Hi-Res LED Screen Color Profile

I have been slightly struggling to get the perfect calibration for my MacBook Pro 17” with the new Hi-Res LED backlight screen. The screen is VERY bright (as you can see in the comparrison photo), and uses very little energy, but the colors aren’t as impressive as the standard TFT screens.

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These screen often show deep blacks as dark grey. I’ve posted my screen calibration profile though, that seems to be quite accurate and true at presenting colors in a realistic light. Just downlod the zip file, unzip it, and place the calibration .icc file in the path included, then choose it from the display color settings in the system preferences.

Android Kicks iPhone's Ass!

Google Android is an open source cell phone operating system that will be available at the end of this year. Here’s a video(full article) from a recent press conference Google put on to show off some of the awesome features.


You will notice a lot of iPhone-like features, which is awesome because why not use ideas that are already great and work well, but Android steps it up and takes iPhone features and improves upon them in a way that makes the device much more fun and easy to use.



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