Matrix PRO will be available on Feb. 24.

Almost all of the features of the Pantech Matrix PRO are upgrades of the features of its predecessor. These include a larger and more brilliant screen, tri-band 3G network connectivity, a chat-style text messaging, upgraded camera, hugeger memory, faster processor and AT&T’s Video Share service.

Powered by Windows Mobile 6.1, the Pantech Matrix PRO gives you a host of full range entertainment and business features. It also lets listen to a conference call while sending and receiving e-mail attachments at the same time.

The Pantech Matrix PRO has the following published specs:

• Dimensions: 4.17 x 2.0 x 0.85 inches
• Weight: 4.3 ounces
• Battery Details: 1320mAh Li-polymer battery
• Talk Time: Up to 3 hours
• Standby Time: Up to 10.4 days
• Technology: GSM/GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA*
• Frequency: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz (GSM/GPRS/EDGE); 850/1900/2100 MHz (UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA)*
• Operating System: Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
• Memory: 256 MB ROM and 128 MB RAM with MicroSD™ expandable memory (sold separately)
• Display: 2.4 inches; QVGA screen; 240 x 320 pixels
• Sliding 12 key and QWERTY keyboard

In addition, the phone also supports Bluetooth v2.0, microSD Memory Card support, aGPS through AT&T Navigator and also serve as a high-speed modem which you can tether to your laptop.

The Pantech Matrix PRO will be available in steel-blue metallic finish for $179.99 with two-year service agreement after a $50 mail-in rebate. {via}

Women’s publisher and advertising network Glam is seeking to make money by editing streams from Twitter, Friendfeed and Facebook’s status updates. The New York Times reports.

For the Oscars event, Glam has launched a widget on its home page that lets users tweet their thoughts about the Oscars. But Glam’s stream is different from a standard Twitter stream (#Oscars) because Glam edits it. Glam’s entertainment editors decide which users are allowed to tweet in the stream, and culls those who post what it feels are inappropriate comments. This way, Glam says, advertisers can get comfortable with the conversation. As a result, Glam has been able to sell sponsorship of the Oscars widget to Aveeno, a woman’s beauty brand (see its branding below on widget).

In this case, Glam chose to support Twitter. But Glam will support Facebook and Friendfeed for other events going forward.

The micro-blogging widgets are significant because they’re one of the first ways a company has tried to monetize microblogging through editing. Glam is calling its edited news wire “gWire.” Until now, microblogging has largely been either one-to-one or open to all. Glam lets both its own publishers and other third-party publishers embed the widgets on their websites.

Read full article.

A ‘throw shoes at Bush’ app, a breast-jiggler, a naughty entry from the South Park guys–these are some of the iPhone apps that Apple unceremoniously denied shelf space.

Apple has irked more than a few iPhone app developers by rejecting their creations for inclusion in the App Store, sometimes for reasons that seem to have little sense.

PC World delves into 11 iPhone apps banned in the U.S.A. and beyond.

… Although it’s too early for conclusive data on the effects of prolific texting — on attention span, social life, writing ability, family connections — questions abound, even as many experts point to clear benefits, reports The Washington Post.

Nationally, more than 75 billion text messages are sent a month, and the most avid texters are 13 to 17, say researchers. Teens with cellphones average 2,272 text messages a month, compared with 203 calls, according to the Nielsen Co.

The tap, tap, tap of connectivity can benefit teenagers at a time in life when they cannot always get together in an unscheduled way. Texters are “sharing a sense of co-presence,” said Mimi Ito of the University of California at Irvine. “It can be a very socially affirming thing.”

Some experts say there are downsides, starting with declines in spelling, word choice and writing complexity. Some suggest too much texting is related to an inability to focus.

The American Journal of Psychiatry published an editorial last year by psychiatrist Jerald J. Block, suggesting that addiction to the Internet and text messaging be included in the diagnostic manual for mental illnesses (compulsive-impulsive spectrum disorder).

Picture above: Pam Zingeser relaxes with her daughter Julie, 15, and their dog, Tucker. Julie, who racked up more than 6,000 text messages in one month, sends a quick text. (By Katherine Frey — The Washington Post)