Monday, August 31, 2009

Hidden camera detector

 

Feel like someone's watching you?

If you've ever been suspicious that someone has planted a wireless spy camera in your office or home, this small gadget can help you conduct your own investigation. Not that you'd be paranoid or anything, but hey - you never know, right? Besides, having the peace of mind knowing that you've checked for such hidden devices is a pretty nice benefit of having this device.
The Hidden Camera Detector is so small you can take it anywhere. When a wireless camera is detected, an LED light flickers and an audible alarm sounds. Advanced circuitry reduces false alarms from background interference and a sensitive tuner allows you to automatically scan variable distances and channels. The unit detects frequencies from 50MHz to 3GHz.
  • Auto sensitivity tuner
  • Multi-channel scanning
  • Size is similar to a lighter
  • Background noise elimination
  • Audio and LED alarm
  • Takes 2 CR2032 lithium batteries (included)

USB 8GB Flash drive LIghter

 
  
  
 

 

Baby, light my flash drive!

Electronics and fire have never been friends and you could even say they are essentially sworn enemies. But in the case of this USB flash drive they have decided to call a truce. Long standing differences have been put aside to create a product that is both practical and very unique.
This flash drive has an ample 8GB capacity and the lighter is refillable. The USB connector slides out of the bottom of the metal case, using a small slider lever located on the side of the lighter. The lighter has a polished chrome finish and an adjustable flame.
  • Refillable lighter with built-in USB flash drive
  • 8GB capacity
  • USB connector slides out of the lighter
  • Metal case
  • Adjustable flame
  • Includes USB cable
  • Dimensions: 1.5" x 2.4" x .5" (3.8 x 6 x 1.3 cm)

Hijack Headphone Splitter Keychain


 
 

 

Share your sounds

Once a philosopher said, "Tunes are the music of life." That philosopher was both right and an idiot all at once. But really, without music the world would be a sour place. Sometimes, though, you can't play your music openly and so headphones were invented. Music, though, demands to be shared - it's a world wide language. But what to do when you really want to share your music but society demands headphones? All you have to do is whip out your HiJack Headphone Splitter and you and a friend can groove together.
The HiJack is a very simple little device. It plugs into your headphone jack and splits it into two jacks. What makes the HiJack so sweet is it's tiny size and keychain clip, so you can keep it with you wherever you go. On the bus, on the train - who knows where you'll meet that special someone you'd like to share your tunes with? But when you do, you both can rock out to "The Imperial March" from Star Wars. Oh, yeah . . . .
HiJack Headphone Splitter Keychain
  • Easily lets you plug two sets of headphones into one jack
  • Stores on keyring clip so you can take it with you anywhere
  • Fits all standard sized headphone
  • Dimensions: 3" x 1.5" (on keyring); 1.25" x 1.5" (off keyring)

Swiss Flash USB Knife

 

Okay, please stop drooling
We realize this gorgeous Swiss Army knife, with a built-in USB flash drive, is probably causing you to become very excited and thus filling you with an almost uncontrollable urge to immediately add this item to your cart (and hey, we certainly won't stop you). This is a geek's dream gadget brought to life - and with very little standing between you and your acquisition of this bad boy, we can fully understand your elation.
The Swiss Flash USB Knife is the perfect marriage of technology, practicality, materials, and quality design. It perfectly pulls together four important tools that no geek should ever be without (USB flash drive, LED light, Swiss Army knife, ballpoint pen). These functions have been skillfully integrated into this single super tool. Along with all these great features you also get the legendary construction quality and materials that Swiss Army knives have become famous for throughout the world. The USB flash drive portion of the knife can easily be removed, for safe airline travel (and successful passage thru security).
  • The ultimate geek multi-tool
  • USB storage in a beautiful Swiss Army knife design
  • Available in 4GB, 2GB, 1GB capacity
  • USB Flash Drive (easily detachable)
  • Includes: Red LED light, ballpoint pen, knife, scissors, file with screwdriver, keyring
  • Flash drive is USB powered, no external power supply required
  • LED blinks to indicate read/write activity
  • Works with Windows 98/SE/2000/ME/XP, MAC OS 9.x or above, Linux 2.4 or above
  • USB 1.1/2.0 interface
  • Legendary Swiss Army quality construction and materials
  • Red LED light uses a single CR 1025 battery (included)
  • Comes with USB cable (1 meter length)
  • Size: 2.4" length x .75" wide x .6" height
  • Weight: 1.2 oz (33 g)

pico USB Flash Drive

 

