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LG has won the iF Communication Design Award 2009 for the 3D S-Class User Interface featured on its latest handset, LG ARENA (LG-KM900). According to LG, it had sold over 500,000 units in the three months after its launch in Europe.

The 3D S-Class UI has also applied to the Viewty Smart (LG-GC900), LG-GM730 and LG-GD900 Crystal with different customization. The Viewty Smart runs the S-Class UI with modifications that make it ideal for a camera phone, including multi-touch commands for zooming in and out, one-touch mode selection for stills and video, and an Intelligent Shot Mode Indicator that shows exactly how the phone is analyzing the scene. The version of LG’s S-Class UI in the LG-GM730 is designed to work seamlessly with the latest version of Windows Mobile, thus making this smartphone easier to use while still delivering the advanced, familiar features. The S-Class UI in the LG-GD900 Crystal, responds to commands on the phone’s full touchscreen as well as its transparent, touch sensitive Crystal Touchpad.

To be sold first in Europe, LG has confirmed that it will start to deliver the watch phone in July next month. Orange will be offering the watch phone to its subscribers and it will be followed by consumer market in Asia, Middle East, Australia and Latin America.

Featuring a GSM Quadband network compatibility, the LG GD910 is also equipped with a full touchscreen interface, 3G capabilities (7.2 Mbps HSDPA) and video calling. The Watch Phone has a curved tempered glass face, high quality metal casing and is a mere 13.9mm thick.

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.

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LG today announces the launch of the LG GW520 and LG GT505, both come with push updates from social networking sites and emails. The LG GW520 and the LG GT505 are the first LG phones to offer push social networking updates allowing consumers to receive alerts from multiple social network sites as they are posted. Users now have the ease of use and functionality to update their own statuses, personal pages or photos. Both new models support push email for personal accounts and have Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync for business accounts.

The LG GW520 is a mobile made for messaging be that via social networks, email or SMS and IM. It enables users to connect to their communities and grow their social life on the move. This handset also includes LG’s LiveSquare feature which enables the consumer to see those friends that you talk to most often appearing as an animated character on the homescreen. These characters enable quick and easy access to a contact at the click of a button.

Features of the LG GW520 include:

• 2.8″ full touchscreen
• Full slide-out QWERTY keypad
• Push email via Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync
• HSPDA 7.2
• 3G enabled
• WAP 2.0 browser
• 3-megapixel camera

LG GT505

The LG GT505 allows easy navigation using Wisepilotfor LG. This handset comes preloaded with a 30-day free trial of WisePilotfor LG, a turn-by-turn navigation solution, which offers voice instruction and a choice of 2D and 3D mapping to guide users to their destinations.

Features of the LG GT505 include:

• 3″ full touchscreen
• GPS
• 30-day free trial of WisePilot
• Push email via Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync
• Wi-Fi
• HSDPA 3.6
• 3G enabled
• Voice instruction
• 5-megapixel camera

Verizon Wireless and LG Mobile Phones are introducing three hot new phones, just in time for summer. LG enV3 is available Friday, while LG enV TOUCH and LG Glance will be available June 5 at all Verizon Wireless Communications Stores. Both the LG enV3 and enV Touch have a clamshell body with a QWERTY keyboard, microSD card slot and support visual voice mail. The enV Touch has two 3-inch size display screen, the external screen is also a full touch screen for touch input. There is a 3.2 megapixel camera on the enV Touch, while the LG enV3 has a 3 megapixel camera. The third LG phone, the LG Glance, is a candybar fashion phone with a 1.3 megapixel camera.

LG enV3

LG enV Touch

You can purchase LG enV3 for $129.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement. LG enV TOUCH will be available for $149.99 after a $70 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement. LG Glance will be available for $49.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement.

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Planned to be launched on June 5th, HowardForums member 91ZCpe has managed to grap one from Verizon Wireless and shared a series of the LG enV Touch XV11000 live photos. As a successor of the old LG Voyager, the unique enV Touch is a clamshell with two 3-inch WVGA display screen for internal and external display. The clamshell design is meant for using the phone in landscape mode, together with the QWERTY hardware keyboard.

 The LG enV Touch XV11000 also comes with a 3.2 megapixel, using a Schneider Kreuznach optics and assisted by auto focusing and LED flash. The built in microSD card slot will support up to 16GB of microSD card, while the 3.5mm headphone jack will support most of your headphones for music listening. If you are going to buy one, the phone’s price will be $409.99 or $149.99 after $70 rebate and 2 years service contract.

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