Feb 16

LG Mini GD880 hands-on

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Not to be outdone, LG chose MWC to show off its Mini GD880, a svelte piece built from brushed aluminum in both black and silver. Build quality is striking here — jaw-droppingly so — with fit and finish on all corners, seams, and around the various ports looking spot on. This device also has heft for its diminutive size — sure, it’s only 99g, but that feels like so much for a device of this size — but it only adds character and, well, it feels like money for lack of a better word. Running LG’s S-Class UI, the touchscreen sadly isn’t really up to snuff, we had to really poke at the screen to get it to register a touch, and there was lag and delay between key press and action. Of course, this isn’t shipping today, but rather launches in Europe in March — for some unknown price — and then on to other markets. So here’s hoping there is still a tweak or two in the GD880’s future, it’d be a shame to let something as glorious as it looks not deliver an experience to match. Short video and gallery are right below the break.

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LG Mini GD880 hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 16

LG Mini GD880 finally gets a full on announcement at MWC

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Hey there, Mini GD880 — we’ve seen plenty of you around here lately — but we were beginning to wonder if you’d ever get totally, completely, 100 percent official. Well, here we are, day two of MWC, and it was definitely worth the wait. LG’s latest featurephone packs a 5 megapixel cam, WiFi, 7.2Mbps HSDPA, and integrated FM radio into a frame that’s just 10.6mm in depth and weighs just 99 grams — about as thin and light as it gets. It also boasts continual over-the-air syncing via LG‘s new Air Sync service, making it a pretty smart phone — for a featurephone. The Mini GD880 will be available throughout Europe beginning in March, for an as yet undetermined amount of cash money. The full press release is after the break, but if your heart is filled with desire for this beast, you can hit up the hands-on and impressions in the more coverage link for more photos.

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LG Mini GD880 finally gets a full on announcement at MWC originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 16 Feb 2010 07:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 16

MWC: LG GW990 Will Become an Intel MeeGo Phone

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IMG_1308.JPGNokia may talk the talk, but LG walks the walk. A day after Intel and Nokia announced they were merging their Maemo and Moblin Linux platforms to become MeeGo, a presenter at LG’s press breakfast today confirmed that the LG GW990, the first phone based on Intel’s Moorestown platform, will “transition” to MeeGo.

The presenter’s English was extremely limited, so it was hard to get more details. But the GW990 currently runs on Moblin, so it makes sense that it would become one of the first MeeGo phones.

Whether it’s actually first depends on several things, like whether Nokia transitions their N900 Maemo device over to MeeGo, and what all the mysterious other gadgets that Intel and Nokia were promising turn out to be. The GW990 is scheduled to come out in Korea during the second half of this year, but LG has no plans to bring it to the US.

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Feb 14

LG’s 15-inch OLED TV on track for mid-year US release

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It’s a little sad when the world’s largest production OLED television measures just 15-inches diagonally but that’s the unfortunate state of the panel business at the moment. Nevertheless, there are still plenty of fans (including us) waiting for LG’s EL9500 OLED television to ship outside of South Korea. According to OLED-Display, LG hopes to bring the flat-panel wonder to the US sometime in the middle of 2010. Of course, it’ll still cost somewhere around $2,500 by the time it lands but hey, at least you’ll have the option for local retail and support.

LG’s 15-inch OLED TV on track for mid-year US release originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 12

LG says it’s launching a product to ‘compete with Apple and Amazon,’ maybe by April

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LG isn’t dishing out many details about this one just yet, but company exec KW Kim (head of LG’s Middle East and Africa Operations) has told Emirates Business that LG will soon be launching a product — “maybe by April” — that “will compete with Apple and Amazon.” And, well, that’s about it. As you may recall, however, LG has been showing off various bits of technology for e-book readers over the past little while, including a solar-powered system designed specifically for e-readers and, of course, some flexible e-paper displays that have already turned up in the Skiff Reader. In other LG news, Kim also dropped word that the company is talking with Etisalat about a new line of “notebooks” (possibly netbooks) that would use “Google’s operating system,” although it’s not clear if he was referring to Chrome or Android.