Teeniest flash drive around

Geeks, who have been around for long enough, remember their first hard-drives. Some remember their first gigabyte, others remember forty megabytes while even some remember luggage-sized 5 meg drives. It continually shocks us when newer and smaller storage is made available, and we get all giggly when it happens.
No exception, this little drive is the smallest we've ever seen. Barely bigger than the tip of your pinky, and less than 4mm thick, it's positively small. The polished chrome finish is certainly shiny, but at 8 to 16 gigabytes, it's redonkulously teeny!
Store up to eight full length ripped movies, ten days worth of music, more than eight-thousand 5 megapixel photos, or one-hundred-sixty-meters worth of shelved books. Sure, it's so small you could easily lose it, so we've included a chain to help keep it around.

Details

  • Smallest size yet largest capacity USB flash drive around
  • 8 to 16 gigs, yet the size of your fingertip
    • 31.3mm x 12.4mm x 3.4mm
  • Polished Chrome finish
  • Shock and water resistant
  • 200x speed, 30MB/second
  • Mac, Windows, and Linux compatible
Fingertip Sized

Nokia 6700 classic

 

Specifications


Size
  • Form: Monoblock
  • Dimensions: 109.8 x 45 x 11.2 mm
  • Weight: 113 g
  • Volume: 41.6 cc

Display and 3D
  • Size: 2.2"
  • Resolution: 320 x 240 pixels (QVGA)
  • 16.7 million colours (TFT)
  • Ambient light sensor (ALS)
  • Content Adaptive Brightness Control (CABC)

Keys and input method
  • Numeric keypad
  • Dedicated camera and volume keys
  • Voice commands and voice recording
  • Volume up and down
  • Camera

Colours and covers
  • Available in-box colours:
    - Chrome
    - Matt steel
    - Black

Connectors
  • Micro-USB for charging, audio and data
  • DC charger

Memory
  • microSD memory card slot, max. 8 GB
  • 170 MB internal user memory

Power
  • BL-6Q 970 mAh battery
  • Talk time (maximum): Up to 4 h on 3G GSM, Up to 5 h on 2G GSM
  • Standby time (maximum): Up to 414 h on 3G GSM, Up to 416 h on 2G GSM
Operating frequency
  • Quad-band GSM EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
  • Automatic switching
  • Flight mode

Data network
  • GPRS MSC 32 (RX+TX 4+3, maximum 6 slots)
  • EDGE (EGPRS) MSC 32 (RX+TX 4+3, maximum 6 slots)
  • Triple band WCDMA Band I, II and VIII (2100/1900/900)
  • HSDPA 10Mbps
  • HSUPA 2Mbps
  • TCP/IP support
  • Support for MS Outlook synchronization of contacts, calendar and notes

Local connectivity and synchronisation
  • Bluetooth version 2.1 including stereo support for headsets
  • Support for PictBridge
  • SyncML (local and remote)
  • Support for PC synchronisation with Nokia PC Suite

Call features
  • Integrated hands-free speakerphone
  • Automatic answer with headset or car kit
  • Any key answer
  • Call waiting, call hold, call divert
  • Call timer
  • Logging of dialled, received and missed calls
  • Speed dialling
  • Enhanced voice dialling
  • Vibrating alert (internal)
  • Side volume keys
  • Mute/unmute
  • Contacts with images
  • Conference calling with up to 3 participants

Messaging
  • SMS with support for concatenated SMS for long messages
  • List of recently used numbers in message editor
  • Multiple SMS deletion
  • OMA MMS v1.3
  • Automatic resizing of images for MMS
  • Nokia Xpress audio messaging
  • Common inbox for SMS and MMS messages
  • Distribution lists for messaging
  • Windows Live
  • Instant messaging

E-mail
  • Supported protocols: IMAP4, POP3, SMTP
  • Support for e-mail attachments

Web browsing
  • Nokia Web Browser (OSS)
  • Opera Mini Web Browser
  • Nokia Mobile Search

GPS and navigation
  • Integrated A-GPS
Photography
  • 5 megapixel camera (2992 x 1944)
  • Autofocus
  • Focal length: 4.6 mm
  • Focus range: 10 cm to infinity
  • LED flash
  • Flash modes: On, off, automatic
  • Flash operating range: 1 m
  • White balance modes: automatic, daylight, tungsten, fluorescent
  • Capture modes: still, sequence, self-timer, video
  • Colour tone modes: normal, greyscale, sepia, negative
  • Full-screen viewfinder
  • Active toolbar
  • Dedicated camera key
  • Landscape (horizontal) orientation
  • Photo editor on device
  • Direct printing to compatible picture printers

