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If you weren’t excited about the next edition of LG’s hero device by now, the following news should spark your interest: apparently this smartphone is going to be so thin that it wont have room for a power button or volume buttons around its sides. With news of the LG Optimus G2 coming in from South Korean news sources that may or may not be entirely reliable, the concept certainly seems intriguing enough to be possible: could it be? The framework of this next-generation device is said to be such that the left, right, top, and bottom will have a completely non-traditional button layout.

While the LG Optimus G was so impressive that Google hired LG to make them their own in the Google Nexus 4, the G2 has to step things up a notch. With the 2013 wave of smartphones out-doing the G with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 600 processors (in the HTC One and Samsung GALAXY S 4), it wont just be the body that’s getting a cut. LG has also been tipped to be including Qualcomm’s best yet: the Snapdragon 800.

The LG Optimus G2 is being quoted as containing the following today, straight from the source speaking with MyDrivers. The physical design of this device may be the biggest change, but the final build will be one heck of a whopper!

LG Optimus G2

• 5-inch display, 1080 x 1920 pixel resolution
• 13 megapixel camera back-facing, 2.1 megapixel front
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 quad-core processor
• Android 4.2 Jelly Bean
• LG User Interface
• Worldwide Launch

Have a peek at our LG Optimus G Pro hands-on experience as well as our original review of the LG Optimus G and get ready for the next coming of LG. This device should be revealed by the time Summer has begun, but no confirmation has yet been given by LG. Stay tuned!

LG Optimus G2: so thin it can’t use buttons is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Earlier this year at CES 2013, we came across a rather interesting setup by LG which was a trio of curved 3D OLED televisions. While it appeared to be quite an engineering feat, LG did not state if they were planning on releasing the television to the masses, or if it was simply a display of their engineering prowess. In any case for those who thought it would be cool to own such a device, you’re in luck as LG has announced that the curved OLED televisions will indeed be going on sale sometime in the second half of the year. While they did not state where the television would first launch, it is speculated that it could probably kick off in South Korea before the company decides that there is enough demand to warrant taking it to other parts of the world. No word on pricing either, but considering that this is something of a new technology, we don’t expect them to come cheap.

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The Power Matters Alliance has just received a huge increase in support from several, major businesses. HTC, LG, and Samsung, 3 of the most biggest smartphone manufacturers in the world, have joined the PAM, and will be integrating its wireless charging technology in their future devices. With these new additions, AT&T plans on launching smartphones with PMA-wireless charging technology integrated into them by 2014.

Alongside these new additions, there are several other companies who are part of the PMA. Blackberry, NEC, Texas Instruments, IDT, NXP, ZTE, and Kyocera have all joined the alliance and are planning on implementing the wireless technology into their devices later on. Accessory makers Incipio, Sketch, and Otterbox are also following the lead of these companies, and will be launching wireless-charging capable accessories in the future.

PMA has become commonplace all around the world. It has over 1,500 charging spots all throughout the United States, located in various Starbucks locations, airports, and places like Madison Square Garden and The Garden State Plaza Mall. It’s starting to spread globally as well, including various McDonalds located across Europe. At these select McDonalds, all you need to do is place your wireless-charging capable handset on a McDonalds table to begin charging your device.

Previously, PowerKiss, the company that would be equipping McDonalds’s tables with wireless charging technology, planned on using Qi’s wireless charging technology to execute its plan, but it has dropped Qi in favor of the Power Matters Alliance. Many companies are starting to see the PMA as the new standard of choice for wireless charging. In just the past 5 months alone, its membership increased over 10x.

[via Engadget]

AT&T to launch PMA-wireless charging capable smartphones by 2014 is written by Brian Sin & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Alongside its wafer-thin 4K TVs, LG’s curved OLED display was another product that occupies a special place in our CES memories. Fortunate, then, that the product has taken a step away from vaporware, with the company’s Vice President of Home Entertainment Europe, Thomas Lee, confirming that its “world-first” curved OLED TVs will launch in the second half of this year. Given the Korean firm’s tendency to test new models closer to home, we’d suspect this would be a native launch, but given that the company’s 55-inch OLED display made it into at least one store outside of Korea, we wouldn’t count out seeing an overseas retail appearance soon after.

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So, we did talk about how LG rolled out the latest version of their vacuum cleaner that could respond to the clarion call of your voice – which is going to be more than a novelty, and it would also work great for those who love living in futuristic conditions. Well, the next time you want to consider picking up a washing machine, perhaps it would bode you well to fork out money for a new washing machine from LG that get this – does not use water at all in its operation.

A washing machine that uses no water? What kind of sorcery is this? Senior Vice President for LG Electronics Home Appliance Division, Kevin Cha, did not want to share anything more about this particular washing machine, on whether it will be completely waterless or virtually waterless, but we do know that it is on its way to the market, never mind that right now, it remains in the early stages of development and will be a trade secret – hopefully not for long, though.

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