I have gone through some of the docs the sms standard says that sms uses 7 bit encoding of characters with a character length of 160, (I think there's no need to explain that algo here.) but i am very eager to know why LG has violated that standard.
Code, your explaination doesn't fit in this scenario cuz, the colored LG handset (sorry but i dont knw model num.) which i have seen supports 160 characters.
this topic needs some r&d..
gary........