Golf
If you guys have been following my twitter or flickr at all, you probably noticed I’ve been playing a decent amount of golf lately. I played a few rounds right out of college but never got around to buying myself a set of clubs. Clem asked me to play about a month ago and after that I decided to finally invest in the game. If golf is a drug, Paul and Clem became my dealers. Paul found a deal at a golf course right behind my house. Morris Williams has a $50/month all you can hit range balls. On top of that you can get a 18 hole round for $10 with cart after 3pm. I’ve played there 3 times with Paul now.
So in the past month I’ve improved my score from around 110 down to 102. The goal right now is to break 100 and consistently shoot in the 90′s. My short game has turned out to be my strength but my putting still needs a lot of work. I also have an iPhone app called GolfCard that allows me to track my scores and upload them to oobgolf.com. If you want to look at some of my score cards from the past few weeks, here’s a link to my profile on the site. I’m a stat junkie so I love being able to break down all the different numbers that revolve around the golf game. If any one is interested in a round of golf, let me know!
First Impressions: iPhone 4
Some first impressions after using the phone for a few hours:
- The display is really amazing. Text is so sharp, I can see all my icons in my folders.
- I don’t have any issues with the reception dropping when using it in my left hand like some of the blogs are reporting. I was able to reproduce the issue intermittently, dropping 1-2 bars. Also no issue with the screen.
- The build quality is excellent. I like the weight of the phone. It feels a lot more polished than the 3GS.
- Background app streaming is working just fine, was able to keep pandora running while checking my emails.
- Phone is very snappy and responsive, probably due to the 512 MB of ram.
- Have not been able to take much pictures or video yet, but I’ll have a review of that separately.
iPhone 4
Apple has announced the new iPhone 4 with a slew of new hardware and software updates. Even with great feature updates such as the Retina Display technology and FaceTime I can’t help but think the new camera will have the most lasting impact on the world of technology. According to Flickr, there were over 17,000 photos uploaded yesterday to the site just from the iPhone 3GS. I’m not sure what the stats are for the amount of TwitPics uploaded per day but I’m sure the number is even larger. All this to say that cell phone pictures are ubiquitous and continue to grow.
The other constant with camera phone pics is they generally suck. I looked at the new Sprint EVO’s camera pics and videos the other day and I commented to Pat Sun that was not impressed at all. Camera phones continue to push megapixels over sensor quality which has lead to larger pictures with the same crappy quality. I don’t need to be able to zoom further into crap if the over all image is crap to begin with. That’s why Steve Jobs hit it on the head today with the new 5MP camera phone built into the iPhone 4. This sample pic from the Apple iPhone page made me say wow. Supposedly the picture is straight out of the iPhone 4 with no editing. They didn’t go for more megapixels, they went for a higher quality sensor. Finally, someone got it right and the whole world will see camera phone pictures in a better light.
Image Source: Apple.com iPhone 4 Gallery
