LG Crystal GD900 Used as a Portable Fish Tank

fish-in-lg-crystalThe LG Crystal is known for it’s unique crystal keypad that slides out from behind the device, but did you know it can hold water (un-officially) as well as a couple of little fish? This is what one guy did by creating possibly the worlds first portable mobile phone fish tank.

The owner of the phone took the back off and then put a couple of small fish in the back (I have no idea what sort of fish) and when the back was on he injected some of the fish tank water.

As can be seen in the picture above, the phone actually still works as does the back light on the transparent keypad. Take a look at the video after the jump to witness the madness. [Read more…]

Pentax K-x Robo Edition Launching

korejanai_pentaxThe Pentax K-x is a new camera that was announced just a month ago. The announcement said that it comes in the usual black colour along with white and red options being available. Now we hear that a new version has been launched in a Kore Ja Nai Robo toy set of colours.

The colourful model of camera resembles the toy robot that was first introduced in Japan back in 2001 and aims to be more of a fun entry level digital SLR camera. Other than the fancy colour casing there are no other differences on this camera. [Read more…]

FPS Pearl M3 Pocket Projector Launched

fps-pearl-m3-projector.previewFPS have launched a new Pico Projector called the FPS Pearl M3. The pico projector is a small unit that has VGA image quality that is capable of projecting a 16:9 wide screen. The lamp has a 30,000 life expectancy and the projector can play back a number of common formats including AVI, various MPEG’s, WMV etc…

Pico projectors are small enough to be carried in your pocket and measure just a tad larger than your average mobile phone. The M3 is pretty much the same as any other pico projector on the market which I guess just gives you another option of what to buy. [Read more…]

HELLOMOTODROID – Video

HELLOMOTODROIDBGR posted a video of what is supposedly a new Google Android phone. Named HELLOMOTODROID, and yes, according to Slashgear they think it is the real name, it runs the Android 2.0 operating system that is still in development till sometime next year.

When starting up the word DROID is put on the screen after which an eye similar to Lord of the Rings all seeing eye is seen and then the word DROID is also said in a robotic voice. The video shows the full start up (video down below). [Read more…]

Samsung Premium Plus Memory Cards

samsung-plus-memory-cardSamsung have announced the introduction of a group of new Premium Plus Memory Cards. Each of the cards fall in to a class 6 rating for performance.

Samsung have three cards available. All three cards come in capacities of 4GB, 8GB and 16GB. Each are designed to be shock resistant, water resistant as well as protection from magnetic interference.

The cards are covered in a brushed silver metallic design and are compatible with all types of devices that accept these sorts of cards. [Read more…]

Acer Aspire 5738PG 3D Laptop

acer-3d-laptop_AsLIb_54Acer are launching what they claim to be the worlds first 3D laptop. It is named the Acer Aspire 5738PG and allows you to view both 2D movies and photos as 3D content. Also, games will have the ability to run in 3D if they support DirectX 9 and above.

The downside of all this is that you will still have to wear the funky glasses pictured above. If that isn’t a problem for you then your good to go. The 3D effect works by Acer using an in-house software application along with a special coating over the screen. By using the polarized glasses it gives a 3D effect.

Acer calls the new system “TriDef 3D Experience” and the special coating seems to be where most of the work is done. The coating attaches to the screen panel pixel by pixel and by using the filtered polarised glasses you get to see the images from a slightly different angle in each eye to give the effect. [Read more…]

Latest Apple iPhone 3G S Firmware Jailbreaked

Apple-iPhone-3G-S-JailBreakIn the last few days we have seen a number of places mention that Apple have shipped a new iPhone 3G S that has the boot ROM finally fixed to block the 24kpwn exploit. Many people knew it wouldn’t be long before this was also hacked, and funnily enough, it has.

The new boot ROM doesn’t actually prevent the 24kpwn exploit from working, but instead just added an obstacle in the path that the hackers have now managed to get around. There is a downside though in that to boot your device the phone needs to be tethered to your computer. However, this will probably be sorted in a few weeks just like the iPod Touch with the similar issue was. [Read more…]

Channel 4 Going to YouTube

channel4Google [GOOG] have announced that their YouTube service will now be showing full length shows from Channel 4 in the UK.

The service will allow users to watch Channel 4 shows in full and free-of-charge as well as being on demand.

The service should be launching in 2010 and by that point a full catalogue of catch-up TV should be available along with a mixture of about 3000 hours of programs already broadcast. The programs include Skins, Brass Eye, Teachers and Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares. [Read more…]

LG GW520 Review

LG-GW520-keyboardWe recently received the LG GW520 phone for review. The GW520 has a 2.8 inch touchscreen along with a full QWERTY slide out keyboard making it ideal for social networking and messaging. A number of modern phones have virtual keyboards that work well, but for some people they just cannot get to grips with on on-screen keyboard and hence, prefer the physical keyboard instead.

Priced at £169.95 for a pay-as-you-go version the GW520 is at a good price for what you get. It’s not the cheapest of phones but at the same time, it’s not the most expensive, and sits in an affordable bracket.

The phone it’s self feels a little plastic in comparison to LG’s high end phones such as the LG BL40. Also the phone is slightly fatter than other LG phones due to the physical keyboard, however this doesn’t make it an oversized phone and it does sit quite well in your hands. [Read more…]

Vodafone 360 Samsung H1 Ready for Pre-Order

Vodafone-360-Samsung-H1_1A few weeks ago, Vodafone [VOD] launched a new service called Vodafone 360 that puts a number of social networking services on to your phone along with the ability to sync contacts. The service acts as a single address book for all your contacts so that you can access them on your laptop or PC and when changes are made on one device they are automatically synced to another.

The Samsung H1 is the first phone released that makes use of this services and we hear now that it is ready for pre-order and will ship for the 30 October.

The Samsung H1 has a 3.5 inch OLED display along with 3G, GPRS, HSDPA, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi for connectivity options. 16GB of internal memory can be found that gives plenty of storage for photos captured by the 5 megapixel camera along with music and videos. [Read more…]

Dell Vostro 1520 Notebook offered by AT&T – Built in 3G

dell-vostro-3g-notebookAT&T [T] have announced that they will be launching the Dell Vostro 1520 laptop enabled with 3G wireless connectivity built in.

The availability of devices from Dell with 3G embedded in them was announced today and is targeted at small businesses to allow them to work while on the road. For this reason, business users are given a discounted rate on the laptop.

The offer is not restricted to the Dell Vostro 1520 laptop though and also includes various netbooks including the Inspiron, Latitude, Precision and XPS devices that already have embedded 3G technology built in. [Read more…]

iPhone 3G S Expose Hack

expose_iphone_3gs_hackThe iPhone has received another application that puts Expose type functionality on to the iPhone. As the application isn’t official or approved, it had to be put on their through other means, ie, a Jailbroken phone.

It was ported on to the iPhone by Steve Troughton-Smith who managed to get a similar style application on to the iPhone. What the application does is enable you to access all programs on your iPhone a lot quicker by putting miniature versions of the menu’s in a grid form where you can click on the page you want and then the program you want. [Read more…]