Christina Aguilera - Back to basic:Live and Down under

Christina Aguilera - Back to basic:Live and Down under



Christina Aguilera - Back to basic:Live and Down under (2008)
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One of the most accomplished performers of the last decade, Christina Aguilera has sold well over 25 million albums worldwide and cultivated a fan base that crosses generational, racial and gender lines. Now, segueing from the audacious sexuality of her second studio album, Stripped, the chameleon-like performer pays tribute to the music that has inspired her with her third studio album Back To Basics (RCA Records).Back To Basics has made Aguilera the biggest-seller in the SoundScan era for a female artist, passing Streisand's 2-CD "The Concert" release in '94. Her debut single, "Ain't No Other Man," off her double platinum album, was a huge success, along with her second single "Hurt," while her third single "Candyman" continues to climb the charts.Aguilera has garnered rave reviews for her current 41-city North American tour. The tour kicked off in Houston, Texas and has stopped in Los Angeles, Boston, Phoenix, Vancouver, Las Vegas and New York among others. The "Back to Basics" 2007 North American Tour features a unique stage design that allows Christina's fans unprecedented access to the stage with unbelievable sight lines as well as three distinct stage scenes, illuminated by more than 600 moving lights, and a state-of-the-art hydraulic system. Aguilera has assembled an acclaimed production team for her concert tour featuring choreographer and director, Jamie King (Madonna, Janet Jackson, Prince) and Roberto Cavalli, who is the tour's exclusive costume designer. Working together, the team created a modern inventive vision fused with elements of retro glamour.Aguilera's backstory is well-known. A native of Staten Island, the pre-teen began performing in local talent shows while growing up in Pennsylvania. In 1992, after appearing on "Star Search." She joined the cast of the Disney Channel's "The New Mickey Mouse Club." In 1998 Aguilera's song "Reflection" for Disney's Mulan led to a record deal with RCA and the release of her self-titled debut album in Summer, 1999. The album quickly hit #1 on the strength of its first dance/pop single, "Genie In A Bottle" (which dominated the charts for five weeks) and other chart toppers including "What A Girl Wants." It was a feat she would repeat the following year with Mi Reflejo, the smash Spanish-language version of her debut, followed by her hit holiday release, My Kind Of Christmas.In 2001 Aguilera joined forces with Pink, Mya and Lil' Kim on the smash "Lady Marmalade" single and video. That eye-popping slice of ear candy kept her front and center in the international spotlight even as she began, slowly and steadily, to lay the groundwork for her second album, Stripped. Released in October 2002, it sealed her status as an international superstar while transforming her previous squeaky-clean image into a fully sexualized woman with lots on her mind. Along with the superheated funk of the album's provocative debut single, "Dirrty," came such standout tracks as "Beautiful," "Can't Hold Us Down" and "Make Over."Earning her first of four Grammy Awards in 2000 for Best New Artist, her subsequent trophies came in 2001 for "Lady Marmalade" (Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals), in 2003 for "Beautiful" (Best Female Pop Vocal Performance) and in 2007 for "Ain't No Other Man (Best Female Pop Vocal Performance), winning a Grammy for each of her albums. Among countless other honors, she is also the recipient of a 2001 Latin Grammy Award for Mi Reflejo (Best Female Pop Vocal Album), a 2000 Billboard Music Award for Female Artist of the Year, and two 2004 Rolling Stone Music Awards (Best Female Performer, Readers' Pick; and Best Tour, Readers' Pick, "Justified and Stripped"). Voted Sexiest Teen Idol in a VH1 poll, Aguilera's beauty and charisma have also led Teen People to list her among its "25 Hottest Stars Under 25" and Maxim to crown her Best International Female Singer (2000), one of the Sexiest Women of the Year (2003) and #1 on their "Hot 100" List (2003). Aguilera has also been honored with two NRJ Awards (Best International Female, Best International Album) as well as a 2007 MTV Europe Award (Best Female Artist).Today, while devoting the lion's share of her time to recording and touring, the 26-year-old is active in a range of philanthropy. A major contributor to the fight against AIDS, Aguilera has participated in the "What's Going On?" cover project for AIDS Project Los Angeles' Artists Against AIDS. In 2004 she became the new face for MAC cosmetic company and spokesperson for the MAC AIDS Fund. More recently she became involved in awareness campaigns with Youth AIDS and ALDO. She also sponsors and is actively involved in the Women's Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh for battered women and children.


