Lamborghini Insecta

Occupying the same footprint on the road as a Gallardo – the Insecta is designed to make use of the baby Lambo’s V10 powertrain, too. So despite remaining a purely computer-based concept at the moment – if any of Lamborghini’s designers are watching, it could point the way for future models.

Some amazing lines. You can see the German influence via VW.

VW Polo Bluemotion Concept

With CO2 emissions of only 87g/co2 Volkswagen is promising its Polo Bluemotion model will be the cleanest supermini money can buy when it goes on sale in the UK next year.

I must admit, I was never really a fan of the Polos. I had the old tiny Lupo, and one accident in that, and I changed into my present Clio with its 5 Star safety. We also have a Fiat 500, and we all thought that the Fox looked far too drab. But the rear lights on the new Polo, even though they look like a Toyota, still look better than the circular ones. And that emission figure is great. Something good is coming out of the oil price rise we have had.

Blackberry Bold saved me

Last night the telephone line went dead. The internet was still working. I had to call BT to get it fixed. I happened to have another landline, but at the wait was awful with all those buttons to press. I was told to use the internet to get it done fast. Duh! What do you do? I used this Blackberry Bold that I am using to type right now, to browse over to bt.com/faults and actually managed to fill out the forms using the Opera Mini browser. All along the phone was waiting in the queuing system for a human to answer. Well I had a text back from BT they were on the case, and still no one had picked up. Finally a lady answered and said that it was requested already. So I get up to answer the front the bell and it is the BT man and it was all sorted. So the moral of the story is, get a mobile phone with a good browser and if you can't type a Blackberry. Thanks be to all who keep all this stuff going. The world is getting better all the time and we don't need one person all the time, but when one of us goes down (as did BT) the other systems are there to help. Rock on.

Sony Ericsson Idou: 12 Megapixel Phone

Sony Ericsson Idou from GSM Arena on Vimeo.

But can you type with just your left thumb if you are eating your burger with your right hand, as you can with BB Bold?

Skyfire

If you really want to have a great browser, then get Skyfire. Shame they don't make one for Blackberrys. But they have just made one for Sony Ericsson Xperia X1

Touch screen Nokias

Well it is better late than never Nokia. Why did it take them so long to get on the bandwagon?

But look at the clip closely, and you can see that his fingers slip. And that is the whole problem. It is not as easy as he makes it look.

I think that they should have a grid on top of the screen on which you can tap first, then the machine knows that that is the area you want to touch. You can then make it smaller or bigger and move it around to select in more detail. Just an idea that popped into my head.

I returned both the Storm and HTC, and Xperia devices, because even for someone small like me, it was hard to scroll without a ball like there is on G-1.

Revo Pico RadioStation: The Definitive Multi-Format Portable Radio

I used to be a short wave buff. I used to sit with my dad and listened to the BBC World Service, when all those horrible things were going on in Iran. And then I love good quality sound. So I bought a standard DAB radio. But if you find that you are stuck behind your computer, because it has tuned into stations like 1.FM Dance forever, then you need this baby below. Maybe they will put Short Wave in it as well one day.



PICO RadioStation is the ultimate incarnation of our multi award-winning PICO portable digital radio, and is capable of providing reception of a variety of radio formats including DAB and DAB+, internet radio and conventional FM.