Video
  • Video recording at up to 640 x 480 @ 15fps or 352 x 288 @ 30fps
  • 4x digital zoom
  • Video recording file formats: .mp4, .3gp; codecs: H.263, MPEG-4
  • Audio recording formats: AMR-NB
  • White balance modes: automatic, daylight, tungsten, fluorescent
  • Colour tone modes: normal, greyscale, sepia, negative
  • Clip length (maximum): only restricted by amount of free memory
  • Nokia Media Player
  • Video playback file formats: .mp4, .3gp; codecs: H.263, H.264
  • Video streaming: .3gp, .rm
  • Landscape mode video playback
  • Video ring tones (2 built-in tones)
  • Video sharing support (via Share on Ovi or Flickr)
  • Real time video sharing to another compatible mobile device

Music and audio playback
  • Nokia Media player
    - Playlists
    - Equalizer
    - Selection by artist, album and genre
    - Album graphics display
  • Music playback file formats: .amr, .mid, .mp3, .mp4, .m4a, .aac, .wma
  • Dedicated music keys: No
  • Supported via inbox Headset
  • Visual Radio: No
  • Audio through µUSB support
  • Nokia Music Manager
  • Ring tones: Up to 64 polyphonic MIDI ringing tones, Nokia ringing tones, NB-AMR audio clips, MP3/MP4 and AAC files, and video ringing tones
  • Uplink noise cancellation

Voice and audio recording
  • Voice commands
  • Voice dialling
  • Voice recorder
  • Audio recording formats: AMR-NB
  • Speech codecs: NB-AMR, HR, FR, EFR
  • 2 microphones for uplink noise cancellation

Personalisation: profiles, themes, ring tones
  • Customizable profiles
  • Ring tones: .mid, .aac, .mp3, .mp4, .m4a, .wma as well as Nokia ringing tones and Nokia video ringing tones. (20 built-in tones)
Software platform and user interface
  • series 40
  • Active standby
  • Voice commands
  • FOTA (Firmware update Over The Air)

Personal information management (PIM): contacts, clock, calendar etc.
  • Storage of up to 1000 contacts, exact amount is dependent on amount of free memory.
  • Advanced contacts database: multiple number and e-mail details per contact, contacts with images
  • Support for assigning images to contacts
  • Support for contact groups
  • Clock: analogue and digital
  • Stopwatch
  • Countdown timer with intervals
  • Alarm clock with ring tones or music files as alarm sound
  • Reminders
  • Calculator
  • Calendar with week and month view, up to 1500 entries
  • Converter
  • Written notes
  • To-do list

Applications
  • Java™ MIDP 2.1, CLDC 1.1
  • Flash Lite 3.0
  • Windows Live client
  • Instant messaging
  • Instant messaging with Presence
  • Instant messaging and Presence-enhanced contacts
  • IMPS Instant messaging
  • Instant messaging client (OMA IMPS 1.2)
  • Windows Live support (requires download of Windows Live Messenger application)
  • Nokia 6700 classic
  • Nokia Battery BL-6Q (970 mAh)
  • 1GB SD card
  • Nokia µUSB headset (WH-203)
  • Nokia Connectivity Cable (CA-101)
  • Nokia High Efficiency Charger (AC-8)
  • Quick start guide
Recommended accessories
  • Nokia Bluetooth Headset BH-606
  • Nokia Bluetooth Headset BH-103
  • Nokia Car Kit CK-100
Related documents

Nokia Care
  • Nokia Care Premium Service

Eye-Fi

NEW! Eye-Fi Geo, now exclusively available at the Apple Store.

Wish your photos could automatically fly from your camera to any folder on your Mac, or directly into iPhoto? Don’t waste your time with cables. Don’t leave photos in your camera for months. Use the new Eye-Fi Geo card, available today for $59.99.

It replaces your existing SD or SDHC card (it’s compatible with thousands of cameras). After a one-time setup, all your photos fly to your computer at the touch of a finger. Simply power the camera on, and your photos will land in any folder on your Mac, or straight into iPhoto - no need to sit down and find cables, no need to import, no need to go through extra steps. Plus, with iLife ‘09, you’ll get the benefits of unlimited geotagging.

Unlimited, automatic geotagging
No more struggling to remember where in Los Angeles that shot was taken. With the Eye-Fi Geo, your latest photos are automatically marked with geolocation information. The next time they wirelessly fly into iPhoto, you’ll be able to use Places to automatically show your photos on a map, and your album is instantly searchable by location. Organizing and finding your memories has never been this easy.

