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LG announces dual SIM KS660
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The new
touchscreen based LG KS660 supports two SIM cards
simultaneously, while the extravagant GD910 mobile phone takes
the shape of a wristwatch and shines with 3G support for video
calls.
LG KS660 is a dual-SIM phone supporting tri-band GSM
connectivity. It has a 3-inch TFT touchscreen display with WQVGA
resolution (400x240), 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and
video recording at 720x480@15fps. Additional specs include 50MB
internal storage, microSD expansion slot (up to 4GB), Bluetooth
and USB capabilities.
The unfortunate absentees are 3G and Wi-Fi. The first LG handset
featuring two SIM cards will likely aim at the Asian and Eastern
European markets, much like the Dual SIM lineup by Samsung.
The second mobile phone is LG GD910 and it comes in the unusual
wristwatch form factor. Perhaps you remember the wristwatch
prototype by LG that was displayed at the MWC 2008. Well,
they've made it real this time and it would be first showcased
at the CES 2009 next month.
LG GD910 is 13.9 mm thick and sports a 1.43-inch touch LCD
screen. The main selling point of the device is 3G video calls
thanks to the front-facing camera.
Anyway, behind the watch disguise you will also find HSDPA and
Bluetooth connectivity, voice dialing and speech recognition,
text-to-speech feature and a music player.
Currently, we don't have any information about pricing or
availability of either device.
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8 megapixel Samsung S8300
touch slider makes an appearance |
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As it seems Samsung have a really nice
cameraphone in store for all of us, due in the beginning of
2009. The S8300 has obviously slipped under someone's door,
as it's not officially announced yet.
Only 12.8mm thick, the Samsung S8300 has an absolutely
massive widescreen OLED display, probably the largest one
we've seen to date, and the fact that it's a touchscreen,
makes it that much sweeter.
The S8300 specs sheet is further pumped up by an 8 megapixel
camera with auto focus, a GPS receiver, HSDPA and DivX video
support. Judging from the interface shots, the handset
doesn't seem to be a smartphone, but instead is running on
the Samsung's proprietary TouchWiz feature phone interface,
well known from the Samsung Pixon for example.
Among its other niceties are FM radio with RDS, Bluetooth
2.1, and a microSD card slot. It's a long list.
Unfortunately, as it's evident from the photos the 8
megapixel camera is not equipped with a xenon flash. There's
only LED instead that's best used as video light. There's no
mention of Wi-Fi functionality either.
As you may guess, there is no official info about the device
yet, however word is out that it should be available by
March 2009.
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