LG Arena (KM900) pops official, brings along 3D S-Class UI

Rather than waiting for the KM900 to get lost amongst hundreds of other handsets set to vie for attention at Mobile World Congress, LG has decided it best to go ahead and make its newest touchscreen handset official a few days early. The so-called Arena, which will take the crown as LG's "flagship phone for 2009," is hoping to wow onlookers with its dynamic 3D S-Class user interface. According to Dr. Skott Ahn, president and CEO of LG Mobile: "The direct, intuitive and dynamic S-Class UI will be unlike anything that has appeared on a mobile phone before." We're not quite sure we believe all that just yet, but there's little doubt this bugger will be keen on multimedia. Other specs include integrated Dolby / DivX technology, support for HSDPA 7.2Mbps, WiFi, Assisted GPS and "far more" amenities that should be uncovered in Barcelona. Excited yet?

[Via UnwiredView, thanks Staska]

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 8th 2009 12:29PM]

Sure, because navigating my phone with a 3D cube sounds soooo easy.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 8th 2009 9:03PM]

LG should have made the whole phone the size of the black portion, made the buttons red, used a modified "sexier" version of Windows Mobile, made it incredibly thin, and called it the LG Chocolate Touch. Now that would sell.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 10th 2009 5:59AM]

Or they could've made the front all black and call it iPhone 1.0