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Video : LG’s 1st Android Phone, The LG GW620

Chris Leckness — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:29:58 +0000

Oh, it’s a cute commercial. Someone on Twitter turned me on to the video saying that LG is marketing to preschoolers with this one. I think I have to agree, but it is cute and the phone looks nice. I will add it to the list of desired phones that I want to check out, right behind the Cliq and the Droid.

What do you think, too cutesy?

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LG Announces an Android Phone, Gets in Line.

Zealot — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:46:23 +0000

Forget “iPhone Killers”, those are so last month…the new fashion seems to be “Cliq Killers”.

Despite continuing to shout about it’s upcoming THIRTEEN Windows Mobile phones (“Love us, Redmond, LOVE USSSS!!!!!”), LG found the time to announce an Android handset that follows the now standard sliding QWERTY touchscreen model so that it looks like…well…like a Moto Cliq.

Originally leaked as the Etna, LG is now calling the phone the GW620 and are not giving up any specs yet beyond a three inch touchscreen and Android baked right in. However, it is rumored to feature a 5MP camera, GPS, HSPDA and WiFi and to be destined for a European release.

The phone looks sharp if a bit familiar, and though it is no iPhone I bet Steve Ballmer would pretend to step on it for you if you took his picture with it.

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LG the New HTC?

Zealot — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:14:45 +0000

Now that HTC is moving more and more towards Android based phones, who will take up the slack in terms of Windows Mobile smartphones? Well, how about Korean up-and-comer LG?

Already the world’s third-largest mobile phone vendor according to their press release, LG announced today they will be launching three new phones over the next few weeks, all slated to run Windows Mobile 6.5 (due for release October 6th) No further word from LG about phone specs or what carriers and markets they will be released for.

As regards Windows Mobile 6.5, LG said that the new OS will “make it easier for users to navigate the Web”…which may be something of an oversimplification from what we have seen of WinMo 6.5 but certainly speaks directly to one of the main things consumers look for in a phone these days.

LG isn’t stopping with these first three however. The company says that they intend to launch a total of 13 new Windows Mobile phones around the world by the end of 2010. 13 phones in 16 months isn’t bad at all, and may very easily be enough to wrest the title of Windows Mobile Champion from HTC as well as giving them “Favored Vendor Status” once Windows Mobile 7 rolls around.

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LG Windows Mobile App Store

Marilyn Torres — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:51:23 +0000

Since my main handset is a WinMo-running HTC Tilt, I’m looking forward to trying out LG’s sampling of Windows Mobile applications. From different categories all the way down to the all-important “Free” category, LG’s app store seems to have all its basis covered.

LG has launched an application store for their Windows Mobile phones, with a catalogue of 1400 tested apps, which LG hopes to expand to 2000 by the end of the year. Initially aimed at the Asia Pacific region, the service will first be offered in countries such as Singapore, Malaysia and Australia and will reach Europe and the South America by the end of this year.

While stateside users can browse through the site, registration is limited to our overseas mobile kindred. I’ll be keeping close eye out for when LG expands their user pool westward, but until then applications like Tipster, SPB software, and Ilium’s offerings many of the listed apps can be found elsewhere on the interwebs.

Source: WMPoweruser.com

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Girl Crowned US Texting Champ, End of World is Nigh

Zealot — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:10:58 +0000

CNN is reporting (via Textually.org) that a 15 year old Iowa girl, Kate Moore, has won the L.G. National Texting Championship held in NYC last week. The girl won $50,000 for overcoming such texting challenges as accurately texting such thumb-killing phrases as "Which wicked witch wished which more wicked witch in the well?" and "Zippity Dooo Dahh Zippity Ayy…MY oh MY, what a wonderful day! Plenty of sunshine Comin’ my way….Zippitty Do Dah Zippity Aay! Wonderful Feeling Wonderful day!" while being distracted by “Human Emoticons” trashtalking them or running obstacle courses.

LG has been using texting in much of their recent advertising, including putting a Text to Normal Speech translator “for parents” on their web site. They have been attempting to appeal to a younger demographic by painting TXT as the language of hip youngsters, while we old fuddy duddies still use lots of letters and other silly things in most words.

The girl, whose mother says gets phone bills stretching nearly 300 pages (unlimited data plans, the modern parent’s best friend) agreed to an interview after her victory with CNN…by SMS of course.

The interview (if you believe it wasn’t just a stunt cooked up by CNN and LG) went as follows…

CNN: OMG U r ltrlly the wrld’s bst txter. How does it feel?

Moore: It feels the best! Im so prd of myself & it feels aswm that ive gottn so far! :)

CNN: How mny txts do u snd a day? A month?

Moore: Uhhh about lyk 400-500 in a day, an avrg of 12014 thousand a month?

CNN: Wht r u going to do w the 50 k?

Moore: Idk yet! Prlly spend a good amount of the $$$……but ya gotta save some 2 b smart of course!

CNN: Do u ever get in trubl in skwl 4 txting 2 much?

Moore: haah just once or 2ce, teachers hv seen it and taken it away…lol that sux when that happens tho.

