So I love how SG has adopted Persicope and that some models will use it or link their personaly Periscopes to their SG model pages.
I mean it would also be cool if they could just clikc click click and have their saved broadcasts automatically appear on SG but that's a little bit too convenient? Figure Twitter might need to make that part of the process easier to do if they felt that people should be able to view back broadcasts that easily outside of the actual app. It would make video blogging much easier I guess.
I'm hoping that eventually SG will have full integration like it does with YouTube and Tumblr so that Scopes can be embedded into blog posts here, and device notifications are enabled for Android but in the meantime this is good enough.
So I was wondering about what people are doing for their camera setups. I've noticed that several people have really shitty cameras and slow data connections which causes their scopes to lag, and while there's not much that can be done about that, some don't have holders for their phones. There are so many oops moments where the broadcaster will end up dropping the phone.
Like my fave scoper is a 16y/o name Addy from PA in the US.. she has such a great presence on her scopes and is really entertaining.. but I guess it bugs me that she holds her phone. not that the jiddering camera is the problem because she has her arm propped up, but that without a holder, it seems like the straing of having to hold the phone would limit the enjoyment she'd get from scoping and for how long she would be able to broadcast. I think she might finally have gotten one recently but she hasn't been on that much.. busy I guess.
But worse is when these oops moments happen when they are cooking or driving bad shit can happen. I'm on the fence about the legality and whether or not it is sensible to drive while scoping, but so long as the phone is secured, not matter what the activity, go for it.
And since I have these two cell phone holders gathering dust I wondered if they would be useful at all for scoping.
Turns out they are as shitty for scoping at a desk as they are for just regularly holding a phone in a car. I suppose there's something to be said about using a cheap ass $10 phone holder for your $500 phone when you're speeding along on the high way scoping about your day.. but having had the stupid thing pop off while holding both my phone and tablet.. I guess it doesn't matter what type of holder your get, again, as long as the phone is secured.
Using it at home at a desk though is just as challenging.
As in the suction cup doesn't stick to most surfaces so I had to find something to make a large base for it to stick too and to ensure it wouldn't tip forward. After a while you get used to the phone or tablet sitting on it like a stand so that you stop knocking it over accidentally.
Luckily I have these two chinese wireless phone chargers which offer just enough extra space and weight to do the trick as a good base for the suction cup holders acting like a stand. I guess these two items being together means that when I'm not using the phone I can plug the wireless charger in and set the holder aside. While I'm scoping, or otherwise need the screen up I can just shunk it back on top.
Was surprised that the extra footprint and weight would also provide enough of a firm stand setup that tapping on the touch screens doesn't tip it over. But then picking up the phone or tablet means pulling it out of the grip of the holder. So optionally you can just sit it on the holder as a stand or grip it on so you can just swivel the screen. Assuming it is suctioned gripped securely onto the slick surface gripping the phone versus just sitting the phone would be hassle if you need to keep pulling it out.
The holders are Griffiths Touring TypeS models and were super cheap. I have two though because I broke and then had to fix the first one. The suction cup is total balls and can easily be ripped off if you happen to be stupid enough to try to pull it off of the windscreen glass without first lifting a corner of the cup during the winter time when the rubber is extra brittle and the steel spring inside has probably totally rusted just enough to wreck the thin bit of rubber joinging it to the plastic handle. Sigh
And there's a little issue with the gap for the charger which seems to have been designed just wide enough to allow a thin OTG cable to be connected but not a USB cable. Again if you're opting to grip the phone to the holder then you have free access to the charger port. If not you can sit the phone or tablet on it like a stand but might not have access to an off center port. Google's Nexus phone and Tablet from LG and Asus have the port smack in the middle so there's no real issue until I tried to plug in a keyboard (to write this since it is longer than I had expected it to be). Having an adapter and cable attached makes the stand setup even more sturdy but the gap isn't very wide so I had to chop the plastic a bit. Since it is effective for most devices and doesn't affect the holder's grip strentgh on the phone I figured it was worth it. But I suppose I'll need to be very careful not to pull the phone out too forcefully to avoid breaking it.
Overall this setup is really ideal for me because my phone and tablet are usually just sitting there doing nothing. With a good stand it makes granting access to these convenience devices that much easier and havign them plugged in and charging means the screen can stay on. Getting notifications and having a twitter feed going becomes that much easier.
BUT with all that said it becomes irritating again to think they are just sitting there doing nothing because they are still slightly deficient for my needs. I mean if they had 5.1 audio out having a music app up like Spotify, Pandora, Xiami or Baidu open etc or a video playing like a movie, would be much better on these second screen devices.
And if more standard sized wireless USB keyboards (that don't have bluetooth built in) could directly connect to them via a USB 3.0 type C receiver or directly to the device via bluetooth or wifi, having a set of headphones, HMD, mouse and keyboard etc connected to them makes using them that much easier than diddling around with a touch screen. Hmmm.