EISA.eu Updated: 2011-08-07 11:52:19
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LG’s KM900, otherwise known as the Arena, is not only striking in appearance but is also the ‘greenest’ fully featured mobile phone on the market today. The Arena is up with the best in terms of its environmentally friendly packaging but sets the stand...
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There have been more “iPhone killers” than we care to mention. Turns out most of them were about as proficient assassins as Sylvester Stallone in the film Assassins. Anyway, the LG Arena is a lavish mobile phone with a three-inch touchscreen. Sound fam...

Oozes style and that touchscreen's the best we've seen.

Inability to add applications and that atrocious battery life.

Bringing style to the masses, the LG Arena will garner more glances than your neighbour's Ferrari. Shame the rest of it isn't as polished...There have been more “iPhone killers” than we care to mention. Turns out most of them were abou...
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gadgetrepublic.com Updated: 2011-08-07 11:52:19
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Boasting 87 different tools, crystal-clear touchscreen and a unique user interface, the LG Arena has its eyes firmly set on the iPhone space.There's no getting away from the market positioning of the LG Arena KM900: with a brushed steel exterior, tempe...

Aside from the fact that the shortcuts sitting on the homepage for Google, YouTube etc go to things that run in the LG web browser when I keep expecting some magical apps to fire up, this phone is outstanding. As multimedia handsets go this is a top pe...
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itreviews.com Updated: 2011-08-07 11:52:22
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The Arena is a very nice handset and it is really crammed with features. We wish LG hadnt bothered with the 3D cube interface, though. LG - Arena price Buy LG Arena securely online at a bargain price £free (depending on contract), £349.99 inc. VAT (S...
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computeractive.co.uk Updated: 2011-08-07 11:52:24
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There’s something very familiar about the screen of the LG Arena KM900 touchscreen phone: the 16 colourful icons on a black background that decorate its screen bear more than a passing resemblance to the ones that appear on the screen of Apple’s iPhone...

Bright, detailed screen; lots of features; decent storage...

Slow camera; not intuitive to use; unexceptional battery life...

The LG Arena KM900 is a neat handset that just misses having the wow factor...
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tracyandmatt.co.uk Updated: 2011-08-07 11:52:26
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LG KM900 Arena reviewLGs latest addition to there touch screen devices seems to be off to a flying start but does the new Arena live up to the hype?First announced at Mobile World Congress back in February the LG KM900 Arena is not LGs first touch scre...

So does the LG Arena live up to the hype? A lot of people have compared the LG Arena to the iPhone, but personally I don’t think that Apple have much to feel threatened about. Although the Arena does everything it says on the box the user experience...
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T he year 2008 was very successful for LG Mobile. Not only thanks to the worldwide sales of 100 million mobile phones, but also because of having conquered a significantly larger market share. As a result of the high sales numbers, LG has now surpassed...

T he LG Arena is a very neat, compact touchscreen phone with a fast and easy operation. Thanks to the new 3D S-Class User Interface and the touchscreen that responds with extreme accuracy, everything works smoothly and simply. The graphics are beaut...
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whatmobile.net Updated: 2011-08-07 11:52:36
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The LG Arena is the nearest yet to something worthy of competing with the iPhone, but only because LG has tried so hard to copy it. A little too hard, some might say. It’s amazing, to the point where you’ll probably laugh to see how similar the two mod...

No, you’re not looking at a picture of the new iPhone. This is the LG Arena; a phone that looks incredibly similar, even though it does do things slightly differently. The smaller phone has a higher resolution display, 5-megapixel camera, video reco...
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As they say, it ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it. The LGs KM900 - aka Arena - may pack in an impressive quantity of functionality, but the real question is whether LG’s new S-Class touchscreen UI, making its finger-dabbing debut on this...

Slim and eye-catching, the LG Arena has many attractive features. Its S-Class UI certainly raises LG’s game - its intuitive, easy on the eye and more user-friendly than LG’s previous efforts - even if it’s still not quite up to the iPhon...
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wired.co.uk Updated: 2011-08-07 11:52:44
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I loved the LG Renoir. It was therefore with much excitement that I unboxed its successor, the Arena or KM900. The problem is, how do you follow an eight-megapixel cameraphone that boasted pretty much every feature you’d want? Well you throw in a coupl...
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igizmo.co.uk Updated: 2011-08-07 11:52:44
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Some unique features and a decent spec list - but does it all add up to a crowd pleas Sleek / Feature-packed Laggy / Poor camera / iPhone-aping At first glance, the LG Arena looks like it could make a splash. With some impressive specs, as well as some...

