We have quite a bit of phone news for you today, so we had better jump right in. First, we got word that the Nokia N97 NAM would be arriving on June 2nd, according to a new rumor. But there was a lot to come from Nokia besides that tidbit.

We have quite a bit of phone news for you today, so we had better jump right in. First, we got word that the Nokia N97 NAM would be arriving on June 2nd, according to a new rumor. But there was a lot to come from Nokia besides that tidbit.

Another day, another phone roundup, so let’s dive right into it, shall we? First up, is the latest in the land of the iPhone. It seems a new rumor is floating around about an iPhone with a unibody and one with nano-like color options, which we’re pretty excited about if it turns out to be true at WWDC09 this year.

JD Power just released their 2009 Wireless Consumer Smartphone Satisfaction Survey and it seems Apple has topped the list with their iPhone and iPhone 3G. The survey covered several aspects of the phones including design, operation, operating system, features and battery.
The Game Controller accessory for the Verizon LG Versa cellphone has gone on sale, the first alternative to the standard snap-on QWERTY keyboard. According to the description, the Game Controller slides out from the rear of the handset when needed.

LG are looking to capitalize on their Q1 2009 successes with the TruMotion 240Hz LH90 HDTV series. Now with official Korean pricing announced, the LH90 series will be available in 42, 47 and 55-inch sizes, each with that headline-grabbing 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio.

LG have reported their financial performance for the first three months of 2009, and while handset sales declined by 7-percent year-on-year, overall operating profit for the company as a whole increased 2.8-percent to $324m. The real success was seen in LG’s home entertainment division, with strong LCD demand pushing sales for the period up 18.6-percent to $3.05bn (for a profit of $10m).
Want a chance to win over $80,000 in awards? LG has announced a contest to deign the next revolutionary mobile phone in partnership with crowdSPRING (an online marketplace for creative services) and Autodesk (a leader in 2D and 3D design and engineering software). Anyone 18 or older can enter the competition and use a 15-day trial of Autodesk to design the next LG mobile phone.

LG have confirmed their plans to launch OLED displays onto the commercial market by the end of 2009, together with a range of LED-backlit displays and HDTVs that will see the company’s range boosted by 35 models. Consumers will have to dig deeper than usual, however; according to LG the OLED displays may cost more than double a traditional LCD.

Back when we played with the LG KM900 Arena at Mobile World Congress in February, we couldn’t help but think that the company’s new 3D S-Class interface was cluttered and unnecessarily overwhelming. Now that GSM Helpdesk have had the opportunity to review the handset in full, it looks like that judgment was thoroughly prognostic.
