LG giant mobile phone at CES 2006

LG seems to have missed out on the latest craze for slim phones, as this latest picture from CES 2006 shows. Actually, joking aside, LG was curiously quiet throught CES 2006, letting Samsung steal the limelight. Of course, LG had released many phones throughout 2005, but not only were there no new announcements at CES 2006, even the phones on display were not allowed to be photographed. 
 
This is a bizarre approach to marketing. Fabulous gadgets sell themselves, and the more people see them, the more they want them. LG is selling the phones, not the pictures of the phones, so what does it care if many people take photos at a gadgets conference open to the general public? Contrast this with Nokia, who positively love bloggers blogging about their products!