Free iPhone App
Emailing photos is so passé. If you have an Eye-Fi Card and an iPhone, you can start using our app today. It uploads photos from your iPhone directly to your Mac and your favorite online sharing sites (including MobileMe).
Do more than save.
Upgrade to the optional for only $9.99/year (that’s per year) for unlimited sharing through one of over 25 online sharing, printing, or social networking sites. That means unlimited photo uploads to your MobileMe account, Flickr, Facebook, or any other popular sharing site. Don’t have an account yet? You can create one or change your upload preferences anytime. Don’t just save - share anytime with the WebShare Service.

Ironkey Military strength flash driver


This Thumb Drive will self-destruct in 10 seconds...

Thumb drives are a convenient and cool way to carry around your data, and with drive sizes in the gigabytes, you can store a ton of photos, files, music, and video in a very tiny space. Unfortunately, due to their small sizes, they are targets for information thieves.

Think about it - all that personal data - your resume, email, password-files, and pictures of your girlfriend (wink) can be picked up and copied and returned before you even noticed it was missing. You want to have this data handy, but handy for you and not for that scumbag down the hall with the sticky fingers.

Like you, the US Military wanted portable but secure storage, and the guys at IronKey stepped up. They've developed the perfect solution that's one-part thumb-drive, and two parts Mission: Impossible. Their thumb drives hold up to 8 Gigabytes of data, but includes a hardware encryption chip that scrambles the data so as to be completely unreadable without a password.

Passwords can be hacked, but not the IronKey. It's built to withstand attacks both virtual and physical. 10 incorrect password attempts, and the encryption chip self-destructs, making the contents of the flash drive totally unreadable. The contents of the drive are filled with epoxy, so if a hacker tries to physically access the chips, he'd more likely damage them instead. Even if he did get access to the memory chips, they'd be worthless without the encryption chip. Electron-shielded, even a scanning electron microscope can't get inside.

Applications built right onto the IronKey help keep your personal data safe. For example, the password manager keeps your passwords safe. How? Your passwords are securely stored in a hidden hardware-encrypted area inside the device (and not in the drive's file system), being first locally encrypted with 256-bit AES, using randomly generated keys encrypted with a SHA-256 hash of your device password. All of this data is then doubly encrypted with 128-bit AES hardware encryption. Hack that.

A secure copy of Firefox included with your IronKey encrypts your browsing session through a VPN tunnel to IronKey's Secure Sessions Service. It works by tunneling your entire web browsing communications through the Tor-based Secure Sessions proxy on your IronKey. The Secure Sessions tunnel connects over an encrypted connection to their network routing servers, which in turn route your traffic between a number of servers, and then eventually out to your destination website. This approach protects your identity and your confidentiality, encrypting and anonymizing your Web surfing on almost any network or VPN (virtual private network).

These drives have already seen duty in Afghanistan, keeping US Military secrets safe from unsavory people. They're certainly good enough even for your most sensitive data.

All this goodness is demoed. Go check it out!

IronKey - The Bottom-Line

  • Fast 30MBPS Read, 20MBPS Write
  • Drive contents encrypted with AES CBC-Mode Encryption
  • Onboard IronKey Password-manager keeps all your internet passwords safe
  • Secure version of Firefox included that encrypts all your web-surfing traffic
  • Encased in a potted metal case, not plastic, making it one of the strongest USB keys around
  • Exceeds MIL-STD-810F military waterproofing standards
  • The encryption chip self-destructs if an invasive attack is detected
  • If your Ironkey is lost, you can restore from a secure backup to a new Ironkey in minutes
  • Dual channel SLC NAND Flash for high-quality and read/write speeds
  • Works great in Windows XP and Windows Vista, Linux and Mac OS X. Linux and Mac support requires Windows initialization, first.
  • Sorry - due to export restrictions, we cannot ship outside the US and Canada.

Never stop talking Turbocell


Never stop talking

Your cellphone is your lifeline to the outside world. Without it, you might as well be some caveman, lost in time and pounding out text-messages on cavern walls in pig blood. Please, for the sake of all that's digital, we must not - nay WILL NOT allow that to happen! As long as there is breath in our lungs, and conveniently packaged 2800mAh chemical-electric storage cells in convenience stores, our cellphones will NEVER die!

This is the point of the movie where the patriotic music swells.

Cellphones were originally designed to keep you connected while out in the field. Though "the field" can be rather lacking in wall outlets, so when your phone's batteries run dry, and you've gotta top up, you'll need a portable charger. The Turbocell Charger uses simple and readily available AA batteries to pump some go-juice into your cellphone's lithium ions. As small as a pack of gum, and with enough connectors to mate with nearly any manufacturer's phone, you'll be good to go, no matter where it is you're going.

