A lot of walking across the island of manhattan in New York during the past 10 days with some of my friends... I am still tired! and back to work tomorrow Monday :(
Also I have uploaded some pictures, click here to view the flickr album about the trip.
Everything was great, I think everyone should visit "the big apple" at least once in their lifetime.
Some days ago... on July 11, I bought a iPhone 3G in the new telefonica's flagship in Gran Via, Madrid (read the full story here), I went with one of my best friends, Ivan, who was lucky to get two!
I also have the first iPhone since October 2007, and now with the new version I want to compare the two editions in some really important aspects, like the screen quality and photo camera, something I haven't fount too much information on the net.
First of all, the package :) two cases are quite similar, something that could be expected (the new one is a little bit higher) but the only thing I don't understand is why the hell Apple has put the number 9 at the calendar icon again, and why not 11... anyway
iPhone and iPhone 3G boxes
iPhone and iPhone 3G boxes
Next, the phone itself. I remember when Steve Jobs was showing the iPhone 3G in the past KeyNote, many people thought that would be a poor quality material (arg, a plastic iPhone! wtf!), but you cannot realize how beautiful is until you have it in your own hands... and it is, absolutely beautiful and robust, it is NOT simple and poor quality plastic, in fact, it seems thats a ceramic material called Zirconium/Yttrium, and it feels very very confortable in your hand.
iPhone and iPhone 3G screens
Comparing iPhone 3G and iPhone
Now it's turn for the camera quality... has the new iPhone 3G the same 2mpix camera? yes, but for the tests I made, it seems the quality become much better now.
iPhone and iPhone 3G camera shots
Photo taken with iPhone
Photo taken with iPhone 3G
The iPhone screen: Many people said that the new screen has a green/yellow tonality, it is normal folks! that's absolutely not a hardware issue, Apple did it intentionally and the new screen has been rebalanced to display a warmer tonality to create richer tones and better contrast. The previous iPhone had a blue-color screen that caused images from camera to display improperly.
Another thing is... look at the brightness settings in the images below, while in the previous iPhone the brightness level is set at 50%, in the new 3G version we have a better quality image with less brightness! (photo was taken in a dark room)
iPhone and iPhone 3G screens with 100% brightness
In my opinion, the Springboard looks better too:...
iPhone and iPhone 3G Springboard
... and also the images :D
iPhone and iPhone 3G Image comparison with 100% brightness
Well, I almost finished the wheel, now i've tried to make a better looking shot with a first looking materials.
As you can imagine, the tire needs some final touches... and the brake is missing too
The "Audi R8" wheel - Click to enlarge
Here it is, my work in progress audi r8 rim, modeled in 3ds Max 2009
More than 57k polygons (uh!) and keep growing, next step will be the tire.
Hope you like it, comments apreciated!
Audi R8 RIM work in progress - Part 1
Well, I got back up and running with my new website, here you can find my portfolio of all my graphic works (and work in progress ones too), shots/photographies from flickr, websites, and more...
I've decided to use wordpress cms with with my own customized template,
So, I really hope you like it and who knows, maybe you can find something useful here someday :)
