Mobility Watch

From Engadget: a couple pics actually surfaced in comments, but lacked the xenon flash mentioned in the specs. PhoneArena has thrown a couple pics up of this 8 megapixel set and we’re liking what we see: large display, uncluttered layout, and what appears to be a xenon flash.

The LG GC900, also known as the Viewty 2, was apparently seen recently at the CeBIT show that is taking place in Germany. Reportedly shown under close supervision, with no photos allowed, this new cell phone is said to feature a large 3.1-inch WVGA (480 x 800 pixels) resolution touchscreen display.

Based on a photo of a spec sheet seen at the event, the LG GC900 is believed to include an 8 megapixel autofocus camera with image stabilization and smile recognition, backed by a Xenon flash, and a microSD card slot for expanded storage. The GC900 will also apparently include WiFi and HSDPA for high-speed data connections, with a built-in GPS receiver for navigation. The phone is reported to use LG’s new S-Class 3D user interface, as well.

That leaves all navigation to the 3-inch WVGA touchscreen, which uses LG’s new 3D S-Class GUI as seen on the LG Arena KM900. Other specs include an 8-megapixel camera with autofocus, Xenon flash, image stabilizer, face-tracking and ISO 1600. There’s also A-GPS, for navigation and image geo-tagging, and support for push email, DivX and Xvid video playback, and auto screen-rotation.

The LG GC900 Viewty 2 has HSDPA 7.2Mbps and WiFi (presumably b/g), and onboard storage can be expanded to up to 32GB via microSD card. According to the newmobile team, the prototype was in a pretty early stage of development - even using a lower resolution, WQVGA panel - so we may have to wait a while for the official announcement.

Engadget has unboxed a LG Arena (KM900)

If anyone has one, i’ll be glad to post your review. Plus for video.
From stuff.tv:

LG’s latest touch-phone recruit made our Top 10 phones of Mobile World Congress – but now the KM900 Arena has landed on our desk, it’s time to see if it’s still got a place in our heart after our Barcelona fling.

While its 3in, 800×480 pixel screen is on the small side when compared to the iPhone and 4.1in Toshiba TG01, it’s certainly LG’s best touch interface to date. There’s little sign of the lag that afflicted predecessors like the Prada and Viewty and the ‘S-Class 3D interface’, while not exactly brain-meltingly revolutionary, does provide a neat transition between the contacts, media and homescreens.

As you can see below, that icon-based homescreen looks uncannily like the iPhone’s – only a bit more cluttered and fiddly to use. And while the screen allows you to pinch and zoom like its multi-touch foe, the web browsing experience still feels a little clunky and sluggish by comparison.

Still, the Arena’s certainly not short on features, with 8GB of flash memory (plus a microSD slot), a 5MP camera (with autofocus, but only LED flash), stereo Bluetooth, an FM radio, A-GPS (for geotagging photos) and that small but important extra, a 3.5mm headphone jack.

We’ll be bringing you a full review and video soon – but why not check out our Top 10 mobile phones while you wait. Or start a chorus of ‘we want Android, we want Android…’

Orange’s little European exclusive on LG’s touch-screen G910 watchphone with HSDPA data will result in a £1,000 / €1,144 price per. That directly translates to about $1,500 but, as these things generally go, it will likely be priced closer to $1,000 (without tax) whenever it lands Stateside.

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Orange proudly announced that it would be carrying the LG G910, but did not go into detail about when it would be made available. Prior to the announcement, however, LG told us these devices would be coming to European markets in the second half of 2009.

The 1.43-inch touch screen watch offers HSDPA connectivity with Web browsing and media playing functions, but remains mostly a voice communications device due to its restrictive form factor.

As a concept that has existed in popular culture for nearly 70 years, LG’s watch phone will not be the first of its ilk, nor will it be the only touch screen watch phone in the market this year.

But with its elegant design, and the high-profile manufacturer/carrier combination, LG’s device will be the most widely accessible deployment of the watch form factor in Europe thus far.

