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If anyone can figure out how to produce amazing 3D photos and videos using a smartphone, it is probably the photographers associated with National Geographic. And, that is what National Geographic and phone maker LG announced today.

LG and the National Geographic will help us to the world in 3D (Akihabara News)

The LG Optimus 3D is an Android smartphone with two lenses on the rear of the device used to record 3D photos and video. Still photos have a 5 megapixel resolution. 2D video can be recorded at 1080p at 24 fps while 3D video can be recorded at 720p with 30 fps. The Optimus 3D provides glasses-free 3D viewing.

Four photographers and two videopgraphers associated with National Geographic used LG’s Optimus 3D smartphone exclusively to create 3D photos and videos.

- Steven Alvarez, photojournalist
- Brian Skerry, photojournalist
- Bryan Harvey, photojournalist (video)
- Justin Guariglia, Photographer/Contributing Editor
- Peter Hutchens, Photojournalist (video)
- Steve Winter, Photojournalist

Their work will be on dislay at the IFA consumer electroics show which starts on September 1 in Berlin.

IFA Berlin

Brace yourself because you are about to see one of the coolest things ever. Meet LG’s scanner mouse—the world’s first mouse that doubles as a scanner. Using “sophisticated computer vision algorithms”, the mouse captures items as you scan them.

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For everyone out there who wants an iPhone 3G-type phone but doesn’t want an iPhone, InformationWeek has an article talking up what it calls “8 killer iPhone 3G alternatives.”

If you don’t want to get roped into a two-year contract with AT&T, need a physical keypad or have a thing against the App Store, the magazine suggests you check out one of the following:

BlackBerry Bold for its “snazzy redesign, integrated Wi-Fi, 3G network capabilities and assisted GPS.”

HTC Touch Pro because it has both a touch-screen interface and a physical keyboard, plus Wi-Fi, 3G and GPS.

LG Voyager for its physical keyboard and touch-screen. This option has some drawbacks, though – it’s not a true smartphone.

LG Dare because, although its target is the casual user, it has “features and a design that may make mobile professionals look twice.”

Nokia N 96 because, well, it’s the latest addition to Nokia’s N series.

Samsung Omnia for its 3.2-inch touch-screen, five-megapixel camera, built-in GPS and Wi-Fi and handwriting recognition.

Samsung Instinct, which InformationWeek describes as “a legitimate alternative” to the iPhone for Sprint customers.

Garmin Nuvifone, which is due out later this year, and boasts a touch-screen, Wi-Fi, e-mail capabilities and, because it’s a Garmin, killer GPS features.