It's been a while since I did a post in the "general" category, but I have a few different bits to share, so it seems to be an appropriate category to post in...

OK, firstly, the previous two posts contained all of the things I've been working on recently. There will eventually be updates, but I have no idea of when they will come. I might look into making my own image merger for the Emptosoft Render Farm Manager too. If I still have time, I intend to look into making applications for Android and Windows Mobile, but I doubt I'll have that much time.

Secondly, the video below is interesting - The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra seem to perform a lot of arrangements/orchestrations of famous/popular music, and they're pretty decent. The thing that annoys me though is that, in my opinion, they do some parts of every piece of music better than the original, and some parts worse - no individual piece of music I've heard so far is clearly better or worse than the original. The recording and mixing quality of what I can find on the internet is also not as good as the originals.


Thirdly, here's an image which has single-handedly brought me to the verge of liking cats:


Fourthly, I won't be posting too much over the next month or so, as I become busy with (fun, I hope) summery things.

And finally, there have been quite a few "leaks" about future HTC devices over the last few days (incidentally, the same days over which the HTC Hero launched). Initially, some clues were apparently found in the depths of the previously leaked TouchFLO 3D 2.5 about a device called the HTC Leo - a device with both a WVGA main screen, and a QVGA external screen, perhaps implying a clamshell-type design like the long-rumored HTC Omni. A few days later though, a blog claimed to have the specifications of the HTC Leo, saying it will have a 4.3-inch WVGA display with capcitive touch-sensitivity, a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU and a 1230mAh battery. While those specs sound great, they make no sense to me - 4.3 inches is halfway between the Touch HD and the Advantage, but 1230mAh is less than both. It is claimed to have a Touch-HD-like form factor but, with those specs, I wouldn't be surprised if it was completely different - it would have to have some pretty major stuff inside to force the battery to be shrunk to 1230mAh. On the same day, independent reports suggested that the device would have a compass. Also, wmpoweruser.com seems to have started the rumor that the Leo is the previously-leaked Firestone. And, rather conveniently, a high-quality render, matching the initial leak appeared the next day, along with a few more details about the Firestone. So...my opinion? The initial leak has been frighteningly accurate so far, so I weight that quite heavily - at that point the Firestone did look just like the latest leaked image. The HTC Leo has not been previously leaked, which would mean that it's something that's only now in the early stages of development, an enlarged Firestone, a shrunken Thoth or just a confused fusion of the Thoth and Firestone. I'm inclined to think the latter, and that those specs do not correspond to a single device - I can't see any reason for HTC to create a device of that size. I expect the Firestone and Thoth to be released pretty much as initially leaked. The Leo may actually be the SuperStar, which had a few tantalizing details leaked in March - that was clearly intended to be a big device, and as nobody had heard anything about that before, the specs may still have been fairly fluid. Of course, these are all rumors - anything could happen over the coming months! Also, I should point out that all of the names used here are (as far as I know) codenames - the devices are likely (although not certainly, as demonstrated by the Hero and Touch Diamond) to be released under different names...
Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:56 WEST | Category: General
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