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After a long waiting time Apple launched it revolutionary phone iphone and around the same time LG hit back.

Mobile phone giant LG and fashion giant Prada joined their power and they produced best phone ever candidate... LG Prada KE850. LG Prada is just like its biggest rival Iphone. LG Prada is still shown the biggest competitor of iphone.

We will see the result of this competition. Now lets take a look at this black pearl

At first we must say that this special editon fashion phone has touchscreen technology, mean no phone keys...

General Features

• Network GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900

• Size Dimensions 98.8 x 54 x 12 mm

• Weight 85 g

• Display Type TFT touchscreen, 256K colors

• Size 240 x 400 pixels, 3 inches

• Ringtones Type Polyphonic (40 channels), MP3

• Memory Phonebook 1000 entries

• Call records 40 dialed, 40 received, 40 missed calls

• Card slot microSD (TransFlash)

• GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps

• EDGE
• Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP
• USB v2.0
• SMS, EMS, MMS, Email
• Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels, video(30fps), flash
• Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML
• Java MIDP 2.0
• MP3/ACC/WMA player
• FM radio
• Document viewer (.ppt, .doc, .xls, .pdf, .txt)
• Organiser
• Voice memo
• Handsfree
• Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 800 mAh
  Stand-by Up to 300 h
  Talk time Up to 3 h

• Toucscreen
• Avant-garde design

• No 3G
• No WLan
• No Gps
• 8 mb shared memory (under the standards according to rivals)
• 3G No

• LG's and Prada's customer loyalty
• Customer expectations

Consumers will now be able to upload, view and share videos on their LG phones

LG Electronics (LG), a worldwide technology leader in mobile communications, and YouTube, the leading online video community that allows people to discover, watch and share originally created videos, announced an agreement to provide YouTube™ services on its handsets, allowing users to view videos and easily upload them directly to YouTube.com. For upcoming YouTube-enabled handsets, LG will apply a new user interface for easily accessing and uploading video content. LG’s YouTube-enabled handsets will be available worldwide starting at end of this year.

“This new service will connect people like never before. For the first time, LG customers will be able to film, upload and view videos on YouTube using their mobile phone just as they would be able to from their home computer,” said Dr. Skott Ahn, President and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company. “With this agreement, LG is continuing to drive forward wireless internet services as well as consolidate its technology leadership in the mobile industry.”

“People want to be able to capture interesting moments with their cell phones wherever they are and whenever they want," said Steve Chen, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer for YouTube. “We’re excited to be partnering with LG to give people the opportunity to enjoy YouTube for watching and sharing those moments.”

LG first announced its agreement to pre-install Google’s services on its handsets in March 2007. As a first step in this partnership, LG recently launched the LG-KS10, which features Google™ search, Gmail™ for mobile, and Google Maps™ for mobile. The LG-KS10 first hit shelves in Italy this past April

Seoul, Korea, July 3, 2007

Watch symbianed LG mobile closer ... a video from s60 Summit 2007

LG rolled out its latest 'super 3G' handset in April and it is available in Europe. LG KS 10 differentiate itself from its competitors with a web browsing wonder. KS 10 has Google pre-installed.

Specifications

• Operating Frequencies: HSDPA / GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900 / WCDMA2100
• Band Functionality: GSM/GPRS/EDGE/HSDPA(1.8Mbps)
• Enabling Technologies: XHTML, HTML, MMS, Java MIDP
• Operating system: Symbian OS 9.2
• Developer platform: S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 1
• Dimensions: 103 x 51 x 18.7 mm
• Weight: 118g

Display

• Display area: 2.4 inch
• Color depth: 18bit
• Resolution: 320x240

Keypad

• Black covered Gap Key Mat
• 5-way Scrolling
• Side Key Mat
• 2 Labeled Soft Keys
• Camera key
  

Camera

• 2 megapixel camera with autofocus
• 4x digital zoom
• secondary VGA camera

Memory

• Unlimited heap size
• Shared Memory for Storage: 80 MB
• Unlimited JAR size
• Memory Card : MicroSD (Max 2 GB)

Browsing

• HTML over TCP/IP
• HTML 4.0 (XHTML 1.1)
• WAP 2.0
• XHTML over TCP/IP
• XHTML over WAP
• Web Browser for S60

