S-Class Touch UI

LG developed the new 3D S-Class user interface feature in the name of S-Class Touch UI. It is found in LG mobile phones such as the LG-KM900 or the LG Arena. The LG Arena was released during the 1^st quarter of the year 2009 and became LG Electronics’ flagship multimedia phone.

The launching of the user interface was done along with 3 brand-new LG phones including the LG Arena. The other two phones are LG GM730 and the LG GD900. All of the phones feature a spinning 3D cube, photos grouped by the day they were taken, and an interface called rolodex to allow users to flip through music and photos.

The main menu is a row of icons. Each icon slides sideways to reveal another icon. The rows are grouped together according to a particular category so that users can browse applications easily.

The S-Class Touch UI interface is more emphasized in the market release of the phone Arena. The phone is the first within the S-Class category featuring functionalities of a 3-inch WVGA display, sound by Dolby Mobile, TV-output, WI-Fi Capability, DivX video, and 8GB memory built into the phone. Memory cards are also compatible with the phone with a maximum of 32 GB file space.

The features of the GM730 include a location-based chat service and other windows mobile device applications, plus the S-Class Touch UI. While the GD900 is a touch phone that boasts a unique transparent keypad.

The S-Class Touch UI is a capacitive touch screen that displays its menus similar to that on a film reel. To scroll through the available menu options, the users can drag the finger across the reels to manage menu options. A cube layout is the basic display of the menu options. The 4 home screens group together different mobile phone shortcuts depending on the user’s preferences.

The display switches between portrait and landscape orientations because the S-Class Touch UI reacts with the Arena mobile phone.