Orange reveales this week that it will be the exclusive carrier of the eagerly anticipated wristwatch phone, the LG GD910, when it it is released to the public in August this year, complete with capactive touchscreen and integrated video calling.
The GD910 comes with integrated Bluetooth for use with a hands-free headset and also 3G UMTS connectivity. You can also use a built in speaker to activate the speaker phone option and all of this for the not inconsiderable cost of around £1000. This hefty price tag could however be due to the interesting fact that Orange are releasing this “phone” on PAYG tarriffs.
LG confirmed this week that their ultra futuristic but very familiar (too many Bond films?) wristwatch phone, the DG910, will be hitting Europe very shortly and will be possibly be in stores in the UK by July. Something of a concept phone of fantasy, the LG DG910 is of course has touchscreen capabilities and video call functionality and should be available via Orange and Carphone Warehouse at a price of around £1000…..yes you read that correctly, one thousand pounds.
Be on the look out for LG’s latest touchscreen offering, the GC900 Viewty Smart. If rumours are correct then this phone should hit stores near the summer. We will post further announcements as and when we recieve them. See promo video in full post view.
News has reached Touchscreen Fones that both LG and Samsung, irrefutably two major players in the touchscreen phone market, have both reported sales of 20,000,000 touchscreen units each. This staggering figure is due in no small part to the excellent features and functionality of such models as the Samsung Tocco and the LG Arena, both of which are featured here on Touchscreen Fones. Read on!
The impressive LG Arena is set to be LG’s flagship mobile phone for 2009 and instead of debuting it at Mobile World Congress 2009, LG let it bask in the limelight a week or so before, so everyone could get a really good look without being sidetracked by something else shiny in the next booth. Was it worth it? Absolutely! Leaving aside the screen for a moment, the reason we should be so excited about the LG Arena is its use of the brand new user interface LG have developed named S-Class, seen here for the first time.
Make no mistake, the LG Viewty, despite the unusual name, is a whole lot of high-tech loveliness stuffed inside the current handset style-of-choice; the touchscreen monolith! Yes, under the hood you’ll find an auto-focus 5 megapixel camera, video shooting at both 30fps VGA and 120fps QVGA and 3G with HSDPA connectivity. The Viewty is one serious camera phone.
As stylish as the Prada phone, the new LG KF900 Prada 2 phone packs in some great new features to make it a highly desirable phone for the masses. You’ll immediately notice the addition of a sliding full QWERTY keyboard that offers far more convenient text input. There’s a 5MP camera with Schneider-Kreuznach lens, and coupled with the large 3″ WQVGA touchscreen, offers quality viewing all of the time. Under its sleek exterior there’s a host of connectivity too including WiFi and HSDPA at 7.2Mbps for ultra fast speeds. You’ll also find an accelerometer, full HTML browser, music player and more!
LG brings touchscreen joy to the masses with its stylish LG KP500 Cookie. At 11.9mm slim, this slinky, lightweight handset packs in a host of great features you’d normally find in a premium priced handset. Boasting a large 3-inch touchscreen, the KP500 Cookie features the highly intuitive Active Flash user interface with haptic feedback – perfect for accessing menus with just one touch. A bigger screen is a better screen – enjoy videos, playing games and looking at photos. There’s plenty to keep you entertained too.
