the fact that i managed to pass my pre-reg exam and hav my final declaration signed are indeed something i should be very glad and fortunate of compared to some of my friends who didnt.
i m considered v lucky this time and shouldnt be bother about anything else. i'd told myself that i wont be asking anything more after this. that's why, i shouldnt be bothered with all the bad things happen since then. these are relatively minor problems compared to trouble my friends got into.
so, now i hv achieve wad i need to and it's my firm believe that i should be thankful for everything. whatever happen next, so be it. it's all part of the plan by the Almighty God.
life experience....to grow up......even though it's very sad and heartbreaking....all i hope for myself is to live happily and appreciate everything i hav....thnk you v much
A week ago, I bought a new phone, LG KM900, also known as LG Arena. The first time I saw this phone was when I was loitering inside the Bridges shopping mall after my pre-reg exam as I was overly free.
I can’t remember how but somehow I entered the T-mobile shop and then I saw this LG Arena phone. As I had never heard of this name, my first impression on the phone was ‘well must be another crappy phone’. I’ve never impressed with the LG phone since I got my previous LG Viewty which turned out to be a total crap phone. LG has disappointed me.
It has been quite a while since I’d outcasted myself from the phone industry. Probably due to my pre-reg exam a month ago that I didn’t pay any attention to latest phones in the market. That’s why I didn’t know anything about this phone.
Then, I started to play with this LG Arena and I found it was actually very good. To my surprise, it has a very good camera lens which can take better picture with my current Sony Ericsson C905. For your information, those who’ve never use Sony Ericsson C905, SE C905 has very bad video camera despite having 8.1MP. It is indeed that the SE C905 has quite a good camera but I really don’t understand why the video camera is such a punk.
I was getting interested with the phone, so I did my research and ask my friend’s opinion about current mobile phone technology. To my delight, LG had improved its mobile phone technology and it’s claimed that LG Arena is one of the best camera phones out there.
The design is nice but not too great as it is square shaped like iphone. Not my taste; I would prefer something looks more futuristic. However the metallic frame of the phone gives the phone some rigidity compared to some phone made of plastic. This gives you a pleasant sensation of using it.
Ok, let’s get to its specifications. The LG Arena has the same touch screen technology as the famous iphone. Unlike the predecessor LG Viewty, which uses the resistive TFT touch screen (touch sensitivity based on the pressure on the screen), this LG Arena is equipped with capacitive TFT touch screen which detects your touch based on the electric pulse in your finger. Therefore, a very firm and gentle touch will do the work. Just like iphone. For those who don’t know, this is why stylus pen is not provided together with iphone as it will be useless.
The display is in 3.0 inches (smaller compared to iphone which is 3.5 inches), 480x800 pixels with 16M color. Believe me; the graphic is so stunning that it will make you say ‘wah’. However, the main advantage of this is that it has poor sunlight legibility due to the TFT screen, just like some laptop screen that has poor visibility under the sunlight. If LG has improved this part, it would be perfect phone.
I didn’t notice until I get the phone that it has an internal memory of 8GB and it still has card slot for external memory which can support up to 32GB. Just how many pictures can it stored? My Canon SLR only uses 2GB memory card.
Apart from that, the speakerphone is in Dolby mobile enhancement which provides great music, great for watching movie through the phone as well.
It has 5MP for the camera with Schneider-Kreuznach optics, 2592х1944 pixels, and LED flash. For the video camera, it can capture 720x480 @ 30fps which able to record very clear video clip.
The hardware graphic acceleration is essential; everything from homescreen to dropdown menus roll, sweep in, unfold and revolve extra smoothly. A new and eye catching addition to the interface is the Cube interface - the four homescreens are placed on the sides of a cube that you roll by finger sweeps. You can zoom out by pressing the center Home key and roll the cube to select a homescreen.
Another nice addition on LG Arena are the multi-touch support which gives you the ability to zoom a picture with the pinching gesture and the in-built FM transmitter, allowing you to stream wirelessly the currently playing track to any standard FM radio receiver (e.g. car audio or home multimedia system).
Well, if you are looking for an iphone but good camera and has the ability to record video, then LG Arena is your answer. However it is not that the phone is perfect. It does have some disadvantages as well depending on your preference. It is the perfect phone for me as I am looking for an advanced phone that can take great pictures and most importantly, clear and nice video as my SLR camera cannot record video. Somemore, I can’t expect to bring my big SLR camera to everywhere I go, right?
I went to watch the Sunderland international air show 2009 at Seaburn. Due to successful show from last year, the 21st airshow of this year will be held on both Saturday and Sunday. This was the biggest free air show in the Europe.
The flying display included the Vulcan Bomber for the first time, plus The Royal Air Forces Red, Falcons Parachute Display Team, and etc.
Elsewhere on the ground, there are flight simulators, exhibitions from Pot Noodle, EA Games, Pokemon, Anchor Cream and Nintendo.
Disclaimer: The pictures were taken with LG KM900 Arena, not my Canon EOS 450D SLR.
