Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Quick Repost: So The Ipod Touch's Camera is Crap


I have to admit I love my iPod touch. It's a smartphone without the phone part. Without going into detail it's a great piece of device for the price (Around 11-13k mall price).

If you don't have one yet and you're planning to get one, be sure to read around. If you want an iPod with a great OS (the iOS for those who don't know what to call it) it's perfect with a bunch of great apps. Maybe you've even heard that the new generation of iPod Touch will have a camera. Yes but don't expect much.

I browsed the review of the camera and to put it simply. It's crap. Your 13k-17k Nokia phone probably has a better camera than the iPod Touch's. I won't bore you with much technical details but really it's almost the same camera as those found in phones that range around 5-8k (yes those VGA ones). My old n73 can shoot way better photos.

See the photos for yourself (link to the article below). I'm not saying the iPod Touch isn't an awesome gadget, on the contrary. I'm just saying if your getting it because it has a camera, don't get your hopes up.

Ipod Touch Camera Review:
http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2010/09/ipod-touch-4-vs-iphone-4-camera-fight-no-contest.ars/

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Quick Post: FireFox 4 Beta

Okay so I know the blog hasn't been updated for a long while and believe me I have a lot of stuff I want to post but thesis defense is just around the corner so I have to focus on that.

So for the moment, I'll do a bunch of quick posts which feature something awesome.

Today we have: Firefox 4 Beta


What makes it awesome:

New Look
It may be similar to Google's Chrome but luckily it's not as minimalistic as Chrome. Let me be honest that I am not a fan of Chrome. It looks too minimalistic for me. I'm very much at home with Firefox. The new look is also optimized for efficiency. I'd go in to detail about usability but that would just bore you.




Best Feature: Organize Your Tabs with Panorama
You just have to see the video and try it out to see how cool it is.


That's just a glimpse of all the new features of Firefox 4 there's so much more like hardware acceleration but I don't have the time to describe the full details. Just check it out here:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/beta/features/ 

Download Link:
http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefox-4.0b5&os=win&lang=en-US