HTC Desire – available in Singapore, end May 2010.

HTC Desire is now available in Singapore come end of May 2010. The superphone (read: No longer known as smart phones.) will be priced at with a RRP tag of S$898. Running a 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor makes the phone incredibly responsive while the instinctive HTC Sense experience lets you wield the power of the HTC Desire with the greatest of ease. Read the press release at http://www.htc.com/sea/press.aspx?id=129702&lang=1033 Overview of the superphone: http://www.htc.com/sea/product/desire/overview.html

Preview: Sony NEX-5.

Image courtesy of DPREVIEW.COM. The NEX series will initially comprise two cameras - the NEX-5 and NEX-3. In terms of specifications, both cameras are essentially identical - the NEX-5 gets a slightly smaller magnesium alloy body and 1080i AVCHD movie recording but in ever other respect they're the same. A mount adapter will be available, giving the ability to use Sony and Minolta Alpha-mount lenses. The LA-EA1 adapter will have a motor to control the lens aperture but nothing to driving the autofocus (they can't currently focus SSM and SAM lenses with built-in focus motors either). We have no pricing for the ...

MFT: Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2

It looks like the Micro-Four-Thirds (MFT) cameras are now becoming a trend amongst the amateur photographer. Compact in size with the option of interchangeable lenses, not only is this light on your shoulders but lighter on your wallet too. The camera will come as part of a kit, with the newly announced LUMIX G VARIO 14-42mm/F3.5-5.6 ASPH/MEGA O.I.S. (that's a mouthful) lens. Pricing and availability have yet to be announced. Read the press-release here.

Google Andriod Froyo 2.2, to be enjoyed, cold :)

Looks like the Andriod phones will see Froyo soon :) And judging from the highlights given by Google, it looks really good! Plus it also supports Flash 10.1. The Android 2.2 platform introduces many new and exciting features for users and developers. This document provides a glimpse at some of the new user features and technologies in Android 2.2. Hit the jump to view the introductory video, highlights and more!

DIY Project: Macro lens on a shoe string budget.

So you're on a shoe-string budget but love taking macro shots of insects, grains of rice, flowers or just about anything that is blown up 0.5 times larger than what it exactly is to the human eye? I only found this out after purchasing my Tamron AF 90mm f/2.8 Macro lens, to be honest, on a personal level, I find this setup a little daunting. It takes patience and well, even more patience to get the setup correct. If you're game for it, read the rest of the DIY project at the following site: http://www.diyphotography.net/macro-on-a-budget-or-back-to-back-couplers

Starcraft II: Available 27 July 2010.

Blizzard Entertainment is finally releasing the second installation of their popular RTS game, Starcraft II. Although it has taken them 10 long years (A little overdue...) I'm quite excited! Next, when is Diablo 3 going to be released? Another 10 years :P Visit the official Starcraft II website: http://us.starcraft2.com/

BlackBerry Bold 9650.

BlackBerry Bold 9650 - un-boxing done by CrackBerry.com. The new Bold 9650 comes with pre-'installed' with a 512MB internal memory and expandable to 32GB via a microSD card. The Bold 9650 will probably only hit Singapore's shores in the next couple of months later. You can view and read more about the specifications of the new BlackBerry Bold 9650, here, http://na.blackberry.com/eng/devices/blackberrybold/bold_specifications.jsp Hit the jump to view the video of the un-boxing and its performance. :)

More on Twitter news.

Posted: May 20th, 2010 | Author: grey_fox | Filed under: Techblog | Tags: iphone, tweetie, Twitter | No Comments »

Twitter

More on Twitter news, looks like the official Twitter client has landed for the iPhone platform. Prior to this official client, many iPhone users would know this app to be as “Tweetie” and priced at US$2.99. It’s now free but comes with ads.

Would really suck to pay US$2.99 then to end up getting it for free. Download it for your iPhone today!
http://itunes.apple.com/app/twitter/id333903271?mt=8

Twitter for BlackBerry finally will get an update!

Posted: May 20th, 2010 | Author: grey_fox | Filed under: Techblog | Tags: App World, blackberry, RIM, Twitter | No Comments »

Twitter for BB updated!
Image courtesy of BlackBerry Blog

*UPDATE*: Link is now live at BlackBerry App World – update/download it!

