Keepin' it real fake, part LXXXIII: LG's Shine gets a clone

by Darren Murph, posted Oct 2nd 2007 at 1:07AM

The Shine may already be available in a variety of colors, but we're confident that LG had no part in this one. The so-called Venus JXD205 purports to be your average PMP, sporting AVI / MP3 / WMA / WAV support, a 2.4-inch QVGA color screen, FM tuner, built-in gaming function and an expansion slot that supports cards up to 2GB in size. Interestingly enough, it looks almost identical to a famed member of the Black Label series, but we doubt you'll do ~~much~~ any calling on this thing. Nevertheless, those willing to buy a potential heap can grab the 1GB version for 399CNY ($53), or you can double your capacity for just 100CNY ($13) more.

[Via PMPToday, thanks Brian B.]

Filed under: Handsets, LG

Tags: JDX205, keepin' it real fake, Keepin'ItRealFake, kirf, lg, lg shine, LgShine, shine, venus

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fyreblazer @ Oct 2nd 2007 9:39AM

So not only does the Shine have different colors out already, it also has a nice clone AND STILL NO NEWS ON A US LAUNCH!!! Sometimes I really hate these US carriers for stifling the smartphone market.

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Mark @ Oct 2nd 2007 12:17PM

Uh, heard of the LG VX8700?

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Chris @ Oct 2nd 2007 5:01PM

The Google autotranslation they used leaves an important tidbit out:

The East Asian word for Venus (金星) is literally "gold star", LG's former brand.
LG used to sell most of their products under this "Venus" brand (금성 in Korean, I think), which they sold in the US as GoldStar. (Actually LG stands for Lucky GoldStar.)

So maybe the clone should be called "GoldStar JXD205" in English.

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