From the Press Release:

The compact and stylish wrist watch style phone comes with a blue-tooth headset and features a full touch-screen interface, 3G HSDPA and video-calling capabilities. Whether it is searching for restaurants and making video conference calls, or watching sports clips and listening to music on the built-in MP3 player, Orange customers will be able to enjoy the same multimedia experience on a watch, as they do on other mobile phones.

Yves continues, “This phone really manages to combine form with functionality and its chic styling and mobile broadband connectivity will no doubt appeal to all the early adopters out there. It is a great addition to our range, showing that we can give customers the latest in high-tech design for a totally new kind of mobile multimedia experience, or if they choose, a simple device for calling and texting.”

Microsoft mobile partners fly the Windows flag: HTC, LG and Orange preview first Windows® phones

Mobile World Congress 2009, Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer along with key mobile partners, HTC, LG and Orange, unveiled new Windows® phones featuring new user-friendly software and services. The next generation of Windows® phones will be based on Windows Mobile 6.5 and feature a new user interface and a richer browsing experience. In addition, Windows® phones will feature two new services: My Phone, to sync text messages, photos, video, contacts and more to the Web; and Windows® Marketplace for Mobile, a new marketplace that will provide direct-to-phone mobile applications and can be accessed from both the phone and the Web.

Contacts are backed up with My Phone so users don’t have to worry about losing contacts.
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“Windows® phones bring together the best of the Web, the PC and the phone so you can connect instantly to the experiences you care about, no matter where you are,” Ballmer said. “We’re working with partners across the industry to deliver a new generation of Windows® phones that break down the barriers between people, information and applications and provide great end-to-end experiences that span your entire life, at work and at home.”

Windows Mobile 6.5 Delivers New User Experience

The new Windows Mobile 6.5 home screen keeps people up-to-date on important information by providing a dashboard-like experience to items such as new e-mails, texts, missed calls and calendar appointments. It also includes an improved touch-screen interface, making it easy to take action with a finger, and an updated version of the latest Internet Explorer Mobile browser, which in a third-party research study sponsored by Microsoft supported execution of up to 48 percent more assigned tasks than the other browsers and phones studied.

LG GM730 Video

Seidio’s G1 Innocell 2600mAh replacement batteries add significant depth to phones, but also add significant life.

Seidio’s Innocell product description promises quite a bit: “This 2600mAh Super Extended Battery provides up to 140% more capacity than the OEM battery that came with your phone! If you are a heavy user or tend to go for long periods without the ability to recharge, this battery is the solution for you! ”

As big a ‘back’ as it has, and at $55, it had better come through with it’s promises.

My Nokia 9500 Communicator can hold a charge for two weeks at a time, so Seidio’s 2600 battery should be similar. Research on the web has few specifications, but what I did find sounds promising for Blackberry owners. According to others, Seidio’s battery requires a special back cover as well.

If it brings more extended life to your handheld, I wouldn’t complain about looks. On the other hand, if you’re one that’s constantly considering what other think of how your phone or handheld looks, then the Innocell 2600mAh isn’t for you. There are tiny, thin phones out there, like my Nokia 7380 or the teeny tiny LG UP3.

Would you use the ‘baby bump battery’?

I honestly don’t know if the LG Viewty is supposed to some kind of pun for “beauty�? or if it was meant to be named “Viewty�? because it comes with a professional-level camera phone. Well, whatever the reason, I find the name funny.

Anyhow, the LG Viewty can be a pretty good gadget for those individuals who love taking photos and who dream of taking professional photographs. After all, with the kind of features that the phone’s camera phone has, all pictures must seem to have been taken by a pro.

Skott Ahn is the CEO of LG and Ahn shared, “The LG Viewty is a camera phone with unparalleled digital camera functions that maximize benefits for consumers. This handset provides quality exceeding that of conventional digital camera phones. With some of our earlier handsets, LG emphasized great style. Now we are focused on functionality and features to go along with our good looks. LG is always trying to identify unspoken customer needs and create new mobile trends.�?

