LG Shine Hits UK February 11, 2007

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lg shine.jpg More shiny goodness from LG this week with the UK arrival of the LG Shine. The company behind the slinky Chocolate and the catwalk Prada phones is hoping to rack up a few sales here with its polished metal slider, LG Shine KE970.

As the name implies, when closed the 2.2in screen is reflective so that you can check your good looks all day while pretending to be doing something important with your phone. Once you open it, the screen wakes up.

All very good looking but what’s under the hood, so to speak. Let’s see: an auto-focus 2MP camera by Schneider Kreuznach, 50MB of internal memory and a handy Micro SD card slot. It supports GPRS and EDGE networks alongside Bluetooth and USB connectivity. It supports the usual array of music formats too.

This phone is not cutting edge but has enough to keep most people happy. It’s looking to score lots of sales on its good looks. It’s been out in Korea since last November, racking up a very respectable 180,000 unit sales and is still selling at a rate of 3,500 a day.

Expect the UK mobile vanity hordes to be all over this like a rash.-Martin Lynch

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Zero-G Watch: So Thin & Light It Almost Doesn’t Exist February 11, 2007

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Here’s a well–named sexy watch: Zero-G. Why? Because it weighs in at 60g, which is almost too light. Just think about how many times a day you’ll scrabble for your wrist, thinking you’ve lost it.

It’s a good looking piece of anorexic timekeeping with a strap that’s just 1.5mm thin. It has a mirrored LCD display and a minimalist time display.

The LCD “hand” points to the hour and the sweeping curve ends at the minute mark. All that coolness comes at a price though, namely no other features, since it only tells the time.

If you need the date, stopwatch, calculator etc. find your nearest Timex etailer. The Zero-G costs just over £40 and TokyoFlash posts worldwide.-Martin Lynch

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