Life's good

Ten years ago Samsung rocked the world with its ambition to become a number one global consumer electronics brand. Well done, Samsung: that is what I call planned execution.

Now LG is ready to kick in and claim its place as the consumer's darling with their all-too-hot steam washer.
Bizarrely, it is not hooked up to internet, even though it does feature a wireless monitor that lets you watch the status of your wash from anywhere in your house. Still, the SteamWasher is probably the first washing machine to include a cool LCD monitor.

So if LG can just add wifi/wimax, the LCD screen can display your iTunes lists. You then browse and select a playlist using the big knob with sci-fi backlighting, and you hear your favorite tunes play while you watch your clothes going through their steam cycles. Inspired, you then open up your laptop and update your blog.

Click here to see it yourself. http://us.lge.com/md/product/contents/Washer/steamwasher_popup.html