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LG sweeps iF Design Awards 2007
LG Electronics has swept up 21 awards for product design at the iF Design Awards 2007, doubling its take from last year, when it received awards for 11 products.
Held annually, the iF product design award is one of the most highly regarded design-related honours in Europe. LG Fantasy monitor series, Virtual 5.1Ch Home Theater System, 3 Door Refrigerator and mobile handsets were among the products chosen for appreciation.
LG KG920
General
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Network |
GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900 |
| Announced |
2006, February |
Status
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Available
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Size
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Dimensions |
108 x 50 x 18 mm |
Weight
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138 g
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Display
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Type |
TFT, 256K colors |
| Size |
240 x 320 pixels, 2 inches |
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- Downloadable wallpapers
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Ringtones
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Type |
Polyphonic (64 channels), MP3 |
| Customization |
Download |
Vibration
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Yes
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Memory
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Phonebook |
1000 entries, Photocall |
| Call records |
10 dialed, 10 received, 10 missed calls |
| Card slot |
miniSD |
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- 8 MB internal memory
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Data
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GPRS |
Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps |
| HSCSD |
No |
| EDGE |
No |
| 3G |
No |
| WLAN |
No |
| Bluetooth |
Yes |
| Infrared port |
No |
USB
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Yes, v1.1
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Features
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Messaging |
SMS, EMS, MMS, Email |
| Browser |
WAP 2.0/xHTML |
| Games |
ZooZoo, Othello + downloadable |
| Colors |
Silver |
| Camera |
5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, video(QVGA 30fps), strobe flash |
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- Java MIDP 2.0
- MP3/AAC/WMA/3GP player
- T9
- Organiser
- Voice memo
- Built-in handsfree
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| Battery |
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Standard battery, Li-Ion 820 mAh |
| Stand-by |
Up to 180 h |
| Talk time |
Up to 3 h |
What is the best camera phone
Although its easy to look at a camera phone and decide how good the image quality will be from the resolution its not quite that simple. Sometimes the number of megapixels is nt the only factor to consider when buying a camera phone. Unfortunately without testing each phone first its impossible to choose. Thankfully GSM Arena has tested 2 of the best camera phones to see which is really the best.
Until the Nokia N95 is released the LG K920 is the only 5MP camera phone on the market and its being tested here against the very popular Sony Ericsson K800i and the Nokia N73. Both mass market phones albeit at the high end of their respective ranges.
All the cameras produced great results as you would expect but each had subtle differences resulting in marked contrasts in the image quality.
Unwanted cell text messages silenced
About a year ago, Joe Shields got an unwanted text message on his cell phone promoting an astrology Web site, and Wednesday Shields learned he'll get up to $150 for his trouble.
Shields was among several cell phone customers participating in a class-action lawsuit intended to strangle mobile phone spam before it can spread as it has on the Internet.
In a settlement approved Wednesday in a Chicago federal court, Distributive Networks LLC of Washington, D.C., agreed to pay cell phone customers who received unwanted text messages promoting its Web sites. While earlier lawsuits filed by cell phone carriers and state attorneys general have sought to stop cell phone spam, the Chicago case may be the first where customers actually get a payout.
Mobile phone carriers walk a fine line concerning cell phone solicitations or ads.
Investigators say 8-year-old girl made more than 100 false 911 calls
An 8-year-old Plymouth girl using her mother's discarded cell phone is the culprit who made more than 100 prank 911 calls last week to the Sheboygan County Sheriff's Department, Lt. Jim Risseeuw said Monday. Because of her age, the girl won't be charged or referred to juvenile authorities, Risseeuw said. "At this point, the matter was corrected," Risseeuw said. "We'll leave it for the parents to deal with." Investigators confiscated the cell phone at about 10 p.m. Saturday to positively identify it as the phone used to make the prank calls, he said. AT&T and TracFone searched their records to assist the sheriff's department in tracking the phone number to its owner Saturday, Risseeuw said. The girl's parents were unaware that she was making the calls, he said.
Northway cell service at issue in NY
Four years ago, state officials approved a plan for cell phone service along the Adirondack Northway that never materialized, but two recent deaths have added urgency to solutions already on the drawing board and proposals for temporary cell towers on parked trucks. The long-standing issue has landed in Gov. Eliot Spitzer's office, where top staff have been discussing it, said spokesman Marc Violette. "These discussions are taking place aimed at assessing the potential for improving cell service while also keeping in mind the special nature of the environment through which the Northway passes," he said. At issue is a nearly 50-mile dark zone along the four-lane highway through New York's northern mountains -- the main road from Albany to Montreal.
Mike McCue's Vision for the Convergence of the Phone and the Web
Mike McCue is clearly a forward-thinking guy, one of those people whose ideas are ahead of the curve. Perhaps, at times, a bit too far ahead of the curve for them to take hold as McCue initially envisions. This, however, hasn't slowed down the 39-year-old founder of Tellme, whose recent ideas on the convergence of the telephone and networked computing are beginning to take hold. An early interest in computer software started McCue on the path that eventually led to his current endeavor. While still in high school, he developed several video games, including the Night Mission helicopter game written in Extended Basic for the Texas Instruments TI-99/4A computer and released by Millers Graphics in 1985. After high school, McCue decided to forgo college and join IBM as a computer graphics specialist.
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