http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/ Engadget Comments for LG's KE850 PRADA official: iPhone says, wha? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/]]>Feb 11th 2008 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/
Imran
http://www.mobilephoneupdates.com]]>Feb 25th 2008 5:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/Mar 13th 2008 4:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/
"js
Well it's a known fact that engadget editors have been Apple fanboys... just look at the CES coverage at http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/12/viiva-las-vegas-the-engadget-crew-departs-ces/ , scroll halfway down... they are using Macbooks!!!"]]>Mar 29th 2008 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/Apr 6th 2008 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/I would like to purchase the new LG KE850 Prada, but do not know much about it. Can someone please tell me if it has Wi-Fi? And is it true you can not retrieve a contact from the phone book and call; that you have to input the number manually every time?

Thanks to all who take their time to read this.
Vince.]]>Jun 1st 2008 8:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/
about the the buttons at the bottom...its like that for a reason!!....the Prada phone comes with a case...it isn't a soft one and so...if u get a call...(since its touch) the call will automatically answer. so they HAD to make those 3 buttons at the bottom.

and having 3 buttons doesn't cause any problems anyway.]]>Jun 21st 2008 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/Jun 22nd 2008 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/Sep 8th 2008 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/Oct 18th 2008 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/it since i had a blackberry pearl.... i found it wit t-mobile and so far i havent seen any one wit it!
i got mines for $450 w/o tax.... ]]>Nov 8th 2008 7:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/Jan 11th 2009 5:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.unlock-iphone.org , please tell me if its safe]]>Nov 6th 2009 2:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/Jan 18th 2007 6:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/Jan 18th 2007 5:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/Nov 28th 2007 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/Jan 18th 2007 5:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/Jan 18th 2007 5:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/
BTW isn't the US market something like 5-10% of the global mobile phone market?]]>Jan 18th 2007 5:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/
My opinion is that the silver-like buttons work against the whole minimalist look. i think the iPhone is more capable than this - and it's bigger size makes it more useful too. I've heard a lot of people complaining about LG's phones build quality.]]>Jan 18th 2007 5:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/Feb 6th 2007 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/
http://www.mobileburn.com/review.jsp?Id=547]]>Jan 18th 2007 5:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/Jan 22nd 2007 1:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/
Lets get this right. How does it have support for video conferencing when this phone doesnt even have a secondary camera neither 3G or HSDPA in the slightest sense?

Though it is bloody sexy phone]]>Jan 18th 2007 5:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/
You mean iPhone]]>Jan 19th 2007 8:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/
"...Like the iPod, it packs a 2 megapixel camera..."

You mean the iPhone, right? And I'm still pre-ordering the iPhone.]]>Jan 18th 2007 6:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/Jul 9th 2007 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/Jan 18th 2007 6:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/ opting instead for microSD

That's alone is already well worth any promise of Apple.

Simon wrote:
> How does it have support for video conferencing when this phone doesnt even have a secondary camera neither 3G or HSDPA in the slightest sense?

What about Wi-Fi? I have "investigated" my opportunities for video conferencing/alike, and I can say that anyway you look at it - video isn't easy. You always have to prepare environment - random video chat in random place is total waste of bandwidth: you see nothing - your partner(s) see nothing - good if everybody can hear each other.

Probably in future - with some video/voice enhancing technologies and advanced noise cancelation, random phone video conf would be Okay. But right now IMHO it is waste.]]>Jan 18th 2007 6:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/Jan 18th 2007 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/
I updated the text. Didn't mean to imply that it worked for video conferencing, only that it included the H.263 video codec normally associated with VC.

Yannik,

True, but it lacks support for GSM 850 thereby limiting coverage and providers.

Thomas]]>Jan 18th 2007 6:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/
It still doesn't make sense when phone manufacturers stick a second camera on their phones for VC...
]]>Jan 19th 2007 7:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/My God.... The Size of her thumb in the 1st pic!! :P]]>Jan 20th 2007 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/Jan 18th 2007 6:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/
As Yannik pointed out, a tri-band phone will work in America. Yes, it limits your network options, but the iPhone will only "officially" be available on one network also, "thereby limiting coverage and providers".

