| The new LG Arena sports a brand new interface, | | | | operating system, and features such as the 3 |
| called S-Class, that will take the Korean | | | | megapixel camera, super-fast internet access and the |
| manufacturer's phones to a whole new evolution of | | | | brilliant XpressMusic media player lift it above its rivals. |
| intuitiveness. But has it already been left standing by | | | | Put simple, the Nokia 5800 is taking Symbian to new |
| its competitors? Let's find out... | | | | heights that it's never achieved before. |
| LG Arena - pure class (S-Class, that is) | | | | Palm Pre - the most intuitive phone ever made? |
| LG have set a few benchmarks in their time, with | | | | However, there's an upcoming phone that can top |
| phones like the Viewty, and now, they've set a new | | | | the user experience seen on the LG Arena. That |
| one with the stunning LG Arena. There's one simple | | | | may be the pinnacle of LG's evolution so far, and the |
| reason why that is: the interface. You see, the LG | | | | Nokia 5800 may have a brand new version of |
| Arena is the first phone form the Korean | | | | Symbian to run on, but the Palm Pre is new in every |
| manufacturer to use their new S-Class interface, | | | | sense of the word. With Windows Mobile growing in |
| which presents everything as icons on a 3D cube, | | | | user-friendliness and raw power, it's down to a brand |
| that you spin around using your fingertips. It's an | | | | new operating system to really wow us. Say hello to |
| incredible interface, and it makes the LG Arena a | | | | WebOS, as found in the stunning Palm Pre. |
| phone that begs to be touched and caressed. | | | | This takes phone interfaces to a whole new level, |
| Combine that with a 5 megapixel camera, and a | | | | easily surpassing the supposed king of mobile phone |
| superb media player, and you get what amounts to | | | | interfaces, the iPhone. The Palm Pre does this by |
| one of the best multimedia phones in the industry, | | | | simple expedient of being at least as user friendly as |
| with the LG Arena. | | | | the iPhone, but with vastly more power and potential. |
| Nokia 5800 - taking Symbian to new heights | | | | Everything becomes interconnected and synergised, |
| Two phones from Finnish manufacturer Nokia have | | | | so that the contacts menu on the Palm Pre links into |
| opened up Symbian to the modern world, as they're | | | | your maps, which links into the browser, which links |
| the first two to include full touchscreens. First up is | | | | into email and so on. Everything is interconnected and |
| the Nokia 5800, part of their XpressMusic range. The | | | | intuitive, and on top of that, the Palm Pre has one |
| 5800 features a keyboard-less design, making the | | | | extra thing that the iPhone can't manage: true |
| touchscreen and the interface all important. And what | | | | multitasking. The Pre is simply one of the most |
| an interface it is, with full finger-touch controls, and a | | | | important phones ever to have been announced, and |
| superb user experience, that really gets the best | | | | unfortunately, as good as the S-Class interface is, it |
| from the phone. | | | | just can't top WebOS... |
| Of course, the Nokia 5800 is more than just an | | | | |