Tracklist:

01 - Intro: Back To Basics (2:02)
02 - Aint't No Other Man (4:19)
03 - Back In The Day (5:08)
04 - Understand (5:04)
05 - Come On Over (3:40)
06 - Slow Down Baby (3:24)
07 - Still Dirrty (5:16)
08 - I Got Trouble (2:37)
09 - Makes Me Wanna Pray (5:59)
10 - What A Girl Wants (4:46)
11 - Oh Mother (7:46)
12 - Dirrty (5:02)
13 - Candyman (4:34)
14 - Nasty Naughty Boy (5:52)
15 - Hurt (4:36)
16 - Lady Marmalade (5:06)
17 - Encore: Thank You (2:34)
18 - Beautiful (4:58)
19 - Fighter (8:24)
20 - Enter The Circus (1:45)
21 - Welcome (2:43)

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Portrait lighting techniques with Bobbi Lane

Portrait lighting techniques with Bobbi Lane



Portrait lighting techniques with Bobbi Lane (2007)
DVDRip | English | 720*480 (4:3) | 1044 kb/s, XVID | 192 Kbps, MP3 | 840 MB

The Genre: Educational video
The Country: the USA
The Director: Calumet Photographic
Actors: Bobbi Lane

The Description:
Rate on work with illumination in portrait shooting.

The leader - Bobbi Lane. The professional photographer with 30 years experience. Specializes on creation of creative portraits.

The Description from a site:

This comprehensive educational and instructional DVD on lighting is an hour long and packed with information. Subjects include:
Posing techniques for headshots, 3/4, and full length
Grooming and corrective techniques
Lighting patterns
Names and uses of lights
Placement of lights
How strobes work
Metering techniques with strobes and incident meters
Selecting the proper light modifier
Umbrellas, beauty dishes, Fresnel, soft boxes, and grid spots
Lighting for the mood
1, 2, and 3 light setups
Balancing strobe and ambient light

In the DVD, I light three models with different skin types; two women and one man, in a variety of settings, from soft and beautiful, to dramatic and moody. One of the great features of this DVD is that when I photograph the model, the RAW file of the image capture is displayed, so you can freeze the frame and review all of the information immediately. At the end of each section, the lighting equipment used for that setup is shown.

There is no fluff in this DVD, just useful and relevant information. This DVD enables you to put this knowledge to practical use right away and create stronger and more effective portraits.

In the future, this page will consist of images from the DVD with descriptions, plus more lighting techniques. There will be lots of information that will help you become a better photographer. Please check back in a month or so, and this page will be greatly expanded.

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The Basics Of Close-Up Photography

The Basics Of Close-Up Photography



The Basics Of Close-Up Photography
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field study of close-up and macro photography by master photographer and teacher Bob Guiliani. Bob spends much time reviewing the equipment needed for successful close-up and macro photography. He also examines the elements involved in creating elegant portraiture of flowers. (Which you could turn into beautiful art prints) You will learn many technical and practical tips from selecting the proper camera angle to creating perfect lighting on every exposure in all kinds of lighting situations.