LG says it’s launching a product to ‘compete with Apple and Amazon,’ maybe by April originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 04

LG X20 netbook clears the FCC

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It may not look quite as sleek as the LG X300 netbook we spotted at CES last month (at least in these pictures), but LG’s new (and as yet unannounced) X20 model has just passed through the FCC, which likely means we’ll be hearing plenty more about it soon. Nothing too special with the specs, as you might expect, which include a 10.1-inch, 1366 x 768 display, an Atom N450 processor, 2GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive, a 4-cell battery, and built-in HSPA 3G, among other standard fare. That latter detail could well indicate that this one could be headed to a certain carrier, however, especially in light of some of LG’s other recent netbooks.

LG X20 netbook clears the FCC originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 03

ABI Research: Global Cell Phone Sales Jump 15 Percent in Q4

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It turns out the cell phone market may be finally recovering: ABI Research reports that handset sales hit 336.5 million globally in the fourth quarter of 2009, which is up 15.1 percent compared to the same period one year ago.

Nokia has been a minor player here in the U.S., but the Finland-based manufacturer led global handset sales once again with 37.7 percent market share. Samsung grabbed the number two spot with 20.5 percent share, a huge increase over its 15.2-percent position one year ago. LG nabbed third place with 10.1 percent market share.

Sony Ericsson and Motorola both slid to 4.3 percent and 3.6 percent, respectively. HTC nudged upwards to 1.0 percent thanks to a late boost in both high-end and consumer devices.

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Feb 03

Japan certifies its first LTE device, LG says ‘whoa, ours?’

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In a country whose carriers’ phone lineups are dominated by domestic giants like NEC, Sony, Sharp, and Fujitsu, you wouldn’t necessarily think that the road to 4G would begin elsewhere — strangely, though, South Korea’s LG has garnered the honor of becoming the first company to have an LTE device certified by Japan’s TELEC, a necessary, FCC-like step to getting cellular equipment deployed in those parts. NTT DoCoMo, which intends to launch commercial LTE service later this year, is undoubtedly stoked to hear that the LD100 external modem is the lucky recipient of TELEC’s seal of approval (following FCC certification last year, coincidentally), meaning the carrier now has the green light to use it in trials. Considering that TeliaSonera’s already beaten DoCoMo to the punch with a live, customer-facing LTE network, are the days of being shocked and awed by Japan’s mobile tech drawing to a close, or are we just witnessing a little fluke here?

Japan certifies its first LTE device, LG says ‘whoa, ours?’ originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 25

LG’s Classic TV gives old CRT new legs

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LG's Classic TV gives old CRT new legs

In these complex, digital days, it’s easy to yearn for simpler, analog times — when everything was daisy-chained coax cable and all you needed was the odd RF adapter to get your gaming on. LG is taking its customers back in time with the Classic TV, an honest to gosh CRT clothed in period-appropriate attire. While it does break with tradition slightly by including a remote control, it offers nicely tactile dials and even a set of color-matched rabbit ears, making it the perfect thing for hooking up your Famicom or watching Astroboy re-runs. It’s available now in Korea, your choice of basic black or cheeky red for ₩ 249,000. That equates to about $215, but don’t go looking for it in your local Caldor flier.

LG’s Classic TV gives old CRT new legs originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 22

Nanosys and LG Innotek agree deal for newfangled LED-backlit displays

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For the nitty gritty of how Nanosys’ proprietary LED backlighting technology works, check out our earlier coverage here — what you really need to know is that the company promises a significantly wider color gamut from its displays, while reducing power consumption by up to 50 percent. Quantum dot LEDs have shown their faces before, but now there’s the big hulking heft of LG Innotek — LG’s component manufacturing arm — behind what Nanosys is offering, which indicates we might actually see the release of nanotech-infused displays within the first half of this year as promised. The early focus appears to be on mobile phones, which gives us yet another next-gen feature to add to our list of requirements for our next phone. Check out the full PR after the break.

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Nanosys and LG Innotek agree deal for newfangled LED-backlit displays originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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