Dave's Fiction Warehouse

In which I bloviate about books, TV, movies, politics and other stuff -- all without the aid of ChatGPT!

  • Books
  • Movies
  • TV
  • politics
  • american life
  • Writing
  • Other Stuff

Connect

  • Email
  • Facebook

Powered by Genesis

A man and his iPhone 4s

January 15, 2012 by Dave Knadler

confederate park jacksonville

This eagle guards Confederate Park in Jacksonville.
So named for the Civil War vets who had a reunion there in 1914.

I don’t think much of the iPhone 4S as a phone, since I still have to use Google Voice on my computer to make reliable phone calls inside the house. But credit where it’s due: The iPhone 4S has a surprisingly good camera. It’s actually useful, in that shots taken with it don’t automatically scream “camera phone.”

The shot above is maybe not the most convincing example, but it’s reasonably sharp and has acceptable dynamic range. Not bad. I’d say the camera alone is worth upgrade from my 3GS, especially since the screen on that phone shattered when I dropped it on the pavement.

While I’m on the subject: One thing I don’t care for with the 4S: this stupid Siri. Maybe it’s something in my particular voice, but I can’t get Siri to do anything useful. I say, “What’s the weather look like, Siri?” or “Where can I buy some adult diapers?” the way they do on the commercials, and Siri usually comes back with something like “How should I know?” I did get her to send an e-mail once, but it took about as long as it would to manually type the damned thing. So I guess the jury’s still out on that one.

More along these lines:

  • Wall Street and Willa CatherWall Street and Willa Cather
  • Sticking it to the (Instagram) man
  • rhea seehorn in "whitney"My very own vagina monologues
  • cell phone jammerSympathy for the jammer
  • Better get it on paper

Filed Under: Iphone, Other Stuff, photography

Recent posts

  • Full frontal Florida
  • Later, alligator
  • A writer on top
    of the short-story game
  • ‘The Passenger’
    will please refrain
  • Floaters in the stream

Recent comments

  • John H. on Full frontal Florida
  • Rachel Kohl on Later, alligator
  • Dave Knadler on Later, alligator
  • John H. on Later, alligator
  • Dave Knadler on Later, alligator

FInd something

send dave cash

The obligatory PayPal donation button. Go ahead: Make my day.