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LG's Hot New Plasmas, Phones, and Appliances

by Tom Samiljan on July 20, 2007 at 01:54 PM



Last night LG officially unveiled some of its new products. While many of the highlighted devices were old news, a few of the gadgets nevertheless caught our eye.

LG Trax phone (AT&T): With its catchy name, the Trax is obviously designed to be a music phone, but it's also the first LG phone able to handle high-speed, 3G HSDPA 3.6 networks, which means it'll download content (including music "trax") twice as fast as last year's CU500, also for AT&T. If you're in the market for a new phone and you're an AT&T customer, the Trax is a definite buy if you want a cutting-edge phone with the latest technologies (yes, it's faster than a non-Wi-Fi-connected iPhone). The phone is due out before the end of July.

LG SteamDryer: Besides having a hot red finish, the LG SteamDryer is the first to use just that-- steam--which we all know gets rid of wrinkles, but apparently also gets rid of odors. LG also unveiled a new French Door refrigerator with automatically-closing doors (neat!) and another refrigerator with a built-in HDTV and weather center. Not sure what's new about this one other than a USB port for uploading photos (which would actually make it a pretty cool HDTV refrigerator!).

New 1080p Plasma TVs: We often associate LG with LCDs, given that the company makes so many of them (including many of the Philips models), but the company is staying firmly behind plasma TVs, as evidenced by its unveiling of a new plasma HD model capable of showing up to 1080p resolution, the best possible for HD. The new PY3D series already comes in a 60-inch model, but the 50-inch will be out in September for $3499. The PY3d series TVs have three HDMI inputs in the back, which is handy if you've got a bunch of high-end components or game consoles to connect.

Expect more of these coming new gadget roundups as most companies are unveiling their holiday lineups in the coming weeks.

From LGE.

Tags: HDSPA, LG

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