Geekie Gadgets

Stand Out with the Versace Unique

by twinks on 27/05/10 at 6:02 am

From the same Italian fashion house that featured the faces of famous celebrities like Madonna, Kevin Richardson, Ashton Kutcher, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Mila Jovovich and Halley Berry comes a truly one of a kind mobile phone – the Versace Unique. Developed alongside ModeLabs Group, the Versace Unique will be the first high-end touchscreen and fully featured multimedia mobile phone to grace the exclusive international boutiques of the Versace time pieces and jewelry lines. This hot new luxury phone features the latest technology and craftsmanship any fan of the brand would want while staying true to the Versace tradition of fashion and aesthetics. And like any Versace products, it’s made from choice materials and even hand assembled in France under the strictest company standards.

The face of Versace Unique is built with a choice of advanced ceramic or handmade lacquer gracefully framed either in 18k yellow gold or 316L grade stainless steel inlay. The back plate is covered in finest handcrafted leather and is embossed by the familiar Medusa head insignia. The touchscreen is made of the largest single piece sapphire crystal made available to consumers making the screen very scratch resistant, mirror smooth and unbelievably receptive. Under all the glamour are the latest technologies powered by the electronic giant LG. The 3G connectivity, email support, media player, 5MP flash camera, Dolby Mobile surround, and a long battery life are just some of this amazing phone’s features.

LG X300 Thin and Light Notebook

by jrjuan on 12/03/10 at 12:00 pm

This slim computer was first introduced during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2010 at Las Vegas last January 7, 2010. It wowed the visitors as LG showcased a flagship model this year for their thin and light category. This notebook has the looks, the appeal, and performance to entice prospective buyers to swipe their credit cards into getting a new computer.

The X300 has a distinct chiclet type keyboard and a sleek white body that might make you compare this to a MacBook Air. While no one can ignore the similarity in design, the inside is pure PC. This computer only weighs very light at 970 grams and ultra thin at 17.5mm! Windows 7 Home Premium comes preinstalled along with additional software that LG has added to the computer. The display is 11.6″ wide and has eschewed the bezel to maximize the viewing area much like a borderless display. To match the elegant screen is the wide touch pad that is seamlessly incorporated with the palm rest.

A 2GB Intel Z500 (Menlow) processor runs all the applications paired with a 2GB RAM. A 128GB SSD storage has been chosen to limit power consumption and maximize portability. The fan-less design eliminates noise, keeps the thin profile of the notebook, and reduces the power consumption. There are two 2-cell batteries that are included in each purchase with each giving a manufacturer rated running time of 3.5 hours which total to 7 hours on both batteries. While a total of 7 hours seems to be the standard for ultraportables, bringing two batteries is just inconvenient and switching between them is such a hassle.

There is an embedded 3G modem chipset to allow users to get online via EDGE or HSDPA when available.

Watch for the X300 since LG promised to let this baby loose in mid March 2010.

LG Mini – An Ultra-Small Phone with Big Features

by twinks on 13/02/10 at 6:31 am

If you want a fuel efficient, nimble and parking space friendly car, get a Mini Cooper. If you want a quick drink and a snack, there’s the mini-bar. If you want an evil henchman, clone Mini-me. And if you want the smallest and slimmest 3.2-inch full touch screen mobile phone on the market today, get the new LG GD880 or simply LG Mini. This new cellular phone from LG is basically has everything you want from a touch screen phone minus the bulky form factor and extra weight. The Gd880 features a solid and compact design that easily fits in a pocket, purse or small handbag. It is made from select materials with textured metal accents on the sides to give a sense of beauty and durability. LG Mini features a large 3.2- inch and 16:9 aspect ratio touch screen that goes all the way to the edge of the phone to give an impression of a mirror smooth finish and keypad-free interface.

Inside the Mini’s small frame, LG still managed to pack a 5.0 megapixel camera with advanced face detection, multimedia player and an FM radio. They even managed to squeeze in HSDPA connectivity with speeds up to 7.2 Mbps, Wi-Fi and an A-GPS for real-time tracking information. After turning on the phone, you’ll find a plethora of installed user friendly applications like a fast web browser, push email, and Social Network Connect. Social networking site like Facebook and Twitter are instantly accessible through the home screen and are constantly being updated.

Find more LG touch screen phones here.

LG XF2 Media Player

by jrjuan on 18/01/10 at 12:00 pm

Seen a lot of storage based media players for the past year. All of them were loaded with all the bells and whistles, claims to be the first this and first that, came from a well known manufacturer and so on. But one look with the LG XF2 and I felt my hand grabbing for my wallet to get one.

Just one look on this media player will captivate your eyes in its sleek and gorgeous design. The whole thing looks like an upper portion of a slider phone like the ones from Samsung (U600 and U700). It uses only an HDMI output making it compact with less components to accommodate for video outputs but also would restrict its users to use HDMI. Though you could say that most TVs nowadays come with an HDMI input, some still don’t and we cannot blame them for not getting a new TV.

Over at the specs, it can play mkv, asf, avi, rm, rmvb, dat, mpg, mpeg, vob, iso, lfo, ts, m2ts, tp, mp4, mov, flv, and xvid video file formats with srt, sub, smi, ssa, idx+ movie subtitles format. Music with mp3, wma, asf, wav, and flac and photos with JPG, BMP, PNG / GIF (Interlace/Animation mode is not supported), TIFF (Raw data mode support). In addition, this media player supports 5.1 DTS sound system and 1080p full HD video output.

You can get this media player by April in South Korea so for now, you just have to settle with your current media player. Or maybe you can get a new HDMI capable TV in preparation for this one.

HD media players are available at Amazon

LG Network Blu-ray Disc Home Theater Systems

by lyn_l on 14/01/10 at 6:32 am

Do you prefer home theater in a box yet also wants Blu-ray and VUDU movies streaming in your HDTV? You need not wait any longer. Though LG has not announced when it will be released, the LHB975 will surely be a great investment for you. This device is at the forefront of LG’s line of Network Blu-ray Disc Home Theater Systems. This sleek and trendy audio-visual solution gives its users access to VUDU, Netflix, YouTube, CinemaNow, Picasa, Pandora, and AccuWeather through Wi-Fi or Ethernet network connectivity.
With LHB 975, you can enjoy a more immersive home entertainment experience as it comes equipped LG’s dome speaker technology that creates dynamic surround-sound experience. It is also offered with two wireless speakers and subwoofer, providing consumers the flexibility to put them anywhere in the room.

Moreover, LHB975 features LG’s 3-channel wireless speaker technology which makes use of digital spread spectrum operation for improved audio performance and better signal quality. It also supports audio format decoding to deliver superior audio performance with technologies like DTS-MD Master Audio Essential and Dolby True HD. LG’s LHB975 also features drawer docking system where iPod and iPhone can be connected directly.

LG LHB975 answers the listening needs of most consumers by accommodating and playing several media contents, including CD/DVDs to Blu-ray Discs as well as network streaming content, all accessible from one home theater system.

Also included in LG’s line of Network Blu-ray Disc products are the BD550 and BD570 players as well as LHB335 and LHB535 home theater systems, which are all outfitted with NetCast Entertainment Access.

You can check out LG Blu-ray home theater systems at Amazon.