LD has an impressive lineup at CTIA

Innovation, Style and Leadership at CTIA Wireless 2008

Handset Lineup Reflects LG’s Dedication to Advanced Feature

Development and Meaningful Consumer Marketing Initiatives

LG Electronics MobileComm U.S.A., Inc. (LG Mobile Phones) will be featuring its stylish line of advanced mobile phone technologies at CTIA WIRELESS 2008 – the largest wireless industry tradeshow in the world – held at the Las Vegas Convention Center.  LG Mobile Phones will be displaying handset technology from their 2008 lineup that will continue to fuel their growth throughout North America. In addition to the latest in North American handset and mobile entertainment technologies, LG Mobile Phones will also be showing innovative products from Europe and Asia including the widely anticipated Viewty and various smart phones.

LG Mobile Phones continues to demonstrate industry leadership and strength in the United States, ranking third across all mobile technologies and as the number one manufacture in the CDMA mobile handset market in 2007 according to IDC Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker.  This year at CTIA, LG Mobile Phones will debut the company’s latest CDMA device, the enV2 by LG – successor to the best-selling enV messaging mobile phone in an even more compact, pocket able size and complete with a full QWERTY keypad. 

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Snippets from CTIA

Bringing a New Internet Explorer to Windows Mobile:
Microsoft brings a full desktop-grade Web browsing experience to Windows Mobile phones. The company expects to deliver a new version of Internet Explorer Mobile to mobile phone partners in Q3 of 2008, with first devices available by the end of the calendar year 2008.

Introducing Windows Mobile 6.1:
Microsoft unveils Windows Mobile 6.1, which includes new time-saving features, easier phone navigation and management, and stronger security
safeguards. Partners from around the globe are committed to updating or expanding their portfolios to Windows Mobile 6.1 beginning in the 2nd
quarter of 2008.

Mobile Device Manager Available & the Mobile Services Plan:
Microsoft will announce the immediate availability of System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 and plans for a Microsoft Mobile Services Plan (MMSP),
with support from AT&T, O2, Orange, TaTa Teleservices and Verizon, to be available from mobile operators worldwide. Together with Windows Mobile 6.1,
the software and services provide the best solution for mid-size and large businesses managing and securing Windows Mobile phones.

Next Version of Live Search for Windows Mobile:
The next version, which is coming soon, provides deeper integration with Windows Mobile phones, user generated PC content, and Web search, and now
offers weather forecasts.

AT&T Launches AT&T Navigator

AT&T Navigator Now Available on a Suite of GPS-Capable Wireless Devices, Including the New MOTO(TM) Z9

For any one who is constantly on the go but sometimes not quite sure where to go or how to get there, AT&T Navigator is here to pave the way. AT&T Inc. announced today at CTIA Wireless 2008, the immediate availability of its company-branded GPS-enabled navigation service, AT&T Navigator.

AT&T Navigator is designed to provide you with clear and precise audible and visual turn-by-turn driving directions, including full-color moving maps, using GPS directly from your wireless phone. Working with TeleNav, whose navigation service has been available on AT&T PDAs since 2006, AT&T is now introducing its own branded next-generation GPS navigation service for all consumers. The service is available on GPS-capable PDAs and handsets, including the new consumer-focused Motorola Z9.

“AT&T Navigator offers travelers a more convenient alternative than using printed maps or expensive stand-alone navigation devices by allowing them to use a device they always have with them — their wireless phone,” said Mark Collins, vice president of Consumer Data for AT&T’s wireless unit. “AT&T Navigator is an ideal tool for all of our customers, whether they are trying to get directions to a new restaurant uptown, an important business meeting downtown or the high school reunion out of town. It’s truly an example of handset personalization and mobilization at its best.”

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The Motorola Z9 is here ….

AT&T Inc. and Motorola, Inc. announced at CTIA Wireless 2008 that the MOTO Z9 slider handset, which is exclusive to AT&T in the U.S., will be the first phone to include AT&T Navigator, bringing the company’s Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation service to an even greater number of AT&T customers.

The MOTO Z9 is the first AT&T consumer phone to offer AT&T Navigator for turn-by-turn directions! 

Included Features

• 1.3 MP camera with 8x zoom
• AT&T Navigator and GPS support
• Stereo Bluetooth® wireless capable
• Video record, playback, and streaming
• AT&T Mobile Music with integrated MP3 player
• Cellular Video - Get news, sports, video, and more
• Picture and Video Messaging - Send photos, video and more
• Instant messaging - AOL, Yahoo!, & Windows Live
• High-speed data access via broadband 3G network
• Download ringtones, games, music and more
• microSD removable memory card capacity
• Browser for full HTML web surfing
• Advanced speech recognition
• Mobile email capabilities
• Speakerphone

Use your device as a projector

Now this could be a very cool addition to use with your device.  With a Pico Projector you can project your text just about anywhere you want. Project on a wall, a ceiling, a shirt or where ever you darn well please.  Would you use a Pico Projector? I think most of us would say absolutely.

Microvision is displaying at CTIA Wireless 2008 this ultra-thin mobile laser projector prototype called SHOW.  It has attracted the attention of a lot of folks and my guess is that you just might see device manufactures embedding a module in some of their handsets.  Imagine, with your mobile device, you will be able to project any kind of digital content in a large, full-color, high-resolution format onto any surface.  Very cool and most definitely very attractive to a wide audience.  This has the potential of being a winner!

Check out some of the possibilities here at the Microvision Video Gallery and some more here at the Application Gallery