Sleek, Featurepacked...

Laggy, Poor camera, iPhoneaping...
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gadgetshow.channel5.com Updated: 2011-08-07 11:52:44
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A lavish touchscreen mobile phone with a three-inch, WVGA screen, Wi-Fi, HSDPA, a five-megapixel camera, 8GB of storage, DivX video support and Dolby Mobile sound.The goodThe LG Arena's screen fits more pixels in than Gordon Ramsay does TV shows: it's...

The LG Arena's screen fits more pixels in than Gordon Ramsay does TV shows: it's one of the most high-res on the market and makes movies look dazzling, and it's only matched by the stunning silver exterior, which we reckon actually has the Clo...

Like to text? Not after trying to tap out "Where r u?" on the LG Arena you don't: the touchscreen is near impossible to use for anyone with fingers thicker than a marker pen. And for all the looks and features that come installed, the LG Arena...

Apparently, you can't have both substance and style. If you choose the LG Arena, you'll certainly get the latter, but the former will sorely be missed.Best offers for the LG Arena KM900eBay.co.uk £189.99 Amazon Marketplace £206.00 Amazon...
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I got very hands on with the LG Arena, which can I say, is one might *mighty* fine handset. And I must admit, I got a little carried away... for a whopping 9 minutes and 36 seconds. What can I say? Its such a lush handset and although there are aspect...
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digitalversus.com Updated: 2011-08-07 11:52:44
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Strange, a smartphone that claims to be better than the one all the comptetition measures itself against. "The Arena goes further than the iPhone the people at LG are telling us. Maybe, but at first sight, how they resemble one another! Its tech spec...

Nice design – wellfinished, Tactile responive interface / ergonomy of menus, Good internal menu, Good quality video capture, FM receiver/transmitter...

GPS without integrated software, Touch keypad not precise enough, Photo quality could be better, Closed OS / no app store, Imprecise multipoint / poor autonomy...
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3g.co.uk Updated: 2011-08-07 11:52:46
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Despite some redundancies in the user interface, the Arena is really a very intuitive phone, and LG has done a good job of minimising the clicks required to get from one application to another. LG is known for producing finger friendly, well-calibra...

Excellent image and video, finger friendly touchscreen and vibrant highres display.

Lightweight look and feel, and inconsistent web experience.
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LG just keeps on churning out the mobiles. It was only a couple of weeks ago that I looked at the keyboarded Prada II and not long before that was the mid-priced 8-megapixel KC780 . Now comes the Arena, a phone that was only announced in February and is d...
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LGs KM900 Arena is a touchscreen smartphone with multi-touch support, which places it in direct competition with Apples iPhone. It has WiFi and 3G HSDPA for fast downloads, GPS with A-GPS (see FAQ, left) for navigation and a 5-megapixel camera tha...
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pz10.com Updated: 2011-08-07 11:52:55
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One of the most exciting handsets the season - the LG KM900 Arena - returns to our office and this time it is going to stay a bit longer. After getting off to a flying start in both sales and reviews the Arena certainly looks like the next big thing fr...

Its not every day that we come across a handset which consistently meets our expectations for a high-end phone. The LG Arena is a wonderful multimedia device that has taken great strides in many areas - interface, touch technology, music and entertain...
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smarthouse.com.au Updated: 2011-11-05 11:23:56
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The LG Arena is a touch screen smartphone which similar functionality to the Apple iPhone. It is 3G Internet enabled, has WiFi and multimedia capabilities. Where it falls down compared to the iPhone is applications, which are mostly non-existant. The...
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Zdnet.com.au Updated: 2011-11-05 11:24:05
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Design Is it possible weve reached our threshold of touchscreen appreciation? LGs Arena looks so familiar to us, like the Renoir without its mechanical face keys and what weve seen of the Viewty II so far. Not even its brushed-steel trim and tempere...
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LGs flagship touch-screen mobile phone for 2009 is the Arena (KM900). It boasts HSDPA capabilities, extensive multimedia functions, Wi-Fi and built-in GPS, but its the new 3D "S-Class" user interface that is the real talking point. According to LG, it is the result of more than two years of extensive consumer research. The design of the LG Arena is strikingly similar to Apples iPhone 3G. Like the iPhone, the front of the Arena is largely taken up by the touch screen, the phone has rounded ch...