Other topics include:

* When to use a flash
* How & where to position the flash
* When to use tripod
* Hand held examples are created
* What time of day is best
* What to do when it gets windy
* When to use a polarizing filter
* How to create a small hand held reflector - FREE
* Background selection
* How to establish proper camera angle and lens selection

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Aerosmith - Live In Philadelphia 1990 DVD

Aerosmith - Live In Philadelphia 1990 DVD



Aerosmith - Live In Philadelphia 1990 DVD (2008)
DVD | MPEG-2 | 720x480 (525/60) (NTSC) | Dolby Digital 2.0 192 Kbps | Dolby Digital 5.1 448Kbps | 3,72 Gb
Genre: Hard Rock

Tracklist:

01 Heart's Done Time
02 Same Old Song and Dance
03 F.i.n.e
04 Monkey on My Back
05 Don't Get Mad, Get Even
06 Permanent Vacation
07 Janie's Got a Gun
08 Mama Kin
09 Angel
10 Hangman Jury
11 Voodoo Medicine Man
12 Red House
13 Rag Doll
14 Draw the Line
15 Dream on
16 Love in an Elevator
17 Dude (looks Like a Lady)
18 Sweet Emotion
19 Peter Gunn
20 Train Kept a Rollin'

DVD 3,72 Gb

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Video compression mode: MPEG-2
TV system: 525/60 (NTSC)
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Source picture resolution: 720x480 (525/60)
Frame Rate: 30.00

Audio Attributes:

Audio Coding mode: Dolby Digital
Sampling Rate: 48kHz
Number of Audio channels: 2.0
Bitrate: 192 Kbps

Audio Coding mode: Dolby Digital
Sampling Rate: 48kHz
Number of Audio channels: 5.1
Bitrate: 448 Kbps

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Amazing Cakes

Amazing Cakes.

A collection of really interesting cakes or it would be more appropriate to say some of the best cake art we have here. Ranging from laptops, microscope, sewing machine, & plenty more.

All you see above are cakes that can be eaten without any part of it left. No plastics or any other artificial stuff is being used - everything is eatable. All these cakes are by Zhanna from St. Petersburg.

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Curtains that create electricity

The ordinary curtains don't allow the bright sunlight to enter your house, but what if that light could be used in a productive way? Here is where designer Sheila Kennedy's (expert on the implementation & use of solar panels in architecture) interesting prototype curtains for the production of electricity comes in. Its made of a flexible translucent material, completely covered with thin solar panels created from organic photovoltaic which creates energy that can then be used to supply to various appliances & gadgets. Her team from KVA Matx has designed the Soft House, transforming household curtains into flexible, semi-transparent, solar collectors, which can make up to 16,000 watt-hours of electricity. Though its very convenient but as of now the technology costs unreasonably expensive

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Hotel rooms for artists.

I was searching on internet i got these post which has the photos of hotel rooms specially designed for Artists.

Hotel Fox in central Copenhagen. It was for the launch of the new Volkswagen Fox that the hotel was made into the most exciting & creative lifestyle hotel by 21 international artists creating a unique space featuring creative artwork ranging from street art to Japanese Manga.

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Sony Launches Clear, Tube-shaped Speaker

Sony Launches Clear, Tube-shaped Speaker

Sony, the company that brought you the egg-shaped music player and the dog-like robot, has now created the transparent tube speaker.

Called Sountina - a combination of ''sound'' and ''fountain'' - the $9,600 acrylic speaker goes on sale June 20 in Japan with sales elsewhere still undecided.

Sony Corp. said the 3.3-foot speaker spreads high-quality, natural-sounding audio 360 degrees around itself by vibrating and can fill hotel lobbies, wedding halls and other large spaces.

Sony officials said the speaker's exact coverage depends on an area's interior surfaces.

The tube, slightly thicker than a baseball bat, was shown to reporters at Sony's Tokyo headquarters Wednesday.

LEDs, or light-emitting diodes, in blue, amber, pink and purple at the bottom of the tube are reflected in the stainless steel at the top of the tube. In a darkened room, they reflect off a steel string dangling inside the tube.

Sony Senior Manager Noriyasu Kawaguchi acknowledged some people may prefer more blast and heavier bass.

''Maybe it doesn't work in the way some American consumers are expecting their speakers to work,'' he said.

The Sountina is for sophisticated consumers, including businesses seeking a speaker that blends into an interior, Kawaguchi said.

