Throughout the week, we strive to bring you the latest in mobile news. However, as many of you know, there is always quite a bit. Well, we want to make your life easier and we’ve conjured up five of our top tech stories from the week of February 6th. From the Nikon D800 to rumors [...]
At the end of February, the Mobile World Congress 2012 is set to kick off in Barcelona. MWC is similar to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) but it’s focus is strictly on mobile. Smartphones, tablets, you name it. One of the biggest players at this year’s conference figures to be LG, a company that is [...]
Back at the end of December, a device called the LG Fantasy, a Windows Phone without a known destination, leaked out in the wild. That same phone, with a new name in tow, has leaked out again today in a couple of new photos. Ladies and gentlemen, meet the LG Miracle, a Windows Phone without [...]
Samsung won’t host a press conference at the Mobile World Congress this year according to an email sent to PC World. That doesn’t mean that Samsung won’t be announcing new devices, it just won’t be doing so on the main stage. Yeah, that probably means that there won’t be anything earth shattering announced, maybe a [...]
LG has posted a teaser video that announces some of the basic features of the company’s new LG Optimus Vu smartphone. The device, which will follow more well-known predecessors like the Dell Streak 5 and the Samsung Galaxy Note, will also have a 5-inch display. What’s curious is that rather than going with a widescreen [...]
With CES 2012 over and done with, we now have our sights set on the next big trade show, Mobile World Congress 2012, which is scheduled to kick off on in Barcelona on February 27th and last through March 1st. While CES touches on everything tech, the MWC is dedicated to everything mobile. And you [...]
Over the weekend, TMoNews dropped a piece of evidence that seems to indicate that T-Mobile has plans to kill off a whole bunch of phones. And by kill of, we of course mean tag them with an End-of-Life (EOL) status. The phones in question include two high-end ones, the HTC Sensation 4G and the HTC [...]
It’s been a few weeks and the dust from a very active CES for phone announcements is beginning to settle. AT&T and pretty much every major OEM announced phones. Motorola and Verizon announced a few rehashed devices, one of which launched on January 26th, 2012. Nokia and Samsung were fairly busy as well. That leaves [...]
It is speculated that LG may announce the Optimus L3 E400 at Mobile World Congress this year. The phone, which has not been seen previously, was discovered recently as a Swedish retailer is currently taking pre-orders for the device. Dubbed as an entry-level smartphone, the Optimus L3 does have striking good looks. The device will [...]
After being on store shelves for just under a week, Verizon Wireless is already beginning to push out a minor software update for the LG Spectrum, a phone that sports dual-core processing power, a 4.5-inch 720p HD IPS display, and support for 4G LTE. The Spectrum is positioned as a successor to the LG Revolution, [...]
It’s not everyday that you see a 4G LTE smartphone with the specifications that the LG Spectrum has fall to $80. And it’s especially rare to see a phone, with the specifications that the LG Spectrum has, drop to $80 mere days after it becomes available. If you haven’t guessed already, the LG Spectrum, a [...]
It appears that the LG X3, rumored to be the company’s quad-core smartphone, may not be alone at the Mobile World Congress as another LG-made smartphone called the LG CX2 or Optimus 3D 2 has leaked out today with both specifications and some images coming to the surface. And while it’s not as exciting as [...]
The LG Connect 4G, an Android smartphone that has been announced by MetroPCS, may also be headed to Verizon’s 4G LTE lineup in the future as recent FCC filings indicate that a variant of the phone has undergone regulatory testing with compatibility for Verizon’s 4G network. The dual-mode phone will be operational on Verizon’s 3G [...]
2012 is surely going to the be the year of the quad-core smartphone and so it comes as no surprise that a quad-core smartphone called the LG X3 leaked out today. What is a little surprising is how much detail leaked out. Not only do we have the meat of the the X3′s specifications, but [...]
One of the smartphones announced at CES 2012, the LG Spectrum, is now available on Verizon’s 4G LTE network giving those looking for a nicely spec’d phone with fast data speeds an affordable option. The Spectrum is the company’s follow-up to the LG Revolution, which was one of the first 4G LTE smartphones to hit [...]
Late last night, LG took the wraps off of its newest tablet, the LG Optimus Pad LTE, which will be hitting shelves in South Korea first, and then will likely be heading elsewhere around the globe. The Optimus Pad LTE brings some pretty enticing things to the table including an IPS display and a thin [...]
One of the biggest obstacles that some people face when buying a new smartphone, especially one 4G in nature, is the price. We know it’s hard to comprehend for some of you, but not everyone is willing to throw down hundreds of dollars for a new smartphone. Well, those not looking to break the bank [...]
One of the devices that kind of flew under the radar at CES 2012 was the LG Spectrum, a device that is going to be headed to Verizon on January 19th for $200. That price point is unusual for a phone destined for Big Red’s 4G LTE network, especially one that has the specs that [...]
