The Prada Phone by LG 3.0 will be retailing for SGD$1,088 without contract.

Prada Phone by LG 3.0

LG will be having a 1-day-only sale event at its LG LIVE Store located at Marina Bay Sands on the 21st January 2012. You can get the phone without contract on that day and you will receive a limited edition LG Prada Cradle (worth SGD$228) with every purchase of the Prada Phone.

For SingTel, the Prada Phone by LG 3.0 will be available for order on the 20th January 2012. No word on the pricing with contract yet. You can check out this link, www.singtelshop.com/pradaphone for more information.

For m1, StarHub, I can’t seem to find the link for Prada Phone on their website.

If you pre-order with any of the local telcos, you will also receive a limited edition LG Prada Cradle (worth SGD$228) with every purchase of the Prada Phone.

Specifications

• Operating System: Google Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
• Processor: 1.0 GHz Dual-Core/Dual-Channel/Dual Memory
• Network: HSPA+ 21Mbps
• Dimensions: 127.5 x 69 x 8.5 mm
• Screen: 4.3″ WVGA (800 x 480) NOVA Plus (800 nits)
• Camera: 8.0MP with Auto Focus and LED, 1.3MP front camera
• Connectivity: Bluetooth 3.0, USB 2.0, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, HDMI/MHL, NFC, A-GPS
• User Memory: Up to 8GB internal + microSD
• Battery: 1,540mAh Li-Ion

Official Site: Prada Phone by LG 3.0
SingTel Shop: Prada Phone by LG 3.0

Went for LG Blogger Night on Thursday at Black Coffee Dessert Bar located in TripleOne Somerset where they show us the LG Optimus 2X & LG Optimus Black.

The main feature of the LG Optimus 2X is the dual core NVIDIA TEGRA 2 Processor running at 1GHz and the overall experience of the phone is indeed snappy. If a stock Android ROM instead, I am sure it will be even faster. I am not a fan of any manufacturer customizing their own Android UI. I just prefer the stock Android UI. Having said that, the LG Android UI do have some similarities with the Samsung TouchWhiz UI.

The LG Optimus Black, it is using an IPS LCD capacitive 4″ touchscreen and said to have an excellent display called Nova Display which has 700 Nits whereas the iPhone 4 only has 500 Nits.

The Nit is a unit of visible-light intensity, commonly used to specify the brightness of a cathode ray tube or liquid crystal display computer display.

This is the first time I am hearing the term Nit and personally I can’t seem to notice any difference between the brightness of the screen on the LG Optimus Black and iPhone 4.

Entrance Of Black

iPhone 4 vs LG Optimus Black

iPhone 4 vs LG Optimus 2X

When I first receive the LG Monitor W2486L with the box, the first impression it give me was it was very slim and light. The whole package including the box weights 6.6kg. When I unboxed the package and weight the monitor with its base, it weights only 4.6kg. I think my Dell 2408WFP weights twice of that and look at the size of the box compared to the W2486L’s box.

The attributes of it being slim and light is greatly due to the LED Technology that lights up the screen which gives it an excellent 2,000,000:1 Dynamic Digital Fine Contrast Ratio. Speaking of the screen display, the auto brightness control will automatic adjusting your screen brightness to match your surrounding room’s lightings.

It’s 2ms response time ensure that you can play FPS games with no ghosting effect, tried and tested when I played Left For Dead 2 with it.

The LG Monitor W2486L retails for SGD$498, just 2 years ago, I bought my Dell’s 2408WFP for SGD$900+, literally twice the price!

Box

Monitor Front

Monitor Back

Thin Box

Monitor Side

Features

• 16:9 Aspect Ratio
• Full HD (1920×1080)
• HDMI Connector
• 2ms Response Time
• Photo Effect
• 4:3 In Wide
• LED 2,000,000:1 Dynamic Digital Fine Contrast Ratio
• Slim with Passionate Crystal Design
• Eco with green technology

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Finally I have received the retail unit of LG GM730. Preciously there was a big commotion among the bloggers who received the LG GM730. Some report that the battery looks old and hence that explains the extremely short battery life of less than 12 hours on standby, some also reported that there are scratches on the phone and on the battery. That made us wonder whether the unit given to us are the final unit (they told us it is the final one) or some prototype unit as it has the word “Not for sale” embossed behind the cover. To make matter worst, we received it in a press release A4 size file holder which only consists of the phone, battery and charger. I am glad everything is sorted out and we have received the retail unit of the LG GM730 in a proper box in exchange for the previously worn-out unit.

Here are some unboxing pictures. I will do a review on it soon. Pretty busy right now.

Small And Compact Box

LG GM730

Contents Inside The Box

Here are the contents inside the box

• Stylus
• Charger Head
• Ear Piece
• Battery
• USB Cable
• LG GM730
• Getting Started CD
• Quick Menu

Front View Of The LG GM730

Back View Of The LG GM730

For the full specifications and more information on the phone, be sure to check out the official website for LG GM730.

I took a day off and went to the LG Press Conference at Communica Asia 2009 which takes place yesterday at the Singapore Expo. The event name was called “World Premiere of LG’s Newest Feature Packed Smartphone”. 3 phones were mentioned during the press conference. The LG GD900 Crystal, LG GM730 and the LG Viewty Smart (LG GC900).

LG App Store
LG also announces their own LG Application store which will be opened on the 14th July 2009. It will have about 1,400 apps at launch time out of which about 100 of them are free apps. It will have local applications as well as LG dedicated applications. At lunch time it will only support Windows Mobiles app, if I am not wrong Java and Android apps will be supported eventually.

They also did mentioned a double assurance test on each app. The first test is by the content provider and the second test is by LG. Similar to how the Apple App Store works. I don’t really consider the “content provider” as a first test as I don’t think developer will released an untested app.

The revenue sharing scheme is 10% better than Apple. LG will get 20% and the developer will get to keep 80%.

LG GM730
The LG GM730 is a Windows Mobile 6.1 phone (upgradable to 6.5 when it is released) with the S-Class User Interface running on top of it. My first hands on with the device is that is is surprising quite smooth and doesn’t lag as much as I expected it to be. I will be getting the unit to review sometime in July 2009, so do keep a look out for it! In the mean time do check out these videos on the LG GM730:

Facebook Gallery: LG Press Conference at Communicasia 2009