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TO: Proximity Mobile Team FROM: Ted Daigle DATE: January 11, 2010 SUBJECT: Proposal for report on LG eXpo-projector phone

Enter the LG eXpo – a phone that allows you to project images and movies with the touch of a button. For LG to call the eXpo a projector phone is a little cheeky, however, as to make it into a projector you need to clip a small projection unit add-on. It’s a bit chunky, and one which hampers the actual use of the phone. You do forgive it, though, when the projection unit is switched on.(Dupuis, 2009)

The LG eXpo is a phone that can greatly benefit our business clientele immensely. While it’s being pitched at the everyday Gen Y user who wants to show off the latest movie trailers and pictures, business folks would also want the eXpo for those impromptu meetings or when a long throw projector isn't available. From very little throw space and blasting out a 14-inch screen the LG eXpo is impressive to look at. There are definite benefits of having the tech in your mobile.
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•Boasting a 1GHz Snapdragon processor and using Windows Mobile 6.5.

•There’s Smart Sensor fingerprint recognition inside which negates the need for passwords and there’s all the functionality of Windows Mobile at hand – including email, calendar and Microsoft Office Mobile.

• Loaded with apps, and no real lag changing from one to another. Impressive functionality, with turbo-scrolling to get through your emails faster and a nifty precision control for the cursor when writing out texts.

•The screen is a 3.2-inch WVGA display. It’s bright, making use of 16M colour.

•There’s also a full, and real, QWERTY keyboard on hand for you to type out texts and the like.

•Other features include 16GB memory, via microSD, and a 5MP camera.(Segon 2009)

The LG eXpo doesn’t feel like a projector phone but a projector and a phone. With the projection unit clipped on it’s fairly ugly and far too chunky for your pocket. Without it though, it’s a decent phone which more than holds it own against other Smartphones in the same price bracket. But it feels very much like a first-gen device which will be superseded as soon as LG figures out how to get the technology actually in the phone and not as an additional add-on.(Chacksfiel, 2010)

With the upgrade to HSPA 7.2 technology, AT&T continues its investments to deliver the nation's fastest 3G network. AT&T plans to deploy HSPA 7.2 initially in Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles and Miami by the end of the year. The company plans to deploy HSPA 7.2 in 25 of the nation's 30 largest markets by the end of 2010, and to reach about 90 percent of its existing 3G network footprint with HSPA 7.2 by the end of 2011. Making the LG eXpo an excellent tool for business people everywhere.(Wireless & Moblie News, 2009)


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Segon, Sascha. //Hands on with the LG Expo Projector Phone.// December 2, 2009 (received Jan. 10) PC Magazine.com [|EVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T8300278555&cisb=22_T8300278554&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=262320&docNo=1]

Dupuis, Jeanne. //LG Expo First to offer Prjector.// December 3, 2009 (received Jan 10) Cellphone9. [|h]

Chacksfield, Marc, //Hands-on: LG eXpo projector phone,// (2010, received) Tecradar.com __[]__

Wireless & Mobile News. //AT&T Announces 1GHZ LG Expo with Optional Pico Projector.// November 30, 2009 (recievd Jan 12, 2010). Edited by: Hunter Smith