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Gadgets The Next Uberphone: The LG Shine
Anh Tuan Huynh (Blog) - October 18, 2006 3:16 PM
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Get your shine on

Akihabara News has the scoop on LG’s upcoming Shine phone. The upcoming LG Shine is expected to join LG’s previously released Chocolate phone. It sports a sleek metallic casing that’s a mere 13 mm thick with brushed aluminum parts. Joining the sleek looks is a 2 mega-pixel camera with a built in flash for low light situations and media player for multimedia playback functions. There’s plenty of storage space available on the LG Shine too—1GB to be exact. The storage space can be used for images and music.

Encompassing the sleek casing, 2 mega-pixel camera and multimedia capabilities is a mirrored 2.2” QVGA display. The LG Shine display is capable of displaying 320x240 pixels and has a mirror shine when the LCD appears off—no pun intended. Additionally, the phone appears to have a memory expansion slot as well. It’s unknown what type of memory the LG Shine will support, though it will most likely be microSD like the LG Chocolate.

The LG Shine is currently expected to be available in Korea soon. Like the LG Chocolate, if the phone is well received we could easily see a US launch as well.

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Racial Overtones in Phone Name
By Lord 666 on 10/18/06, Rating: 0
RE: Racial Overtones in Phone Name
By GoodRevrnd on 10/18/2006 8:48:04 PM , Rating: 3
????


RE: Racial Overtones in Phone Name
By Aquila76 on 10/18/2006 10:36:14 PM , Rating: 2
I agree, WTF are you talking about? I live in a ludicrously racial/ethnic diverse area and nobody has ever been called 'shine' or 'shiny' or 'shiner'. Please explain.


RE: Racial Overtones in Phone Name
By Lord 666 on 10/18/2006 11:09:47 PM , Rating: 1
Can't get anymore diverse than NYC!

Its an older slur, but still in no way, shape, or form appropriate. Just because you never heard it doesn't mean it scars any less.

http://www.johncglass.com/racialslurs.htm


RE: Racial Overtones in Phone Name
By scabby on 10/18/2006 11:38:21 PM , Rating: 5
This is the most ludicrous bunch of crud I've read in a long time. Fortunately for us, the only people that remember "shine" as a derogatory word (besides yourself, that is) are long dead, and we can get back to using the word for what it means, SHINY, REFLECTIVE, LUMINOUS, etc etc. If we purged from our expansive language every utile word that has been used negatively, we'd have to create a new language entirely.

ANYWAYS, in regards to the phone, while pretty, a mirror finish on an object that we press to our (oh noes, a racial slur?!) greasy ears, hair, and head is never a good idea. I loathe giving my phone to someone else to use, simply because I am privvy afterwards to all the grease they contain. If you wiped the grease from this phone onto your pants, for instance, you'd just leave shiny streaks.


By BillyBatson on 10/19/2006 4:31:08 PM , Rating: 2
you need help. i hope it is called shine. it is a normal word that is used everyday to... describe shiney thing???? jezus man! and "shiner" to me has always been a black eye after being punched!


RE: Racial Overtones in Phone Name
By TomZ on 10/19/2006 4:30:25 PM , Rating: 2
quote:
Because of sensitivity, I highly doubt that this cellphone will be called the Shine in the United States.

Sounds like oversensitive PC bullshit to me. I highly doubt any reasonable person would find the name offensive.


genius
By Wwhat on 10/18/2006 5:02:39 PM , Rating: 2
reflective display on a phone, sheer genius, this is EXACTLY what the mole people that live underground wanted.




RE: genius
By Scorpion on 10/18/2006 5:23:50 PM , Rating: 5
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and has a mirror shine when the LCD appears off

Fantastic! Women will love this feature! As soon as she finishes her phone call with all of her friends while driving, the phone doubles as a mirror while she applies her makup!


RE: genius
By GhandiInstinct on 10/18/2006 6:19:37 PM , Rating: 4
Yes, and another reason why Cell Phones cause car accidents.


RE: genius
By Souka on 10/19/2006 3:36:31 AM , Rating: 2
I remember my Palm III or V had a "mirror" program that did the same thing....


More of the same...
By h0kiez on 10/18/2006 4:39:23 PM , Rating: 2
Looks likely to be more about form over function...sort of like the chocolate.




RE: More of the same...
By therealnickdanger on 10/18/2006 5:05:11 PM , Rating: 2
I held one of those phones, it felt so flimsy compared to my A900. I like the features, but it felt like junk...


RE: More of the same...
By TomZ on 10/19/2006 4:36:25 PM , Rating: 2
Compared with the A900, there is the possibility for improvement with the LG model:

The Samsung MM-A900 suffers from tricky controls, unintuitive access to the speakerphone and Bluetooth, inconsistent performance, pricey song downloads, and low integrated memory.
http://reviews.cnet.com/Samsung_MM_A900_SPH_A900/4...


meh
By Soviet Robot on 10/18/2006 11:32:17 PM , Rating: 2
I'm enjoying my K800i for the time being.
A 3.2MP camera that you can actually put to use.
I love taking random pictures and printing them out on the bluetooth printers at my store. Scares people.




RE: meh
By vortmax on 10/19/2006 11:15:05 AM , Rating: 2
LOL at the scared people....that's cool. Camera with a built-in phone. That's the ticket...


knockoff?
By BillyBatson on 10/18/2006 4:55:55 PM , Rating: 2
i just saw a commercial on tv today for a motorola phone just like this with a mirror finish




RE: knockoff?
By Soviet Robot on 10/18/2006 11:31:05 PM , Rating: 1
That was the uber rip off KRZR, and it didn't originally have a mirror finish. It had a polished blue aluminum look to it.


CYON?
By TomZ on 10/19/2006 4:31:50 PM , Rating: 2
Anybody know what CYON means or stands for? Is that the model name in Korean or what?




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