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LG Unveils First Market-Ready 3G Touch Watch Phone
LG Electronics will unveil the world's first market-ready Touch Watch Phone (Model: LG-GD910) with 3G Video Telephony (VT) service and GSM Quadband Network capabilities at CES 2009.
This chic, wearable phone is a follow-up to the prototype that LG introduced at CES 2008 and includes a number of upgrades, including a full touchscreen interface, 3G capabilities and video calling. Most importantly, this watch phone will actually be available for purchase.
"Our new 3G Touch Watch Phone is stylish, sophisticated and the height of technology, but it's also undeniably fun. How else can you reenact those scenes from your favorite sci-fi or spy movie?" said Dr. Skott Ahn, President and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company. "The Watch Phone also demonstrates LG's technological leadership, proving that we can bring all the components in today's most advanced mobile phones down to a very small scale."
At first glance, LG's new Watch Phone appears to simply be a high-end timepiece. The company used materials and stylistic elements found in watches from top manufacturers to ensure that people will be comfortable wearing it for any occasion. The Watch Phone has a curved tempered glass face, high quality metal casing and is a mere 13.9mm thick.
The Watch Phone is as technologically advanced as it is stylish. It is the first touch watch phone in the world to feature 7.2 Mbps 3G HSDPA compatibility, enabling high-speed data transmission and video phone calls using the built-in camera.
LG did not sacrifice functionality in favor of size and the Watch Phone is fully capable of sending text messages, making phone calls, and, of course, keeping accurate time. This is all achieved using the phone's touchscreen interface on its 3.63cm (1.43-inch) screen and LG's intuitive Flash Interface.
Voice recognition features, which can be used with or without a Bluetooth headset, make it easier to place calls and look up contacts. Text to Speech (TTS) reads text messages and other information out loud for even greater convenience. The phone also includes stereo Bluetooth and a built-in speaker for playing back music files. A large phonebook and scheduler help with organization.
"This Watch Phone is the result of a great deal of research and development, something that is very important to us at LG. We will continue to invest in creating innovative new products and technologies like this and setting trends in the mobile phone industry," Dr. Ahn said.
At the show, LG will demonstrate some of the Watch Phone's main features including its Flash Interface, MP3 player, Voice Calling, Text messaging and Text to Speech. The phone is set to go on sale in Europe sometime this year.
Source: www.3g.co.uk
World’s First Mobile Phone Made Using Recycled Water Bottle Plastics
Motorola announced two new mobile devices that will make social responsibility and social connectivity even more accessible to people everywhere. MOTO™ W233 Renew is the world’s first mobile phone made using plastics comprised of recycled water bottles, and MOTOSURF™ A3100 – a high-speed touch tablet with a fully customizable home screen – will debut this week at the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas (Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) Central Hall Booth #8545).Read More.....
Top 3G Mobile Phones of 2008
3G.co.uk reviewed its first 3G Phone in July 2004 which was the NEC e606. Of course things have moved on greatly since then and never has so much progress been made than in 2008. We exit 2008 awash with mobile phones having 8 megapixel cameras and 3G HSDPA speeds.
A number of mobile phones were launched focusing on target market areas e.g. the INQ1 facebook phone and the G1 Google mobile phone. This will become an increasing trend in 2009.
3G.co.uk undertook over 100 3G Phone Reviews in 2008 and our list of the Top 3G Phones ( below ) is based on the findings and conclusions of these reviews.
In preparing our top list of Top 3G Mobile Phones for 2008 we excluded any mobiles which are not actually 3G dataspeed as a minimum.
Follow the links on right to view the full 3G phone reviews.
Top 3G Mobile Phones of 2008 by 3G.co.uk | ||||
Position No | Manufacturer /Phone | Summary | Full Review | |
 | 1 | Nokia E71 | The ultimate smartphone, for either business users or consumers. | |
 | 2 | Apple iPhone 3G | The best touch-screen smartphone just got even better. | |
 | 3 | Samsung Pixon | A touch-screen phone that promises loads and delivers in spades. | |
 | 4 | Nokia N85 | An excellent all-rounder that is sure not to remain in the N96’s shadow. | |
 | 5 | Blackberry Bold | The BlackBerry Bold boasts a fabulous feature set, including HSDPA and A-GPS. | |
 | 6 | Blackberry Storm | The clickable touch-screen UI is generally excellent, as is the video function and the social networking apps. | |
 | 7 | LG Secret | Combines a fabulous feature set with slim good looks and a solid build. | |
 | 8 | INQ1 | With a great Facebook experience and an affordable price tag, the INQ1 should be a huge hit. | |
 | 9 | Sony Ericsson C905 | The C905’s camera is excellent with a host of snapping features to get to grips with. | |
 | 10 | Samsung Omnia | A fine-looking phone with a truly staggering feature set. | |
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