Kindle Fire: One week after. November 23, 2011
Posted by very in : News, Reviews, Tech , add a commentIt has been one week since Amazon Kindle Fire arrived and there are a lot of things to say about it.
Let’s start with the good things.
- The 7-inch tablet form factor is easy to hold with one hand.
- Kindle Fire interface is visually pleasing.
- Amazon Prime video streaming works really well (with good Internet connection, obviously).
- Good color reproduction and viewing angle. Thanks to the IPS screen.
- The User Interface is pretty responsive, in general.
- The ability to sideload Android apps not from Amazon Appstore.
Here comes the bad things:
- Bad power/lock button. It’s at the “bottom” of the Kindle Fire and easily pressed by accident.
- No hardware volume buttons.
- On-screen keyboard feels “floaty”.
- 1024×600 screen ratio in landscape mode is hard to look at, especially for web-browsing and email.
- Sluggish screen redraw.
There a re still a lot to say about Kindle Fire. Amazon can easily fix a lot of the issues through software updates.
Posted from Stanton, California, United States.
Microsoft Security Essentials flags Google Chrome as Malware September 30, 2011
Posted by very in : Announcement, Google, Microsoft, News, Reviews, Security, Tech, Troubleshooting , add a commentI spent the whole morning restoring Google Chrome on numbers of computers at the office after it was flagged as Password Stealer PWS:Win32/Zbot and forcibly removed by Microsoft Security Essentials. As I was working to get this problem straighten out, I discovered other people are having the same problem.
Interestingly, Microsoft Security Essentials did not flag Google Chrome Dev release as malware. It only affects the release version on the computers I have in the office.
I was unable to reinstall Google Chrome even after updating Microsoft Security Essentials. So I disabled Microsoft Security Essentials before started re-installing Google Chrome.
If you were still having problems re-installing Google Chrome with Microsoft Security Essentials disabled, try uninstalling Google Chrome from the Control Panel.
Posted from Beverly Hills, California, United States.
Griffin Technology Stylus for iPad. August 12, 2011
Posted by very in : Apple, iOS, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Resources, Reviews, Tech , add a commentI picked up a Griffin Technology Stylus for iPad because it was on sale at a local electronic store. I wonder if stylus like this would work great with iPad. It all depends on the Apps, sometimes the stylus works great and sometimes it doesn’t.
It does work with most capacitive touch screen.
Posted from Los Angeles, California, United States.
That 2 second delay with HP TouchPad. July 25, 2011
Posted by very in : News, Reviews, Tech , add a commentI get to play with an HP TouchPad over the weekend. It is fairly thick compared to any iPad. WebOS UI offers a different experience than iOS and Android.
One thing that really bugged me is the fact the TouchPad has a 2 second delay for the screen to rotate half a π (90º). I hope this would get fixed in the upcoming updates.
Posted from Los Angeles, California, United States.
Raw Video from Canon EOS 60D. February 4, 2011
Posted by very in : Announcement, Cat, Media, News, Resources, Reviews, Tech , add a commentThe video is taken using:
The video was shot in 1920×1080 24p mode in a low light condition.
Screen capture in full resolutions.
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