While LG's
Chocolate assortment is
growing with feature-packed additions at an alarming rate, there looks to be a WinMo-powered sugar daddy headed down the pike with
WiMax ready to rock. We knew Samsung and LG were using this year's ITU Telecom World conference as a
launching plugging point for a few snazzy announcements, but today brings about the unveiling of a Windows Mobile 5-packin' smartphone boasting LG's Chocolate touch, built-in WiMax, a 2.8-inch QVGA touchscreen, two-megapixel camera, microSD slot, and Bluetooth. The phone will reportedly also support CDMA and EV-DO, and should be released in
South Korea real soon -- unfortunately, there's "no word" on whether this beauty will ever see the light of day on American soil, but one can hope.
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posted Dec 5th 2006 9:45PM
is it just me or does it look like that thing got ran over by a truck?
LOL!!, I was thinking tha same damn thing, I think its just a bunch of fingerprints on tha keys, that makes it looks like that
Yeah man, that truck pwnd that phone like some kind of lazy n00b
Yeah.... I 'think' it's a prototype. Production models won't be so 'wonky' and 'smudgy'.
Is it just me or does it look like a WM5 PDA phone not a WM5 smartphone.
Good job again Engadget.
I'm glad it's butt ugly- I'm not jealous of anything yet.
Chris
Why does CDMA still exist when the rest of the world is using GSM technology? CDMA sucks. Stop making phones for them.
this person has no ideaa what he is talking about, he has cdma envy....
mmMmmMmmm break me off a piece of summadat greasy chocolate!
seriously though, i wouldnt mind havin one of those
That number pad looks abused!
Gurneet Bedi do you have any idea what your talking about? Granted CDMA technology isn't as widespread as GSM is, but it's still a very significant player in the hand held market. Both the United States and South Korea, which I believe is primarily CDMA, are still heavily reliant on CDMA. In summary, it basically offers the better voice quality plain and simple. I will never go back to AT&T after switching to Verizon.
You just proved my point. US and South Korea should get with the rest of the world, that way we could have seamless wireless capabilities. Great for business travelers who frequent other countries and can just "hop" on other GSM carriers. CDMA is still in use only because we built so many frickin towers and we don't feel like changing technology and fitting in with the rest of the world, which is, um... as far as cell phone technology goes, far far far more advanced. We're still hooked on MP3 playing cell phones while the Japans and Chinas are talking about TV. Oh, btw, I don't know what I'm talking about.
gettin WiMAX in Grand rapids michigan Next year....you're all jealous.
I know, its so awesome i cant wait
Whenever I see a post about an interesting looking smartphone, the words "Windows Mobile" immediately crush any interest I had.
It's not the sleekest looking phone. That's for sure.
Please, next time you want to impress folks with a product do not have it handled prior to shooting by "Edward Vaseline Hands".
It looks interesting, but the shmutz is offputting.