CNN: What’s ur crzst txting story?

Moore: Haha I actually have a scar on my hand from txtingg….i was txting on the top bunk and I sat up cuz it was a cool txt and then I hit it in the ceiling fan

CNN. Do ur thumbs hurt?

Moore: Hahah not at all! Ud b surprised they don’t get stressed out.

CNN: Kthxbi.

Moore: cya! :)

Be afraid….be VERY afraid.

Now if you’ll all excuse me, I have to go and bleach the parts of my mind that understood that.

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Recent AT&T ROM Upgrades

Jack Cook — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:49:34 +0000

I thought I would just pass this on (again) for those of you that might have missed these announcements. There are two ROM upgrades that AT&T has announced. The HTC FUZE upgrade has been widely reported on a number of sites but in case you somehow missed it, you can get it here. The landing page provides additional detail and instructions.

Simultaneously, LG has officially released the LG Incite ROM upgrade which is now available for download from the LG support site. This has not been widely reported but is a great upgrade for users of this model. So how do you get the upgrade for the incite? Click this link: http://mobilephones.us.lge.com/support.aspx then follow these instructions:

Select AT&T for Carrier, Select Incite for model,

Click LG Incite software update button in far right column

Download to a folder of your choice, run and follow the directions

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More Leaked AT&T + WinMo Love. LG Herald (GW600)

Chris Leckness — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:51:35 +0000

Wow. This is a huge leak, It’s provided a ton of info for WinMo fans and I haven’t even read all the info available for non WInMo phones yet. So much info this week. Here is another one, the LG Herald (GW600). This one looks simple and to the point too.

The 1st thing to note is the reasonable OS and dates. It has an interesting 20 key keyboard instead of a full qwerty. Quite interesting really. This wouldn’t do much for me, but for those coming from a feature phone or another without, it would be fine I am sure. It’s running Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard, so no touchy for you either. I think Mike Temporale will like this one!

Source: Engadget

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1st Windows Mobile 7 Phone Coming to AT&T?

Chris Leckness — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:37:05 +0000

Maybe so, but I doubt seriously it will be around the time they suggest in the leaked AT&T slide. September? Wow. That is lofty. I think Chris at Engadget said it best, “…but seeing we’ll be lucky to have 6.5 devices in our hands by then, this date has undoubtedly slipped since the slide was made” No way possible in my opinion. That’s not really the point though, the point is that we have info about what will likely be one of the 1st WinMo 7 devices and to top that off, it’s advertised to be using one of them there fancy dancy Snapdragon processors. This is the Qualcomm QSD 8650 Snapdragon CPU that runs at 1ghz. Looking good so far, throw in that slide out keyboard and there is even more excitement in store for WinMo fans!

Look good to you? Me too. Just don’t expect it in 2009 in my opinion.

Source: Engadget

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Versa comes to Verizon on March 1st

Jack Cook — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:12:48 +0000

Now there is something about this device that just catches my eye. Is it the detachable keyboard? I just wish it was running Windows Mobile….

The LG Versa incorporates an accelerometer, supports Flash video and has a virtual keypad. We will also find a “so so” 2.0 megapixel camera with video, a microsSD slot that supports up to 16GB, Bluetooth 2.1 EDR and Wi-Fi. Verizon will sell it for $200 with a two-year wireless subscription.

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LG Eigen Officially Announced as the LG-GM730

Chris Leckness — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:05:42 +0000

Look out Omnia, here comes the LG-GM730…

If you like this, get ready. Engadget is reporting that LG is planning to make Windows Mobile their main OS now. They also have some hands on video with this one online already. Check it out.

LG Electronics (LG), a worldwide technology and design leader in mobile communications, today announced LG-GM730, its newest handset in LG’s smartphone line-up, which makes advanced smartphone features easy to use. This, the first smartphone to use new version of Windows Mobile OS integrated with LG’s advanced 3D S-Class User Interface, will be on display at the Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona from February 16-19.

LG Electronics steps forward to the smartphone market making statement that users don’t have to outsmart to their smartphone.

The LG-GM730 is the newest phone among LG’s easy-to-use smartphones line-up to come. The company has recently signed a special contract with Microsoft, allowing them to be the first manufacturer of a phone with the new version of Windows Mobile. On top of Windows Mobile, the LG-GM730 will provide LG’s dynamic, direct and intuitive S-Class User Interface.

“The combination of Windows Mobile and our new 3D S-Class User Interface will make the LG-GM730 the most functional and easiest to use smartphone ever created,” said Dr. Skott Ahn, President and CEO of LG Mobile Communications Company. “This phone is a springboard for us. We will launch a number of smartphones this year; most of them will follow this same winning formula.”

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Tired of carrying your phone?

Jack Cook — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:12:52 +0000

LG has the solution by introducing their 3G HSDPA wrist phone, the LG-GD910 that supports both 3G and HSDPA technology. Pretty cool huh?

Well it is just another “toy” but a darn cool one that got me interested. It has a 1.43-inch color LCD touchscreen and it has a video camera integrated in the watch face for video recording. In addition, it has text-to-speech, Bluetooth, MP3 playback and voice dialing with speech recognition. I hope to see this at CES and I will ask if it is just slated for the European market or will we see it in the USA.

