Remember the LG Watch Phone that arrived in stores near you back in August? Well, we know you had immensely loved the accessory, and now LG is lining up next-generation models for you. From what we learn, LG is set to roll out a sequel to the Watch Phone and this might happen pretty soon.

If it was the GD910 Watch Phone that went on sale on Orange in August, the new model would be a spruced up version which will boast of many an added feature. At least, that is what we hear.

It is expected that the new LG Watch Phone sequel would incorporate either an analog clock face, or full on web browsing over 3G. We hear that LG would be looking more at female customers with a thinner model. It may be recalled that the earlier GD910 Watch Phone had evoked reactions which complained that the device was a bit bulky.

LG seems to have taken such complaints seriously and is expected to roll out slimmer watch phones. From what enthusiast tend to believe, the new models of the LG Watch Phones might arrive in another two months’ time. However, there hasn’t been any confirmation on that front. So we will have to keep a watch on when the date gets finalized.

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On the other hand, NASA’s discovery may have raised the stakes for the multi-million dollar Google Lunar X Prize being conducted by Google and the X Prize Foundation. The $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE is an unprecedented international competition that challenges and inspires engineers and entrepreneurs from around the world to develop low-cost methods of robotic space exploration. $20 million will be awarded to the first team to land a privately funded spacecraft on the moon and transmit a required set of high definition videos and images from the moon. Bonus prizes exist of $10 million for detection of water. Until today’s announcement, it was uncertain if this bonus would be obtainable.

This new confirmation is a revolutionary discovery for spaceflight in general. “The presence of significant quantities of ice on the lunar surface catapults the Moon from an interesting waypoint to a critical launching pad for humanity’s exploration of the cosmos,” said X PRIZE CEO and Chairman Peter Diamandis. Now, there is a new reason to go to the moon. Its no longer just a dead rock. It is a reservoir of ice collected over billions of years! The presence of water would prove to be a very valuable assets for space exploration. Water could be both used for drinking as well as to make rocket fuel by splitting it into hydrogen and oxygen and also use the oxygen for breathing. While the distribution of water on the moon is still not clear, it is confirmed that there is definitely water on the poles.

Hopefully, we will live to see the expansion of humankind out of this planet. Maybe this is that tiny step, which will finally us propel us beyond the grasp of our home planet.

Source : TheWashingtonPost

While its true that the point-and-shoot camcorder market is now pretty much monopolised by the Flip Video brand, owned by Cisco, it seems Polaroid may have a chance here to sell some units. On Black Friday, their V130 will be priced lower than the Flip. According to Target’s Black Friday 2009 ads, the Polaroid V130 camcorder will be available from them for just $39! Thats lesser than Amazon’s offer of $59 + shipping.

The V130 comes with 8x digital zoom 64 MB of on-board storage and supports external storage media in the form of Memory Stick and Memory Stick Pro Dui cards . There is no HD support ( which would be obvious at this price point ) and the camcorder records at VGA resolution . Competing Flip Video models comes in both non-HD and HD models and have upto 8GB of internal storage in the higher end versions.

As Black Friday 2009 comes closer , more and more retailers will be coming out with their Black Friday ads and offers. Keep a lookout and you may as well bag some pretty awesome deals.

While it will be available on-contract with AT&T, Rogers and T-Mobile, the Blackberry Bold 9700 has also been spotted sim-free at MobileFun, an online retailer in the UK, at a launch price of £379.75 . If you don’t mind getting a contract, you can get it from T-mobile for $199.99 after a $100 MIR on 2-year contracts from T-mobile once it comes out on Monday.

The new BlackBerry Bold comes with a 2.44 inch HVGA+ display and full QWERTY keyboard and solves many of the problems reported by the users of the original Bold. It is poacked into a smaller, stylish streamlined form and utilizes Blackberry’s latest operating system, the BlackBerry OS 5.0 . It supports full syncing with Mac and is more responsive and intuitive to operate.

The 3.2 megapixel camera is much improved than that on its predecessor and has autofocus along with 1Gb of internal memory to store the pics. And if you want more,. you can expand it with a microSDHC card. The old trackball has been replaced by a touch-sensitive trackpad that makes the phone much more responsive. Other goodies include A-GPS, Wi-Fi b/g, and Bluetooth.

The BlackBerry Bold 9700 packs some damn good features, but it will need to some good fan-following and stay firm against the horde of new sexy phones invading the market such as the HTC Hero and  Droid Eris.

Source : BGR

The condition of the economy is not so good right now and everyone is looking for green solutions , low fuel consumption, hybrid cars etc. It seems Volvo doesn’t think that matters much, and have launched their new XC60 SUV. With the 5-seater, two-row SUV , Volvo is poised to increase its presence in the prestige and luxury sectors in 2010.

The XC60 demonstrates a new design approach from Volvo, going for truly organically inspired and futuristic curves. It’s outstanding on-road dynamics, Volvo’s City Safety system, and all-wheel-drive makes it a formidable contender to all its competitors. At the core is a D5 3.2 litre, six-cylinder powerhouse, which represents the pinnacle of current diesel technology with great performance, low fuel consumption and Euro 5 level emissions. The normally aspirated version puts out 175kW and 320 Nm of torque while the turbocharged version puts out 151kW and a beefy 420Nm of torque. There is also a version of the XC60 available with a 3.0 litre T6 engine putting out 210kW and 400Nm of torque.

Navigation is made easy with the Volvo Navigation System with user-friendly controls and an easy-to-read screen with a black background. Its 8.3 inches shorter than the XC70 at 182.2 inches and has an impressive 9.1 inches of ground clearance, which makes it awesome for those cross-country jaunts. The arsenal of features and sheer good looks puts it ahead of most of the competition such as the Toyota FJ Cruiser and the Ford Expedition. The SUV is priced at $32,995 for the 3.2 litre version and $37,800 for the T6 AWD version.

