http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/ Engadget Comments for LG Etna Android phone sneaks onto the scene at IFA 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/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/Sep 7th 2009 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/Sep 7th 2009 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/Sep 7th 2009 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/Sep 7th 2009 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/Sep 7th 2009 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/

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If you instead think that I misused the term "slider" then YOU'RE funny.

The phone has a landscape, sliding keyboard. That the phone couldalso be referred to as a slider means nothing. The phone has a landscape slider.]]>Sep 7th 2009 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/Sep 7th 2009 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/
"Apple invented the smartphone". So every tablet-type of smartphone must be a iPhone-clone.

"Palm pre invented the slider". So every phone with a slider must be a Pre-clone. Even though probably the first smartphone with a slider was the HTC 6600, sold as Verizon PPC6600 in 2004. The first PDA with a slider was probably the Sharp SL-5500 Zaurus in 2002.

Looks more like an HTC 6700 clone (I think the first smartphone with a horizontal slider), first marketed in 2005-2006, sold as the Sprint PPC-6700 or Verizon VZ6700.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Apache]]>Sep 7th 2009 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/Sep 7th 2009 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/
@deyanimay, yes it was painful to watch tmarks11 be THAT wrong.

My first smartphone was a Treo 180. I had two of them. I've also been following HTC since before the original Touch. Is that long enough ago for you?

The LG, above, has its screen set higher in the device, just like the Pre. Also like the Pre -- as well as the iPhone and not much else -- has a single center control. The lack of buttons also means your HTC Apache is a FAIL.

The corners are also heavily curved like the Pre and more-so at the bottom, or so I thought, but that appears to be from a slight distortion in the image.

And, of course, it's black as are more than half of all devices, ever.

That it looks like other devices, too, means nothing. It does look like the Pre, even if only a little.

Thanks for the Low Ranking. I'll wear it with pride.]]>Sep 7th 2009 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/
That being said, I don't think it "closely resembles the Pre" at all. Ignoring the horizontal slider vs the vertical slider issue, just the shape of it doesn't match the Pre any closer then it does several other similar curved shaped handsets. The Pre looks like it is fatter and shorter (perspective wise), the Etna has a black border around the screen, whereas the Pre screen extends all the way to the bezel. The front bezel on the Etna looks like it is inset made of brushed aluminum instead of just smooth black plastic.

ok, modern looks mean it doesn't have the four pre-programmed function buttons on the front (big mistake IMHO), but that doesn't make it a pre-clone.

Yeah, they are both curved on the corners. hmm...]]>Sep 8th 2009 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/Sep 7th 2009 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/Sep 7th 2009 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/Sep 7th 2009 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/Sep 7th 2009 4:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/
LG's smartphone, combined with the HTC, Samsung, Motorola & Sony Ericsson smartphones, is starting to create a substantially large target for Android app developers.]]>Sep 7th 2009 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/Sep 7th 2009 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/Sep 8th 2009 12:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/Sep 7th 2009 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/Sep 7th 2009 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/Sep 7th 2009 2:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/
Some of those keyboard smartphones that do this and that ARE BLACKBERRIES!

..........I...I just....nevermind.........]]>Sep 7th 2009 2:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/Sep 7th 2009 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/Sep 7th 2009 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/Sep 7th 2009 3:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/


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I suppose that can be spun as a positive, but thus far all that's differentiating between the different handsets is pretty much the camera. I guess manufacturers had better start working on their build quality if that's the way it's going to be...]]>Sep 7th 2009 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/Sep 7th 2009 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/Sep 7th 2009 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/
Of course, I'd also like it a lot more if manufacturers stopped talking about releasing Android handsets and actually, you know, released some.]]>Sep 7th 2009 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/Sep 7th 2009 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/
At least they are bringing back the slider, I was getting annoyed that everyone has been abandoning the keyboards after 1.5.]]>Sep 7th 2009 9:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/Sep 7th 2009 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/
Looks very good. I reckon the screen is more like 3.5" judging the photo. Needs some custom UI though.]]>Sep 7th 2009 5:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/Sep 7th 2009 9:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/Sep 7th 2009 9:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/Sep 7th 2009 10:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/07/lg-etna-android-phone-sneaks-onto-the-scene-at-ifa/Sep 24th 2009 9:27AM