LG Electronics (LG), a worldwide technology and design leader in mobile communications, announced today a new Dark Silver colour option for its popular LG Viewty professional-level camera phone, which has now sold over 550,000 units. LG will begin offering the LG Viewty in Dark Silver in addition the current black. LG chose this new colour to further the LG Viewty’s polished, premium image, after researching colour preferences in countries where the phone is sold and colour trend forecasts for 2008. “With this new Dark Silver colour option LG has made the LG Viewty even better, giving buyers an opportunity to customize their phones with a new high-tech finish that is still professional and complements its overall design,” said Dr. Skott Ahn, President and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company. “

We knew we had something special when we created Viewty, and it turns out that over half a million customers agree with us.” Another improvement to the LG Viewty is a redesigned jog wheel that makes scrolling through menus even easier. This improvement is based on customer feedback and available in some markets.

The LG Viewty, which includes a 5.0 megapixel camera and a 3.0-inch touchscreen has now topped 550,000 units in sales. This comes only two and half months after the phone’s November 2007 release in Europe. LG expects the LG Viewty will continue to sell well in Europe, where up to 10,000 units are leaving store shelves daily. The company attributes this success to the LG Viewty’s combination of top-notch features and great design.

mmO2 today unveiled a new and exclusive mobile publishing service which for the first time allows users to send large documents at 3G speeds over their existing GPRS medium-speed mobile data connections.Called DocRocket, the service uses advanced imaging technology, and has been developed by LizardTech, a leading enterprise content management software and services company, and brought to market for the first time by source O2, mmO2’s rapid development initiative. DocRocket will transform business processes for companies with mobile workforces, and help drive GPRS take-up and mobile data usage among corporate customers.The service can achieve phenomenal compression rates, of more than 1,000 times, and can compress any type of colour document, drawing or photograph, while maintaining the quality and integrity of the original information.

For example, a 100 page colour document compressed using DocRocket can now be accessed in 4.3 minutes via GPRS - previously it took 14 hours to download when compressed using Adobe Acrobat over the same mobile network.Selected pages can be viewed without downloading the entire document, allowing huge manuals to be browsed easily and cost effectively. DocRocket not only saves download time and costs; it enables companies with large field workforces to work in new and more efficient ways.Automotive repair workers using DocRocket can access every type of car manual, at the scene of a breakdown, almost anywhere in the country. This will increase the possibility of fixing the problem on the spot and reducing towing costs. Engineers can use DocRocket to access any plan or map in the field so they do not have to return to the office to get a paper copy or load an electronic version onto their laptop. Utility workers can use DocRocket to access any cable and duct print from every street. In addition, these corporate documents can be stored centrally, making it quick and easy to update and distribute new versions of these files.