Oh, what a shock! This news has to be the ironies of all ironies. LG is accusing Motorola of copying its KV2300 cell phone design for the KRZR K1m.

Let’s analyze some of LG’s comments, shall we (my comments are in bold):

“Our KV2300 is a flat, rectangular flip phone with high-gloss black finish, and the KRZR K1m is also a flat, rectangular flip phone with high-gloss black finish,” LG spokesman Lee Hyoung-kun said.

I hope he is kidding with this comment. Apple doesn’t complain when it gets copied, what makes LG so special? Learn from the best, guys.

“Both are equipped with 1.3-megapixel cameras and touch control keys in their fronts with strikingly similar arrangements. In addition, their dimensions are almost identical,” Lee said.

Since when did specs become so proprietary? Look at any MP3 player or cell phone, for that matter, and they pretty much have identical features. I know you are hurting, LG, but let’s be rational here.

“At first glance, we recognized that the KRZR has adopted the concepts of our recent products that started with the Chocolate phone _ simple clamshell models armed with touch-sensitive keys,” Lee said.

Oh no, he didn’t. Is it me or do they not realize that Chocolate is crazily similar to Apple’s iPod.

“We don't think Motorola intentionally imitated the look of the KV2300. But we are very flattered that a company of such caliber followed our design policy,'' Lee continued.

Yeah, great way to backtrack. “We hate Motorola, but you know it might not be so bad. If we make too much noise, we will get canned anyway, so let’s just whimper.”

It’s so annoying when companies criticize one another of copying when some of their own products are inspired from other, successful, white colored devices.

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