Little Linda Mars Orozova won the LG Children’s Photo Contest organised recently in Dubai. The global and regional digital launched this nationwide competition, devoted to children in the age group of 0-9 years, in response to the increased interest in digital photography in the region.
LG crew using the new LG T5100 camera phone photographed more than 1400 children at the LG arena on the second level of Bur Juman shopping centre in Dubai. All images were developed instantly and uploaded on a screen nearby and visitors voted for the best photograph. One-year-old Linda won the grand prize, an LG TV refrigerator, while Mohammed Issam Lababidi and Marwan Walid Mohammed Al Shami won LG LCD TVs at the prize distribution ceremony held at the LG Digital Centre, Dubai.
“Photography has never been more fun – today, the camera phone has become a fashion statement and a symbol of creative freedom. We hope this contest made consumers aware of the vitality of digital photography and the scope it offers, and encourages them to experiment with the medium,” said K. H. Kim, President, LG Electronics Middle East and Africa Operations.
To encourage creativity and meet market demand, LG’s new LG T5100 is a dual screen, rotating clamshell style phone featuring an integrated 1.3 mega-pixel camera with flash functionality and video capability. Compact in design, the T5100 boasts a large 262,000 colour internal screen and a 65,536 colour external screen. The integrated MP3 player allows music files, stored on the phone’s internal memory, to be played through the phone’s loudspeaker, or an attached stereo headset.
“Realising that people like to use their camera phones in different ways, we have introduced more design features to our phones, like rotating screens and viewfinders, MP3 functionalities and easier controls to send picture messages in our new product line up,” added Kim.
It has been estimated that roughly 370 million digital cameras will be sold this year and more than three-quarters of them will be embedded in mobile phones. Sales of camera-phones have more than doubled every year since their introduction, rising from fewer than a million in 2000 to 180 million worldwide last year. The ubiquity of camera-phones means an explosion in the number of pictures taken; early studies indicate that camera-phone users take more than twice as many pictures as digital or film camera users.
“There is unprecedented interest in the area of digital photography and photo printing over the last few years in the Middle East. People are changing the way they take and share their photographs; today they utilise digital cameras and instant printing and sharing of photos via home PC’s and the Internet. We want to keep pace with the regional market that demands the latest in value-added services and technology,” said Kim
