LG develops new cell phone for 3-D games

0 Comments | AFP, January, 2005

SEOUL (AFP) — South Korea's LG Electronics said it has developed a cell phone that can play games with realistic three-dimensional graphics at the world's fastest computing capabilities.

The 3-D game phone has a chip capable of processing data five times faster than currently available chips.

The phone is also built with a 2.2-inch liquid crystal display screen, allowing users to play 3-D games with increased screen quality, it said.

So far, most games available on mobile phones in South Korea use simple 2-D graphics.

Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone vendor, last year unveiled its N-Gage models with some 3-D graphic features.

LG said the new phone was unveiled Sunday at the 2005 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The...