LG-Phillips LCD (yes, a joint company project) has announced a new LCD display technology that could allow for larger screens on many mobile devices in the near future. By building the driver circuit right into the screen console itself, the new technology reduces the bezel siding of the screen to be only 1mm thick.

This means that some screens could be around 10% larger, without the screen console taking up anymore physical room. It would just be utilizing more of the space that it already uses. No matter how small the bezel becomes, I don’t think we’ll ever get to own our very own massive LCD. — Andrew Dobrow

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Sharp’s first dual-mode transmitter, the VA3B5EZ915, is capable of tuning in on both T-DMB and DVB-H terrestrial digital broadcasts. Sharp claims this device to be the first of its kind. With the launch of One-Seg in Japan, other similar services have started popping up in other areas in the Eastern Hemisphere, including DVB-H for some areas of Europe, and T-DMB for Korea.

The device is made to be implanted in mobile devices, and as can be seen from the image, its size (8 x 8 x 1.25 mm) is definitely compact enough to please many manufacturers, as the demand for smaller tuners continues to grow. — Andrew Dobrow

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Good news, fellow guitar shredders. Hands-On Mobile announced today that they have made an agreement with Activision to bring Guitar Hero to your mobile devices, which really, really rocks. OK, the thought of Guitar Hero wherever we go sounds awesome, but how does Activision/Red Octane plan on producing a mobile version of a game which relies on its awesome peripheral?

Surely, Red Octane gave some information in their press release about the controls, right? Wrong. The press release is very scant for details, with only the usual corporate hoopla and hype. If Activision handles the mobile version right it could work. Maybe. — Andrew Dobrow

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Many men love to show off their glistening muscles at the beach. Our shriveled up excuse for an arm has become lack and lame from its years and years of inactivity. Though, this doesn’t mean there aren’t ways we can use our arm muscles to impress. This mobile controller, designed and developed by Arto Halopainen, allows users to control mobile devices and games using nothing more than the flexing of arm muscles.

When wearing the sleeves, basic commands can be initiated by simply tweaking your bicep, or other corresponding arm muscle. Halopainen hopes one day the controller sleeve will be used for muscle rehabilitation and to aide disabled and elderly users in having an easier experience. We might be out of shape, but we bet you that beach muscle men can’t control gadgets with their flexing. — Andrew Dobrow

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Many guys have issues with their jealousy. And with the amount of sluts roaming the streets we don’t blame them much. But does it really require something like the Forget-me-not Panties to keep a watchful eye on them?

These panties, specially made with a GPS locater built in, will track your lady everywhere she goes when shes wearing them, despite the fact that she is not aware she’s being followed. But listen to this. Not only is her location tracked, but her temperature and heart rate are tracked too! That is where the line of inquisitiveness stops, and the line of insane creepiness starts.

The Sensatech system works with three added objects other then the normal fabric. An embedded GPS, a normal watch battery, and a biometrics vitals reader strategically located near her holiest of holes. The data is transferred to your PC and mobile devices for easy access. This kind of paranoia only should exists in the movies.

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Computer stereo systems are an annoyance. They are never as good as you want them to be, they lack the ease of usability that we all strive to find, and most of the models on the open market are rehashed versions of stock speakers with a different skin. The Logitech X-240 might not be audiophile quality (in fact it’s similar to most other one step up from stock models), but the edition of a device dock is a cool incentive to choose the X-240 over other models. The dock can accomadate both the Apple iPod and the Microsoft Zune along with PDA’s and other mobile devices. To make sure that the dock fits properly, the X-240 comes with different sized trays to house your device of choice. The product description also flaunts its “convenient volume and power controls”, which most likely means it comes with an external knob, which really does shave off a few seconds of the volume altering process. The X-240 will be available in the US in April for $49.99, and in Europe in May. — Andrew Dobrow

Logitech X-240 speakers with built-in dock [via Krunker]