LG Arena Review

LG Arena Review The LG Arena is undeniably an attempt for LG to tackle those who would be tempted by the Apple’s iPhone.

It’s smaller than either of the 2G or 3G iPhones, slipping easily into the back pocket, with a feel of quality about it. It feels solid and reliable. The hard polished metal front edging is complemented by the light, aluminum back.

Touch Screen
The whole interface of the phone is touch screen, beyond the power, photo and volume buttons.

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Zattoo Hit By Hollywood Studio Legal Action In Germany

Zattoo Hit By Hollywood Studio Legal Action In GermanyDisappointing to see that two Hollywood studios, Universal and Warner Bros, have taken legal action against Zattoo, a service that streams live TV to computer screens.

Zattoo isn’t a fly-by-night operation and has legal agreements with the TV channels that it shows over its service.

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Sigma DP2’s Super Sensor Seeks To Satisfy, Sadly Summed Up By A Sigh

Sigma DP2's Super Sensor Seeks To Satisfy, Sadly Summed Up By A SighWe’ve been interested and excited about this high end camera since it was first revealed at Photokina 2008 nearly eight months ago. The £600 digital snapper promises extra-high quality images courtesy of a ‘Foveon’ sensor, which is roughly 12 times larger than the regular ‘2.5-inch’ type seen in most digicams.

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Palm Pre Gets June 6th US Launch Date

Palm Pre Gets June 6th US Launch DateIt’s been a long time coming, but Palm have finally announced the launch date for its eagerly awaited Palm Pre mobile phone in the States.

Available through the Sprint network on June 6th, the Pre will cost $199.99 (after $100 mail-rebate) on a horribly long 2-year contract.

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LG’s World Thinnest LCD: Wafer Thin At 0.23 Inches Thick

LG's World Thinnest LCD: Wafer Thin At 0.23 Inches ThickLG has slammed the gauntlet down to other TV manufacturers by announcing the world’s thinnest LCD screens.

Their new 42 and 46 inch models measure up at an outrageously slender 5.9mm thick (0.23 inches) – a truly remarkably feat of engineering that makes our current LCD screen match the proportions of Fatty Arbuckle and Billy Bunter’s undies. Combined.

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Apple: Mac And iPod Sales Down

Apple: Mac And iPod Sales DownApril has proved to be another gloomy month for the cats at Apple as retail sales continue a downward arc, according to figures from the NPD Group.

Analyst whizz Gene Munster from Piper Jaffray cast his beady eyes over the sales data and noted that Mac sales were down 1.8 percent compared to a year ago.

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Iomega eGo Portable Hard Drives Announced

Iomega eGo Portable Hard Drives AnnouncedLooking sleeker than an oily torpedo sliding through an ocean of hot butter is the new Iomega Announces eGo portable hard drives, announced Sunday.

Served up in range of funky colours and offering up to 500GB in capacity, Iomega are feeling pretty charged up about their handiwork, describing the drives as being nothing less than the “ultimate embodiment of style and function in portable drives today.”

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BPI: UK Music Download Sales Double

BPI: UK Music Download Sales DoubleThe media may be stuffed full of hand-wringing tales of evil pirate downloaders busily hammering the last nails into the music industry, but new figures show that legal downloads are soaring.

UK industry bods the BPI have announced that 9.5% of the population bought music downloads in 2008, a mighty leap upwards from the 5.1% who bought music online in 2007.

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Wolfram Alpha – Revolutionary Search Engine Goes Live

Wolfram Alpha - Revolutionary Search Engine Goes LiveA new search engine said to be a “significant rival” to web giant Google is now online and offering a new way to access information.

Described as a “computation knowledge engine” rather than an ‘umble search engine, Wolfram Alpha is the work of British-born physicist Stephen Wolfram, who hopes his revolutionary products will change the way people use online data.

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