Sony has produced many products that show off technology but aren't expected to sell in numbers, such as the Rolly MP3 player, which went on sale in Japan last year and is promised to arrive in the U.S. this year. Another attention-getter, the Aibo dog robot, was discontinued in 2006.

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Samsung Adds a Stone DAP to Its List

Samsung Adds a Stone DAP to Its List

Creative isn’t the only one trying to influence DAP users through geology with products like the Zen Stone, Samsung has also designed and launched a similar line of DAPs and are calling them YEP-S2 where the ‘S’ reportedly stands for Stone. These DAPS come preloaded with Samsung’s DNSe (Digital Natural Sound engine) audio processor.

The player is designed to look like a smooth round pebble with an LED that provides subtle lighting effects with the control keys located underneath. From what the translated website reports, the LEDs change color according to various modes selected from the player. The player also comes with necklace style earphones so it can be easily carried around or used as a fashion accessory.

The YP-S2 DAP is available in 5 colors and in 1 GB and 2 GB capacities priced at Rs. 2,290 ($54) and Rs. 2,753 ($65) respectively. Of course these may not make it to our shores, but we can hope can't we.

Source:- Tech2

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IIFA Awards 2008

IIFA Awards 2008
Amazing Thailand awaits you…

Fascinating, vibrant, dazzling, colorful and amazing….welcome to IIFA, where stars descend from the Indian cinema’s celluloid to live an experience, which, to say the least, is truly out of the world. IIFA’s 9 successful years of existence are a testament of the credibility and the distinct place that it enjoys in the Indian film industry. IIFA over these many years has grown to be the most respected South Asian Film Academy, with the IDEA IIFA Awards being the most-watched entertainment event with a viewership of over 600 million.

IIFA 2008 promises to be even more exciting, thrilling and brimming with fun. Bangkok, IIFA’s destination 2008, exuberates the spirit IIFA stands for and guarantees an unlimited doze of entertainment. Welcome to “Amazing Thailand” and yet another Amazing IIFA….

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FICCI IIFA Global Business Forum
The FICCI-IIFA Global Business Forum is a dynamic global platform that over the years has grown in stature, depth and of course numbers. It has provided industry a forum to discuss a diverse spread of business, bilateral economic and political issues. The FICCI IFFA Global Business Forum 2008 in Bangkok aims to bring together business leaders, policy makers and dignitaries from around the world to deliberate on key industry verticals like Infrastructure and Real Estate, Drugs, Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals, Films amongst others.
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IIFA World Premier
The IIFA World Premier gives film aficionados the first glance into the forthcoming blockbuster from Indian Film Industry. IIFA World Premiere 2008 on June 6 at Major Cineplex, Bangkok will showcase Sarkar Raj, starring Indian Film icons Amitabh Bachchan, Abhiskek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, directed by Ram Gopal Varma. A sequel to the critically acclaimed film Sarkar, Sarkar Raj is sure to give global audiences a taste of true Indian Cinema.
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IIFA Fashion Extravaganza in association with IIFA Foundation
A unique Fashion Extravaganza was launched at IIFA 2006, Dubai. This year too, IIFA 2008 Bangkok will be witness to another glamorous IIFA Fashion Extravaganza with India and Thailand’s leading designers presenting their exquisite fashion lines. IIFA Fashion Extravaganza will also showcase IIFA Bling, an exclusive premium fashion line that reflect the trends and style that influence the Indian Film Industry. An extension of brand IIFA, IIFA Bling is a platform which movie fans to experience stardom.
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The IDEA IIFA Awards are India's biggest media event with a viewership of almost 600 million. To be held at Bangkok’s finest attraction, Siam Niramit, a renowned world-class performance of Thailand’s art and cultural heritage, makes it an ideal choice for IIFA.
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iPhone at just over Rs 8,000? Well, may not be

iPhone at just over Rs 8,000? Well, may not be
28 Jun, 2008, 1215 hrs IST

BANGALORE: Vodafone and Airtel started pre-registering customers for the iPhone 3G this week, and ever since, offices and blogs have been abuzz with discussions on what Apple’s much-awaited product will be priced at.

