LG Electronics MobileComm U.S.A. Inc. (LG Mobile Phones) recently named Emily Albinski from Wading River, NY the winner of its 2nd Annual Design the Future Competition. The idea competition challenged participants to create a concept to define the future of personal mobile communication. More than 800 designs were submitted in the competition in a battle for over $80,000 in awards. LG awarded $20,000 to the first place winner, $10,000 to second place and $5,000 to third place. LG also presented 40 honorable mentions of $1,000 plus an LG U.S. phone!
Entries for the 2nd Annual LG Design the Future Competition demonstrated consumers’ desire to stay connected hands-free. Honorable mention concept, HiFi, features a touch screen phone that can be converted into a hands free headphone for listening to music and making calls. The top prize for this year’s idea competition was $20,000. Forty honorable mention prizes of $1,000 plus an LG U.S. phone were presented.
Winner of LG’s Design The Future competition, the ingeniously designed “HiFi” concept is by far the most thrilling invention by LG. This hi-tech touchscreen cellphone allows you to enjoy the music by putting it around your head like headphones. Complimenting its unique feature, this sleek and stylish headset can also be slid into the laptops and netbooks. This appealing handset undoubtedly redefines the conceptof cellphones and hopefully will find a long way ahead. Adding to the wide range of hands-free technology, the HiFi concept is all set to take over the audiophile world with its release.

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