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A couple of great looking mobile phones have been spotted in Korea by AVing.
The first device is a Samsung super slim HSDPA flip phone offering 3D videos.
LG has been showing off the KC1 smartphone which offers a Korean equivalent of WiMAX with download speeds of 50Mbps, large touchscreen and 2 mega pixel camera.
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In a bid to make mobile TV more interesting LG is added rumble support to its TV phones.
Starting in Korea, with plans to release around the world, the phones will offer vibration at vital moments such as after a goal at a football game or in a car chase scene.
Apparently the technology uses “control signaling technology” and is patented in 20 countries. LG also plan to offer flashing LED’s to accompany the vibrations.
Via engadget
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The LG Shine has been one of the best selling phones in the UK over the last few weeks and LG are no doubt keen to take full advantage of its success.
A new version of the Shine is currently selling quickly in Russia. Called the LG Shine Bar the new version is a simple candy bar design rather than a slider like the original Shine.
Dubbed the KE770 the Sine Bar is much slimmer than the Shine at just 9.9mm and offers a 262k colour, 240 x 320 display, 2 megapixel camera with auto focus and Micro SD memory card slot.
Expect the Shine family to grow with clamshell and 3G versions being added over the next few months.
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The sales figures for the week ending 5th April have been released and the LG Shine is top of the charts closely followed by the excellent Sony Ericsson W880i.
LG have another entry at number 9 with the Prada phone which was only released last week. Apparently major retailers such as Carphone Warehouse and Phones4U are pushing the Prada phone hard.
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LG has been developing a new mobile phone with an ergonomic banana shaped design to fit the curves of your face.
The LG SV80 doesn’t look particularly stunning in the white and orange pictures but maybe it would be better in some proper colours. With specifications including 142Mb of memory, MP3 player 1.3Mega pixel camera and dimensions of 101.4 x 48 x 23 mm and a weight of 105g the SV80 promises to be comfortable to use. Don’t expect this phone to be released outside the Far East.
Via Akihabara News
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LG are apparently stamping down on fake versions of the LG Shine and have sent an Easter letter to Hong Kong based mobile retailers stopping them from selling a Shine clone.
The shops have apparently removed all traces of the Shine clones so we don’t know whether they were replicas or just phones very similar to the Shine.
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LG are in partnership with Harris Corporation to create a wireless technology to broadcast local digital TV programmes to mobile devices.
According to the Reuters article the system would be the first to allow TV stations to broadcast local programming to hand held devices using the same airwaves they use to broadcast to regular televisions.
The system, which would involve an upgrade of existing broadcast transmitters, would cost about $100,000 to $500,000 to install per station, depending on the size of the market and how many channels were involved, according to a spokesman for Harris, a supplier of transmission systems.
Expect the chips to be available later this year from LG Electronics and included in devices as soon as manufacturers decide to support the new system.
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Although its a little later than we expected most retailers in the UK are now taking pre-orders on the LG Prada Phone.
We thought this would happen on 22nd March but LG have been keeping us waiting to build up our excitement it seems.
The LG Prada is the first mass market touchscreen device we have seen in the UK and is clearly the best looking phone to be released in 2007 so far.
The best price we could find was £19.99 for the handset with a £35 per month contract from Orange. If you can find any better offers post them in the comments below. No doubt the phone will be free if you pay around £40+ per month for the contract.
A video of the Prada phones features is below in case you want to check out the features. Full details and an image of the LG Prada are available over here.
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LG and Google have announced plans to pre-install Google Services on LG mobile phones, reports Reuters.
Google has been concentrating hard on improving its mobile offerings in recent months and is facing stiff competition from Yahoo in this sector.
LG handsets with Google products and services, such as Google Maps, Gmail and Blogger, will be shipped to North America, Europe and Asia starting in the second quarter of 2007, the companies said.
LG, the world’s fifth-largest maker of handsets, plans to release at least 10 new handset models with the Google products in 2007 and continue offering them for the next few years. The two companies will jointly market the handsets.
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We don’t normally write about unboxing new handsets because, lets face it, with so many handsets on the market its just not news any more. With the LG Prada we thought an exception should be made.
The video below is courtesy of T3 and shows just how good the LG Prada really looks. Luckily it should be released in the UK over the next 2 weeks. Enjoy.
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