The average AA battery can add up to 2 hours of extra talk-time, which might be just what you needed - especially if, during the above movie, you have to hack into the aliens' computer network to upload a virus from your Mac. It would suck if your cellphone gave out at the last minute, and would make a terrible downer of a movie ending.

Details

  • Plugs into 9 different brands of phone - See Details and Specs for models
    • Audiovox
    • Blackberry
    • LG
    • Motorola
    • Nextel
    • Nokia
    • Samsung
    • Sony/Ericsson
  • Takes 1 AA battery
  • AlgorChip charges your cellphone's battery safely without damage or risk of fire
  • Up to 2 hours extra talk-time per average AA battery

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Spy Camera video Watch


Perfect for capturing spontaneous video

A watch with built-in video camera and 8GBs of storage capacity!

Are you an active news blogger or citizen journalist? Want to keep an audio/video record of those important private meetings for later review? Here is the answer - a timepiece that will allow you to record interviews, meetings, and on the scene discussions without intimidating anyone. This tiny video camcorder lets you record AVI format files that you can later transfer to your computer for viewing and archiving purposes.

This watch is a surveillance style video camera built into a classy looking wrist watch and features a huge 8GBs of flash memory for hours of storage. The watch itself is an elegantly designed full metal watch with a glass face cover, accurate, gear driven time in seconds, minutes and hours, a back clasp design for easily taking the watch off and putting it on, and a twisting crown for time adjustment.

  • Mini video spy camera
  • Rechargeable Li-ion battery (recharges from USB port)
  • Can also be used as an 8GB USB flash drive
  • Built-in microphone
  • Watch band length is adjustable
  • Video in AVI Format (352x288) at 15 FPS
  • Dimensions: watch face is 45 x 14mm (dia x H)
  • Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP/Vista, MAC OS compatible
  • Includes: watch, USB cable, user manual, Power adapter (110-240V 50/60Hz)

Electronic Drum Kit Shirt


Real T-Shirt Based ROCK!

We could do what those other supposedly geeky apparel companies do and print a regular t-shirt with a cool looking picture of a drum kit on the front... then say it was trendy, make a few Rock Band references and try to convince you to buy it. But we don't roll like that. At ThinkGeek we know you expect innovative new products and we're here to pony up the goods. So, how about an electronic t-shirt with a picture of an actual playable drum kit on the front? That's right. Hit the drums on this shirt with your finger and they play through the built in speaker... simple but amazing. With 7 different drum sounds you're ready for a personal drum solo on your chest.


Electronic Drum Kit Shirt Live in Concert!

Product Features

  • Tap the drums on this shirt and they actually play through the embedded speaker
  • All drums on the shirt are playable. 7 Different drum sounds in all
  • Battery pack with speaker stores in hidden pocket near hem of shirt
  • Adjustable volume... the top volume level is really loud
  • Black 100% cotton shirt
  • Requires 4 AAA batteries (not included)
  • Exclusive product designed and manufactured by ThinkGeek

Washing Instructions

  1. Carefully peel drum decal from front of T-Shirt
  2. Unplug ribbon connector behind decal and remove decal
  3. Unplug battery pack and remove it
  4. You can leave the ribbon cable inside the shirt
  5. Machine wash gentle cycle on cold
  6. Hang to dry
    Please Note: If you plug the ribbon connector into the drum decal backwards the shirt will not play properly. It will not damage the shirt. Simply reverse the connector.










T-Qualizer Shirt


Personal Embedded Equalizer

Here at ThinkGeek we're constantly amazed at the never-ending evolution of new technology. Hey, it's our job. Take the lowly T-Shirt for example: In caveman times you had animal pelts... the Medieval era saw rise to the stylish burlap sack... next came lovely soft cotton and then synthetic polyester. Finally the modern space age delivers a fully functioning graphic equalizer in a handy t-shirt format. Party like it's 2999 with the glowing display on the T-Qualizer that dynamically changes with any ambient sound or music. This has to be the coolest wearable tech we've seen since the George Foreman backpack grill.