Messaging

• MMS
• MMS+SMIL
• SMS
• EMAIL (IMAP4, POP3, SMTP)
• IM

Java Technology

• FileConnection and PIM API (JSR-75)
• Wireless Messaging API 1.1 (JSR-120)
• Wireless Messaging API 2.0 (JSR-205)
• JTWI (JSR-185)
• Mobile Media API (JSR-135)
• Nokia UI API
• CLDC 1.1
• Mobile 3D Graphics API (JSR-184)
• Bluetooth API (JSR-82)
• MIDP 2.0

Video Formats

• MPEG4
• H.263 (3GP)
• Real Video

Audio Formats

• LG KS 10 supports AMR, WAV, MIDI, MP3, Real Audio, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+

Local Connectivity

• USB 2.0
• Bluetoot 2.0

Network Data Support

• CSD
• GPRS
• EDGE
• HSDPA

Extra Features

• Voice Recorder
• Flash Lite 2

Swot of LG KS10 :

Strengths :

• Pre-installed Google
• Secondary camera (vga)
• S60 3rd Edition platform

Weaknesses:

• 2 MP camera
• No WLan

Opportunities:

• Pre-installed Google can provide LG one step ahead from its competitor

Threats:

• Sony Ericsson w 960 with s60 platform
  

Company wins awards in 29 categories; PRADA Phone by LG specially honored

LG Electronics(LG), a leader in consumer electronics and mobile communications, was again lauded this year by the red dot Design Awards committee at this year’s red dot Design Awards 2007, as it took home over two dozen awards, including the event’s highest recognition.

LG received awards in 29 categories including the “Best of the Best” award for PRADA Phone by LG, its full touch screen handset which has already created a worldwide buzz. LG’s accolades eclipsed its total of 20 awards received at last year’s event, when it also won two “Best of the Best” awards.

Sang Young Shin, the head of LG Electronics Corporate Design Center, said, “LG has proven our design expertise through recognition from this prestigious design organization for the past several years. With this momentum, we will solidify our commitment to emotive product design.”

The PRADA Phone by LG (LG-KE850), the world’s first full touch screen interfacephone and winner of red dot’s “Best of the Best” award was co-developed by mobile communications leader LG Electronics and famed design house PRADA. The unique handset is the perfect balance between LG’s leading mobile communications technology and PRADA’s unsurpassed design capabilities.

Other award-winning products of LG include SHINE phone, both slide and bar types, steady-selling SolarDOM, Lightwave Oven, ‘Art DIOS’ side-by-side Refrigerator, LCD TV, Plasma TV, all three models of Fantasy Monitor, Touch Screen MP3 Player and many more.

red dot Design Award, along with iF Design Award, is one of the most prestigious industrial design awards in Europe. The gala award ceremony will take place on June 25, 2007,in the Essen Aalto Theatre in Essen, Germany. The award-winning entries will be exhibited in a special exhibition titled “Design on Stage – Winners of red dot Award: Product Design 2007” from June 26 through July 23, 2007,in the red dot design museum in Essen. The red dot design museum houses the largest permanent exhibition of contemporary design in the world.

Last year LG already broke industry records by winning in 20 categories at the red dot design awards and 11 categories at the prestigious iF Design Awards. Some products that propelled the company to the top were its wall-mounted projector, dual-core widescreen notebook PC,industry darling and best-selling handset LG Chocolate. The wall-mounted projector and dual-core widescreen notebook PCdid especially well, winning red dot’s “Best of the Best” design award in 2006. The companyalso won the ‘Design Team of the Year 2006’ of red dot design award for its focus on design management. This was only the second time that the design department of an Asian company has won red dot’s ‘Radius’ Trophy.

A list of LG’s red dot Design Awards 2007 winning phones
PRADA Phone by LG (LG-KE850) * Best of the best
SHINE: Real Metal Slide phone (LG-KE970)
SHINE: Real Metal Bar phone (LG-KE770)
‘HERO’ Phone (LG-KU580)

Seoul, Korea, March 19, 2006

Company wins awards in 29 categories; PRADA Phone by LG specially honored

LG Electronics(LG), a leader in consumer electronics and mobile communications, was again lauded this year by the red dot Design Awards committee at this year’s red dot Design Awards 2007, as it took home over two dozen awards, including the event’s highest recognition.

