Following on from the success of the LG Prada phone it seems that LG are planning a new touchscreen device, this time building a clamshell with twin screens.
According to a patent filing uncovered by Unwired View the new LG phone can be operated using either a stylus of your fingers and objects can be dragged between the screens in the same way as a multi monitor set up on a Windows PC. The bottom screen seems to behave like a control screen in a similar manner to the Nintendo DS.
Another patent shows how LG are planning to liven up the touchscreen interface with dynamic icons that move as the users interacts with the screen.
Almost every one of the recent high end phones has been cloned by Chinese or Korean “entrepreneurs” over the last month.
We reported on the Nokia N95 clone and the iPhone clone and today we are able to publish the first pictures of the LG Shine clone that LG were so concerned about earlier this month.
We can understand why LG are taking a strong stance on this issue, the LG Shine clone costs just £45 and has a reasonable specification including 1.3 megapixel camera and all the same features as the real Shine. In addition the clone offers a microSD memory card, something that LG didn’t include in the original Shine.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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