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LG Phones now with Windows Phone 7 coming in September?
Feb 25th
Last week at MWC 2010, when Steve Ballmer officially announced Microsoft?s new Windows Phone 7 Series platform, he said that the first WP7 devices would be available in time for the holiday season this year.
Usually, this is another way of saying ?in the fourth quarter.? However, the first WP7 phone might be launched in September ? although it may also happen a few months later. Engadget China got this info from some LG Mobile officials in Hong Kong.
This is in line with some older rumors about a so called LG Apollo Windows Phone 7 Series handset, which could (but probably won’t) be launched by both Verizon and Sprint in August or September.
Other manufacturers that will launch WP 7 handsets this year or in early 2011: HTC, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Dell, Garmin-Asus, Toshiba and HP.
a new messaging phone from LG – LG GT350 – KS360
Feb 10th
LG has announced the successor to its low-end messaging phone – KS360, which we also know as Tribe or Neon. The new device keeps the side-sliding QWERTY form factor, while priding itself with social networking features, that include integration with Facebook and Twitter.
In addition, there’s a 3-inch WQVGA touchscreen (there were no touchscreen on the KS360) as well as four-line QWERTY keypad (versus KS360’s three lines) with dedicated buttons for accessing push e-mail, the web browser and instant messaging client.
Availability wise, the LG GT350 ill go on sale in Europe from this April and will then launch in other markets around the world. It will come in four color combinations including Aqua Blue, Purple, Light Silver, and Black, some of which will be exclusive to specific carriers.
New LG Mini GD880 – thinner and smallers touch phones
Feb 9th
With a form factor that puts all near competition out of contention, the uber sleek and uber slim LG Mini GD880 is made ?in response to specific requests from actual consumers?. The existing customers of LG seem to be having a problem with the excess bulk of the full-touch (3.2? screen) phones that are available presently. Under the sleek, sexy and slim hood comes some interesting features like 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, Wi-Fi, a-GPS, FM and even a cool 5 megapixel camera. The phone is most likely aimed at those who dig social networking more than anything else in a phone. Trust me, that?s not a small user group they?re targeting.
Starting in March, the LG Mini GD880 will be available in Europe. There?s not announcement about the price as yet.
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LG KM900 Arena – amazing features and technologies
Feb 7th
LG KM900 Arena has got a trendy look and luxurious feel with the dark grey polished metal exterior. LG Arena handset which is recognized for its camera specialty features and a myriad of wireless connectivity options was released in April, 2009. It has dimensions of 105.9 x 55.3 x 12 mm and weighs only 105 g.
It sports a 3.0 inch TFT capacitive touchscreen with 16 M colors and having a display of 480 x 800 pixels. LG Arena boasts of new S-class user interface (UI) that promises more fluid transitions, which results in better responsiveness that would certainly remind users of the iPhone.
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12 megapixel LG Mobile – LG GC990 Louvre unveiled
Jul 9th
Today the new cameraphone flagship LG GC990 Louvre made its first public appearance. Sporting a 12 MP autofocus camera and HD video recording it was showcased at a Korea Products Exhibition held in Warsaw. Live photos of the next big thing in the mobile world follow.LG GC990 Louvre is equipped with a masterpiece 12 MP camera with Schneider-Kreuznach optics, auto/touch focus, xenon flash and most importantly, it is able to record HD video clips (1280 x 720 pixels) at 30 fps.
The handset comes complete with a new feature dubbed Intellizoom. Other camera stuff include ISO up to 3200, camera images geo-tagging and zero shutter lag, which presumably means images will be taken as fast as with a dedicated digital camera.
The 12 MP still shots and the HD video recording add up to the best cameraphone we have seen so far (at leaston paper anyway). Until now user had to choose either the HD-videos of Samsung i8910 Omnia HD or the 12 MP resolution of the Samsung M8910 Pixon12 and Sony Ericsson Satio but with the GC990 Louvre you will be able to get the best of both worlds.
On top of the fancy camera, the LG GC990 Louvre also sports Wi-Fi with DLNA, TV-out, GPS and a 3.2″ 16M color touchscreen display.
LG GC990 Louvre runs the latest S-Class Touch UI and has an accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate. The final features of the LG Louvre include GPS receiver with A-GPS support, Bluetooth as well as DivX and Xvid video formats support.
There is no word of the LG GC990 Louvre availability and pricing yet but stay tuned as we expect to more information to be available soon.
Special thanks to Sebastian Duch for sending this in.
Update 08 July. LG GC990 is still a concept and ‘Louvre’ nickname is just an internal project name. Please check the official LG statement below.
