Saturday, September 11, 2010

New iOS 4.1 Update & Angry Birds takes over the world!

Yesterday, Apple finally released the newest update for their mobile platforms-iOS4.2!! And it ROCKS! Finally Game Center, for all those into online gaming or just the ability to beat your buddies high scores between weekends! Plus the awesome photo upgrade HDR- High Dynamic Range. Allowing you to shoot one photo that is in "perfect" light exposure. Instead of two or three like I usually have to, even from different angles to get the lighting correct. This will be a great advancement! Just be careful to shoot still subjects with HDR. Finding them
in the Camera Roll is easy as they're tagged, but on the desktop you'll have to look for a slightly larger file(around .5MB). This will have to do until Apple releases another upgrade for iPhoto or a way for the next iOS update to Tag them. Here are some examples.

Without HDR...

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With HDR...

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And then there's HDR on ADHD...

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This is what happens when the subject of your photos is in motion during the long shot process that HDR requires. Be aware of movement @ try to shoot mainly stills with the HDR setting.

Another great addition of this new iOS is Game Center! An online gaming community. Allowing friends & strangers alike to play multi-player RPG's, beat each other's high score's & who know's what else? I can't wait to play Angry Birds in Game Center!

Another feature is the option to buy commercial free TV episodes at $.99 each through iTunes, plus the addition of PING. Although it's already become a haven for spammers. I personally don't need another social media platform.



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