Archive for the ‘Mobile’ Category
Mobile World Congress latest: LG and Dolby team up for 5.1 surround sound on the go!
February 18th, 2010 by joeO
LG and Dolby have teamed up to bring Dolby 5.1 surround sound to your phone.
“Dolby Mobile is designed to give consumers a full-impact audio experience for movies, videos and music,” says Rolf Schmitz, marketing director, Mobile, Dolby Laboratories.
“This version includes Dolby Digital Plus technology, which provides realistic surround sound for headphone playback, as well as 5.1-channel surround sound playback on home entertainment systems from the mobile device via high definition multimedia interface (HDMI),” he added.
LG and Dolby first collaborated in June 2008 and have been producing smartphones with Dolby Technology since then, but this latest offering is the first to...
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LG unveil the GD880i Mini with Mobile World Congress
February 17th, 2010 by joeO
The emergence of touchscreen technology as a staple in phone design has had both positive and negative consequences. The positive is obvious; touchscreen adds a new depth of interactivity for the consumer as well as a whole host of other features that just wouldn’t work without touchscreen. The negative is also obvious, glaringly so. It’s that brick on your desk, the big bulge in the back pocket of your jeans. Yes, it is the increase in size I’m talking about.
This is why LG have unveiled the visually stunning GD880i at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The fittingly named ‘Mini’...
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LG GW620 Android phone – A messaging marvel!
February 11th, 2010 by joeO
Another day, another legitimate reason to play with my phone in the office. The GW620 is packed with excellent features, so I decided it was time to try some of them out, rather than just browse the Android market for apps all day long!
One feature I was keen on testing out was the threaded messaging, so in the name of research I started texting like a teenager possessed. If you’re anything like me then frequently you will find yourself struggling to remember what you wrote in your last message. Thankfully the GW620 links all texts onto one thread so they...
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“Welcome to Rapture”
February 3rd, 2010 by joeO
“I am Andrew Ryan, and I'm here to ask you a question. Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow? 'No!' says the man in Washington, 'It belongs to the poor.' 'No!' says the man in the Vatican, 'It belongs to God.' 'No!' says the man in Moscow, 'It belongs to everyone.' I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something different. I chose the impossible. I chose... Rapture, a city where the artist would not fear the censor, where the scientist would not be bound by petty morality, Where the great would not be constrained by the...
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LG GW620 Android phone
February 3rd, 2010 by joeO
Last week I wrote a brief introduction to the GW620 and promised to tell you more having spent the weekend testing it out. Never one to break a promise, here is my feedback having spent some time playing with just a fraction of the many apps available from the android market place.
If I were to pick a favourite app it would definitely be the ‘Family Guy Soundboard’. If my flatmate were to pick a least favourite app, it would undoubtedly be the ‘Family Guy Soundboard’. As a big Family Guy fan, getting catchphrases and soundbites from the show in the...
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First impressions of the LG GW620 Android phone
January 29th, 2010 by joeO
Today I finally got my hands on an LG GW620 and was so busy playing with it I almost forgot to tell you about it!
My first impressions are positive. It looks good without being overly flashy subjecting you to unwanted attention from undesirables. It’s well designed ergonomically, fitting nicely in your hand, as well as having a bit of weight to it reminding you it is a serious piece of technology. The phone was simple to use, with logical navigational menus allowing first time users not to feel overwhelmed by the wealth of features. Admittedly it took me a little...
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LG InTouch Max GW620 reviewed
January 29th, 2010 by joeO
Techradar.com have posted their review of LG’s first android phone, the InTouch Max GW620, awarding it 4 out of 5 stars!
The review states “LG has clearly thought about what users want from a phone like this”, listing the easy to use slide out QWERTY keyboard, high quality 5.0 mega-pixel camera, effective social networking overlay and it’s reasonable price as highlights.
Their main complaint with the phone is the use of the S-class UI (user interface) system, which the reviewer personally struggled with, but also conceded that it can be turned off according to preference.
The review concludes by describing the GW620 as...
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It’s me, Mario!
January 22nd, 2010 by joeO
The single greatest Christmas present I ever received was my NES games console. It is safe to say I probably wouldn’t be writing a technology blog today if Santa hadn’t made me so happy I threw up on the dog when he left me a Nintendo Entertainment System under my Christmas tree. I loved that console… I miss it; I’m getting nostalgic thinking about the hours I spent playing my favourite games. Digger T-Rock, Duck Hunt, Mega Man, Double Dragon and Tetris to name but a few. But undoubtedly the biggest impact of the NES was the emergence of the...
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