Sunday, November 20, 2011

Apple iPad 2 vs. Toshiba Thrive vs. Acer Iconia Tab vs. Samsung Galaxy Tab vs. Motorola Xoom

There is no question that Apple iPad 2 is a leading table. Let compare it with other 16GB Wi-Fi tablets.

Tablet Apple iPad 2 Toshiba Thrive Acer Iconia Tab A500 Samsung Galaxy Tab Motorola Xoom Family Edition
Operating System (OS) Apple iOS 4, 5 Google Android 3.1, 3.2 Google Android 3.1 Google Android 3.1 Google Android 3.1
Screen Size 9.7-inch 10.1-inch 10.1-inch 10.1-inch 10.1-inch
Screen Resolution 1024x768 1280x800 1280x800 1280x800 1280x800
Processor 1GHz dual-core Apple A5 1GHz Dual-core 1GHz Dual-core NVIDIA® Tegra™ 2 1GHz Dual-core NVIDIA® Tegra™ 2 1GHz Dual core
Memory (RAM) 512MB 1GB DDR2 1GB DDR2 1GB 1GB
Storage (ROM) 16/32/64 GB 8/16/32 GB 8/16/32 GB 16 or 32 GB 16GB
Expandable memory None Full-size SD Card slot. Up to 128GB SDXC microSD, microSDHC None Up to 32 GB microSD card
Back Camera 1MP. Video recording, HD (720p) 5MP with auto-focus, 720p video capture 5MP with auto focus and single LED flash 3MP auto-focus camera with LED flash. HD(720p) Video recording 5MP auto-focus camera with LED flash. 720p video capture
Front Camera 0.3MP VGA 2MP 2MP 2MP 1.3MP
Microphone Yes Yes Yes
Yes
HDMI No Yes Yes No Yes
USB No Mini USB 2.0 port, Full-size USB 2.0 port 1 USB 2.0 No Micro USB
Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n 802.11b/g/n 802.11b/g/n 802.11 a/b/g/n Dual-band (2.4GHz, 5GHz) 802.11b/g/n
Battery 10 hrs 11 hrs 8 hrs 9 hrs 10 hrs
Weight 1.33 lbs 1.60 lbs 1.69 lbs 1.25 lbs 1.43 lbs
Flash support Yes Yes Yes
Price $500/$600/$700 $380/$400/$480 $350/$450/$500 $500/$600 $400

Saturday, November 5, 2011

How to remove exif tag

Each time we take a picture from a digital camera or smart phone, the exif tag and other photographic meta data are include in these pictures. These meta data contain info about your camera or your phone, GPS location,... To protects your privacy or reduce the picture size before publish the pictures on the web, you should remove exif data.

On Ubuntu: Using GPS Correlate
In the terminal:
To show the exif tags: gpscorrelate -s *.jpg
To remove the exif tag: gpscorrelate -r *.jpg

On Windows: Using a free software called IrfanView

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