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Apple iPhone VS. LG Prada Phone

John Vincent Hilario — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 04:30:55 +0000

When word got out that LG has released a phone very much similar to that of Apple’s iPhone, one would definitely feel intrigued to check it out and see for themselves how similar the two high-tech gadgets actually are. Including their lack of catchier product names, the two have practically identical features, with their differences lying in the subtle (or not so subtle) details. Both can play music and videos; both are about 12mm thick; both come with the Edge and Bluetooth wireless data technology, a 2-megapixel camera, Internet access to check e-mail, but more notably, the touchscreen capabilities are reminiscent to that of the Blackberry. While the iPhone’s four- and eight-gigabyte versions are guaranteed to handle most mobile applications, the LG-KE850 model makes up for it with a memory slot. The LG Prada phone does however lack the Wi-Fi capability of its ‘rival’.

But let’s not forget why this new LG phone needs no captivating title; having the label ‘Prada’ on just about anything means paying a surmountable amount of money more than your rent. Prada has become synonymous with high-end fashion and with high-end fashion come high prices; and this phone is no different. The way women - and some men for that matter - buy Prada apparel and accessories to associate themselves with the prestige that is the Italian fashion company, the Prada phone seems targeted to those who are willing to go the extra mile for the eminence. However apparent the Prada phone seems to be competing with the iPhone, let’s be real here and say that their target audience isn’t exactly the same as Apple’s. To rival to that of Apple’s appeal when it comes to music, LG comes into the game with its fashion allure.

Available to the European public, i.e., the U.K., France, Germany and Italy, in late February, the 12-mm-thick device is set to cost €600 (euro), that’s equivalent to $775, about a couple of hundred bucks more than the 8-gigabyte version of the iPhone. Countries in Asia, i.e., Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore, are next in line, expecting the phone in late March, followed by Korea in the second quarter of 2007. A spokeswoman for the company in Seoul, Korea, Judy Pae says that LG has no plans to put it on sale in the U.S..

iPhone

LG Prada Phone

Features:
Music and video player
Input method: Multi-touch
Storage: microSD card slot
GSM: Quad-band (MHz: 900, 1800, 1900)
Wireless data: EDGE + Bluetooth
Camera: 2.0 megapixels
Dimensions: 99 millimeters long by 54mm wide; about 12mm thick.

Sources:
InfoWorld
Boing Boing
Mobile Tracker
NewsFactor
Dial-A-Phone
InformationWeek

Apple Introduces iPhone

Vlad Akilov — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 22:38:03 +0000

The long awaited and speculated Apple iPhone has just been introduced today by Steve Jobs at MacWorld. The iPhone will have a 3.5 inch widescreen/touchscreen display, and will be a Cingular exclusive phone. It will come in two versions, a 4 Gigabyte for $499 and an 8 Gigabyte version for $599. Both of which will be flash based. Also mentioned was the battery life, which is 5 hours for talking and 16 hours for audio playback.
–The iPhone is scheduled to ship in June of this year.

“iPhone combines three products — a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and a breakthrough Internet communications device with desktop-class email, web browsing, maps, and searching — into one small and lightweight handheld device.“

Specs for iPhone:

Screen size: 3.5-inches
Screen resolution: 320 by 480 at 160 ppi
Input method: Multi-touch
Operating System: OS X
Storage: 4GB or 8GB
GSM: Quad-band (MHz: 850, 900, 1800, 1900)
Wireless data: Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) + EDGE + Bluetooth 2.0
Camera: 2.0 megapixels
Battery: Up to 5 hours Talk / Video / Browsing; Up to 16 hours Audio playback
Dimensions: 4.5 x 2.4 x 0.46 inches / 115 x 61 x 11.6mm
Weight: 4.8 ounces / 135 grams

New Apple Mac Pro

Vlad Akilov — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 21:13:01 +0000

Today was the first day of the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference(WWDC), and Apple announced their new lineup of the highend Workstation the Mac Pro, which has two 2.66GHz Dual-Core intel Xeon processors, and adds up to be a very powerful 5.3GHz proccessor, and only starts at $2,499, and can also be upgraded to a Dual-Core 3GHz, for a 6GHz processor, which is just insane.

The second thing Apple announced was that their new OS Leopard will come out in the Spring of 07, and is now available to preview on there web site. Some of the cool new features of OS X Leopard is the “Time Machine”, which is kind of like Microsoft’s System Restore, where if you accidentally delete an important file you can go back to the state in which everything worked fine and that file was still on your system. To check out all the new features of the new Mac OS X Leopard, go to the apple website, and more on the new Mac Pro Workstation.

New Apple TV Ads

Vlad Akilov — Tue, 02 May 2006 21:18:56 +0000

Apple has realeased their TV commercials comparing the mundane PC with the Mac, these ads are really funny check out the one with the networking.

Top Ten Strangest Mac Mods

Vlad Akilov — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 04:47:00 +0000

www.techeblog.com — “This week our editors bring you the “Top 10 Strangest Mac Mods” that we’ve come across in recent time. If we happened to miss any, please leave us a comment. Which ones are your favorites?”

Vending Machine iPod

Vlad Akilov — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 02:24:00 +0000

Vending machines that sell iPod digital music players are heading to public places in the United States, including airports, grocery stores and even hotels.
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