Product Features

  • EL Lit Glowing Equalizer animates to ambient noise or music
  • Battery Pack fits in small interior pocket inside shirt
  • Each Equalizer bar reacts differently depending on sound frequency
  • 4 AAA Batteries Required
  • Battery pack is removable, shirt must be hand washed

Personal Soundtrack

Background Music for YOUR Life

Does your life seem dull and uninteresting compared to the drama and action of movies and television? Here at ThinkGeek Labs™ we've examined this phenomenon carefully. With the bevy of reality TV shows and humdrum movies we quickly decided that what people do in real life is NOT significantly less exciting than what fictional characters on the screen experience... but for some reason, real life just SEEMS much more boring. However, after days of extensive highly-scientific double blind testing we were able to discover the difference... Background Music! Your real life experiences just don't have the needed dramatic soundtrack to back them up. Whether you're brushing your teeth, walking your dog or chatting up that cute girl in chemistry class you need the appropriate music and sound effects to enhance the experience. Fortunately we've developed the solution for this irritating life boredom problem with the Personal Soundtrack Shirt.
Make Your Ordinary Life More Exciting
The Personal Soundtrack Shirt is an amazing new wearable audio solution that features a working speaker embedded into the front of the shirt. When you push the appropriate button on the pocketable remote you get music or sound effects appropriate for any situation... everything from drum roll, to cat call whistle, to western showdown. Check out the chart below to see the extensive list of built in sounds and suggestions on using them for dramatic punctuation in your everyday life.

WI-FI Detector Shirt

                                                                                                      

Wi-Fi Signal Status for You and the World!

Here at ThinkGeek we're pretty lazy when it comes to technology. We expect our gadgets to do all the busywork while we focus on the high level important tasks like reading blogs. That's why we hate to have to crack open our laptops just to see if there is any wi-fi internet access about... and keychain wi-fi detectors, we would have to actually remove them from our pockets to look at them. But now thanks to the ingenious ThinkGeek robot monkeys you can display the current wi-fi signal strength to yourself and everyone around you with this stylish Wi-Fi Detector Shirt. The glowing bars on the front of the shirt dynamically change as the surrounding wi-fi signal strength fluctuates. Finally you can get the attention you deserve as others bow to you as their reverential wi-fi god, while geeky chicks swoon at your presence. You can thank us later.
Product Features
  • Glowing animated shirt dynamically displays the current wi-fi signal strength.
  • Shows signal strength for 802.11b or 802.11g
  • Black 100% Cotton T-Shirt
  • Animated Decal is Removable (with hook and loop fasteners) for Easy Washing
  • Battery Pack is Concealed in a Small Pocket Sewn Inside the Shirt
  • Runs for hours off three AAA Batteries (not included)
Washing Instructions
  1. Carefully peel animated decal from front of T-Shirt
  2. Unplug ribbon connector behind decal and remove decal
  3. Unplug battery pack and remove it
  4. You can leave the ribbon cable inside the shirt
  5. Machine wash gentle cycle on cold
  6. Hang to dry    
Please Note: If you plug the connector into the battery pack backwards the shirt will not animate properly. It will not damage the shirt. Simply reverse the connector.

LG ARENA KM900







Dimensions

The Arena feels much smaller at 105.9 x 55.3 x 12 mm than the iPhone’s larger 115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3mm unit. Some will prefer the bigger size, others may like the Arena’s smaller form factor for convienience.

Screen size

The Arena’s 3″ screen feels a great deal smaller than the phone’s 3.5″ display (that half inch tends to makes all the difference). The buttons are tricker to touch as a result of this size saving. However, the Arena’s 480 x 800 pixel count makes good use of 3D menus and video playback, as compared to the iPhone’s lesser 480 x 320 display. The Arena boasts WVGA quality, with sharper quality than almost any phone we’ve seen before.

Weight

The Arena is definitely lighter (105g) and more pocket-friendly than the slightly chunkier iPhone (133g).

Menus/ Navigation

Based on a ‘cubist’ theme, the touch screen responded well and the menu’s had flair. But the iPhone is still easier to navigate.

Unusual function - Dolby sound?

The Arena does throw up a couple of hidden, if unexpected surprises. The Arena offers Dolby Mobile, a world’s first for a mobile and an unusual, if quirky function for such a tiny device. We couldn’t judge the audio quality too heavily using the supplied headphones in our test, although the bass and trebles were noticeably richer for mobile playback. A 3.5mm jack is already a leg up on Apple’s annoying earphone jack.

Video functions

The Arena can play DivX encoded films on your 42″ plasma without it appearing too grainy or pixelated. A decent video-out cable/plug makes this very easy to do on the Arena.

Camera

The Arena’s 5.0MP (2592 x 1944) camera kicks the lousy 2.0MP offering on the iPhone. You can even shoot video up to 120 frames a second using the Arena. We’d like to see the iPhone try that.

