ROCK, POP, ACOUSTIC

Times are p.m. unless otherwise indicated. Listing order does not necessarily indicate billing order. All events subject to sudden (hopefully not violent) changes.

Alexs Bar, 2913 E Anaheim St, Long Beach, (562) 434-8292. Myspace.com/alexsbar. Thur: Vavak, Lakes, Briertone, Curt Phillips. Fri: Falling Idols, Long Beach Allday. Sat: The Spores, Arugula, The 1090 Club, DJ Cottonmouth. Sun: The Sex Pistols Experience Tribute Show.

The Avalon, 1735 N Vine St, Hollywood, (323) 467-4571. Avalonhollywood.com. Sat: Good Charlotte with the Pink Spiders. Mon: Band of Horses with Chad VanGaalen and Simon Dawes. Tue-Wed: DJ Shadow.

Boulevard Music, 4316 Sepulveda Bl, Culver City, (310) 398-2583. Boulevardmusic.com. Fri: Bruce Molsky. Sat: Pete Huttlinger.

Caf-Club Fais Do-Do, 5257 W Adams Bl, Culver City, (323) 954-8080.

Memory expansion on the KG 920 uses MiniSD

Engineered with a sturdy metallic silver frame that resembles every bit of a thoroughbred consumer digital camera, the KG 920 is literally a 5.0-megapixel camera that comes with phone-like functions. Fitted with a bright 2-inch 240 x 320 pixel QVGA screen, photo previewing is a decent experience – although a larger screen would have been much appreciated, especially for such a powerful camera. Found in a row along its left profile is an array of buttons that although vary in purpose, are mostly suited for the KG 920’s camera functions such as shutter release, zoom, flash (shared with MP3 short cut), timer selection and the odd volume control. On the flip side, we've got a miniSD card slot, dedicated headphone jack and its propriety power input jack. What makes the KG920 unique is how half its body is able to swivel on a hinge so both camera lens and LCD screen can face inwards for self-portraits. Unfortunately, for all its appeal and uniqueness, the KG 920’s joystick, keypad and menu button layout is not ideal.

Samsung SGH-X820 review

The Samsung P300 was both innovative and successful, but now Samsung has now gone a step further and taken the lead with the Samsung SGH-X820, which at 6.9 mm is the slimmest phone in the world. I wouldn't be surprised if other manufacturers go down this path and manage to spur Samsung on to even greater achievements. You cannot believe how thin the Samsung X820 is until you have held it. Next to the slim design, Samsung has managed to boost the X820 with a 2 Megapixel digital camera, with a maximum photo resolution of 1600 x 1200 pixels. I tried the Samsung SGH-X820 out for a while and will discuss its functions and characteristics in the following mobile phone review.

Samsung X820 - Slim designThe SGH-X820 balances slim elegance with a functional keypad and tops off its supreme design with a beveled cut surface for a natural grip.

Samsung's SGH-i600: an HSDPA and WiFi Smartphone at last

Sure, you like the Motorola Q but hate the fact that it's missing WiFi. And the lack of 3G on the HTC Excalibur is also a deal breaker. Well, look no further for your QWERTY fix brother, 'cause our favorite maker of boxy black devices is showing off their SGH-i600 Smartphone at IFA in Berlin. This tri-band GSM 900/1800/1900 baby brings it all: HSDPA, EDGE, 802.11b/g WiFi, Bluetooth, a 1.3 megapixel cam with another up front for video calls, a 2.3-inch, 65k color, 320 x 240 TFT display, Microsoft's Push Mail, and 128MB ROM / 64MB RAM with MicroSD expansion all powered by Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone on a TI OMAP 1710 processor. The phone looks small enough for single-handed operation, can pull double-duty as an HSDPA modem and can even be switched into USB mass storage mode for easy drag-n-drop data transfer off your PC.

LEAKED: Motorola loves Linux - E690 PDA Phone

It looks like Motorola is making another non-RAZR, which in itself is exciting news. The E690 is a PDA/phone that runs on Linux, yes, Linux. It has standard PDA touchscreen and writing functions, as well as some decent multimedia support - including every video and audio file you could want played through two "3D surround" speakers (where you actually store the media, we don't really know). The phone also supports Bluetooth, WPA with full Internet browsing, and Office App viewing. But USB 1.1 only? That's like selling us a Cadillac without automatic windows.

We know some of you Linux fans out there are probably writhing in Linux ecstasy. You can read more about Linux on mobile devices here. More blurry amateur phone porn after the jump - "no baby, these E690 shots are just for us...I promise..." – Mark Wilson

KRZR goes on sale Sep 16; others in Q4

Motorola today announced at a launch event that the much-anticipated KRZR K1 will be available in stores in Singapore from 16 September. The mobile phone maker also confirmed that the other upcoming handsets which includes the RIZR slider, Moto FONE, W220, RAZR V3xx and RAZR maxx will be expected in the fourth quarter of 2006. Two new Bluetooth headsets, the H670 and H800, will be introduced later this year, too.

While there is no word on whether the Moto FONE will make it to Singapore, a company representative has not ruled out the possibility of launching this basic candy-bar phone in the island state.

Built based on the trademark clamshell design of the RAZR, the quadband-enabled KRZR sports an overall smaller form factor (narrower in width but slightly longer in length) than its popular predecessor but ironically weighs a little heftier.

Tricastmedia Reveals Itself to US Market at CTIA

SAN DIEGO, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE -- Tricastmedia, a leading provider of mobile messaging and UI technologies will present its software solutions at CTIA in Los Angeles, 12 - 14th September, 2006. At Stand No. 664, Tricastmedia will launch its Click for the lowest price on dmnobieblankAdobe Flash 8');" onMouseOut="hideAd();" class=Hotlink>flash like UI development platform for mobile and consumer electronic devices.

Tricastmedia, founded in 2005 with a vision to improve the way we work with wireless technology, provides a powerful wireless e-mail application called TRICAST MAIL(TM). The software available on over 40 devices across all major brands is widely regarded as the technological and market leader in wireless email winning the highest industry honors and much acclaim from major publications.