Build quality, compact design, excellent display, graphical user interface, responsive touch screen, 3.5mm headphone jack, great list of features...

Slightly sluggish in some areas, keystroke lag when messaging, 3D cube isn’t as intuitive or smooth as it could be, no App Store, TV-out cable not included...

LG definitely deserves some credit for thinking outside the box. The LG Arena offers a wealth of features, but although the new user interface certainly looks fantastic, it sometimes feels sluggish and this affects the user experience...
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LG isn’t exactly shy about pushing the envelope. We’ve had 8-megapixels in two handsets from the company, one of them, the KC780 squarely focussed on the mid-range. And now we have the LG Arena with its 3D user interface. Yes, we know. Suggesting you c...

Well designed software, HSDPA to 7.2Mbps, Slimline design...

Overhyped 3D concept, microSD card slot is under battery cover, TVOut cables not included...

Lots of features are packed into a slimline case and coupled with a super touch screen user interface and neatly designed software...
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stuff.tv Updated: 2014-03-22 01:53:15
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Lead by the 8MP Renoir and its Lieutenant, the Viewty, LG’s touch phone posse have always been big on features but erratic when it comes to the touch UI. Its latest tickler, the KM900 Arena, is hoping to remedy this problem – by completely revamping it...

Compact design. Improved touch interface. Slick video capture. Dynamic sounding music player. Built-in 3.5mm headphone jack. Ample storage...

Sluggish autofocus. Poor camera flash. Cramped onscreen virtual QWERTY keyboard...

LG’s best touch phone to date and great for shooting video, but not quite accomplished enough to trouble the iPhone...
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recombu.com Updated: 2014-03-31 03:24:20
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With 8GB of memory, a 5-megapixel camera and a super-duper new interface, the LG Arena certainly has a lot to shout about.What we likeThe LG Arena KM900 looks great, boasting sleek curves and polished surfaces. LG has added a sharp 3-inch display that...

The Arena looks good and packs a lot of features. This is the type of phone that will please many people looking for a touchscreen phone but if you’re a connoisseur then you’ll soon be annoyed by its shortcomings. Until LG can refine its touchscreen of...
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The LG Arena KM900 is a nice-looking package that features Wi-Fi, assisted GPS , 7.2Mbps connectivity, music, video, and an FM transmitter so you can hear your tunes through your car stereo. The phone is also the first to use Dolby's cool new Dolby Mobile...
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THE LG Arena boasts the new S-class user interface (UI) that promises more fluid transitions, which results in better responsiveness that would certainly remind users of the iPhone. But the Arena doesn’t stop there. It has also thrown in mo...

SClass Touch UI; has everything except the kitchen sink; 8GB builtin storage; DivX and XviD support; FM transmitter.

The virtual Qwerty keypad is slow; screen is unreadable in bright sunlight; proprietary charger and data port.
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mobilewhack.com Updated: 2011-08-07 11:52:19
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There are those out there that call the LG Arena “a smartphone without the smartphone price”. I find them accurate if somewhat incomplete–it’s also missing a lot of the smartphone capability.The LG Arena is a candy bar style cell phone with calendar...
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insidehw.com Updated: 2011-08-07 11:52:19
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When Apple iPhone was introduced few years ago it brought revolution to PDA market that other manufactures were not prepared for. Although we don’t find iPhone to be the best PDA that ever existed on the face of earth (no it really isn’t) numbers don’t...

All-in-all LG KM900 Arena is very interesting PDA for users that like finger touch navigation. S-Class UI, multi-touch, Dolby and WVGA video are just some very interesting features. With its reasonable price this PDA can be very interesting purc...
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FoneArena presents the LG Arena ReviewThe LG Arena is the latest full touchscreen multimedia smartphone from LG mobiles.Interesting features include a 5 Megapixel Camera with Flash, DVD Quality video Recording , Dolby Mobile Music, 8 GB inbuilt Memory...