Many think it will be just a shade over Rs 8,000 — the rupee equivalent of the price in the US, which is $199. Now, that’s a fantastic price for the 8GB product, and will certainly have every competitor worried.

Nokia’s 8GB N95 smartphone , for instance, is priced at well over Rs 25,000, and its new N96 is expected to come at over Rs 36,000.

But we think the iPhone, expected to hit the Indian market in September, will be priced substantially higher than Rs 8,000.

The $199 price is a hugely subsidised one, subsidised by the US operator AT&T. Market researcher iSuppli has just estimated that mobile phone service providers are subsidising each handset to the extent of $300.

Some other analysts think the subsidy is higher at $350 per unit. In other words, the actual price that AT&T pays to Apple for each iPhone unit is $499, going by the iSuppli estimate.

Vodafone and Airtel are unwilling to talk about the price they will offer the iPhone at, but Bharti Airtel CEO Manoj Kohli told TOI there is no question of subsidising the handset in India. “US operators are able to subsidise handsets because they can make up for that with their call charges. They charge rates like 25 cents a minute. In India, the charge is 1.5 to 2 cents a minute,” Kohli said.

In the absence of a subsidy then, the handset could be priced at $499 or a little over Rs 21,000 (governmental levies on mobile phones in India are marginal).

Unless Apple chooses to offer the iPhone at lower margins to countries like India. iSuppli estimates it costs Apple just $173 to produce the latest version (excluding the cost of software development, shipping, distribution, packaging and accessories included with each iPhone). So it enjoys a huge margin on the product.

We’ll have to see if Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs is willing to sacrifice some of that.

But any which way, even at a price of Rs 21,000, the iPhone looks certain to sizzle the handset market.

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Asus Releases Gaming Desktop

Asus Releases Gaming Desktop

Asus looking to capture the burgeoning gaming PC market in India has released its ARES CG6155 desktop. This desktop seeks to combine an array of top-notch components to provide gamers with performance and stability. It sports a unique exterior design, which is inspired by ancient and modern armor with both Eastern and Western influences, and presents an aesthetic appeal.

The ARES CG6155 desktop boasts of an Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 processor, up to 8GB of DDR3 RAM and up to 4TB of storage space. This powerful specification is complimented by two power supplies, 3-way SLI with GeForce GTX280s and an NVIDIA nForce 790i Ultra board. The ARES CG6155 will be preloaded with Microsoft Vista Ultimate.

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Three Full HD Capable Laptops

Three Full HD Capable Laptops

One of the most interesting developments in the field of computers has been the percolation of HD into the mobile computing markets. Thanks to the ever-increasing graphical/processing capabilities now available in this area, laptops are able to offer full HD capabilities. Furthermore, with Blu-ray emerging as the HD format of choice, it's led to more and more manufacturers releasing solutions that are fully HD ready and also offer Blu-ray support.

Acer Aspire 8920G

Acer, which has been riding strongly on the success of its Gemstone series over the last few quarters, recently launched its new Gemstone Blue lineup. This latest series looks to offer laptops with HD/Full HD capabilities, with Blu-ray support, on a 16:9 resolution. The 8920g is Acer's flagship model.

The Acer 8920g is an 18-inch laptop with a native resolution of 1920 x 1080, comes with an Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 (2.5 GHz) Penryn CPU, 3GB of system memory, and a 320GB HDD. Its graphics are powered by an Nvidia 9650M GS chipset. This 8920G also ships with a Blu-ray drive and possesses Dolby 2.0 home theater support. It expectedly sports an HDMI slot for external connectivity.

When you factor all this in, you get a very well-designed machine that can be had at a relatively cheaper price than other solutions in this roundup. Prices for this model start at Rs 79,000.

