Day: April 18, 2008

“The whole front side reminds of the idea of the phone – it is made for work and not for fun. The titanium-colored plastic nicely combines with the brushed aluminum frame around the display. The latter is situated in the middle of the phone, which leaves little space for the buttons below. In addition, they are capacitive touch sensitive keys (respond to touch of finger but not a stylus) and are not really perfectly responsive so using them may be a problem. An option allows you to add vibration (haptic) and/or sound, to indicate once a key is ‘activated’. Additional problems add the fact that after a few seconds of inactivity, the keys ‘lock’ and one must press the display or the joystick, to ‘unlock’ them. The navigation joystick in the middle, is usable, but is a pain when compared to a good D-pad. ” Read more here:

“From the makers of ‘PaintBall’, a new, fun & extra addicting puzzle game that will also sucks you in and won’t let you go until you’ve wasted all of your time! ‘Frutakia’ uses the ‘casino slots idea’ and turns it into an original & fun puzzle game.• Game Objective:You must make groups of 3 or more same fruits/items at any direction! There are 5 different fruits and 2 different items. ‘Blanks’ can also appear.The ‘bell’ scores more points than the fruits and the ‘super item’ scores the most!— 18/Apr/2008 Update v1.4 —* New resolution support: 320×320.* Runs on: 400×240* Runs on: 440×240* Bug when writing hiscore fixed.* Minor bugs fixed” Check it here:

“LG Electronics said Wednesday it turned a net profit in the first-quarter after a loss the year before, helped by record mobile phone sales, strong performance overseas and gains from its investment in flat panel maker LG Display.LG Electronics Inc., the world’s fifth-largest manufacturer of mobile phones, said in a statement that it earned 422 billion won (US$427 million; €270 million) for the three months ended March 31. LG posted a net loss of 123 billion won in the same quarter of 2007.Sales during the quarter rose 14.8 percent to 6.9 trillion won (US$7 billion; €4.4 billion), LG said.The company said it sold 24.4 million mobile handsets in the quarter, a record.Phone sales were led by high-end Viewty, Voyager and Venus models, LG said. Handset sales in emerging markets including Asia and the Middle East rose 36 percent from the fourth quarter of last year, the company said.”We expect handset sales to exceed 100 million in 2008,” Jung Do-hyun, chief financial officer, told an analysts’ conference, according to LG spokeswoman Judy Pae.The company had said in January it expected shipments of 100 million handsets for a 25 percent increase over 2007’s record 80.5 million total.LG manufactures a variety of products including plasma televisions, personal computers, and refrigerators and other household appliances.The first-quarter profit result was slightly worse than expected. The average of seven analysts surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires forecast LG to report net profit of 429 billion won (US$435 million; €275 million).Last year’s first quarter loss came amid weakness in LG.Philips LCD Co., the predecessor of LG Display Co.LG Electronics owns 37.9 percent of LG Display, which last week reported that it swung to a net profit in the first quarter amid booming demand for flat panels.LG.Philips, originally a joint venture between LG Electronics and Royal Philips Electronics NV of the Netherlands, changed its name in March to reflect a reduction in shares held by Philips.Shares in LG Electronics fell 0.4 percent Wednesday to finish at 132,500 won (US$134; €85). The company released earnings about 45 minutes before the stock market closed.” via iht.com

“Hot off the presses! HP’s new iPAQ, the HP iPAQ 900 Series, just got approved by the FCC. Featuring a ton of goodies including GPS, HSDPA support, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and more, this is one venerable all-in-one. Called a Business Messenger, the HP iPAQ 900 series is bundled with a Stylus and comes with a 1940 mAh Li-polymer rechargeable battery. For some reason, it is shipped with a wired stereo handset, but hey, it’s got Bluetooth, so I’m sure you’ll end up buying spankin’ wireless ones.The device features a mini USB interface. One of the nice things about the iPAQ is its QWERTY keyboard. It also features the familiar 5-way navigation key. Running on Windows Mobile 6, the device takes in microSD memory cards for added memory. There’s also an on-board 3-megapixel camera with flash.There are tons of other details available on the FCC site, go check it out in your free time (which is RIGHT NOW, people!). No word on the pricing or availability yet.” via mobilewhack.com

“Smartphones have long been considered bulkier than feature phones, but this paradigm has been changing as of late, and the margins between them are getting slimmer with the Sony Ericsson G900, which conforms with the trend at 106x49x13 mm, and 99 grams (while the Sony Ericsson P1i measured 106x55x17mm). This phone, which is the name we will be using for the G900 throughout this review for convenience, readily slips into just about any pocket, thanks to its decent proportions.” Read more here: