LG Eve (Etna): presentato in Canada da Rogers Wireless

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In questi giorni si è molto parlato dei nuovi terminali proposti da Motorola e Sony Ericsson, mettendo un po’ da parte tutto il resto. Nella giornata di ieri, l’operatore canadese Rogers Wireless, ha ufficialmente presentato il nuovissimo LG Eve, meglio conosciuto come LG Etna o ancora LG GW620. Nonostante si parli da diversi mesi di questo terminale, la sua prima apparizione è avvenuta lo scorso mese di settembre in occasione dell’ IFA tenutosi a Berlino, sullo stand Vodafone.

Diversi giorni fa è stata pubblicata una pagina web completamente dedicata al nuovo terminale, anche se in fase di definizione poiché alcuni contenuti risultavano assenti, raggiungibile al seguente indirizzo: http://www.androidup.com/www.lg-gw620.com.

Qui possiamo leggere un estratto del comunicato stampa ufficiale (in inglese):

MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO and TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Nov. 3, 2009) – LG Electronics Canada and Rogers Wireless today announced a world first: the LG Eve, a new Android OS-based smartphone designed specifically for social networking, is now available exclusively at Rogers. The LG Eve provides customers with the freedom of mobile social networking, making it easier to stay connected anytime, anywhere.

The LG Eve is the smartphone that social networking fans have been waiting for, and we’re so happy to bring it to Canadians before any other market,” said Colin Bettam, vice-president marketing, LG Electronics Canada. “Whether it’s managing your Facebook page or downloading one of the thousands of applications, the LG Eve lets you connect to your world, your way.

Also designed for easy social networking are the 5 MP camera for taking high quality pictures that you can view and edit on the LG Eve’s 3-inch touch screen, and the 5-line QWERTY keypad, which is ideal for email and messaging. Additionally, the LG Eve features a Face Recognition application which means that once a person is tagged in a saved photo, the device will automatically recognize the person’s face and tag him or her in other photos. Once a person is tagged in a photo, a click on their photo will allow for instant communication with that person via text, email, phone or chat.
Other key features of the LG Eve include:

  • Threaded SMS, which groups SMS texts by sender and displays them like a message board for easy-to-follow reading
  • A 3D gallery for viewing and sorting photos, with the ability to quickly and easily find photos by tagging favourites or using the filtering tool to sort photos by tags, face recognition or date
  • 5 line QWERTY keypad
  • Advanced Video Recording and Playback, which allows a user to play videos or make their own videos using built-in editing tools, which can then be uploaded onto social networking sites or sent to friends via email.
    • Video Recording: MPEG4,H263@QVGA24fps
    • Video Playback: MPEG4, H264 @ HVGA 24fps, WMV, DviX
  • Advanced Camera Features:
    • 5 Mega Pixels AF (with LED Flash)
  • Audio Codec:
    • MP3, AMR, AAC, AAC+, WAV, WMA
  • Data Connectivity
    • USB 2.0 HS
    • Micro USB
    • Bluetooth 2.0 EDR

Il terminale dovrebbe essere commercializzato al costo di $49 legato ad un piano abbonamento di almeno 36 mesi.

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