Shake, rattle and roll

Handset manufacturers have cool new plants for devices that are not only touch sensitive, but also motion, rotation and shake sensitive. Our thumbs, which some people joke are becoming genetically modified for keypads, might soon be made redundant because keypads and buttons could soon be relegated to history.

So LG electronics unveiled the Secret (KF750) on 25th April, 2008, a snazzy touch phone that has Motion-Sensing, DivX. It’s the slimmest 5MP camera phone on the market at 11.8mm, includes photo and video editing features like Morphing (facial editing) and SmartLight that adjusts the picture’s light settings.

You can create music videos, and a single button accesses all five multimedia functions; music, photos, games, documents and FM radio. It’s loaded with a Google Package to surf the Internet, and the screen automatically shifts display from narrow to wide by holding the Secret horizontally. Gamers have got the added benefit of the motion sensing capability made possible by a tiny sensor called an accelerometer. This enhances games when tilting and rotating the handset so that you can, for example, catch a fish, or navigate your way through a maze.

Launched in Europe already, it will soon be available to the rest of the world.

MXit compatibility? Looking at the specs, it should work with MXit, but at the time of going to press, we can’t guarantee it.