Akihabara News via Electronista

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LG Incite Hands On Video 1st Look

Chris Leckness — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:21:28 +0000

Yesterday AT&T announced the LG Incite. The Incite is an attractive Windows Mobile 6.1 phone with a 3″ touchscreen and a 1300mah battery. It has an adequate amount of memory and a 528mhz processor. I am not too sure how well I will do without an actual keyboard (slide out or front facing). Unless LG has added some touches to the default Windows Mobile keyboard, I will most likely have to try a 3rd party on screen keyboard.

In this video, I just rip the box open, show the goodies you get inside and do a quick look at the hardware. The software walk through will come later.

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Some readers/viewers here and on Youtube have mentioned that the videos are sometimes too long and that I should break them up into easier to eat portions. I am going to try that out for the next couple video 1st looks.

PS. There is a heads up on upcoming contest details in the video as well.

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LG Incite – Another Week, Another AT&T WinMo Phone

Chris Leckness — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:16:28 +0000

I have to say that I am impressed. Another WinMo Phone for the US. LG no less, interesting. The Incite is available now in AT&T retail stores nationwide and online for $199.99 with a new two-year agreement and mail-in rebate.

The Incite looks to be a nice WinMo device with Windows Mobile 6.1, a 3″ touchscreen, and a 1300mah battery. For memory, the Incite has a MicroSD slot and 256 MB ROM, 128 MB RAM internal. It’s also got the must haves too… 3G, WiFi, aGPS, 3 megapixel camera, and more.

AT&T Inc. and LG Electronics MobileComm U.S.A. Inc. (LG Mobile Phones) today announced the availability of the LG Incite, the newest Windows Mobile device powered by the nation’s fastest 3G network for users who crave premium capabilities with ultramodern design. The Incite — available in the U.S. exclusively to AT&T customers — stirs up the smartphone market, with its stylish, sleek look and sophisticated technology.

The LG Incite boasts the latest in wireless communications technology, with domestic and international 3G capabilities, built-in aGPS and Wi-Fi(802.11 b/g) and Bluetooth 2.0. The LG Incite is equipped with Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, Microsoft Office Mobile and Microsoft ActiveSync 4.5. The Incite, the first of its kind for LG Mobile, offers Windows Media Player 10.

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Dust Off Those Binders

Zealot — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:14:40 +0000

I use to have a lady friend who swore by her Franklin Planner. She dragged her heavy black leather binder everywhere and swore that it was the only thing that kept her life orderly, centered and on course (well, that and Chai Latte). She would devotedly and (at least in my chaotic appraisal) obsessively record every appointment and event in her planner, even going so far as to make comments on past entries so she could reconstruct her week at a later point. Despite my affectionate ribbing over her devotion to what seemed to me to be a luddite productivity tool, she even gave one to me. The model she gave me had a pocket built into the binder to hold my Tungsten E (which she insisted on calling a Palm Pilot)…why I will never know. It struck me like selling a Vespa with a rack to carry your Ducati on back. I still have it somewhere, barely touched, buried in a box with remnants of other faded technologies like 8 track tapes and rolodex cards.

It seems however that at this late date, Franklin Planners are coming into the information age thanks to LG.

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Windows Mobile Devices with no Hardware Buttons

Gil Bouhnick — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:12:09 +0000

Have you noticed a new “minimalism” trend in Windows Mobile phones designs?

New devices (for example: HTC HD, LG Incite) come with really few hardware buttons.

No ‘OK’ button, no ‘Start’ key, and even… have mercy… no D-Pad buttons!

(hmm… is it something I said?)

Knowing the limitations of Windows Mobile, I wonder how good the user experience can get without having some of the traditional hard buttons.

Most of the new applications are designed in a way that does not require a stylus or d-pad: they are what we call: finger friendly.

But the problem is that up to this point – the vast majority of Windows Mobile applications is not yet finger friendly: mails, SMS, calendar, files explorer, different settings, word, excel – all of those are older applications not well designed for finger use.

Few examples:

1. Menus: I often find myself navigating through menu items using the d-pad.

Since Windows Mobile was originally designed for stylus use – the menus are too small to be clicked by a finger. The workaround to this problem is the d-pad – can you imagine using a finger or pulling the stylus each time you need to click on a menu item?

2. Lists: Let’s say I need to scroll down a bit in order to select an image when I’m using the default files explorer. Currently, the fastest way (for me) would be to use the down arrow button (leave it pressed) and this would move the selection down 1 by 1 until it will scroll the entire list down. I personally hate using the scroll-bar with my finger (or pulling the stylus out of its’ endless sleeping mode…)

I assume that if I try harder and can come up with some other examples, but I feel that those 2 are strong enough to prove that Windows Mobile is not yet ready for finger navigation only.

This, I hope, is something that will be solved in windows Mobile 7. I’m really anxious to see how the user interface will look like, but until that point, I would rather stick with some hard keys to ease and speed things up when I’m using my phone.

What do you think?

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