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Tower of Cookie: 5 million LG Cookies sold in 9 months

Tower of Cookie: 5 million LG Cookies sold in 9 months

20 July, 2009 | comments (82)

There's an LG Cookie sold about every five seconds somewhere in the world. LG are keen to point out other numbers the most important of which is that over 5 million units were sold in total for the 9 months the phone's been on sale. Not long ago,...

Tags: LG, Touch UI


Chocolate LG BL40 spotted in the wild, LG BL42 tags after

Chocolate LG BL40 spotted in the wild, LG BL42 tags after

16 July, 2009 | comments (81)

Remember the extra long LG BL40? After an officially released teaser last week and a leaked promo video the other day, it now came time for its first live photos to appear online. To make things even sweeter another LG device with similar styling...

Tags: LG, Touch UI, Rumors


LG to give $1M to the fastest texters on the planet

LG to give $1M to the fastest texters on the planet

14 July, 2009 | comments (87)

Today LG announced the initiation of the second Mobile Worldcup competition for fast and accurate texting. Mobile Worldcup 2009 is the official name of the contest that will have a stunning prize pool of 1 million US dollars. This first round of...

Tags: LG, Misc


LG BL40 Black Label video leaks, heart-melting specs confirmed

LG BL40 Black Label video leaks, heart-melting specs confirmed

13 July, 2009 | comments (110)

The fourth member of the fashionable Black Label series has just made another step toward revealing its identity. A short video appeared on YouTube demonstrating the UI of the LG BL40, as seems to be the name of the next Chocolate successor. The...

Tags: LG, Touch UI, Rumors


LG application store launched, 1400 titles already available

LG application store launched, 1400 titles already available

13 July, 2009 | comments (24)

Today, LG officially started their very own application store, where their customers can find fresh new content for their handsets. There are more than 1400 apps already available for download, with 100 of them coming for free. Unfortunately the...

Tags: LG, Misc


12 MP LG GC990 Louvre unveiled, exclusive photos inside

12 MP LG GC990 Louvre unveiled, exclusive photos inside

07 July, 2009 | comments (195)

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...

Tags: LG, Touch UI


QWERTY-enabled LG GW300 connects with youth

QWERTY-enabled LG GW300 connects with youth

08 July, 2009 | comments (29)

LG are clearly on the move these days, though kind of settling down after the high-riding Louvre and new Black Label Chocolate. Affordable messaging is the game and the LG GW300 is keen to play along with full QWERTY keyboard. Official...

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LG teases with new LG Chocolate Black Label

LG teases with new LG Chocolate Black Label

07 July, 2009 | comments (29)

LG is bringing in the big guns - they announced a successor of the extremely popular Black Label series pioneer - LG Chocolate. The original Chocolate was the most popular phone in LG's history, selling over 21 million handsets, and so...

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LG introduce full-touch GT505 and QWERTY smartphone GW550

LG introduce full-touch GT505 and QWERTY smartphone GW550

17 June, 2009 | comments (24)

Two new LG handsets debuted at the CommunicAsia expo, held in Singapore this week. The fully-touch operated LG GT505 is designed with a focus on in-car GPS navigation, while the LG GW550 is targeted at heavy texters on a relatively low budget. Along...


Windows Mobile-based LG GM730 starts shipping, yours for 400 euro

Windows Mobile-based LG GM730 starts shipping, yours for 400 euro

16 June, 2009 | comments (27)

Those WinMo fans are by far the luckiest fellas recently. After the four announcements by Samsung yesterday, it now came time for LG to stand in the spotlight. The nicely-spec'd LG GM730 is available in the Australian and Asian market from today...


LG Arena in dusty pink waltzes on the scene as an Orange exclusive

LG Arena in dusty pink waltzes on the scene as an Orange exclusive

10 June, 2009 | comments (18)

The LG's metal-clad KM900 Arena is now available in a new pink finish that without a doubt will have girls waiting in line to get one - and they can get one but only through Orange. The pinkish LG Arena is certainly not the first popular LG...

Tags: LG, Orange, Touch UI


LG GD910 watch phone to hit Orange networks in July

LG GD910 watch phone to hit Orange networks in July

04 June, 2009 | comments (27)

Here are some good news to those of you that are looking for some unorthodox way to carry around their handset. The smallish, nice looking wristwatch phone LG GD910 will start shipping in Europe this July. In the beginning it will be an Orange...

Tags: LG, Touch UI


LG GW520 and GT505 bring push social networking updates

LG GW520 and GT505 bring push social networking updates

01 June, 2009 | comments (8)

If you've ever wanted to tinker with your online status while you are out and about, carrying a social networking portal in your pocket might just do the trick. Enter the latest LG phones meant to do just that, drawing inspiration from LG...

Tags: LG, Touch UI, Orange


Leak storm continues to flood news, four new LGs for AT&T

Leak storm continues to flood news, four new LGs for AT&T

27 May, 2009 | comments (18)

Hold on, we're not through the leak storm just yet. There are four LG handsets headed towards AT&T, ranging from a unpretentious business phone to more stylish full touch phones. The specs of these phones seem almost final and they should be out by...


Leak marathon continues with HP iPAQ K3 Obsidian and LG Monaco

Leak marathon continues with HP iPAQ K3 Obsidian and LG Monaco

26 May, 2009 | comments (17)

Just when we thought that the flood of leaked phones on our homepage is about to stop and here comes the next one (or ones more likely). Two WinMo powered handsets made their unofficial debut and as usually that was enough to secure them a front...


LG KC910i Renoir in tender pink, ladies on focus

LG KC910i Renoir in tender pink, ladies on focus

23 April, 2009 | comments (32)

LG has announced a pink color variation of their highly successful LG Renoir cameraphone. The pink Renoir is obviously targeted for the ladies, but the best part is that it's actually the updated KC910i model, which was presented at the MWC 2009...

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LG exceed expectations for Q1, seemingly unaware of recession

LG exceed expectations for Q1, seemingly unaware of recession

21 April, 2009 | comments (65)

LG brought home their Q1 report card today and it's all A's. They've managed a good 2.8 billion USD out of handset sales, which exceeded even their own expectations, and are doing 22.6% better than last year. As far as units shipped LG indeed...

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LG GC900 Viewty 2 turns official the Smart way,  no xenon though

LG GC900 Viewty 2 turns official the Smart way, no xenon though

15 April, 2009 | comments (74)

LG Viewty Smart (known as Viewty 2) is now official and very similar to the current LG flagman - the Arena. S-Class UI, 8 megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, GPS awaits you in the 12mm only thin body. The popular LG Viewty has finally jumped into the next...

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Orange UK to heat up the summer with the new LG GC900 Viewty 2

Orange UK to heat up the summer with the new LG GC900 Viewty 2

9 April, 2009 | comments (45)

You’ve already seen the LG GC900 in our MWC 2009 coverage hung behind glass without a word on specs details. Dubbed as LG Viewty 2, this 8 megapixel fella is obviously set to arrive in Orange UK network some time in Q2 2009. According to some...


LG unveil GM310, GM210 and GM205 music phones

LG unveil GM310, GM210 and GM205 music phones

7 April, 2009 | comments (19)

LG are releasing three music phones aimed at emerging markets - the LG GM310, GM210 and the GM205. They all feature Dolby Mobile and LG Sound Engine and have dedicated keys for the music player control. The three new devices are quite obviously...

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