DeepAurelia

For the last couple of days I’ve discovered the world of HDR. Shooting photos with AEB and having Photomatix is such a bliss.

Recently I acquired a BlackBerry Bold 9700. A lot of people have asked for a comparison with iPhone 4 so here it is.

iPhone 4

Pros:

• Chinese and Thai input methods out-of-the-box.
• Built for entertainment (music, photos, videos).
• Best touch screen
• Good UI
• Better camera for photos and videos (5MP)
• Front-facing and rear-facing cameras
• App store: more software
• Maximum capacity: 32GB

Cons:

• Non-removable battery
• Battery drains quickly due to apps (running in the background)
• Non-expandable memory
• Fragile hardware (case is made out of glass, breaks easily if dropped)
• No physical keypads
• Uses micro-sim (makes it difficult if you want to use a different handset interchangeably)

BlackBerry Bold 9700

Pros:

• Built for email
• Uses secure PIN network
• Removable battery
• Expandable memory (microSD)
• Solid hardware (case is strong, does not break easily if dropped)
• Physical keypads: arguably better than touchscreen

Cons:

• Have to install language packs via computer in order to read and type different languages
• BlackBerry Internet Service: extremely painful to setup email accounts
• User-interface is not so intuitive
• Camera is only 3.2MP
• No front-facing camera
• Smaller screen results in excessive scrolling for long emails
• Maximum capacity: 16GB (microSD)

About a week ago I attended the iPhone 4 midnight launch (thanks Evelyn for your company!) and have signed up on a $79 cap with Telstra. So far it has been a good experience. The phone runs much faster due to the A4 processor and the Next G network. The most noticeable improvement for me is the camera. Photos look flawless and playback of videos recorded with the phone is pixel perfect on a 27-inch iMac. Reception issue: yes there is a 1-bar drop when I cover the bottom left corner but I have not found any problems whilst making calls. I have ordered a free bumper through the Case Program app.

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Up front we give River Penang a 9 out of 10. The fully licensed and BYO Malaysian dine-in and take-away restaurant is situated at Level 1 of the shopping mall and offers quality Malaysian cuisine at reasonable prices. The service was a little flat as they would certainly serve tables with more than 2 people as a priority even for those who come first.

If you do visit River Penang, be sure to try the Penang Char Kway Teow as it is simply one of the best around Brisbane – Gold Coast. A major plus is that they do accept Credit Cards including American Express and EFTPOS so for people like us who don’t carry cash, you are in safe hands.

Ladies and gentlemen, I’m proud to introduce the 15-inch MacBook Pro to the family. I was slightly embarrassed while walking out of the Apple store whilst everyone in the store, including customers, applauded as if I was Steve Jobs himself at one of his Keynotes.

I can’t express how much I’m in love with the recent release of Steam on Mac. Portal and Half-Life 2 look pretty sweet and I can’t wait for Counter-Strike: Source.

I’ve gathered that one must purchase a specialised Kia connector cable (around $70) in order to use iPod with the in-car audio system. This allows you to control your iPod through the dashboard interface (select/skip/rewind tracks, volume control and etc). It’s a convenience to have this feature as I find it difficult and dangerous to play with the iPod controls while driving.

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I was struggling to resize a disk image in Mac OS X and I stumbled across this post.

hdiutil resize -size xx{m or g} filename.dmg

Example: hdiutil resize -size 1g mydiskimage.dmg

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