I use a BlackBerry and Twitter as well So this news is a welcomed one to me. The initial launch of the official Twitter client for BlackBerry was riddled with “beta bugs”. Although it did have a similar layout to the web version of twitter, it seriously lacked some common functionality found in other BlackBerry Twitter applications for the BlackBerry.

It looks like the product team did take the feedback and is now churning out a newer Twitter (still in beta). This will be made available in BlackBerry’s App World soon enough.
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DIY Project: Create your own post-processing, at home!

Posted: May 20th, 2010 | Author: grey_fox | Filed under: DIY Projects, Photoblog | Tags: C41-E6, cross processing, CS4, DIY Project | No Comments »

With the marvels of CS4 and other image editor/manipulators or whatever you might want to call them, I’ve enjoyed manipulating my images and thus far, my favourite would have to be the cross-processing of E6-C41 or C41-E6!

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DIY Project: <3 bokeh.

Posted: May 19th, 2010 | Author: grey_fox | Filed under: DIY Projects, Photoblog | Tags: <3, aperture, bokeh, heart, lens | No Comments »

<3 <3 <3
Image courtesy of RottieLover

<3 bokeh (for the less imaginative, that translates to “Heart Bokeh”) I’ve always loved ‘bokeh‘ in my photos, especially if its for a portraiture, infact, I’ll normally find all ways to include some or at least a bit of bokeh in my photographs.

Not that its a must but, its something that I personally like. Shot ‘wide-open’, yummy bokeh.
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Sweet, iPod Touch with camera appears.

Posted: May 19th, 2010 | Author: grey_fox | Filed under: Techblog | Tags: apple, camera, ipod, itouch, prototype, vietnam | No Comments »

iTouch
Image courtesy of tinthe.vn

No prizes for guessing where this photo was taken, yes, Vietnam. Shortly after the elusive iPhone “HD” appears there (after Gizmodo’s set was returned to Apple). This now appears in Vietnam

Read more to view more of the new iPod Touch.
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K.I.S.S

Posted: May 19th, 2010 | Author: grey_fox | Filed under: Site-related | Tags: aquastuff, blog, site update | No Comments »

I’ve finally decided – over the many free themes. That I shall keep this site as simple as possible. No fancy themes, no fancy images, no fancy posts.

Keeping it simple, allows me more time to write what I want to, without complicating matters such as having an image for a ‘featured’ post/page/item. Besides, this site isn’t exact a ‘magazine’ styled site. Anyways, hope you guys like the layout and with that, I do hope its easier to navigate.

K.I.S.S – Keeping It Simple, Stupid/Silly/Seriously. You choose.

Oh my! What’s this now…..

Posted: May 19th, 2010 | Author: grey_fox | Filed under: Techblog | Tags: facebook, farmville, madness, tech, zygna | No Comments »

Farmville

Sounds crazy to me. (Article courtesy of BGR.com)

Facebook signs five year deal with Zynga, crosses 500 million visitor threshold! The social networking giant anounced today that it has signed a five year deal with Zynga that will keep the gaming company firmly entrenched in Facebook. In a move that will help solidify Facebook’s form of currency, part of the deal requires Zynga to adopt Facebook’s proprietary credits system for its in-game cash transactions, starting first with a few select games and expanding to Zynga’s other games in the future. As for Facebook itself, not only is the site becoming more influential, but it’s also growing in size with the number of registered and non-registered visitors ballooning to an estimated 516 million in the month of April alone. According to Comscore, this figure places Facebook firmly in fourth place worldwide with only Yahoo, Microsoft, and Google ahead of the gargantuan social network.

So, next, when is Cafe World gonna sign exclusive rights with Facebook?

Canon EOS 3D?

Posted: May 19th, 2010 | Author: grey_fox | Filed under: Photoblog, Techblog | Tags: 3d, Canon, canonrumor, eos, rumor | No Comments »

Canon EOS 3D Mock Image

So I was surfing the web and visited Canon Rumors to check on the latest Canon Rumors hitting the web. I can’t help but post this. Heh, the stripped down image looks somewhat like a medium format camera, well a mini one.

Interesting. Visit the site at http://www.deanfrancisstudios.com/index2.php?v=v1