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Sony might have beaten LG to the punch in the 84-inch 4K TV wars with its XBR-84X900 pre-orders, but you’ve got to be on the field to win — and the first to show up for battle is LG’s 84LM9600, which is officially on sale and in stores as of today. Anyone who can find a retailer carrying the Ultra High-Definition LCD can drop $19,999 to get what will undoubtedly be the centerpiece of the room, even if there’s hardly any content to fully exploit those six million extra pixels. LG does have a $5,000 price advantage over the Sony 4K set shipping next month, although we won’t kid ourselves here. Anyone who can see themselves spending five digits on bleeding-edge TV technology is either wealthy enough not to mind or busy explaining to the family why home refinancing is totally worth it.

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Unveiled for the first time at IFA 2012, the TM2792 from LG is finally available for all in Korea! This elegant 27” mini Smart TV features some of the hottest goodies from LG like 3D Cinema, a New IPS Panel, Mobile High-Definition Link (MHL) and even Intel’s Wireless Display (WiDi). Anyway if you are desperate to get one you will have to fly to Korea right now and ready to shade 729,000 WON, a pretty descent price for what this TM2792 is offering!
TM2792:

screen size – 27-inches
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Come 29^th of October, it is expected that Google will be taking the wraps off their upcoming Nexus handset, the Nexus 4 made by LG. So far we’ve seen leaked photos and the likes, but the folks at Carphone Warehouse might have gotten a little ahead of themselves by launching the pre-order page for the LG Nexus 4, revealing its picture and some of its specs in the process. According to the description of the product and assuming that the information is accurate, we are looking at a 4.7” 1280×768 display made from Corning’s Gorilla Glass 2, an 8MP rear-facing camera, and Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, which some have speculated could be Key Lime Pie (we guess this will be confirmed on the 29^th).

Interestingly it seems that the description has neglected to mention if the Snapdragon S4 processor in the LG Nexus 4 is a Pro quad-core, or just your regular dual-core. Rumor has it that it will be a quad-core but Carphone Warehouse’s description has left that bit out. Interestingly the page also states that if you were to place your pre-order now, you can expect it to start shipping on the 30^th of October, a day after the handset is announced. We wouldn’t be surprised if some of this information changes but for now, head on over to their website for the details!

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Nexus 4 render revealed?, Nexus 4 benchmarked confirms Android 4.2,

LG’s Nexus 4, expected to be officially unveiled by Google at its event next week, has been prematurely confirmed by a UK retailer. The 4.7-inch Android handset has cropped up in a listing at Carphone Warehouse, running 4.2 Jelly Bean and packing an 8-megapixel camera and a quadcore 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4 processor, as expected. According to the page, shoppers can preorder now for delivery on October 30, with the Nexus 4 priced from free on a £31 ($50) per month, two-year agreement.

As for specifications, the phone has NFC, WiFi, 3G and Bluetooth, and measures in at 68.7 x 133.9 x 9.1 mm. LG isn’t making any runtime estimates yet, but whatever the Nexus 4 can muster is all you’re getting as the battery is believed to be fixed inside, just as per the LG Optimus G. Memory is apparently limited to 8GB, while RAM is 2GB.

Details on Jelly Bean 4.2 are sparse, at least compared to what we’ve already heard about the “point” update, though the page does confirm what sounds like a Swype rival:

“Stay in touch with Gesture Typing, a faster way of typing that lets you spell words by dragging your finger across the screen from letter to letter”

Whether this is an authorized early sale or not is a contentious point. Google is holding an Android event next week, where the Nexus 4 was expected to be one of the stars of the show alongside Jelly Bean v4.2; it’s possible Carphone Warehouse has simply jumped onto the hype bandwagon, thrown together a page based on the latest rumors and leaks, and is using it with a guesstimated price to build up pre-launch enthusiasm and sales.

So, there’s still no SIM-free pricing, and the full specs will have to wait until Google gives the official nod. Still, this is likely to be a more contentious Nexus device than others we’ve seen.

Update: The Carphone Warehouse listing has been taken down.

[via Xataka – Thanks Kote!]

LG Nexus 4 confirmed early: Ships October 30th is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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LG is tipped to be developing a webOS-based smart TV, using the open source platform in favor of Google TV, after concerns about the Android-base OS’ momentum. The deal has seen LG dispatch engineers and prototype hardware to HP’s Sunnyvale Gram facility, webOS Nation‘s source claims, with the goal of showcasing the first models at CES 2013 in January.

Although both LG and HP apparently signed an agreement some time ago – back in June, in fact – to collaborate on the project, there are still some wrinkles yet to be ironed out. Most obvious (and likely to actively frustrate users) is boot time, with Open webOS taking some time to load up; tablet and phone users might be willing to suffer such a delay, but those settling down on the couch are probably not.

To address that, LG’s L9 motherboards – which use a dualcore processor, and are found at the heart of existing LG smart TVs – have been sent over to HP’s engineers for testing and trialling software tweaks. What could end up being the solution, it’s said, is a TV that only shuts off the display when put into standby, with the processor actually remaining on in the background for a subsequent instant-resume.

Hardware isn’t the only challenge, however. Open webOS would replace LG’s NetCast platform, and needs smart TV-focused apps to cater for that challenge. Netflix is one cited example, with a player apparently being build in Enyo (the platform’s application framework), as well as other web-connected widgets and apps for YouTube, Pandora, and other services.

As for why LG is pushing ahead with Open webOS rather than sticking with Google TV as it previously announced, it’s a complex one. The Korean company is apparently uncomfortable with Google’s demands for using its platform, and turned off by its slow adoption overall; meanwhile, the ever-present specter of Apple and the longstanding chatter of an Apple smart TV has pressured LG into taking precautionary steps of its own.

Those steps will need to be shared with HP/Gram, of course, but with the $1.2bn acquisition of Palm still yet to produce tangible benefits to pacify shareholders, Open webOS poses more potential for tinkering and modification.

LG Open webOS smart TV planned for CES 2013 as Google TV sidelined is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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