Picture of the day: LG Touch concept

After the launch of the iPhone many mobile phone makers thought of their best answer. Some vendors have offered finished solutions, for example, we can treat the co-product of LG and Prada as the iPhone competitor. But the South Korean maker is moving ahead – we can see pictures of a new concept phone in the Internet.

As wee see from the pictures, the phone comes with a touchscreen and is motion sensitive – the technology applied in Sony Ericsson W910. I’d note the outstanding design of accessories – the cradle with the touch QWERTY-keyboard…

SE PXi from Bogar Bence – concept phone for lefties

Bogar Bence designer has introduced a concept of SE PXi mobile phone. The developer designed it for convenient use by both lefties and righties. The device is equipped with a 3.3” touchscreen display, which supports automatic screen orientation when rotating. You can control it with the stylus and fingers. In addition the SE PXi features a dual slot, a 5-megapixel Cybershot camera and stereo speakers. For now we have just a concept phone under the Sony Ericsson brand for left-handed users. It’s not clear whether the company plans to launch the device.

Diamond iPhone for the Christmas

Alexander Amosu Luxury Phones has introduced the world first (as it says) diamond iPhone. The device is coated with 420 white, black or rose diamonds – a total of 5.65 carats. There are 3 shell solutions available: steel, 18-carat white or yellow gold.

Apple iPhone Diamond version will be released in limited edition on November 9. The price for the precious device will start from $41000. The iPhone will come with one year free international concierge service. According to Amosu, Apple iPhone in gold and diamonds might be the best Christmas present.

Live pics of Sony Ericsson W890

The SE-center.pl has posted more live pics of Sony Ericsson W890 phone, which is not yet officially introduced. This is a Walkman series product following the W880. According to the source, the W890 comes with a 2” QVGA display, a 3.2-megapixel camera and a frontal camera for video calls (3G support), Bluetooth (A2DP) wireless module and an FM-radio with RDS. There is the support of Memory Stick Micro (M2) cards. These are non-official details, not yet confirmed by the vendor.

Seiko Bluetooth watch connects to your phone

Seiko Japan has developed a prototype watch which connects to the Mobile phone via Bluetooth. The watch displays Network signal strength, Battery life and new Message. Upon loading a special software from Seiko Instruments on your phone the watch can display the Message subject and the Sender's name. When you receive a call or SMS the watch can play a melody and even vibrate. In case the phone goes outside the Bluetooth range the watch sounds an audible alert. You can also silent the incoming ring of the phone using the watch.

Battery indicator, Network signal strength and Message indicator are displayed




The subject of the Text Message is displayed

Samsung introduces its flexible OLED-display

Samsung has introduced a flexible color OLED-display at FPD International 2007 event in Yokohama. It features 4.3” diagonal, 480x272 pixels resolution, 200 cd/m2 frontal luminance, 1000:1 contrast. The manufacturer hasn’t disclosed the mass release date. To add, LG.Philips LCD and Sony introduced similar developments this May at Society for Information Display show (SID) 2007.

Pantech IM-S240K new stylish slider with HSDPA and DMB

Today the South Korean company Pantech announced the sales of its stylish cell phone IM-S240K from SKY operator. This is a slider model supporting high speed data transfer technology HSDPA (up to 7.2 Mbps) and DMB broadcasting.

I’d also note a 2.1” 240x320 pixels LCD, an integrated MP3-player, a 1.3-megapixel camera, e-dictionary, document viewer and the support of WCDMA networking outside Korea.

Pantech IM-S240K will cost about $435 at the start.