Monthly Archives: September 2009
LG’s GD900 Crystal Phone Review
LG’s GD900 Crystal Phone
LG’s GD900 Crystal Phone is another one of a kind phone. LG has created the first transparent design phone. You should take a look at the photos, this is Star Trek technology in the present. And even better, this transparent screen is not gimmicky, it looks cool and it works well.
LG’s GD900 Crystal phone has a 3 inch touch screen like many of the smart phones out there, but what it has that others don’t is a transparent keyboard that lights up when opened. This phone was just recently released in July 2009 and is available exclusively through Carphone Warehouse.
Here’s how LG’s GD900 Crystal phone transparent keyboard works. Obviously it can be used as a normal keyboard to dial numbers and make calls, but it gets better than that. It is a touch sensitive controller so that you can use it as you would any touch screen. You can navigate through menus, use it to serve the web and write on it in your own chicken scratch.
LG’s GD900 Crystal phone handwriting recognition technology works well for short text, but you don’t want to use it for book reports or your thesis. Additional concerns from the outset are an unpredictable touch screen and no GPS.
So the transparent keyboard is off the chain, but this phone also has the full range of other great features too. An awesome 8 mega pixel camera, up to 32GB of storage, Wi-Fi and HSDPA for fast web surfing. Expect to pay about £500 with no contract. But you can get it for free on terms as low as 18 months.
The worlds most expensive blackberry
29 carats of diamonds set in 18k gold, this was created by Jewelry designer Alexander Amosu he is selling 3 of these ultra bad boys for $240,000 each branded the “world’s most expensive blackberry.”
LG Watch Phone Review
LG Watch Phone
We’re pretty certain the LG Watch Phone or GD910 will be a huge hit in Europe this month. Retail isn’t cheap, expected cost will be around £1000, and Orange has wrapped up exclusive rights for at least the near future. But a lot of technophiles will be plunking down their sterling for this James Bond exclusive. It was already a huge hit earlier this year at the Consumer and Electronics’ show (CES)
So what can you expect to get with this LG Watch Phone? Actually quite a bit considering its size. It reminds us of the old calculator watches of about 20 years ago. Only its face is just a screen at 1.4 inches diameter. Initial testing suggests that this small screen is remarkably easy to text and dial with average fingers.
You’ll also be able to do video calls with it thanks to a built in camera. Expect speed with this LG Watch Phone to be slow but really, look how small this thing is. What hasn’t been determined yet is the type of camera that you’ll get with it, VGA or mega pixel. You’ll also have Bluetooth, voice recognition, text to speech and a MP3 player. Quite a bit for such a small tyke.
As we mentioned, if you want to be on the cutting edge like James Bond, then it’ll cost you. But this LG Watch Phone really looks like a terrific phone for technophiles, although we wonder at this early stage about its overall practicality.