Additional functions

The Arena features Bluetooth, WiFi, assisted GPS, 7.2 HSDPA and FM tuner. Arena beats iPhone here for the inclusion of an FM tuner.

Battery life

The Arena is the definite winner here. 30 hours of MP3 listening action and 6 - 8 hours of video watching easily beats the iPhone. Even better, a simple removable (and cheap to replace) Lithium battery makes us wonder why Apple continue to make battery changes so difficult and tiresome.

Middle of the road

The Arena’s tricky menu functions do not let you go ‘back’ to your last selected imput. Based on its cubist rotating menus, users are forced to rotate back and forth until they find the menu mode they desire. A more intuitive back button would have been nice, but it’s only a minor gripe. Stick to the iPhone here.

Epic fail

No apps/app store. LG’s sparkling proprietary flash based OS is let down by a non-app support model. If you’re going to be the next iPhone killer, you’d sure as heck want to have a nifty app-store ready and raring to go. The LG doesn’t and it’s a massive letdown, because it’s a sorely missed opportunity.

Awsomeness

Internal memory on the Arena is 8GB built in - but expandable to 32GB with optional microSD (40GB total memory). Although Apple offer both 8GB and 16GB models - you’re still much better off with the Arena, because the Apple doesn’t even support expandable memory and 32GB is a huge leap ahead for mobile storage.

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Apple Iphone 3gs






App Store

Discover tens of thousands of apps that let you do even more with your iPhone.
Browse apps in categories from games to business, finance to fitness, and more

Calendar

Take your calendars with you on iPhone. Calendar works with Yahoo!, Google, Microsoft Outlook, and iCal to bring everything together

Compass

Use the new digital compass to find your way. Use the compass on its own,
or watch as it automatically reorients maps to match the direction you’re facing

Cut, Copy & Paste

Leave it to iPhone to reinvent the way you cut, copy, and paste words and images. Multi-Touch makes it fast and easy

iPod

With its 3.5-inch Multi-Touch display, iPhone is also one amazing iPod.
Sync media from your Mac or PC or buy music and video on the go, then watch in widescreen

iTunes

Shop the iTunes Store — the world’s largest online music store — from your iPhone. Download songs, movies, TV shows, and more

Keyboard

The intelligent keyboard on iPhone does far more than a fixed keyboard ever could.
With this keyboard at your fingertips, typing is easy and incredibly fast


Maps

Maps on iPhone combines everything you love about Google Maps with the accuracy of GPS

Messages

With a chat-style view and an intelligent Multi-Touch keyboard that predicts and suggests words as you type,iPhone texts smarter than any smartphone

Phone

On iPhone, making a call is as simple as tapping a name or number. And Visual Voicemail plays messages in any order — just like email

Photos

With a 3-megapixel autofocus camera and a photo application that makes it easy to share, iPhone 3GS is the most photo-friendly phone ever

Safari

iPhone 3GS features Safari — the world’s most advanced mobile web browser. Use it to surf the real web, really fast

Search

Search across your iPhone with Spotlight. Or search inside Contacts, Mail, Calendar, and Notes

Video Recording

Shoot and edit a mini-masterpiece right on iPhone 3GS. Record high-quality video, trim it to the perfect length, and share it any way you want

Voice Control

Making a call on iPhone has always been easy. With Voice Control, it’s even easier.
Now you can make calls and play music using just the sound of your voice

Voice Memos

Capture a thought, a memo, a meeting, or any audio recording with Voice Memos.
When you’re done, edit your recording, then email it or send it via MMS


Weather

Check the weather around the world or in your hometown

YouTube

Watch YouTube videos wherever you are

Technical Specifications

Size and weight1

Height:
4.5 inches (115.5 mm)
Width:
2.4 inches (62.1 mm)
Depth:
0.48 inch (12.3 mm)
Weight:
4.8 ounces (135 grams)

Cellular and wireless

  • UMTS/HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz)
  • GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
  • Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)
  • Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR

Location

  • Assisted GPS
  • Digital compass2
  • Wi-Fi
  • Cellular

Power and battery3

  • Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery
  • Charging via USB to computer system or power adapter
  • Talk time:
    Up to 12 hours on 2G
    Up to 5 hours on 3G
  • Standby time: Up to 300 hours
  • Internet use:
    Up to 5 hours on 3G
    Up to 9 hours on Wi-Fi
  • Video playback: Up to 10 hours
  • Audio playback: Up to 30 hours

