Logic Bolt’s Second Projector Phone Makes The LG Expo Put Down The Cake [Phones]

Boy, Logic Wireless has been chomping down the slimming pills since we saw their first projector phone a year ago. Just look at their svelte Logic Bolt V 1.5 now!

The Symbian S60 phone beams images in VGA 640 x 480 resolution, with a diagonal dimension of 64-inches (4-inches more than the first Bolt model). Battery life is pretty poor though, with the 2hours of projecting only just enough time to watch a film. Unless you're projecting, you can get 3hours of talk time, or 200 - 250 hours of standby time.

A lousy 2.6-inch QVGA screen ensures you'll be watching all of your content via the projector function, though interestingly enough it also has a TV tuner, though we'll have to wait until CES next week to find out more about the specifics there. There's two cameras, the forward-facing camera is 1-megapixel and the back cam is 3-megapixel, and a microSD card slot is present for storing extra content.

Logic Wireless has promised to show off their second projector phone next week at CES, though with all these external projector add-ons floating around for the iPhone and other handsets, the need for a dedicated projector phone is diminishing by the minute. That goes for you too, LG. [AVING]



Owen E1 Ereader Suits Dirty-Fingered Readers [EReaders]

Yet another ereader has floated face-up to the surface of the pool, with Owen's E1 being one of the smallest around. The screen is a small 5-inches (compared to say, the Kindle, which is 6-inches).

I don't know if you've noticed, but apart from COOL-ER's crazy-colorful models, most ereaders tend to be white for some inexplicable reason. It's nice to see Owen has given a thought to the dirty-digited, with this sensible black one.

Internally, specs sound basic, though it does have MP3 player functionality. As to whether it'll launch outside of China, that remains to be seen—but for now, let's just hope that the other manufacturers take inspiration from this daring non-white or silver model. [PMP Today]



Is Microsoft Filling Up With Old Folks? [Microsoft]

"As we enter the 10s, the majority of top leaders at Microsoft are in their 40s and 50s." That's striking at a tech company, and Microsoft knows it—so they commissioned a study to help figure out what motivates these "millenials" (basically those aged 23-29) and how to attract and keep them.

It's a pretty interesting read, not least because, you know, I'm 23; as odd as it is to see people like myself written about as if we're a different species, the analysis is pretty much on the money. It's also good to see that MS realizes they've got to look to the youth not just as people to train to take over the reins, but also people who may have a skill set and knowledge that the older generation doesn't. [ZDNet]



Crew Uses Crazy Futuristic EarthRace Boat and Lasers to Fight Japanese Whalers [Boats]

Regardless of your feelings about whaling, you have to admit the fight just got a whole lot more interesting. Check out this video of a Sea-Shepherd-manned (from Whale Wars) carbon-fiber, biofuel-powered EarthRace Trimaran blinding a Japanese whaling boat with lasers.

Looks to us like the laser is mostly for warning and intimidation, which probably works considering they're zooming around in a ferocious-looking 1080-horsepower, 78-foot trimaran. The crew manning the EarthRace is the Sea Shepherd society, which you might know from Whale Wars, where they're usually getting outwitted and outgunned in a boat nowhere near as cool as this one. The MV Steve Irwin, which is the ship followed by Whale Wars, travels a maximum of 16.5 knots—this EarthRace hits 50, which actually lets them chase down and intercept whalers. [StokeReport]



Family Activities at the Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com
Although all Festival activities are appropriate for youth, some may be of particular interest to young naturalists. Here are the activities listed in the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival program catalog (link opens as a pdf file) that may be of special interest to families with children and teenagers:
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Metropolis Nightclub Tahiti

Metropolis Nightclub on boulevard Pomare opposite the Moorea ferry wharf is currently Papeete’s top nightspot. Here you can catch a glimpse of the action late one Friday or Saturday night as strobe lights flash and the crowd gyrates on the packed dance floor.

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