HTC EVO LTE – Camera
I found yesterday a feature in the Camera that I did not know existed.
Amazingly the Camera supports 8 MP with features like Simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo-tagging, face and smile detection. The smile detection is very amazing. Simply put, self portrats have NEVER been easier 
Also the Side Camera button is extremely accessable.
I also noticed that the camera application loads instantaneously, which is much faster than the old EVO.
I did have to change pictures to Portrait for indoor use, otherwise the pictures have a yellow tint to them.
HTC EVO LTE has Arrived
I finally have the new EVO LTE activated and operational in my minds.
So far I’m in love with it. The interface is very zippy, Ice Cream Sandwich is great and the display his SO crisp.
The display blows the iPhone 4S away. It’s so much larger and I think just as crisp if not more.
HTC EVO LTE Delayed
Today the HTC EVE LTE was delayed at US Customs due to patent reasons raised by Apple [1].
Is this not another example of Patents ruining business. This seems to be another example that OpenSource is the way to encourage business, encourage innovation and adoption.
[1] http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/15/htc-one-x-and-evo-4g-lte-delayed-at-customs-due-to-itc-exclusio/
It seems that every time I reload my PC I forgot a package that I need to build Tomboy and it takes me forever to find the answer. Hopefully this will help someone else or I will remember that I wrote a post about it
ERROR
Running intltoolize…
Running gnome-doc-prepare…
You should add the contents of ‘/usr/share/aclocal/gnome-doc-utils.m4′ to ‘aclocal.m4′.
Running aclocal-1.11…
configure.in:33: warning: macro `AM_GCONF_SOURCE_2′ not found in library
Running autoconf…
configure.in:33: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_GCONF_SOURCE_2
If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
See the Autoconf documentation.
FIX:
Install gconf2-devel – Include files and libraries mandatory for development
Installing Skype on OpenSuSE 12.1
For any pore souls out there trying to get Skype running on OpenSuSE 12.1, here are some of the packages that you will need.
Plus the ones in the screen-shot. (This is for 64bit. I don’t think it would matter for 32bit)
- xorg-x11-libXv-32bit
- libqt4-32bit
- libqt4-x11-32bit
- libpng12-0-32bit
Tomboy and OSX (Lion)
Guess what! We have Tomboy running on OSX Lion. Here’s how and BIG thanks to Renier.
You need to download and install the Mono Universal package (MonoFramework-2.8_10.macos10.novell.universal.dmg). You can download it from [1]
Once you have that version of Mono install you can build Tomboy using the steps here [2]. Hopefully we can get a installer posted for Mac soon.
[1] http://download.mono-project.com/archive/2.8/macos-10-universal/10/
[2] http://live.gnome.org/Tomboy/Building/Mac
xbuild Tomboy-mac.sln ./bundle-mac-app.sh open Tomboy.app
Nest Thermostat
After using the Nest thermostat for over two weeks I thought I should write down my first impressions.
The convenience is great. Nest provides apps for basically all devices. Also the apps are very “clean”, simple and intuitive. I’m glad that I can control the device from anywhere.
Installation was basic except that I did have trouble with the wires. I had more than I needed and it took a bit of reading to figure which wires were required. it’s doubtful if Nest could help on this any more than they did, other than maybe provide more wire-mapping combinations.
I am disappointed though that there are not statistics for the device. At least I have not found a way to report anything about the device, my power usage and other such things. I would like to see what schedule the thermostat believes is best for me, what power consumption is happening and other such things. Sure I will be able to see some from my power bill, but we already had a good system.
All in All the 270$ is worth it to me so that I can easily control while on the road.
[1] Nest http://www.nest.com/
