March 2009 : LG Arena’s launch in European

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According to a press release put out by LG Korea, the LG Arena KM900 will launch in Europe sometime in March of this year. The press release also touted the new 3D S Class UI and the dedicated multimedia chip in the phone. According to LG it took them 100 person-years to develop this UI. Some of the key features of this UI are:

  • Multi-touch to easily expand and collapse Web pages and pictures
  • Dedicated multimedia chip for fast Flash UI operation
  • Rotational on-screen dials with haptics feedback for various settings (radio, clock, etc;)
  • The sides of 3D cube  are for the following panels: multimedia, shortcuts, widgets, phone functions
  • Horizontal quick menu access on the bottom
  • [Via UnwiredView]