If you thought the knock-off factories in China are out of commission, think again.  The latest gizmo to be ripped off is the GD900’s transparent keypad, ported over to a cellphone called Flourite N68.  While it may be transparent, the N68’s keypad doesn’t have any of the other capabilities that the G900’s pad boasts of, like multitouch and gesture support.  The other specs are pretty much in par with the standard Chinese features:  a 2.2 inch display, dual SIM support, FM radio, support for 13 languages, and Bluetooth.  Price you ask? Just 480 Yuan (about $70) a pop, which makes this a very sweet deal, fake or not.

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When we say that the LG GD900 Crystal is swimming with the fishes we don’t mean that the phone has been discontinued all of a sudden. We mean that the Crystal is literally swimming with some fishes in a glass in the video above. That’s right, this new LG phone which you will remember for its crystal clear slide-out keypad likes water. In case you have also purchased the device, keep in mind that the phone in the video above has a custom-made waterproof case. In other words your regular GD900 won’t swim with the fishes more than once, if you catch my drift. So don’t try to use your LG GD900 to take amazing pictures of the reef!

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The GD900 is a phone you couldn’t have possibly missed. It’s a slider with a transparent keypad with multitouch support which we’ve seen around the Internet for a while now. LG hasn’t officially announced the phone for any market but it looks like Carphone Warehouse will bring the phone in the UK sometime in May. Or that’s what their website says so far. There aren’t any specific details so far but we will be watching this one for you. How much would you be willing to pay for it?

via Carphone Warehouse

We already knew about the one-of-a-kind transparent keypad on this slider phone, but the multitouch feature is definitely news to us.  And get this, it’s not just the display that’s multitouch but also the transparent keypad, which can be used to navigate the GD900’s S-Class 3D interface by finger scrolling like you would on the display. The gestures are taken a bit more further and specific applications can be customized to open up with gestures.  For example, drawing a ‘W’ with a finger will launch the browser and the famous “Apple pinch” for zooming in and out of pictures is tucked in too.  Other specs that have been revealed now include quad-band GSM, dual-band UMTS with HSDPA support, an 8-megapixel camera, handwriting recognition, and the S-Class 3D UI.  Watch the video below to catch the GD900 in action.

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LG GD900

The GD900, which LG debuted at the GSMA World Congress, is billed as the world’s first phone with a transparent design handset.  Not everything on the slider handset is transparent (the mechanical components are the old-fashioned opaque variety) but the rear slider is translucent and the keypad gives off a glittering show. LG promises a Bluetooth headset is in the works which will match the clear design of the phone itself.

Technical details about the GD900 were sparse at the show, but LG promises it will bring out the specs for review later this year. In the meantime, the GD900 has a futuristic look that is bound to win some devotees early on. As more and more cell phone manufacturers compete to include new applications and electronic features, style and simplicity in the user interface tend to get overlooked. Often it is the simple but beautiful item that wins out in the end. Expect the LG GD900 clear handset phone to show up in stores sometime in the third quarter of 2009.