LG received awards in 29 categories including the “Best of the Best” award for PRADA Phone by LG, its full touch screen handset which has already created a worldwide buzz. LG’s accolades eclipsed its total of 20 awards received at last year’s event, when it also won two “Best of the Best” awards.

Sang Young Shin, the head of LG Electronics Corporate Design Center, said, “LG has proven our design expertise through recognition from this prestigious design organization for the past several years. With this momentum, we will solidify our commitment to emotive product design.”

The PRADA Phone by LG (LG-KE850), the world’s first full touch screen interfacephone and winner of red dot’s “Best of the Best” award was co-developed by mobile communications leader LG Electronics and famed design house PRADA. The unique handset is the perfect balance between LG’s leading mobile communications technology and PRADA’s unsurpassed design capabilities.

Other award-winning products of LG include SHINE phone, both slide and bar types, steady-selling SolarDOM, Lightwave Oven, ‘Art DIOS’ side-by-side Refrigerator, LCD TV, Plasma TV, all three models of Fantasy Monitor, Touch Screen MP3 Player and many more.

red dot Design Award, along with iF Design Award, is one of the most prestigious industrial design awards in Europe. The gala award ceremony will take place on June 25, 2007,in the Essen Aalto Theatre in Essen, Germany. The award-winning entries will be exhibited in a special exhibition titled “Design on Stage – Winners of red dot Award: Product Design 2007” from June 26 through July 23, 2007,in the red dot design museum in Essen. The red dot design museum houses the largest permanent exhibition of contemporary design in the world.

Last year LG already broke industry records by winning in 20 categories at the red dot design awards and 11 categories at the prestigious iF Design Awards. Some products that propelled the company to the top were its wall-mounted projector, dual-core widescreen notebook PC,industry darling and best-selling handset LG Chocolate. The wall-mounted projector and dual-core widescreen notebook PCdid especially well, winning red dot’s “Best of the Best” design award in 2006. The companyalso won the ‘Design Team of the Year 2006’ of red dot design award for its focus on design management. This was only the second time that the design department of an Asian company has won red dot’s ‘Radius’ Trophy.

A list of LG’s red dot Design Awards 2007 winning phones
PRADA Phone by LG (LG-KE850) * Best of the best
SHINE: Real Metal Slide phone (LG-KE970)
SHINE: Real Metal Bar phone (LG-KE770)
‘HERO’ Phone (LG-KU580)

Seoul, Korea, March 19, 2006

The SABRE Award for its PR Activities and the Webby Award for its microsite

LG Electronics (LG), a worldwide technology leader in mobile communications sector, announced today that LG Chocolate phone, the first handset within the Black Label Series has once again achieved outstanding results in global awards, the SABRE Award and the Webby Award 2007 for its integrated global marketing activities.

LG Chocolate phone has won the SABRE Award recognizing superior achievement in branding and reputation with a particular emphasis on effectiveness with its PR activities in consumer tech area on May 24th, 2007. The Webby award, leading international award honouring excellence on the Internet in telecommunication sector was presented to LG for its successful Microsite (http://chocolate.lgmobile.com/uk/en/product/blacklabel.html) on May 2nd, 2007.

One of the defining reasons for LG Chocolate phone project to collect the SABRE Award was through LG’s successful Public Relations program, which boosted sales by intimately connecting with consumers to satisfy their needs. As a result, LG Chocolate phone displayed favorable sales achievement in the global market.

The Webby Award selected LG Chocolate phone as a winner for its website designed to represent the design feature of the handset. The website also played a key role increasing awareness and credibility of both the phone and LG brand by offering a variety of opportunities where consumers could get a sense of the real product.

Chang Ma, Vice President of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company said “winning these awards shows that the great global success that LG Chocolate phone achieved with innovative and distinguished design and concept, was equally supported by strategic, integrated marketing activities.” He also added “LG will strengthen its strategic approach on products following LG Chocolate to continue to be a leading mobile company.”

5th June 2007