Mac system requirements

  • Mac computer with USB 2.0 port
  • Mac OS X v10.4.11 or later
  • iTunes 8.2 or later (free download from www.itunes.com/download)
  • iTunes Store account
  • Internet access

Windows system requirements

  • PC with USB 2.0 port
  • Windows Vista; or Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 2 or later
  • iTunes 8.2 or later (free download from www.itunes.com/download)
  • iTunes Store account
  • Internet access

Environmental requirements

  • Operating temperature: 32° to 95° F
    (0° to 35° C)
  • Nonoperating temperature: -4° to 113° F
    (-20° to 45° C)
  • Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing
  • Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet (3000 m)

Capacity4

16GB and 32GB capacity
  • 16GB or 32GB flash drive

Color

  • Black or white

Display

  • 3.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch display
  • 480-by-320-pixel resolution at 163 ppi
  • Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
  • Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously

Audio playback

  • Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
  • Audio formats supported: AAC, Protected AAC, MP3, MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV
  • User-configurable maximum

Video playback

  • Video formats supported: H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; H.264 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 3.0 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

Languages

  • Language support for English (U.S), English (UK), French (France), German, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Korean, Japanese, Russian, Polish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Arabic, Thai, Czech, Greek, Hebrew, Indonesian, Malay, Romanian, Slovak, and Croatian
  • Keyboard support for English (U.S.), English (UK), French (France), French (Canadian), French (Switzerland), German, Traditional Chinese (Handwriting, Pinyin, Zhuyin), Simplified Chinese (Handwriting, Pinyin), Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Korean, Japanese (QWERTY), Japanese (Kana), Russian, Polish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Estonian, Hungarian, Icelandic, Lithuanian, Latvian, Flemish, Arabic, Thai, Czech, Greek, Hebrew, Indonesian, Malay, Romanian, Slovak, and Croatian
  • Dictionary support (enables predictive text and autocorrect) for English (U.S.), English (UK), French, German, Traditional Chinese (Handwriting, Pinyin, Zhuyin), Simplified Chinese (Handwriting, Pinyin), Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Korean, Japanese (QWERTY), Japanese (Kana), Russian, Polish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, Arabic, Thai, Czech , Greek, Hebrew, Indonesian, Malay, Romanian, Slovak, and Croatian

Mail attachment support

  • Viewable document types: .jpg, .tiff, .gif (images); .doc and .docx (Microsoft Word); .htm and .html (web pages); .key (Keynote); .numbers (Numbers); .pages (Pages); .pdf (Preview and Adobe Acrobat); .ppt and .pptx (Microsoft PowerPoint); .txt (text); .rtf (rich text format); .vcf (contact information); .xls and .xlsx (Microsoft Excel)

Camera, photos, and video

Camera located on back of iPhone.
  • 3 megapixels
  • Autofocus
  • Tap to focus
  • Video recording, VGA up to 30 fps with audio
  • Photo and video geotagging
  • iPhone and third-party application integration

External buttons and controls

  • Sleep/wake
  • Ring/silent
  • Volume up/down
  • Home

Connectors and input/output

  • 30-pin dock connector
  • 3.5-mm stereo headphone minijack
  • Built-in speaker
  • Microphone
  • SIM card tray

Sensors

  • Accelerometer
  • Proximity sensor
  • Ambient light sensor

Headphones

  • Apple Earphones with Remote and Mic
  • Volume control
  • Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
  • Impedance: 32 ohms

In the box

iPhone packaging.
  • iPhone 3GS
  • Apple Earphones with Remote and Mic
  • Dock Connector to USB Cable
  • USB Power Adapter
  • Documentation
  • SIM eject tool

Environmental Status Report

iPhone 3GS embodies Apple’s continuing environmental progress. It is designed with the following features to reduce environmental impact:

  • PVC-free handset
  • PVC-free headphones
  • PVC-free USB cable
  • Bromine-free printed circuit boards
  • Mercury-free LCD display
  • Majority of packaging made from post-consumer recycled fiberboard and biobased materials
  • Power adapter outperforms strictest global energy efficiency standards

Accessories

Apple In-Ear Headphones with Remote and Mic

Engineered for extreme clarity and audio accuracy, these headphones let you hear musical details you’ve been missing.

MobileMe Subscription

With a MobileMe subscription, you have everything you need, anywhere you are. Your email accounts, calendar, and contacts stay up to date on your iPhone and your computer — automatically.

Apple Earphones with Remote and Mic

These earbud headphones have convenient buttons that let you adjust volume and control music and video playback.

Apple USB Power Adapter

Use this ultracompact USB-based adapter to charge your iPhone whenever it’s not connected to a computer.