“The GC990 or ‘Louvre’ mobile phone from LG, is a great example of the type of mobile technology innovation LG is developing. This is a concept model only however, and as such there are no confirmed plans to bring it to market. As we have further details on our camera-phone portfolio or other mobiles, LG will provide information on where and when they will be available to consumers.“
via: http://www.gsmarena.com/
Nokia unveils low cost 3G phones in India
May 18th
Nokia 2730 Classic
Nokia has unveiled three new low cost 3G enabled phones
aimed at emerging markets. The new models announced are Nokia 2730 Classic, Nokia 2720 Fold and Nokia 7020.
All three phones are Internet-ready, and work with Nokia’s range of emerging market services such as Nokia Life Tools and Ovi Mail. Let’s now delve into the finer details of each of the devices.
The 2730 Classic is a classic candybar phone featuring a decent spec sheet. It comes packed with a 2-inch QVGA (320*240) display, a micro USB connector, 30MB of expandable memory and Bluetooth 2.0. The phone is 3G ready and supports EDGE as well. The camera is a 2 megapixel unit with 4x digital zoom. The phone also comes with a standard 3.5mm jack. The phone will be available in the second quarter of this year at a price of Rs. 5,300.
Nokia 2720 Fold
The Nokia 2720 Fold, as evident from the name, is a clamshell phone. This one will be slotted below the 2730 Classic. On the features front, this one sports a 1.8 inch display with a resolution of 128*160. It comes with 32MB of memory with no memory expansion capabilities, which I must say is unwarranted for. However, it does sport a 1.3 megapixel camera which should keep you happy. The 2720 is not 3G ready but supports EDGE. Bluetooth 2.0 support is present as well. This one is expected to make its debut in the fourth quarter of this year at an expected price of Rs. 3,600.
Nokia 7020
Lastly, we have the 7020 which again is a clamshell phone. This one however is feature packed as compared to the 2720. The 7020 sports a 2.2 inch, QVGA display. The phone comes with 45MB of internal memory with support for memory expansion. On the imaging front, there is a 2 megapixel camera thrown in as well. This is a Quad band GSM phone
with EDGE support. 3G however seems to be missing. Expect this one to grace your palms by the fourth quarter of this year at an approximate price tag of Rs. 6,000.
LG Cookie hits two million sales
Apr 24th
LG has said its touch-screen phone the LG Cookie has reached two million sales worldwide.
The budget phone made its debut in October 2008 with an exclusive to Carphone Warehouse. The handset costs just £100.
Mobile revealed earlier this year that Carphone Warehouse had sold around 20,000 per week when the phone was released. The high sales made it a top seller over the Christmas period.
The Cookie is now being sold in other retail outlets with network exclusives on the range of different colours.
Specification:
LG has said its touch-screen phone the LG Cookie has reached two million sales worldwide.
The budget phone made its debut in October 2008 with an exclusive to Carphone Warehouse. The handset costs just £100.
Mobile revealed earlier this year that Carphone Warehouse had sold around 20,000 per week when the phone was released. The high sales made it a top seller over the Christmas period.
The Cookie is now being sold in other retail outlets with network exclusives on the range of different colours.
Specification:
| General | 2G Network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
|---|---|---|
| Announced | 2008, September | |
| Status | Available. Released 2008, December |
| Size | Dimensions | 106.5 x 55.4 x 11.9 mm |
|---|---|---|
| Weight | 89 g |
| Display | Type | TFT resistive touchscreen, 256K colors |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 240 x 400 pixels, 3.0 inches | |
| - Flash UI
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate - Handwriting recognition |
| Sound | Alert types | Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones, composer |
|---|---|---|
| Speakerphone | Yes |
| Memory | Phonebook | 1000 entries, Photocall |
|---|---|---|
| Call records | 40 dialed, 40 received, 40 missed calls | |
| Internal | 48 MB | |
| Card slot | microSD (TransFlash), up to 16GB (verified), buy memory |
| Data | GPRS | Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 – 48 kbps |
|---|---|---|
| HSCSD | No | |
| EDGE | Class 10, 236.8 kbps | |
| 3G | No | |
| WLAN | No | |
| Bluetooth | Yes, v2.1 with A2DP | |
| Infrared port | No | |
| USB | Yes, v2.0 |
| Camera | Primary | 3.15 MP, 2048×1536 pixels |
|---|---|---|
| Video | Yes, QVGA@12fps | |
| Secondary | No |
| Features | Messaging | SMS, EMS, MMS, Email |
|---|---|---|
| Browser | WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML | |
| Radio | Stereo FM radio with RDS | |
| Games | 4 + downloadable | |
| Colors | Black, Vandyke brown, Anodizing silver, Elegant gold, Delicious white, Pink | |
| GPS | No | |
| Java | Yes, MIDP 2.0 | |
| - MP3/WMA/AAC player
- MPEG4/3gp video player - Organizer - Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF) - Voice memo - T9 |
| Battery | Standard battery, Li-Ion 900 mAh | |
|---|---|---|
| Stand-by | Up to 350 h | |
| Talk time | Up to 3 h 30 min |
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