LG eXpo (GW 820) honored with 2010 International CES Innovations Award

Dusan Belic

Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.

• Sucra

  Innovative, maybe. But will anyone want it? Look at the horrible shape of that thing. Imagine that bulging in your pocket. The phone’s battery doesn’t last long with the projector on.

  The device, unfortunately runs the Windows Mobile phone operating system, which is very unpopular these days. The rest of the world, apart from LG, has given up on it.

  Like other Windows Mobile devices, you are saddled with the necessity of using a PDA stylus pen to interface with the screen. Can you imagine this. Trying to project something, at the same time as use a stylus pen at a weird angle to operate it.

  To make matters worse, the stylus pen does not have an internal slot to house it in the body of the phone (like most other stylus devices have). Instead, the stylus is housed in a lipstick holder, that you keep externally. Yep, it looks exactly like a lipstick, and has a little cap that you remove to reveal the stylus. It will look very pretty with the other make-up items in my handbag.

  To cap things off, the projector really isn’t very bright. You get a very small, dim, picture on the wall. In the end, if you need to present something, a small laptop will display a more useful demonstration than this dimly lit projector will.

  In the end, quite a bizarre device.

• Bezzi

  I have had this phone for about a wk now and also the pico projector. Let me tell you that this phone is'nt worth the headache.You do not know how many times I wanted to break the thing but I could'nt because I am returning it. Stay clear of the Expo.No wonder why there arent any more tv commericals for the thing.Yadadamean