Pocket Picks :: The coolest things for the coolest phones

Why are LCD screens invariably rectangular or square? Well, they don’t have to be any more, thanks to a bunch of boffins at LG. They’ve unveiled two new LCDs - a six-inch elliptical display, and a 1.4-inch circular one.The one that’s of interest to Pocket Picks readers is the latter, since it could be used in mobile phones (of which LG makes, ooh, a few). The image above shows another application, for watches - which could be made to have faces that change design at the flick of a switch.How could it be used in phones? Well, it could allow LG to break away from the standard candybar and clamshell form factors, and make even stranger-shaped handsets. Although good luck with convincing the legions of mobile video and games firms, and website designers to reformat their content to make full use of circular screens…