Also, why the negative spin on expandable storage? ]]>Jan 18th 2007 7:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/It IS the benchmark as a) everybody knows the iPhone, b) specs have been available for some time now, something that cannot be said about the KE850.

"Also, why the negative spin on expandable storage?"
Because you can add another $100.
]]>Jan 18th 2007 8:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/Jul 5th 2007 8:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/Jan 18th 2007 7:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/
Maybe this is our booby prize for getting screwed by Apple ;)]]>Jan 18th 2007 7:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/
By 2008, iPhone should have 3G with HSDPA. I'd rather wait for that, even if it takes two more years. By that time too, I'll be able to work on my documents, presentations and spreadsheets on the iPhone, even just minimally.]]>Jan 18th 2007 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/
Has someone altered the space-time continuum or is Engadget just ignoring the facts and lapping up Apple/Jobs propaganda. Again.

Hang on, there'll be an anti-Sony article any minute now. And one where Jobs claims they invented the internet. And it will be reported favourably here.]]>Jan 18th 2007 8:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/Jan 18th 2007 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/
Yup I'm still p*ssed about Mac(iPhone)world this year having nothing for Mac's in it.]]>Jan 18th 2007 7:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/
How much does Jobs pay you guys?]]>Jan 18th 2007 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/
It was anounced BEFORE the iPhone, has already won design awards and to those saying it is expensive that is more than likely the price in Europe without any network connection (which are usually only 12 or 18 months anyway). With a connection the price will be considerably lower through the network subsidies.

If the rumblings about Apple partnering up with Vodafone are true in UK/Europe, and the handset is not available unlocked then it looks like this one will be the handset i'll be picking up (shame as wouldn't have minded passing on my Nano to have the 8GB version).]]>Jan 18th 2007 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/
But here is one site that compared the Moto Q, blackjack, Treo & iPhone.

http://www.zolved.com/blog/view_entry/20146/Is_the_iPhone_better_than_Moto_Q_Blackjack__Treo_a_quick_

When will you guys do this?]]>Jan 18th 2007 8:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/
As one poster noted, the Finns beat both companies to the punch by 3 years for claim of world's first touch screen phone. But iPhone's revolutionary UI, iPod compatability, Muti-touch interface, OSX, proximity sensor, rich HTML browsing (not WAP) and many other high tech innovations already make the LG clone look like something from 5 years ago. I'll wait 'til June and get the real thing from Jobs & Co, thanks.

It wouldn't be the first time a Korean company has copied Cupertino. Last year Samsung was taken to court for illegally using Apple icons in its phone menus. It might have a similar look on the outside but the software running on the LG copy is lame and simply years behind the iPhone. LG have again mistaken that the revolution Apple demonstrated last week is in function, not just form.

]]>Jan 18th 2007 8:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/
You either work for Apple, or are just an idiot. You dismiss LG as "self-delusional hype" but then proceed to call the iPhone a "revolution"! What's actually "revolutionary" or NEW about the iPhone?

To me, it certainly isn't the multi-touch interface which was invented by someone else; the eventual mobile version of a 6 year-old OS; or the iTunes compatability which has already been done. Neither is it the size-of-an-iPod size but size-of-a-nano capacity; camera which everyone has; HTML browser which has been done before; or piece-de-resistance proximity sensor.

In fact, for me, the only things I could think of which might be useful improvements over my current phone are the looks-better-than-Opera web browser and cooler (if not little more functional) interface. These are MORE than offset by the major features it lacks, such as the lack of 3G (why have such a nice browser but only be able to use it at decent speed when you're in range of wifi?) and external memory. ]]>Jan 18th 2007 11:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/fast to bash other companies as copycats but you forgot that apple was forced to
pay Creative Zen for $400 Million (if i remember correctly) for infringing some of
its patents for mp3 players. So who's the BIG copycat? You may not want to admit it
but its Apple!!!!]]>Oct 5th 2007 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/lgs-ke850-prada-official-iphone-says-wha/Jan 18th 2007 8:55AM