Source : MotorTrend

Dell today announced their entry into the smartphone market with their Dell Mini 3 smartphones. Dell has agreements with multiple telecom giants around the world to ease their entry into the market. The 3G-capable smartphone will run on Google’s  increasingly popular Android operating system and they will be released shortly in China through China Mobile and Brazil on carrier Clamo later on. Since Dell has existing agreements with AT&T and Verizon, it won’t be much further from release in North America and Europe.

While Dell hasn’t officially announced any specs, avoiding the question that the information will be available on a “partner-by-partner” basis once the device is available in stores. A chinese blogger was able to get his hands on a Mini 3i and unbox it a little before Dell’s official announcement. Here is what we were able to learn.

The box itself carries the slogan “the world’s most compact Dell” and it seems to be right as the phone comes in a rather slim oval shaped body measuring 58×122x11.7mm and weighing only 103 grams. The 3.5 inch 360×640 capacitive touch screen is supplemented by a special stylus to help with the writing. It is also said to have handwriting recognition and multi-touch features. The Chinese version will be running on the Chinese Ophone variant of the Android and will not have 3G support while the Brazilian Mini 3 will have 3G support.

The innovative design of the Dell Mini 3i looks cool and it marks the entry of another giant into the ultra-competitive market.

Source : Dell Via Engadget

Shop till you drop. Its Black Friday staring at you, yet again. Deal after deal has been announced by retailers to attract the consumer and every store seems to be just set to see their cash counters tingle. BestBuy is making the most of it along with Wal-Mart by offering deals and extra deals.

Pre-Black Friday sales have started climbing and are eyeing the sky. So what does BestBuy online have on offer for the Pre-Black Friday sales hours? Anything in fact, and that too for a luring deal. Deals are aplenty, and that include the $60 savings offer on a Magellan SE4 GPS Receiver and a $20 saver deal on a Philips Portable DVD Player. You might also get free shipping on Netbooks and HDDs and even all-in-one PCs. If that weren’t enough, BestBuy online is also offering a $30 rebate on Memorex Digital Frame as well as a $20 discount on NuVue Digital Photo Frame. You can place orders for digital cameras at throw away prices too.

Pick computers, cameras and camcorders, TV, video and audio, GPS products, cars, phones – anything, in fact. Anything your wife wanted you to buy for her is available at BestBuy. Fans of BestBuy online believe that this time around, Black Friday has been awesome for  the deals it has been offering. If you are still at home reading this, let us remind you the stock and also the offer are limited. Rush, what are you waiting for?

(Via BestBuy)

Black Friday deals are just overflowing. Wal-Mart is playing a bigger game and the consumer is the one who is set to be on the victory podium all the way.  With the Palm Pixi set to be unveiled on November 15, Wal-Mart sees a Black Friday deal there and will bring to its stores the handset as early as November 24 on a LetsTalk rebate of an amazing $30.

It is indeed raining instant rebates, as any Wal-Mart visitor would know. You might be someone who wouldn’t like the LetsTalk rebates too much owing to the bad experiences you have had earlier. But then a $30 discounted deal is a not-to-be-missed deal, isn’t it? This, in fact, sounds much better that sourcing your Palm Pixi directly from the AT&T outlet.

The phone that would come with a two-year commitment to Sprint, and what more are you looking for while budgeting for Black Friday? Wal-Mart’s  strategy of offering instant rebates is seen by consumers as fool proof, and that many would love to side step earlier bad experiences with LetsTalk. They, indeed, are willing to go for it even though the $30 deal is just an emotional prop to buy the Pixi. Wal-Mart is on a roll this Black Friday season, or so it seems.

(Via Engadget)

We have been able to lay our hands on a couple of leaked images and they tell us what we hear is possibly true. The images show the PS3 XMB featuring Facebook, and have been probably posted accidentally by someone. The pictures reveal that the new customization could enable better photo viewing and gamercard color alteration. The images, however, have since been removed in an attempt not to fan more speculations.

With Facebook integration, you will be able to alter your gamer card colors and even more. These may be believed to be efforts aimed at making the PS3 platform more social. What we learn is that the PS3 console might go in for a drastic alteration and bring in a new Cross Media Bar with Facebook integration.

Though the PS3 maker Sony has not yet confirmed the rumors, it is expected that the Japanese major might take a look at what’s happening around it in the social networking space. It is a known fact that social media has already caught the eye of Microsoft and Nintendo already. Sony is sure to follow suit and integration of Facebook seems to be just coming in.

(Via Scrawlfx)

The Samsung Behold II had been waiting to take off on T-Mobile for quite some time now. The carrier has now announced the date of launch. The Android 1.5 based phone will start shipping on November 18.

T-Mobile is most likely to price the device between $200 and $230 on a two-year contract. Though the tag has not been confirmed by the carrier, it is expected not to cost more than that. Dubbed as Samsung’s first phone to bring its TouchWiz interface, the Behold II would lure with a 3D cube menu, offering all shortcuts to tasks you need to perform. On the storage front, there are the microSDHC cards.

T-Mobile will also step into the active matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) touchscreen arena with the Behold II.  The hues just captivate without impacting battery life.  Set to come riding T-Mobile’s 3G network, the Samsung Behold II will incorporate a 5-megapixel camera, GPS and Wi-Fi connectivity options.  These features, in turn, make the Behold II scale the same platform as most of the smartphones available today.

Further, the handset will come carrying the entire range of Google suite of apps. This apart, the Android Market would be yours to pick from for third-party apps. We like the colors the display emanates and think the TouchWiz interface can be one reason why enthusiasts would feel like rushing to stores. We are waiting for November 18.

(Via Electronista)