Phone- and tablet-maker LG is still undecided about the prospect of utilizing Intel’s mobile Medfield chipset on its smartphones and tablets. LG has previously been using ARM-based processors on its devices, and the switch to Intel’s Atom-based Medfield CPU is still up in the air right now despite the fact that LG was among the [...]
While the LG Marquee isn’t a new phone, it is new to carrier Boost Mobile, which has announced that it will start carrying the Android smartphone starting January 23rd. The price? It’s going to be asking for $280 for the Marquee but that of course will come without the need for a new two-year agreement. [...]
Two of the phones that Verizon Wireless announced here at CES 2012, the Motorola Droid 4 and the LG Spectrum, will both be getting global roaming capabilities enabled sometime later on this year according to a statement to Phonescoop from company spokesperson Brenda Raney. This is big news because none of the phones in Verizon’s [...]
Yesterday at CES 2012 here in Las Vegas, we were able to go hands-on with one of Sprint’s first 4G LTE offerings, the LG Viper 4G LTE. However, the carrier didn’t fully reveal the phone in yesterday’s announcement leaving us, and many of you, wondering what the LG Viper 4G LTE is going to have on board. Lucky [...]
Usually when a phone hits its End of Life Status (EOL), it’s a cause for sadness. It wasn’t easy saying goodbye to the HTC Droid Incredible and we even shed a few fake tears for T-Mobile’s G2. However, today, TMoNews is reporting that the LG G2x for T-Mobile has reached its EOL and quite frankly, [...]
While the Galaxy Nexus will be headlining Sprint’s new LTE network lineup, the carrier did announce a second smartphone in the form of the eco-friendly LG Viper as well as a mobile hotspot. There’s not much that we can say about the device at this time as Sprint says it’s still an early production model [...]
We had a feeling that the LG Spectrum would get announced at CES 2012 and sure enough, LG and Verizon wasted no time in introducing the successor to the manufacturer’s original 4G LTE smartphone, the LG Revolution. Luckily, Verizon filled us in on all of the details, pricing and release date included, so let’s take [...]
Shortly after news that the LG Spectrum, a 4G LTE smartphone, would debut on Verizon’s network on January 19th, we’re seeing the full details of the Android device through a leaked screenshot of the Verizon Equipment Guide computer software. The leak confirms the January 19th launch date to all channels, and gives us some pretty [...]
If LG was trying to keep the wraps on the LG Optimus 2 before an official announcement at CES, it has done a pretty poor job. That’s because the device has shown up on LG’s website, right out in the open, giving us a look at the successor to one of the company’s best offerings [...]
From a leaked press shot, it appears that MetroPCS is landing the LG Connect 4G Android phone for its LTE network. There is speculation that the LG Connect 4G will also be coming to Verizon Wireless and Sprint–the latter of which may get a WiMax variant as Sprint does not yet have an LTE network [...]
Verizon Wireless is putting an end-of-life signal on several devices in its lineup, including some recently introduced 4G and 3G phones from 2011. On the list are the Motorola Droid 3–a handset with a slide-out keyboard that supports Verizon’s 3G signals in the U.S. and has world-phone radio on-board, the LG Revolution–a 4G LTE handset [...]
In a short week, Intel and LG are set to introduce a smartphone powered by the former’s Mefield chipset. The resulting consumer smartphone is expected to ship in March. According to 9to5 Google, Intel Korea head had told the Korean Times that “Intel’s chief executive Paul Otellini will release Intel’s first Android smartphone using our [...]
Pantech is rumored to be making a tablet for U.S. carrier AT&T, and that tablet is now pegged for an early 2012 launch. Neither companies had made any announcements about the tablet, but a Korean website is now saying that the slate is due with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and 4G LTE network connectivity, [...]
A strike at LG’s Nanjing, China LCD factory involving 8,000 workers may have potential impact on the mobile market, which is consuming higher resolution displays for tablets and smartphones. The company had failed to reach a resolution with its Chinese workers, who are demanding equal benefits to their counterparts in South Korea, including better pay [...]
Way back in July, a leak revealed seven handsets from LG. One of them was a device called the LG Fantasy which, at the time, existed in name and render only. Well, today, that device has made itself known to the world in a brand new image, courtesy of the XDA forums, that shows us [...]
Last week, Sony Ericsson detailed its Android 4.0 roll out plans for its collection of Android phones. And now, another manufacturer has chimed in with its own Ice Cream Sandwich timetable as LG has confirmed that the software will be rolling out a number of its phones no later than April of 2012 . It [...]
It appears that Verizon might have a couple of 4G LTE world phones up its sleeve in the form of the oft-rumored LG Spectrum and the recently leaked HTC Fireball. Both screenshots here, which list the phones in Verizon’s system, show an ‘O’ underneath the Global Phone listing. And while this doesn’t necessarily guarantee that [...]
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