Pros Screen 3D S-Class UI Build Quality Multimedia Support Music Quality Camera 8 GB In-built memory 3.5 mm audio jack FM radio with transmitter Data Transfer Speed Plenty of Connectivty options ConsSmaller Screen Lack of microUSB port Memory Card slot...
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It is pretty evident that LG has jumped headlong into the touchscreen segment. First there was the LG Cookie, an affordable touchscreen phone and now we have the LG KM900 Arena. The Arena is a pricier phone with more features and a more evolved touch-b...

Customizable and coollooking interface, Good build and lightweight, Good audio quallity ( via headphonesout)...

Average 5MP camera, Sluggish interface...

The Arena has its price-tag right and boasts good design in its interface and a very good screen...
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The LG ARENA (LG-KM900) is the manufacturers new flagship multimedia phone which was launched in Singapore last month. It features a new S-Class UI with a 3D cube layout that provides users with four customizable home screens. Compared to its Renoir...

Just recently, a new beta driver for Nvidia was released, Forceware 186.08. It adds support for ambient occlusion, a new control panel feature for those looking for enhanced 3D gaming realism. We shall see if there is any performance increase by runnin...
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v3.co.uk Updated: 2011-08-07 11:52:24
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There’s something very familiar about the screen of the LG Arena KM900 touchscreen phone: the 16 colourful icons on a black background that decorate its screen bear more than a passing resemblance to the ones that appear on the screen of Apple’s iPhone...

Bright, detailed screen; lots of features; decent storage...

Slow camera; not intuitive to use; unexceptional battery life...

The LG Arena KM900 is a neat handset that just misses having the wow factor Good points Bright, detailed screen; lots of features; decent storage Bad points Slow camera; not intuitive to use; unexceptional battery life...
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absolutegadget.com Updated: 2011-08-07 11:52:26
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A dead heat! In the end, the winner will have to come down to a consumer’s personal choice. Those looking for a wealth of features that are more polished will be going home with the LG Arena. Those who need the usability of a phone with a better onscreen keyboard and easy access to search functions will be happier with the Magic.
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dpnow.com Updated: 2011-08-07 11:52:27
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LGs answer to the iPhone 3G has a 5MP camera Price: varies according to contract. 30 sample images for you to download on page 2 For the last few weeks we have been using LGs answer to the all-conquering Apple iPhone, the LG KM900 Arena. Were not a...
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ARENA may seem a rather big name for a mobile phone but it suits LGs 2009 flagship phone perfectly.This is because the LG Arena KM900 is really big on features:Wi-Fi and HSDPA? Check.GPS? Check.FM radio and transmitter? Check.Coffee machine? Just kidd...

Its multimedia muscle is let down by a difficult-to-use onscreen keyboard.Make sure you try it out before buying...
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Touchscreen phones were always shunned by the keyboard lovers. But a huge percentage were converted by a certain device with the prefix “i”. And that led to a huge wave of touchscreen smart phones, numerous imitators covering every price point an...
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The LG KM900 Arena is one powerhouse of a handset, managing to incorporate almost everything that you can imagine in a mobile phone. A large capacitive touchscreen, 5 Megapixel camera, GPS, Wi-Fi, 8 GB built-in memory DivX/XviD playback, accelerometer...

Design and build, tons of feature, display quality (indoors), audio quality...

UI design needs a bit more polishing, occasional lagging and crashes, erratic auto UI orientation, display performance under sunlight, battery life...

The LG KM900 Arena is one powerhouse of a handset, managing to incorporate almost everything that you can imagine in a mobile phone. A large capacitive touchscreen, 5 Megapixel camera, GPS, Wi-Fi, 8 GB built-in memory DivX/XviD playback, accelerometer...
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Unveiled at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2009 in Barcelona, Spain, the Korean chaebol LG was beaming with pride when they flaunted the LG Arena KM900 in all its glory to the media. What's special about this LG handset? The answer lies in the new use...

