OVERVIEW:
Seoul, Korea, February 8, 2009 – LG Electronics, a worldwide technology and design leader in mobile communications, announced the launch of its new flagship mobile phone for 2009, LG Arena (LG-KM900). This fully loaded multimedia phone with LG’s innovative and dynamic 3D S-Class User Interface will be on hand at the Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona.

LG ARENA’s groundbreaking 3D S-Class UI was specifically designed to be a more fun and engaging gateway to an amazing multimedia environment. A cube-based layout provides four customizable home screens for direct access to all features. Music, movies, pictures and more are within reach, thanks to intuitive, touch-based 3D menus. The rich 3D graphics give S-Class a life-like look that makes it natural and easy to navigate.

“The direct, intuitive and dynamic S-Class UI will be unlike anything that has appeared on a mobile phone before. With rich 3D graphics, touch sensitivity and exciting multimedia capabilities, it will truly make ARENA a fully loaded multimedia phone,” said Dr. Skott Ahn, President and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company. LG ARENA will feature audio and video technologies never before seen on a mobile phone. LG took great effort to ensure that its 2009 flagship delivers an exhilarating multimedia experience, including features aided by Dolby and DivX technologies. LG ARENA will also include enhanced internet connectivity with HSDPA 7.2 networks, Wi-Fi, A-GPS and far more. LG will announce more specifics about ARENA and its features a long with some surprises during a press conference at the Mobile World Congress.

The new multimedia phone from LG!

Touch Screen - Enhanced User Interface
The LG Arena KM900 8GB is so easy to use with its super fast UI! Revolve the playful 3D cube to get into four different screens – your contacts, widgets, shortcuts and your customizable home screen.


Touch Photos-5 Mega pixel Camera
Take great quality photos with the 5 Megapixel camera that includes Auto Focus and a 4x digital zoom.

SPECIFICATIONS:

General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - American version
Size Dimensions 105.9 x 55.3 x 12 mm
Weight 105 g
Display Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 480 x 800 pixels, 3.0 inches
- S-Class Touch UI
- Multi-touch input method
- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
Sound Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones
Speakerphone Yes
- 3.5 mm audio jack
- Dolby Mobile
Memory Phonebook Yes, Photocall
Call records 40 dialed, 40 received, 40 missed calls
Internal 8 GB
Card slot microSD (TransFlash), up to 16GB
Data GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
HSCSD No
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes
Camera Primary 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, Schneider-Kreuznach optics, autofocus, LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, image stabilization
Video Yes, 720x480@30fps, QVGA@120fps
Secondary Videocall camera
Features Messaging SMS, EMS, MMS, EMail, Instant Messaging
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Radio FM radio; FM transmitter
Games Yes
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support; Google maps
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
- TV-out
- MP3/AAC/AAC+/WMA player
- DivX/XviD/MPEG4 player
- Organizer
- Document viewer (DOC, XLS, PPT, PDF)
- Voice memo
- T9
Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 1000 mAh
Stand-by Up to 300 h
Talk time Up to 3 h 50 min
Music play Up to 30 h