Guest Post: NTT DoCoMo 3D Lynx phone..challenger to LG Optimus 3D?

LG wasn't the only manufacturer with a 3D phone at the Mobile World Congress 2011: NTT Docomo also showcased the Lynx 3D model produced by Sharp.

Italian blogger Flavio, has the details and the hands-on photos in this guest post (see link above to click through to Flavio's tech news site).

LG Optimus 3D had a lot of coverage during the last Mobile World Congress, but it wasn't the only 3D Android smartphone we have seen. The Japanese carrier NTT Docomo showed the Sharp Lynx 3D SH-03C, which also has a stunning 3D effect on its 3.8" display even though it has only a single-core 1 GHz processor and runs Android 2.1. Here some photos:

Specifications of this smartphone:

* Android 2.1 (upgrade to 2.2 arriving on Q2 2011)
* Single-Core 1 GHz processor
* 512 MB RAM + 512 MB ROM
* microSD up to 32 GB support
* 3.8" touchscreen ASV (Advanced Super View) TFT display
* Screen resolution: 480 x 800 px
* Capable of 3D content without 3D glasses
* 9.6 Mpx camera with AutoFocus
* Video capture at 720p HD with 1280 x 720 px even on 3D mode
* GSM/GPRS/EDGE and UMTS/HSDPA networks
* Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS connectivity
* Size: 123 x 62 x 13.4 mm
* Weight: 140 grams
* Battery: 1400 mAh

LG $10,000 Chocolate Mystery-deadline set for midnight on 30.09.09

Following the interest my earlier blog post arose over the mysterious $10,000 reward offered by LG for returning one of 5 LG Chocolate phones manufactured with serial numbers:

· 802KPAE821224

· 803KPBF578597

· 803KPXV578330

· 803KPVH578503

· 803KPJP923836

...I am publishing a short update here.

The good people at the PR agency managing the LG Chocolate Reward have told me that the phones in question were produced between February and March 2008. This date is found in the identifier label as shown in the picture with this post. The next numbers in the label indicate the factory, so you can see that the 5 handsets were made in the same factory of PyungTaek in Korea.

So if you have one of the lucky phones, you need to be sharpish in contacting LG by mailing them at:inform@lge.com. The deadline for returning them ends at midnight on the 30th September 2009. $10,000 plus a brand new BL40 phone could be yours!

The $10,000 LG Chocolate mystery

LG took out a quarter page advert in the Financial Times yesterday to announce that it was 'globally searching' for 5 of its Chocolate phones, with the serial numbers: 802KPAE821224, 803KPBF578597, 803KPXV578330, 803KPVH578503 and 803KPJP923836.

In what could be the most expensive mobile handset global hunt ever, LG offers a $10,000 reward per handset returned to them. The advert refers readers to the LG Mobile web page for more information. You can click here for more details.

However, the company remains cryptic as to the reason of the recall and even imposes a deadline for returning the wanted handsets by the 30th September 2009, somewhat unusual for a product recall.

The mystery remains over LG's unusual advert, with observers torn between it being a rather unorthodox marketing ploy or a quest to recover experimental microprocessing chips accidentally inserted into the handsets in question.