The 8 megapixel LG KC910 was announced some good 13 days ago, but LG are again causing a stir by publishing more photos of the device. Unfortunately there’s no info on the expected pricing, but still the October release date is confirmed.

Equipped with an 8 megapixel auto focus camera the LG KC910 is the first feature phone of the company to sport Wi-Fi connectivity. In addition it extends the functionality of the Viewty with GPS, which allows geo-tagging of the photos.

The sweet VGA videos at 30 fps and slow motion 120 fps QVGA videos are also there. A xenon flash is also on board to facilitate photography in low-light conditions. The display of the new LG will be a 3″ 262K color one with a resolution of 240 x 400 pixels.

Connectivity is also duly covered in the LG KC910, which has support for all the four GSM bands. 3G with HSDPA is also available and so are Bluetooth and USB. The final extras of the KC910 include microSD card slot, TV-out support, Xvid and DivX video playback and Dolby sound for the music.

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Dell Insipron Mini 9 available here now. It costs from $349 to $500+ for Ubuntu. It has both Ubuntu as well as Windows option and comes with configuration as reported earlier. Its default RAM is 512 MB and you can upgrade to 1GB.

Windows XP model starts @ $449

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Sanyo on Wednesday introduced its Xacti E2 digital camcorder. The camcorder records video onto a flash media card and can work underwater, as well. It costs $399.99.

The Xacti E2 features a “pistol grip” style design and records video in MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 format at 640 x 480 pixels. It can also take 8-megapixel still images. The device is waterproof and can operate underwater to a depth of five feet, according to Sanyo, for up to one hour at a time.

Video and still images are recorded to SD or SDHC flash media cards — a single 8GB SDHC card can store up to eight hours of full motion video or about 2000 images, according to the company. Video and still images can be uploaded and viewed on a Mac or PC using an included cable.

The camera features 5x optical zoom, a flip-out 2.5-inch LCD display, 60 frame per second recording, anti-shake digital image stabilizer, sequential still image shooting at up to five frames per second, and a new underwater scene selection that adjusts colors.

The Xacti E2 measures 2.8 x 4.4 x 1.6 inches and weighs 9.1 ounces with a battery installed. It comes in either blue or pearlescent white finishes.

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Dell’s most anticipated mini notebook is about to be revealed this week. It is interesting to see a how it prices its little lappy, as Dell is known for low cost PC, laptop.

Expected Specification and Features:

• Intel ATOM N270 (@1.6GHz)
• 8.9 inch Display
• 1 GB RAM
• 3 USB ports
• Wi-Fi support
• Built-in camera
• Solid-state drives up to 16 GB
• Weighs about 2.2 pound (about a kg)
• Ubuntu Linux or Windows XP
• might come bundled with BOX.NET account

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Apple’s iPhone and iPhone 3G are surely very good phone when it comes to looks and multimedia features. But, there are few features which iPhone lacks which in our opinion are deal breaker. Lets have a look at the features which are taken for granted in other phones and iPhone lacks it. Please remember iPhone costs Rs. 31000 in India

• Lacks A2DP - Does not support stereo bluetooth audio. This feature is available in phones with price as low as Rs 3800 in India
• No Video Calling or Video capturing feature - This feature is found in most phones with camera built in
• You cannot send files to anyone using bluetooth (All other bluetooth phone support this. Cheapest bluetooth phone cost Rs 3020)
• No copy/paste features. This is very common in any smart phone running windows mobile or Symbian
• It comes with just 2 Mega pixel camera.
• No front camera which is common in any 3G phone.
• No Flash support (but you can play youtube videos though)
• No Java Support
• Battery not removable. What do you with your nokia when its battery looses its power, buy a new one and replace it yourself.
• Cannot send MMS
• Cannot use 16GB or 8GB storage as external storage (mass storage device feature) in you PC. This is very common feature nowadays in any phone have support to connect to PC.
• No FM Radio
• Its locked to a single service provider. This is not a feature common in India.

Keep these in mind if you are planning to buy iPhone.

Google’s Android Challenge has brought in lot of new type of application to android. Check this new innovative way of typing into mobile phone with touch screens