LG has officially annoucned the LG GM730 Eigen smartphone at MWC. The Eigen is a Windows Mobile-based smartphone that has the specs you’d expect from a feature-phone, plus the new S-class interface of the LG Arena. In other words, it looks set to be a top-notch smartphone (even if it does run Windows Mobile!)

The LG Eigen will feature the new Windows Mobile 6.5 OS, which itself comes with a brand new UI. However, not for LG the default UI of other Windows Mobile smartphones – they’re going to equip the Eigen with the brand new 3D UI they developed for themselves. First shown on the LG Arena, this is leagues ahead of the TouchWiz UI from Samsung, and only marginally behind the iPhone’s UI.

As such, putting such a powerful UI in a phone with specs like these is tantalizing to say the least!

So what are the specs? They’re just a jump away:

LG GM730 Eigen smartphone in detail

OK, so we’ve mentioned Windows Mobile 6.6 and the new S-Class UI. Now how about adding onto that little lot a 5 megapixel camera, 528MHz CPU, GPS, FM receiver, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 and a 3″ WQVGA touchscreen. Very nice.

If that still doesn’t do it for you, LG have also added the new Gypsii location-based service onto the device. Gypsii is like Google latitude, in that it’ll let you know where your friends are, but it also records your life by geotagging your pics, videos and audio.

And if all that still doesnt’ excite you,well fear not, for LG have done a deal with Microsoft, and have said they’ll be releasing no less than 50 Windows Mobile-based phones over the next three years.

Not sure the world needs 50 more Windows Mobile machines, but I guess one of them has to be good, surely?!

The LG GM730 Eigen release date is scheduled for the first half of 2009 with Windows Mobile 6.1 onboard, followed by the Windows Mobile 6.5 version by the end of the year.

[Source: Slashphone]