LG Crystal GD900 - The Crystal Clear Transparent Mobile Phone

Technology has no bounds. Proving the saying right is the all new flashy and swanky phone from LG, the LG Crystal. This LG Crystal pertains attributes that go well with its name "CRYSTAL". The LG Crystal GD900 sports an unbelievable transparent keypad. This transparent, slide-out keypad is no gimmick. It is a true extension of a touch screen phone created by LG. LG has christened it 'Crystal'.

LG Crystal (LG-GD900) is a unique concept. It is a premium phone with a slithering glass swagger about it. The see-through tempered glass is a keypad with a cool glow to be visible in any light condition.

It is made of highly durable tempered glass and is framed and reinforced by a band of liquid-metal, a composite alloy that is ultra-strong and able to absorb shock and vibration. It is sleek, slender and has seamlessly placed volume and camera button on the sides.

But LG Crystal is not just a pretty face. Not only does it dish up the digits, the keypad also transforms itself into a laptop style mouse pad that offers easy phone browsing and navigation. With the first of its kind shortcut method, this glow-transparent-pad can create magic. Just drag your finger to write an alphabetic letter, maybe an 'M' on the keypad, and watch the music menu come alive on the screen.

Once you've reached your favourite song, you can savour it in the best audio quality. LG Crystal gives you Dolby surround sound and more options to hear your song. Crystal uses LG's signature S-Class user interface. It has a 3D cube style menu that is always a pleasure to navigate.

The menu can also be viewed in a simple format. It is laid in four categories for easy access. Contacts and music widgets can be viewed in a pretty reel format. It is no less than a smart phone. Crystal offers quick shortcut features for emails like copy and paste, you can do that with messages and notepad.
Viewing online pages is a breeze with the keypad gesture control and easy zoom in and out options. There is handwriting recognition as well. Multimedia features are aplenty.

LG Crystal has a 8 mega pixel snapper, video record with various light controlling and speed controlling options. There is Google Maps, YouTube and FM player. Fun features are quite different from other phones in the games section. There are motion sensing games and the bubble game. Blow wind on the phone to activate the bubbles.
The Salient Features Of LG Crystal Are:

* Transparent touch pad
* Gesture command on touch pad
* 3D S-Class user interface
* LCD touch screen
* 8 megapixel camera

Even a simple feature like calender and organizer, that one uses daily, is given a new design. Date, time and memo format look smart and fun to use. All in all this Crystal will creat magic in the mobile market in India when it launches in August.

A little birdie told that the LG Crystal will be priced around Rs 30,000.

LG HB954TB - The Blu-Ray Home Theater

The Silicon Valley of India brought up a new buzz today with an all new silicon wonder from LG. LG Electronics has launched HB954TB - Blu-ray home theater system and BD370 - Blu-ray player, which allows users to access internet as well. "The launch marks LG's entry into a new and developing, but promising market of Blu-ray technology enabled products. The overall Blu-ray market is growing every year, and the rising popularity of full HD TVs is also driving expansion in the market. More and more people are looking for players and content, which use the full potential of their new systems," said Amitabh Tiwari, Business Group and Marketing Head, Home Entertainment, LGEIL.

HB954TB provides clarity in audio and video as well as access to diverse content from Blu-ray discs to YouTube instant streaming. It has 5.1 channel surround sound system and is fully compatible with Dolby True HD, Dolby Digital Plus and DTS-HD Master Audio: Essential. It also has optimized modes for different TV program genres and a special equalizer setting for videogames. Also, through an alliance with YouTube, LG opens up even more options for streaming millions of web videos directly to the TV. Consumers can enjoy content without having to connect to a PC.

Main Features

iPod Docking System

BD Live (Profile 2.00)

2 HDMI Input

USB Directing Recording & Play

Front Subwoofer

Sound Gallery

Speacially Tuned by Mr. Mark Levinson

Pure HD Audio Dolby Digital

True HD & dts HD Master

The Design

Parabola Speaker System

Elegant Glossy Plating Features

The Sound

Total 1,000W (RMS) (155Wx5 + 255)

Total 10,000W (PMPO)

VSM (Virtual 10.1ch Sound)

LG Sound Gallery

(VSM Plus, MP3 Scaling, Bass Booster/Up, Night Mode, Clear Voice, Game Equalizer, Cinema Mode)

The Picture

HDMI 1.3 Deep Color

Full HD 1080p Up Scaling

This home theatre system allows users to even connect their ipod. It also has powerful speakers and subwoofer and one can quickly browse through the iPod music library using the home theater system's remote control. HB954TB also has the capacity to transform standard-definition DVDs to full HD 1080p resolution via HDMI up-scaling.