[Via Physorg.com]
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Don’t you just love multimedia mobile phones? Well, I do. That’s why I was pretty interested when I learned about LG’s Trax.Just recently, the company did mention that their newest mobile phone, the Trax, is already available in the market. However, you just cannot purchase it anywhere. You could only find these through AT&T offices.

Another clamshall, that’s the Trax and that is perhaps what has made me love this mobile phone. Although I’m not much of a fan of its color, I fell completely in love again when I found out that LG made the Trax to have the capacity to connect to the 3G UMTS/HSDPA network of LG.

My friend would also find this one pretty interesting for she loves having her picture taken and with the Trax’s 1.3 megapixel camera, she sure can snap her picture away any time. Plus, she also can edit the photo right there with the phone. Cool, huh?

On the new mobile phone, Ehtisham Rabbani, the vice president of LG Electronics MobileComm’s project strategy and marketing team, shares, “The Trax by LG offers AT&T customers an extremely functional music phone with a cutting-edge design.�?

[Via Information Week]
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It does look like Nokia is on a roll. According to the most recently report about the industry, Nokia still owns the greatest amount of share in the whole market. The report which was released last Thursday talked about just how much Nokia was able to hold firmly to the number one spot with a market share of 37%.

Motorola which used to own the 2nd spot now moved lower and would now have to live with being in the third place. It is Samsung who moved upwards and took over the second spot. Motorola was able to achieve 13% while Samsung took on 13.7%.

Coming in at the fourth spot is Sony Ericsson who holds 9.1% and LG Electronics finds 7% and takes on the 5th rank.

These mobile phone makers’ industry shares are moving quite unpredictably and we sure would like to know next time who’s going to be ranking first and who’s going down to the very last.

[Via Info World]
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For all YouTube and gadget lovers out there, you would love this piece of news. See, LG Electronics and YouTube had just signed a deal. Together, they would be working on creating a mobile phone that would be able to accommodate and allow owners to use YouTube. Imagine that. All the videos you can watch straight right to your mobile phone.

The mobile phone maker also did say that they are planning to develop the phone so that its users can not only view YouTube videos but they can also share and upload their own minivideos. “LG Electronics will unveil a mobile handset that fully supports the YouTube service for the first time in Europe in the second half of this year,�? the company explained.

Now this I gotta see. After all, I, myself, have been quite fascinated with YouTube and there are tons and tons of videos to view at that site. I hope this project goes well. I may be one of the very first in line to acquire this one.

[Via Forbes.com]
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It has just been recently announced that so as to make the LG Shine mobile phone totally complete, Anadigics, Inc. would be shipping out numbers of their AWT6310R power amplifier module. The LG Shine which is a totally thin and very fashionable mobile phone would be benefiting much from this product from Anadigics.

The LG Shine would be available with really cool features like high speed data, the capacity to show videos, and the capacity to play music. It also has a sleek finish using metal and has a screen that seems to be a mirror. The mobile phone also would be having a 2.0 megapixel camera as well as Bluetooth technology.

Skott Ahn is the head honcho for LG’s mobile communications arm and he says, “LG Electronics’ 2nd Black Label Series, Shine, provides the ultimate in sleek styling and high-tech multimedia functionality. The reduced size of the Anadigics’ dual-band CDMA PA module let us fit the features most users want into a slim, stylish handset such as the Shine phone and similarly our Chocolate phone.�?

[Via I-Connect007]

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It looks like the year 2006 was a good one for LG Electronics. And it certainly would not surprise me if LG would want to continue its upward trek to the top of the lists.

Good news from LG: their Shine mobile phone has already reached its 1,000,000th sales unit! Congratulations! (So I’m hoping to see an even better one this year.)

