LG Launches A Pair of Touch Screen Phones
Oct 2, 2008, 7:55 AM by Eric M. Zeman
Today LG announced two new touch-based handsets, the high-end KC910 Renoir and the KP500. Both phones launch in European markets in October, followed by other regions in the first quarter of 2009.
- KC910: This successor to the Viewty has an 8 megapixel camera and advanced camera features, such as Schneider-Kreuznach certified optics, a Xenon flash, auto and manual focus, sensitivity up to ISO 1600 and geo-tagging. The Renoir lets users focus on anything in the viewfinder by simply touching where they want the phone to focus. The camera will focus on that spot and fire off a shot when the user lifts his/her finger. It can record video from 5 to 120 frames per second. Other camera features include Beauty Shot, which lets users remove blemishes from subjects' faces. The Renoir also has Dolby Mobile for Music, Wi-Fi, a-GPS and support for HSDPA 3G networks. Which bands it supports was not immediately available.
- KP500: LG says the KP500 will be an affordable touch screen with quad-band GSM/EDGE radios. It will come with a stylus and has messaging and photo editing features, as well as an accelerometer that will auto-rotate the display when the phone is moved.
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Comments
Coming to america...
I just hope when these phones come over here, all the bugs are all worked out! which company will they be with?
Probably none.
But still an American version would mean we weren't left out of the loop.
But still an American version would mean we weren't left out of the loop.
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STOKED!
From what ive heard of the buzz on these phones, We've got a smaller version of the apple iphone, with everything the iphone doesnt have. and my headline reads stoked simply due to the fact that more and more phone are jumping into the 7mp + range with their cameras!
[Insert Expletive Exclamation Here]
If one of these were CDMA and Verizon available, I would sell my Dare on ebay and get me one of these! WOOOOOOW that's a high-rez camera!
I'm still skeptical about this coming to VZW the exact same way as it did for the GSM version. Remember, VZW removed the accelerometer for their version of the Diamond. Atleast Sprint left it alone. And the 8MP camera? they'd have to get a special chi...
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