Priced at Rs.19,990 the Blu Ray Player BD 370 can play a variety of formats like MPEG4 video, JPEG, MP3 and WMA. HB954TB Home theatre is priced at Rs.51,990.

LG enV Touch Review

LG has come up with a new phone the "env Touch" which I feel is a diversion from LG's recent range of sweet named phones like cookie and Lollipop! Following the successful launch of phones like Voyager, LG has released the LG enV Touch, which is the new and improved successor to the Voyager (despite the enV name).

The enV Touch is much improved over the Voyager, but still has the similar clamshell form-factor with internal QWERTY keyboard. Both displays are now 3" diagonal, with WVGA 480x800 resolution and support up to 1.6 million colors. You can really see the difference. Naturally, the external display is touch-sensitive, but seems to require more pressure than the LG Versa, about the same amount as the LG Dare.

Talking about the features of this wonderful phone, LG env Touch comes with a side clamshell form factor ,non-touch 3-inch display, Full Qwerty keyboard, 3.2 megapixel camera with auto focus, Bluetooth and slot micro SD.
The QWERTY keyboard in LG env Touch has undergone a few changes, and now has a single space key in the middle, instead of two on either side. The keyboard buttons also more curved around the edges and the d-pad is slightly larger. The camera is now up to 3MP and features auto focus, LED flash, and a Schneider Kreuznach lens.
All in all, the LG enV Touch is a worthy successor to the Voyager. The handset’s feature-set gets a fair amount of upgrades, so if you owned the original Voyager, you’ll be happy to see the new upgrades. The handset is available for $149.99 after a $70 rebate and 2 year agreement.

New LG Viewty S-Class 3D Phone

LG Electronics announced Viewty Smart, an upgraded version of its Viewty camera phone series. This new model now comes with an Intelligent Shot Mode that makes it easy to take great pictures by automatically analyzing scenes and adjusting camera settings accordingly. LG released the new Viewty with is better with S-Class 3D user interface.

LG’s engineers addressed this issue in the Viewty Smart with Intelligent Shot Mode, which analyzes the subject, background, and lighting conditions and compares the data against seven pre-programmed scenarios to take perfect pictures every time. This feature, still rare on high-end stand alone compact digital cameras, is a first for a camera phones and only available from LG.
It come with 8M pixel camera with LED flash light and the ISO up to 1600. Another features of new LG Viewty like multi-face detection, 3-inch WVGA touchscreen display, GPS, and Wi-Fi for internet connection.

Viewty Smart also includes the easy-to-use 3D S-Class UI, which debuted on LG’s ARENA earlier this year. LG has tailored S-Class around Viewty Smart’s camera features with an on-screen dial for instantly switching shot modes and a thumbnail viewer that shows recently taken photos without having to switch to the photo gallery.

The facilities for LG Viewty really great! The storage is upto 1.5GB of internal memory and the external support microSD has storage of up to 32GB. LG Viewty also allows you to watch and record DivX movies. The price is not available yet.

LG Lollipop - Popped in Korea

LG Mobile which is a global Korean conglomerate established in 1947 has recently come up with a flamboyant peppy phone called Lollipop (bearing model number LG-SV800, KH8000, LH8000) for its Korean market. With the release of latest lollipop phone, LG is continuing to set a sweet touch on the market by continuing its series of sweet candy named mobile phones. Sources say that the mobile phone is peculiarly designed for the youth, and yes Lollipop does hold all the pep and the zing that the youth look out for.

The phone is available in a multitude of catchy colors, which is the youths most sought criteria. It is therefore evident that the phone is designed for young generation ranging from 17-23 years. The Phone is available in three colors viz Aqua Blue (blue), Cutie Pink (pink) and Boyish titanium (gray). It has a 3.0-megapixel camera with auto focus and you can set 22 different emoticons on the front panel, formed by 220 LED lighting. Lollipop therefore holds a generous 2.8" WQVGA LCD display, a 3 megapixel camera, a microSD memory card slot and an internal LED display.

Crucial Specificationss of Handset are as follows:

• CDMA and HSDPA connectivity
• CDMA and HSDPA connectivity
• Media player
• 3MP camera
• 1.3MP secondary camera (for video calls)
• MicroSD card support
• 106.5 x 51.5 x 13.4 mm
• 92g

LG Lollipop would be available in South Korea probably from next month, via all major carriers (SK Telecom, KTF and LG Telecom).