LG Versa Pictures Unboxed

Apparently, someone has sent a picture to PhoneArena, of an LG Versa, unboxed before March 1st, the official launch day. The phone looks nice and elegant, and the display seems very promising and looks to be one of the best in the market.

From the pics, we can see that thera are not much included in the box. Charger, and perhaps a CD or two for apps, but nothing more. Seems LG also tries cutting cost in this tough economy.

Check more pics at Phone Arena.

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LG Will Release 12 MP Cameraphone This Year

Quoted from Engadget and TechRadar , LG announced it will release 12 MP Cameraphone this year.

Although higher megapixel does not necessarily mean better pictures taken, the racing keeps going, as Sony Ericsson Idou started the battle cry. Okay,.. but how about image quality? Until today, I compare that the old Sony Ericsson 3 MP digicam still produces far superior picture than the 3.2 MP of Sony Ericsson K800i.. Well, you still should consider whether you need the 12 MP. I guess 5 MP is still okay, 8 MP getting over zeaous, and 12 MP wooh, an unneeded extravagant.

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LG Solar Powered Phone And The Solar Powered Trend

We already knew that Samsung created the gorgeous Blue Earth cellphone, and now Samsung's Korean counterpart, LG, also announced its own solar cell phone. This time, the deal is more concrete, LG promised to give you 3 minutes talk time for 10 minutes cellphone exposure to the sun.

While it seems novel and innovative, we should really question whether solar powered phone is really beneficial or only a fad. Actually, most common folks work in indoor environment. There are only a handful day jobs that require people to work outdoor under the sun. Police, Army, Pilots, Field Engineers, Extreme sports athletes, perhaps. But these kind of people may find military standard phones more suitable.

I have an idea here. Why not combine the ruggedness of military standard phones with solar cell? Wouldn't it be great? Because if I were a sergeant in a drill, and my cellphone gets low battery, I can't risk my career by running out of my training only to charge the phone. But may be I can ask my friend to just expose the phone to the sun. Still...this kind of scenario is too far fetched.

And let's get real, common folk like you and me will not have the time to fry our phone under the sun for 10 minutes to get 3 minutes talk. We are too busy with our emails and phones and fax that come to our desk. And come on, that electrical plug is always within reach either at home or in office, so plugging in charger is much more convenient, and much more make sense. So, there is really no practical need for these solar powered phones. It's just a fad that will be gone before you know it!

Moreover, who needs this solar powered charger, unless you are Lara Croft. Though, again, we never see Lara Croft use a cellphone during her adventures ! :)
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LG Arena KM900 officially launched, a Divx enabled phone with rotating 3D cube menu

After being teased and teased all the time, finally we will get the LG Arena official. Let us wait for the great reviewers out there to comment with their hands-on experience. It is interesting how much this phone will cost.

Feature wise, it is quite impressive.

• Tri-band GSM/UMTS/HSDPA 7.2 Mbps connectivity
• 3″ 800 x 480 WVGA 262K color touchscreen display
• 5 megapixel camera with DVD quality video recording
• FM Radio
• Mobile TV
• A-GPS support
• 1000 mAh battery with 300 hrs stand-by and 230 min talk time
• Wi-Fi
• “S-Class” 3D interface

"S-Class" 3D interface, anyone? I don't think this is quite interesting. Not a strong selling point. Even who cares if the interface rotates or dances or you name it. We want quick and trouble free, and finger gesture friendly operation. Let's see whether the "S-Class" interface performs as good as LG hypes about.

Now this baby should really be considered as an alternative tool for your mobile entertainment. Great thing is, it supports DivX, which is great for playing the DivX movies you had downloaded.

So, from competition, which ones are we looking at? Perhaps its upper class sister, the LG Prada II, is on almost equal footing, if not slightly better, as the "Prada" label may put some more appeal to fashion-conscious people. Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, hello? Where are you guys. We should wonder why these big guys lost speed to the challenger Korean brand.

The current closest type from Nokia, Nokia 5800 Express Music, falls shy with its mediocre 3.2 megapixel cam. The upcoming Nokia N97 can be a better -and predictably more expensive- option than Arena cause of the Qwerty installed in N97. Well N97 will always enjoy the reputation of Nokia brand.

But in this heavy competition era particularly between cellphone manufacturers, if we are truly smart customers, it may be not the best decision for us to stay loyal to one brand.
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LG Prada II will be launched in Europe with its Bluetooth watch

After its release of first LG Prada one year ago (January 2008), LG had announced its upgraded version, called LG Prada II, or some also call it Prada Qwerty. Yes, it has Qwerty sliding keypad now, a welcome upgrade. And for you fashioners, you can get snapshots of yourself browsing around Champ Elysee avenue using its 5 megapixel cam. Not bad at all, though LG can seriously crank the cam up to 8 mp, which is more suitable to the target market Prada aims. Speaking of upscale premium market.

Moreover, it is going to be accompanied by a stylish Prada bluetooth watch. The words in the blogosphere stated that the watch is equipped with LCD screen for you to check incoming messages and handling calls.

Now this is becoming quite interesting. Fancy branded phone with its watch as assistant. Combine the high tech and extravagant life... May be other luxury watches should consider creating these kinds of watches.

After all, not everybody is Prada fan, and not everybody is willing to switch to an entirely new handset just to try the remote controlling sms with its luxury watch. Definetely there is market out there to have a luxury watch with bluetooth pairing and sms and contact management ability.

Ever thought of controlling your blackberry or Nokia N-96 with a Gucci watch? Hmmm that sounds tasty!

Check out also the arch-rival of fashion branded phone, the less sexy Samsung Armani for comparison, specs by gsmarena here.

If you don't really care about 3G or HSDPA, (but hey seriously this is the year 2009!), then Samsung Armani could still have a hope to take money from your wallet. But seriously, it's becoming aging in this fast paced cellphone world!

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LG LBA C300, the alternative and controversial bluetooth qwerty card

Okay, have you ever had any trouble texting with your smartphone virtual keyboard? Or you feel it's too slow to type using the standard numeric cell keypad? Then LG offers something here, that might be to your liking, called "LBA-C300", a unique and controversial bluetooth-enabled Qwerty keypad card, for pairing with your cellphone.

Engadget humorously called it "the most interesting calculator-look alike", but it is not a calculator at all. In fact it's quite powerful. Unwiredview said it enables you to type sms and set alarm of your cellphone, provided connected via bluetooth. This means if you are crazy for IM, you can just chat away with the Qwerty card. Interesting. Controlling your sms and IM without even touching or looking at your cellphone, so you can keep your cellphone in your pocket or bag. This is a winning concept. LG should market this aggressively, and ensure compatibilities to all major brands such as Nokia, Sony Ericsson, HTC, Samsung, Motorola.

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LG Arena KM900 Leaked by LG UK Blog

LG UK official blog has just teased us with its leak of LG Arena KM900 pic. It said nothing in the blog about the features, and only said that the device will be exposed at the upcoming Mobile World Conggress (MWC). 

The official press image here shows some kind of rotating 3D box with icons it. Considering the phone will be fully touch screen, it will be simply amazing to touch one of the icons in the 3D rotating box and, voila, the apps or whatever appeared in the gorgeous big display. This is called by LG as  -rather unfriendly name- "S-Class innovative 3D interface". 

Sources from Engadgetmobile, and Unwiredview.

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