So you thought projectors are only power hungry appliances that can’t be made mobile? guess LG is here to prove you wrong. LG’s eXpo can be called as the first non-Chinese phone to grab the commercial market with a projector in a smartphone. Apart fromt he projector, the phone is powered by Customized Windows Mobile 6.5, 1GHz Snapdragon processor, a built-in fingerprint sensor, a 3.2-inch touchscreen, a 5 megapixel camera and an optional Pico Projector ( about $179 extra ), HSPA connectivity of up to 7.2mbps and a QWERTY keyboard that slides out.. Overall, the UI and all have been highly customized by LG. The Read further »

The first transparent unique keypad phone is out. LG GD900 Crystal, which is billed as the world’s first transparent-design phone, and the transparent screen is as cool as we hoped and unexpectedly quiet feature-full. The GD900 Crystal is a slider phone and features a 3-inch touch screen, with a hyped transparent keypad that lights up when opened. The keypad is a touch-sensitive controller which means you can use it to move through menus, navigate the Web, and even write using handwriting recognition. LG has thrown in gesture support too. It looked to me like iPhone/iPod controls. You can launch applications with a swipe around the keypad. This includes multitouch, as does the main display, so you can pinch your fingers to zoom in to a photo Read further »

  LG makes some very nice high end mobile phones and is pushing the limits with their new full touchscreen 8 megapixel LG-KC910 (aka Renoir)device that goes on sale in early October in Europe. This is the successor to the LG Viewty and at first glance appears to be quite a device. As we have been talking about lately on Mobile Tech Roundup the lines are now pretty much gone between feature phones and Read further »