Dell XPS M1730

No list of laptops is complete without a Dell. This time around it's the XPS M1730, the flagship model in Dell's XPS range. The M1730, easily emerges as the most customizable and powerful machine in this lineup. Not only does it support some of the fastest Intel mobile processors available, ranging from the T9300 to X9000 Extreme, it also comes with 4GB of DDR-2 667 RAM, Dual-8700 M GT GPUs with SLI support, and includes the new AGEIA PhysX mobile PPU.

In terms of storage it offers a variety of options, ranging from a single 200GB solution to RAID 0/1 setups of 500GB (2x250). Though it does not offer HDMI natively, it bundles a DVI-HDMI convertor and offers a Blu-ray drive as an optional install. Though its screen size is only 17 inches, it does squeeze in a full HD resolution of 1920 x 1200.

For further details, check out this page. Prices for the M1730 start at Rs 99,000. Look out for our review of this laptop.

SONY VAIO VGN-AR69

It is perhaps with a touch of irony that a Sony product has found its way into this lineup. As the founder and chief promoter of Blu-ray, it goes without saying that the company would naturally have Blu-ray enabled products.

The Vaio AR69 is Sony’s current flagship model. It is built on an Intel C2D T8300 processor, comes with 4GB of system memory, offers 500GB of HDD space (250x2 GB Raid 0), a Blu-ray drive, 8600M GT graphical chip, and a 17-inch LCD panel with a native resolution of 1920 x 1200. The AR69 has a native HDMI output and this is a plus point.

Prices for the AR69 start at Rs 1,69,000. For a detailed specification sheet, head

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Samsung i900 Omnia announced

Samsung i900 Omnia

The highly rumored Samsung i900 is finally unveiled by Samsung. Called Samsung i900 Omnia, this Windows Mobile PocketPC seems as a strong competitor of the rumored 3G iPhone, which should be announced today too. Of course, the feature set puts it head-to-head with HTC Touch Diamond too. However we have the feeling that the HTC TouchFLO 3D might be a bit more spectacular than what the Samsung i900 offers.

Samsung i900 Omnia will be first displayed at the CommunicAsia expo held in Singapore from June 17 to 20 but all details about its specifications are already made public.

Based on Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro, the Samsung i900 offers a 3.2-inch WideQVGA display (240 x 400 pixels) and an optical mouse much like the one found in the Samsung i780. Camera-wise the Samsung i900 Omnia is one helluva amibitious handset - offering a 5 megapixel auto focus snapper with face and smile detection plus auto-panorama shot. Geotagging is also among the camera features since the i900 also packs a built-in GPS receiver.

As style has it, the Samsung i900 Omnia waistline is only 12.5mm and the brushed metal back certainly adds to its refined looks. That figure along with the other dimensions makes it rather identical to the Apple iPhone. Most importantly the i900 shares with the iPhone the same massive internal memory - both an 8GB and a 16GB i900 versions will be available with the microSD still present for further expanding those with up to 16 gigs worth of storage.

Samsung i900 Omnia official photos

The specs sheet of the Samsung i900 is then boosted by the quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support plus HSDPA 7.2Mbps. Thanks to the built-in accelerometer, the UI automatically rotates to follow the handset's current orientation. Wi-Fi support is also on board to make the i900 sound even juicier.

The USB port, FM radio with RDS and stereo Bluetooth (A2DP) are among the final touches to this loaded PocketPC.

And since touch-optimization is of critical importance when you strive to compete with Apple's iPhone, Samsung have also ported their TouchWiz user interface for use on Windows Mobile. We saw that Touch UI for the first time on the Samsung F480 and we surely enjoyed it.

The Samsung i900 Omnia will be market available from June 2008 (Europe - July 2008), which also coincides with the projected availability of the new 3G iPhone.

Since we had the opportunity to spend some time with the Samsung i900 Omnia before its official release, we can gladly provide you with some more detailed real-life shots as well as a 3D view of Samsung i900 Omnia. Enjoy!

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