PC Mag
Here's a whole bunch of firsts for the U.S.: LG today announced the Expo, a Windows Mobile 6.5-based smartphone with a built-in fingerprint sensor and optional pico-projector powered by a Qualcomm 1-GHz processor that I assume is their Snapdragon chipset, though LG doesn't say.
Without the projector, the Expo is a reasonably sized slider smartphone at 4.5 inches by 2.24 inches by 0.65 inches. It has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, a 5-megapixel camera, a 3.2-inch, 800-by-480 screen, Wi-Fi, HSDPA 7.2, and a giant honking 1500 mAh battery.
According to LG's Web site, the projector is an optional, add-on accessory that will be sold separately. It weighs 1.8 ounces and projects an image eight feet, according to a statement from AT&T.
The phone will be available for $299.99 (minus a $100 mail-in rebate) with a new, two-year agreement. The projector attachment will be available "in the coming weeks" for $179.99, according to AT&T.
The phone also has GPS, Bluetooth, an accelerometer, a proximity sensor, and an FM radio on board.
The phone's manual explains that it runs LG's S-Class user interface, a creative hack of Windows Mobile 6.5 which heavily uses rotating wheels of icons. This will be the first LG S-Class phone in the US, along with the first Snapdragon phone sold be a US carrier and the first projector phone in the US.
According to an official AT&T/LG data sheet, the phone will go on sale first through business channels, not consumer sales. Phonescoop.com pegs the release date as Dec. 7.
We've seen all the elements of the Expo before, but never together in a phone for the U.S. market. LG announced its S-Class user interface last February and has released several phones in Europe with the new interface. Samsung has a projector phone on sale in Korea, which we spent some time with back in January. And the HTC HD2 Windows Mobile phone has a 1-GHz Qualcomm processor, but it hasn't been able to get any U.S. carrier support yet.
You can check out more of the Expo's features at LG's official Web site. AT&T's site for the phone doesn't appear to be live yet.
Without the projector, the Expo is a reasonably sized slider smartphone at 4.5 inches by 2.24 inches by 0.65 inches. It has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, a 5-megapixel camera, a 3.2-inch, 800-by-480 screen, Wi-Fi, HSDPA 7.2, and a giant honking 1500 mAh battery.
According to LG's Web site, the projector is an optional, add-on accessory that will be sold separately. It weighs 1.8 ounces and projects an image eight feet, according to a statement from AT&T.
The phone will be available for $299.99 (minus a $100 mail-in rebate) with a new, two-year agreement. The projector attachment will be available "in the coming weeks" for $179.99, according to AT&T.
The phone also has GPS, Bluetooth, an accelerometer, a proximity sensor, and an FM radio on board.
The phone's manual explains that it runs LG's S-Class user interface, a creative hack of Windows Mobile 6.5 which heavily uses rotating wheels of icons. This will be the first LG S-Class phone in the US, along with the first Snapdragon phone sold be a US carrier and the first projector phone in the US.
According to an official AT&T/LG data sheet, the phone will go on sale first through business channels, not consumer sales. Phonescoop.com pegs the release date as Dec. 7.
We've seen all the elements of the Expo before, but never together in a phone for the U.S. market. LG announced its S-Class user interface last February and has released several phones in Europe with the new interface. Samsung has a projector phone on sale in Korea, which we spent some time with back in January. And the HTC HD2 Windows Mobile phone has a 1-GHz Qualcomm processor, but it hasn't been able to get any U.S. carrier support yet.
You can check out more of the Expo's features at LG's official Web site. AT&T's site for the phone doesn't appear to be live yet.
