Engadget’s published a video walkthrough of the touchscreen LG Prada phone.

Link: Video: LG Prada phone complete interface walkthrough

Source: SmallSurfaces

If you’re carrying a Motorola mobile phone the chances are you are under 24 and fashion conscious.

But if you’ve got a Nokia in your pocket (or briefcase), it’s a fair bet you might be a family-minded, middle-aged manager.

Sony Ericsson handsets are favoured by ambitious young men trying to make their mark; LGs are tops with mums; while Samsungs are wielded by young women focused on their career, a study of mobile phone usage shows.

The survey was conducted by Panorama and released by Nielsen Media Research.

What your mobile phone says about you:

Nokia

Family-minded
Middle aged managers
Balance seekers
Health conscious

Motorola

Fashion conscious
Under 24
Fun seekers
Individualistic

Sony Ericsson

Ambitious young men
Professionals
Success driven
Individualistic

LG

Favourite of mums
Stay-at-home parents
Success driven
Harmony seekers

Samsung

Young women
Career focused
Success driven
Fun seekers

Link: Stuff.co.Nz

Source: Nielsen Media Research

Desk-Top publishing and digital imaging software maker, Adobe Systems, is looking for a bigger role in creating audio-visual content that is accessible on mobile phones. The company has already equipped over 200 million handsets globally with its Flash products.

Handset manufacturers Nokia and LG, and wireless service providers NTT DoCoMo and Verizon Wireless already incorporate Flash technologies in their offerings. Adobe is also working with MTV Networks to develop Flash-based entertainment content.

Source: Businessworld

The iPhone competitor from LG, the Prada (also known as the KE850), was spotted running the latest Windows Mobile 6.0 operating system recently.

This means LG is cozying up with Microsoft, being the third in line after Samsung and Motorola to sell Windows Mobile-powered handsets.

Source:Ubergizmo

LG has just launched a mobile phone secretary, LG-SV260, with “tools and features for businessmen”, including:

“Motiquette”, short for mobile+ etiquette, keeps callers informed of when they are calling you during a meeting or appointment through SMS messaging.

Voice note can records portions of meetings for later playback.

Voice secretary reads aloud text message and today’s schedules for you

A special magnifying feature enlarges schedules and notes for the elderly. You can adjust the size of the font as you like.

Other features added to the SV260 include 1.3 MP camera, mp3 capabilities, an electronic dictionary with built in pronunciation aide, among other standards.”

Source: Textualy.org

Hot on the heels of Apple’s iPhone, South Korean vendor LG Electronics officially unveiled the distinctly similar looking KE850. LG has teamed up with fashion house Prada on the branding of the device, which looks to be an evolution of its highly successful Chocolate phone.

The complete specs of the LG KE850 are:

Features
     -Capacitive Touch Screen
     -Music Player (MP3, ACC, ACC+, WMA, RA)
     -Music Multitasking (Messaging)
     -Video Player (MPEG4, H.263, H.264) 
     -Macromedia Flash UI
     -Document Viewer (ppt, doc, xls, pdf, txt )

Specifications
     -EDGE Tri-Band (900/1800/1900)
     -98.8 × 54 × 12 mm
     -2M CMOS Camera / LED Flash
     -External Memory Slot (Micro SD) 
     -Innerpack Battery 800mAh
     -Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0, USB Mass storage

South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc aims to sell about 80 million mobile handsets this year, up from an estimated 65 million sold in 2006.

The company is aiming to boost its global handset market share to 7.3 per cent in 2007, from an estimated 6.5 per cent in 2006.

Source: Economic Times

LG Electronics announced the awards for 21 products given by the prestigious iF product design award 2007.

Package Design for ‘Leo Phone’ (KG920)

Designed for the first mobile handset with 5 mega pixels digital camera, the combination of black and fine silver gives a minimal yet dynamic image of the product. To express the image of a digital camera phone we created a new frame structure that resembles the iris of the camera as well as a picture frame. The ‘unfolding’ structure of the frame adds the fun element to the customer. The diagonally aligned frame strongly stands out and is exceptionally durable. In order to reduce the unit cost during the production, this package only used paper and PET which is also easily recyclable and eco- friendly.

Slim Card Phone (KE820)

KE820 is simple, minimal and slim which is proportional to the size of a card. 2.0” QCIF horizontal LCD screen has excellent openness which provides pleasant usability and function compared to the standard vertical screen. Central Jog-key processed with spin-hairline has sufficient element to attract attention to the front. Key pad of a chess shape is designed to the convenience of the user and to feel the firm sense of “click”. Glass fiber has excellent strength, which protects the product when it falls and absorbs shock from the outside.

Source: MobileKorea.TV

LG Electronics has launched a special edition cell phone called Shine Designers, the second from the company’s Black Label series inscribed with Korean alphabet motifs, the work of Sang-bong Lee, fashion designer. Beautiful!

Source: Mobile Korea.Tv