CES 2006

LG's booth

LG has two new product announcements for the CES. The first one is the CU320 which is a tri-band GSM/EDGE phone with dual-band UMTS high-speed data (850/1900 MHz). Despite the fact that it is not one of the smallest handsets, given its 3G capabilities it cannot be called bulky either. The built-in swiveling camera is 1.3 mega pixels, capable of taking QVGA movie clips. The internal memory is 15 MB with microSD memory expansion slot if more space is needed. The CU320 along with ZX10 are expected to be the first 3G handsets to be offered from Cingular Wireless. Unlike the ZX10, the CU320 also features Bluetooth. Overall, very well equipped phone, perfect for everyone who wants to experience the POWER of 3G.

The F9200 is the second new phone from LG announced during CES. The sliding out full QWERTY keyboard is a great advantage for all messaging addicts, but it should not have taken such a great toll on the rest of the features – no Bluetooth, VGA only camera and STN display (do they still exist?). Pretty much the only new features compared to its predecessor (F9100) are the added weight, increased size, the camera and the speaker phone. The F9200 should be released from Cingular.