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LG Shows Off Windows Mobile Phone with 3D Menus
LG Electronics has shown off its first Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone that has been integrated with LG's 3D S-Class User Interface. Built-around a 3D cube layout, the S-Class UI eliminates nested menus wherever possible, providing more direct access to features and applications. A simple flick of a finger rotates the cube so that any one of its five faces can be accessed instantly.
"Users, especially beginners, find smartphones to be too complicated for everyday tasks because of their unfamiliar and complex environments," said Dr. Skott Ahn, CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company. "The combination of Windows Mobile and our new S-Class UI will make the LG-GM730 the most functional and easiest to use smartphone ever created. Starting with LG-GM730, we are introducing a new direction for phones that are smart and advanced but at the same time, user-friendly."
LG-GM730's multitasking environment allows users to run a number of applications simultaneously in separate windows without having to stop one task to start another. "Cut and paste" allows users to copy content from the internet and paste it into documents or send it via email.
What makes the S-Class UI and Windows Mobile combination so easy to use is that features and applications on the LG-GM730 are so well integrated. Email, for example, is easier to set up and use because the phone's schedule and contact lists are connected. LG says that this means users can send and receive messages using less key presses than on regular smartphones.
Smartphones are known primarily as tools for business but the LG-GM730 is capable of much more. Networking on the Map Service, a navigation-based social networking service, enables users to see where their friends are while communicating in real time. Advanced multimedia features such as a 5 megapixel camera, MP3 player and numerous action-packed games make this phone a full-featured entertainment device.
The LG-GM730 will be available globally, with its initial launch in Asia this July.
Posted to the site on 16th June 2009