LG has introduced a 'candybar incarnation' of its Shine slider phone, reports Reg Hardware [1] and like the glamorous ISSE Monaco Phones from Nokia [1], it will only be available in Russia for a while.

It's unclear when the Shine Bar - as the non-slider is known - will make it to the rest of Europe and beyond, says Reg Hardware [2].

Expect it to pack in a 262,144-color, 240 x 320 display; a two megapixel camera with auto-focus; Bluetooth; 50MB of user-accessible memory; and a Micro SD slot for up to 2GB of add-in storage space.

For an up close look at the phone,