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Next-Gen Cell Phone Stars Shine in Barcelona

They’re thinner, smarter, more multimedia-savvy and customizable than ever. Many of the phones unveiled this week at Mobile World Congress are touch-enabled, too—but will any give the iPhone a run for its money? We'll want to touch them first, but in the meantime it's fun to window-shop.

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LG's Touch-Based Multimedia Marvel

LG Electronics' assault on the iPhone is led by the new Arena (LG-KM900), which sports the company's new 3D S-Class touch-based user interface. One unusual feature is its Reel Scrolling, which put various menus (contacts, settings, etc.) on horizontal strips that you scroll through by dragging them to the left or right. These reels in turns live on four home screens that form the faces of a virtual cube that you flip through to access.

The Arena features Dolby Mobile surround sound and a 3-inch WVGA touchscreen. It provides a 5-megapixel camera, 8GB of internal storage (plus support for 32 more via SDHC card). The handset supports high-speed (HSDPA) GSM networks and Wi-Fi, plus assisted GPS. All this, in a package less than 12mm thick, is slated to ship in Europe in March.