This week in tech.

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I got a new phone.. or maybe it's a new digital camera, accidentally also being a phone. It's the LG KU990 "Viewty" and it's absolutely great. For me, this one's better than the iPhone. Locations in Google Maps being the hot new thing for iPhone and iPod Touch? Guess what, the Viewty can do exactly the same by triangulating nearby cell towers. The only downside of the phone is the missing WiFi antenna, but it's got HSDPA / UMTS so actually it's fast enough browsing the web (yeah, the browser is pretty decent, too). Although it would have been nice to be able to use the QWERTY-keyboard on every occasion, notes and messages will do. When it comes to pictures and videos it beats iPhone to death. Not only are there two cameras (the one facing the user is primarily for videocalls) there's a full fledged imaging software, where you can change almost everything in a picture you could on a desktop with photoshop or on stand alone still cameras that can't take calls.

downsides: no WiFi, no multi-touch gestures

upsides: 5 megapixel camera, xenon flash, manual focus, locations in maps, videomaker, push eMail, UMTS/HSDPA, memory slot for microSD up to 2MB, it plays DivX videos(!), read PDF-, Office- and plain text documents on the go, it can send pictures directly to this blogger-blog and because I'm with Vodafone, Vf Mobile TV also gets its chance.

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flip-up picture of what's inside
uploaded by Amujan

I got a new phone.. or maybe it's a new digital camera, accidentally also being a phone. It's the LG KU990 "Viewty" and it's absolutely great. For me, this one's better than the iPhone. Locations in Google Maps being the hot new thing for iPhone and iPod Touch? Guess what, the Viewty can do exactly the same by triangulating nearby cell towers. The only downside of the phone is the missing WiFi antenna, but it's got HSDPA / UMTS so actually it's fast enough browsing the web (yeah, the browser is pretty decent, too). Although it would have been nice to be able to use the QWERTY-keyboard on every occasion, notes and messages will do. When it comes to pictures and videos it beats iPhone to death. Not only are there two cameras (the one facing the user is primarily for videocalls) there's a full fledged imaging software, where you can change almost everything in a picture you could on a desktop with photoshop or on stand alone still cameras that can't take calls.

downsides: no WiFi, no multi-touch gestures

upsides: 5 megapixel camera, xenon flash, manual focus, locations in maps, videomaker, push eMail, UMTS/HSDPA, memory slot for microSD up to 2MB, it plays DivX videos(!), read PDF-, Office- and plain text documents on the go, it can send pictures directly to this blogger-blog and because I'm with Vodafone, Vf Mobile TV also gets its chance.

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This week in tech.

First big thing in 2008.

If YouTube-link broken, watch the teaser trailer here.

If YouTube-link broken, watch the teaser trailer here.

First big thing in 2008.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

My Top 20 in music 2007.

Since everyone's preparing lists towards the end of this year, here comes my personal top 20 of songs from 2007. I just made a new playlist in iTunes which gives me the most played songs of 2007, which were also released this year. Were there more then one song per album on the playlist only the most played one made it on this list. So here comes.

1. Maxïmo Park - Books from Boxes (Our Earthly Pleasures)
2. Mika - Grace Kelly (Life In Cartoon Motion)
3. Marié Digby / Scott Simons (shared position) - Umbrella (cover versions)
   
4. Tocotronic - Kapitulation (Kapitulation)
5. Mark Ronson - Stop Me (Version)
6. Kosheen - Overkill (Damage)
7. Maroon 5 - Makes Me Wonder (It Won't Be Soon Before Long)
8. Dashboard Confessional feat. Juli - Don't Wait (Stolen - EP)
9. David Bisbal - Silencio (Silencio - Single)
10. James Blunt - 1973 (All the Lost Souls)
11. Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around... Comes Around (EP)
12. Norah Jones - Not My Friend (Not Too Late)
13. Crowded House - Stare Me Out (Don't Stop Now - Single)
14. Feist - 1234 (The Reminder)
15. Ich + Ich - Vom selben Stern (Vom selben Stern)
16. Maria Mena - Just Hold Me (EP)
17. The Wilkinsons - Fast Car (Home)
18. Bon Jovi - (You Want To) Make a Memory (Lost Highway)
19. Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby (Yours Truly, Angry Mob)
20. Kelly Clarkson - Never Again (My December)

Artists, who appeared more the one time with songs from one album/single/EP were Mark Ronson, Norah Jones, Maria Mena & Crowded House and yeah I know, I 'm as mainstream as one can be.

Since everyone's preparing lists towards the end of this year, here comes my personal top 20 of songs from 2007. I just made a new playlist in iTunes which gives me the most played songs of 2007, which were also released this year. Were there more then one song per album on the playlist only the most played one made it on this list. So here comes.

1. Maxïmo Park - Books from Boxes (Our Earthly Pleasures)
2. Mika - Grace Kelly (Life In Cartoon Motion)
3. Marié Digby / Scott Simons (shared position) - Umbrella (cover versions)
   
4. Tocotronic - Kapitulation (Kapitulation)
5. Mark Ronson - Stop Me (Version)
6. Kosheen - Overkill (Damage)
7. Maroon 5 - Makes Me Wonder (It Won't Be Soon Before Long)
8. Dashboard Confessional feat. Juli - Don't Wait (Stolen - EP)
9. David Bisbal - Silencio (Silencio - Single)
10. James Blunt - 1973 (All the Lost Souls)
11. Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around... Comes Around (EP)
12. Norah Jones - Not My Friend (Not Too Late)
13. Crowded House - Stare Me Out (Don't Stop Now - Single)
14. Feist - 1234 (The Reminder)
15. Ich + Ich - Vom selben Stern (Vom selben Stern)
16. Maria Mena - Just Hold Me (EP)
17. The Wilkinsons - Fast Car (Home)
18. Bon Jovi - (You Want To) Make a Memory (Lost Highway)
19. Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby (Yours Truly, Angry Mob)
20. Kelly Clarkson - Never Again (My December)

Artists, who appeared more the one time with songs from one album/single/EP were Mark Ronson, Norah Jones, Maria Mena & Crowded House and yeah I know, I 'm as mainstream as one can be.

My Top 20 in music 2007.