LG has released a banana phone. It is referred to a banana because of the shape of the phone. It was designed with ergonomics in mind. It is a slider phone and features a 1.3 mega pixel camera, mp3 player, 142 MB memory measures 101.4x48x23 mm and weighs 105g. More pics at akihabaranews.
When I first saw the LG shine, I was really impressed by it's design. It is quite small and slim at 99.8 x 50.6 x 13.8 mm but weighs 125 grams. It is heavy because of the metal but it feels solid and of premium quality. The problem I have with LG phones is their software. I don't find the software as smart as Nokia's or Sony Ericsson's. Gsmarena have posted their excellent review of the phone. The main disadvantages they found with the phone was problematic scroller response, video recorded in QCIF only and it attracts fingerprints.
I found these pics over at the Taiwanese site, sogi.com. It is actually a mini review of the UI with lots of pics. It is in Chinese but it can be translated with Google. I didn't read the review though, cause I wasn't too excited by the UI. It looks boring and even in other color themes, it still looked boring (I wonder if themes can be made and installed).
The LG Prada is the first full touchscreen operated phone (along with the iPhone). It looks good and from the clips I saw, it also seems to work really well. Sogi.com.tw have posted a review with lots of pics but unfortunately it's in Chinese (but we can enjoy the pics).
This is a bit old but interesting. Nielsen Media Research conducted a survey and discovered that a person's mobile phone tells alot about that person. Here are the results:
LG Electronics and Google Team Up to Enhance the Mobile Experience. LG Electronics (LG), a leading worldwide provider of advanced wireless handsets and accessories, and Google today announced a global collaboration to pre-install Google’s services on millions of LG mobile phones. Mobile users around the world will now be able to easily search for information, find locations, update blogs and manage email while on the move. Well I guess there will be phones with Google software preinstalled instead of an actual Google phone.
This is very similar to the LG Prada due to the fact it is a full touchscreen phone. This phone is also not very publicised and listed at very few sites. I stumbled upon it at phonearena. It is a windows mobile smartphone. It is triband phone with UMTS support. It has a 2.8 inch touchscreen with a resolution of 240x320. It features a 2 mega pixel camera, wifi and tv-out. Looks and sounds good.