Using the LG Arena KM900 is just like having a relationship with a cutesy girl - everything is fine and dandy in the beginning, but after a while of fun, the flaws start to reveal. This is the issue we had with the phone. For starters, the only factor...
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New Multimedia Powerhouse LG ARENA is Now Available in SingaporeBrilliant Sound, Incredibly Vivid Screen, More Storage and 3D Interface Provides Never Before Seen Level of Multimedia ExperienceSingapore, May 7, 2009– LG Electronics, a worldwide techn...
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We´ve finally got our hands on a retail version of the LG ARENA KM900! We threw a decent party, came up with a nice carnival do and let off firecrackers to celebrate its arrival. How come? Well, the prototype unit we tested did manage to go over big wi...

SCLASS 3D interface rocks, High sound quality during talks, Good internet browser capabilities (it´s not Safari, but still…), Far from looking luxurious, the phone looks great...

Plays DivX и Xvid, but just at 320 pixel resolution, Snapshot quality is not so good, Keypad is good, but rather small and typing in with both hands feels uncomfortable...

The sound quality of LG ARENA KM900 is really good both ways.In-call quality is really good both ways. The only problem we encountered was slightly sharp voices when at full blast. The battery capacity should meet the needs of average consumers with it...
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mobileburn.com Updated: 2011-08-07 11:52:38
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The LG KM900 Arena is LGs latest high-end touchscreen device, sporting an impressive spec list and quality construction. It features LGs new S-Class 3D user interface and is the first mobile handset for the global market to feature Dolby Mobile audi...

Slick UI, decent camera, WiFi & GPS...

A bit of an iPhone imitation, smaller screen than rivals, annoyingly slow email system...

Overall, I found the LG Arena to be a pretty nice device to use. Its hardware outdoes the iPhone in several ways, such as the far superior camera, Bluetooth A2DP, and Dolby Mobile, but it loses out on the fact that it has no app store and very limite...
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Its not every day that we come across a handset which consistently meets our expectations for a high-end phone. The LG Arena is a wonderful multimedia device that has taken great strides in many areas - interface, touch technology, music and entertai...
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The LG Arena KM900 is a high-end smartphone that recently debuted in Europe. This device's WVGA display and high-resolution video camera give it an emphasis on multimedia playback and recording. I recently recording a video demonstration by LG for thos...
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With 8GB of memory, a 5-megapixel camera and a super-duper new interface, the LG Arena certainly has a lot to shout about.What we likeThe LG Arena KM900 looks great, boasting sleek curves and polished surfaces. LG has added a sharp 3-inch display that...

The Arena looks good and packs a lot of features. This is the type of phone that will please many people looking for a touchscreen phone but if you’re a connoisseur then you’ll soon be annoyed by its shortcomings. Until LG can refine its touchscreen of...
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Lead by the 8MP Renoir and its Lieutenant, the Viewty, LG’s touch phone posse have always been big on features but erratic when it comes to the touch UI. Its latest tickler, the KM900 Arena, is hoping to remedy this problem – by completely revamping it...

Compact design. Improved touch interface. Slick video capture. Dynamic sounding music player. Built-in 3.5mm headphone jack. Ample storage...

Sluggish autofocus. Poor camera flash. Cramped onscreen virtual QWERTY keyboard...

LG’s best touch phone to date and great for shooting video, but not quite accomplished enough to trouble the iPhone...
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mobilechoiceuk.com Updated: 2011-08-07 11:52:50
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Verdict Exceptional video and image functions and a superb touch-screen make up for the LG Arena’s slightly low-rent looks. Others to consider HTC Touch HD User opinions(0) Add opinion Read all opinions...

Excellent image and video, finger friendly touch-screen and vibrant high-res display...

Lightweight look and feel, and inconsistent web experience. Look and Feel...

Verdict Exceptional video and image functions and a superb touch-screen make up for the LG Arena’s slightly low-rent looks...
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At the 2009 edition of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, LG announced its latest iClone model. The LG Arena KM900 offers a basketful of goodies and a whole new user interface model to boot. Europeans will get their hands on it in March, and the r...
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wirelessinfo.com Updated: 2011-08-07 11:52:53
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At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last week, LG announced its new flagship multimedia phone, the LG Arena, also known as the KM900. LG lists its new 3D S-Class user interface as one of its key features, and we got to fiddle around with it at Mobile...

There are a lot of buzzwords and hype surrounding the Arenas announcement and while the device looked nice and the UI did present some concepts we havent seen before in touchscreen devices, it didnt feel as ground-breaking and spectacular as the shi...
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