Anyhow, Skott Ahn who is the president and CEO for the company, expresses, “LG will continue… introducing ten-million-seller models every year.�? So it can be inferred that we can sure be excited about looking at another marvelous mobile phone from the company - maybe even something like the very popular LG Chocolate.

Rumors have it though that we are all in store from LG would be a 3G handset and we were told that it could cost us $100 but for that price, you do get almost all of the high-end features you could find on one mobile phone.

[Via PC World]

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Just like people, mobile phones also have their own set of stereotypes. Here are some of the mobile phones, the stereotypes behind the gadget, and which celebrities own them as given from this site:

Chocolate LG Pink - for stay-at-home moms and parents, loves success, looks for harmony. Owned by Rihanna, Jessica Alba, Hugh Hefner, Mariah Carey, and Girls Next Door.

Dolce & Gabbana V3i RAZR - means uniqueness. Owned by Sharon Stone, Reese Witherspoon, and Hillary Duff.

Motorola Magenta RAZR - for the fashion conscious, less than 24 years old, looks for fun and individualistic, for the “it�? girls. Owned by Maria Sharapova, Denise Richards, Rachael Bilson, Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie, and Mischa Barton.

Nokia - for the one who loves the family, managers who are middle aged, conscious about health. Owned by Jennifer Lopez and Mary J. Blige.

Sidekick 3 - likes exclusivity, loves making people think what you are doing. Owned by Hillary Duff, Lindsay Lohan, and Paris Hilton.

Sony Ericson - for young men with ambitions, for professionals, individualistic and looks for success. Owned by Robbie Williams and Helena Christensen.

[Via Yahoo! Tech]

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…stylish? Fun? Sporty?

You see, according to a research study done by the Nielsen Media Research, your mobile phone choice actually has got a lot to say about you. And Jody Loughlin, the associate director of Nielsen, does continue to explain that “all makes of mobile phone had a wide spread of customer types, but some customers were more attracted to certain brands than others.�?

Loughlin also does continue, “It’s clear that many Australians chose a phone that says something about them, and that the type of mobile you’re seen with could even be more important than whether you’re with Telstra, Optus, Vodafone or one of the other major carriers.�?

And as Nielsen does some categorizing and classifications, here is the list of the top five mobile phone brands and what they tell about its owner:

Nokia - the choice of family-minded, middle aged managers

Motorola - favored by fashion conscious under 24s

Sony Ericsson - for ambitious young men trying to make their mark

LG - favored by moms

Samsung - for young women focused on their career

[Via Cellular-News]

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Have you ever wondered what happened to that fashion mobile phone that was created by the collaboration of mobile phone maker LG and fashion guru Prada?

Well, it does look like the mobile phone is just about to be ready for the market. And I did learn that for those consumers who are very interested in owning this product, you can now start having your orders listed. All you need to do is contact One Compare.

This LG Prada mobile phone is going to make you very happy once you own it yourself. Its display is touch sensitive so it’s going to work just like the Apple iPhone. It also comes with interesting features like its capacity to connect via Bluetooth technology. It also acts as an MP3 player and it could be used to open and access files from your computer like text documents, excel sheets and adobe acrobat files.

[Via One Compare]

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The more features a mobile phone has, the higher the numerals on the price tag that comes with it. And the more popular and high tech these features are, then you would most likely be looking at an even pricier mobile phone.

But it does not seem to be the case with the new budget mobile phone from LG – the LG SB190 SatNav. You see, even if it can be purchased because of its affordability, you would be very much interested in the main feature that this one offers the market – Sat Nav. But see, the LG SB190 SatNav is going to available in Korea only.

I do guess that the mobile phone may have quite a low price because aside from the main feature, its Sat Nav, other features of the phone are quite on the low end. Examples of these include the camera that has only got 1.3 megapixels and an MP3 player.

But still I do believe it is a good phone. At least you get one with Sat Nav capabilities which is not quite that available in other high end phones at present.

[Via Mad 4 Mobile Phones]

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