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Jason Dunn
03-18-2004, 09:51 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://rcrnews.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?newsId=17364' target='_blank'>http://rcrnews.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?newsId=17364</a><br /><br /></div><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/17364.jpg" />"LG Electronics Co. Ltd. becomes the latest mobile phone manufacturer to team with software giant Microsoft Corp. as it gears up to release its new LG-SC8000 smart phone running Microsoft’s Pocket PC operating system. LG will release the device in its home market of South Korea. The advanced handset features an integrated megapixel digital camera, support for CDMA EV-DO networks, an Intel Corp. processor and a sliding keypad design. The phone is scheduled to be available next month."<br /><br />Although LG isn't exactly a household name in North America, they're a sizable company with a long reach. Unfortunately, it seems that while LG will sell a Symbian-based device in Europe, the Pocket PC-based device will be sold in Korea only.

joelevi
03-18-2004, 10:08 PM
Although LG isn't exactly a household name in North America, they're a sizable company with a long reach.

LG (Goldstar) makes some pretty decent optical drives for computers. The company that I work for has carried their CD-RWs and DVD-ROM/CD-RW Combo drives for quite some time...

On these items, LG has had a VERY respectable return policy and warranty service.

Just my two bits.

mv
03-18-2004, 10:19 PM
In fact, LG CDRW units and DVD burners have won lots of PC magazine editor´s choice. LG is also a big player in south america... their quality is similar to samsung, IMO. Hope they release this toy here! :D

David Johnston
03-18-2004, 10:39 PM
Oh my, all those buttons make that PPCP look very nice indeed... yummy...

Jason Dunn
03-18-2004, 11:21 PM
LG (Goldstar) makes some pretty decent optical drives for computers. The company that I work for has carried their CD-RWs and DVD-ROM/CD-RW Combo drives for quite some time...On these items, LG has had a VERY respectable return policy and warranty service.

Sure, absolutely - I've had several LG drives over the years, and they were great! But my point was that if you talked to the average consumer and asked them who LG was, most would not know - LG isn't in the same leagues as hp, toshiba, etc.

Chris Spera
03-19-2004, 04:34 AM
Looks a little bit like the i700... I wonder if it was OEM'ed by the same company??

Kind Regards,


Christopher Spera

mv
03-19-2004, 03:24 PM
Looks a little bit like the i700... I wonder if it was OEM'ed by the same company??

Not at all: this one is smaller. It looks big on the photos, but the screen is only 2'8, making it a very pocketable unit. Also, the camera is 1.1MP, and it comes in lots of colors!

It can be pre-ordered for US$1,500 (i tiped that right) if you´re nuts, of course, here:
http://www.celluloco.com/products/customer/product.php?productid=144&cat=70&page=1&xid=a2be0d81eb88add16f57972dcc4f8dcf

here are more pics:

http://todaysppc.intizen.com/main/bhtml.php?pgname=/gm/archives/00001003.htm

thunderck
03-19-2004, 03:24 PM
Great!!! one of the few CDMA phone PPCs and it may not be coming to America. In this case ignorance in bliss but knowledge of this unit is frustrating. :evil: It is bad enough that many new phone editions are GSM/GPRS (ya ya I know because of market share). Curses to economies of scale. :multi: I guess I'm still in the company of the i700 and the G1000. :roll:

Pocket PC Dubai
03-20-2004, 09:05 AM
Bargain PDA reporting that it will be "re-branded" as iPAQ h6300 8O

http://www.bargainpda.com/default.asp?newsID=1956

Janak Parekh
03-20-2004, 08:07 PM
I don't see this as being the next iPAQ. That unit is supposed to be quadband GSM/GPRS, not a CDMA device. ;)

--janak

Pocket PC Dubai
03-22-2004, 05:25 PM
Yes Janak, HP Middle East responded with the following message: “The image and description of the unit are wrong”

cooljin1
10-21-2004, 08:41 PM
Great product!

I am mostly satisfied with the hardware itselft but very limited
software support. I guess that is the general problem for many
wince 2003se users.

It donsn't apply MMS (multimedia messaging service). [Why do
they have megafixel camera in them]