LG’s Optimus 2x is going to be making it to the shores of the United States and the airwaves of T-Mobile in the form of the LG G2x. Announced late last night at CTIA, the G2x is going to be a dream come true for many T-Mobile customers. Not only will it be running a [...]
Not wanting to be overshadowed by Sprint and T-Mobile at this year’s CTIA, which we’ll be covering live from Florida, AT&T made two pretty impressive announcements this morning in the form of the HTC HD7S, powered by Windows Phone 7, and the LG Thrill 4G, which supports 3D and sports Android. AT&T’s HTC HD7S is [...]
T-Mobile USA and LG are expected to be announcing the retail availability of its latest G-franchise which consists of the G-Slate, a re-badged version of the Optimus Pad, and the LG G2X, which is expected as a re-branded version of the LG Optimus 2X. The anticipated announcement may happen next week at the CTIA tradeshow, [...]
In a recent video for LG, the 3D capabilities of the LG G-Slate for T-Mobile USA were shown off with the dual cameras on the back. The video also highlights some of the other features of the device, including some of the new features of the Android 3.0 Honeycomb operating system. The LG G-Slate will [...]
Over at Notebooks.com this morning we found a collection of interesting news and shared a review of a Android smartphone that doesn’t require a contract and has plans starting at $25 a month. First up is our full review of the LG Optimus V from Virign Mobile. This Android smartphone is available for $149.99 without a contract and has [...]
Long believed to be the first 4G LTE Android smartphone to debut on Verizon Wireless’s mobile broadband network, the HTC Thunderbolt has been plagued with numerous delays. To be fair, though, Verizon never really disclosed a specific actual launch date for the device so theoretically the phone’s non-launch at this point can’t be a delay. [...]
In addition to the rumored Nexus S 4G and EVO Flyer Tablet, Sprint could be launching an EVO 3D smartphone as a successor to its flagship HTC EVO 4G Android smartphone on the Now Network. The original HTC EVO 4G was launched at the Spring CTIA last year, making the wireless industry trade show later [...]
It looks like T-Mobile USA will be expanding its G-franchise with a new smartphone that was leaked as the LG G2X. The fourth largest U.S. carrier which operates the second largest GSM network in the country already has another G product in its lineup, also from LG, in the form of the G-Slate. The G-Slate [...]
While Verizon Wireless is expected to carry devices in its lineup this spring running the Windows Phone 7 operating system on hardware from HTC and others, the carrier is unwelcoming to the platform and doesn’t appear to think that Nokia and Microsoft will make an impact with their new alliance. The carrier’s Chief Technology Officer [...]
At Mobile World Congress, Fulton was showing off its inductive wireless charging solution, which will be inter-operable with other devices thanks to its reliance on the Qi wireless charging standard introduced by the Wireless Power Consortium. Handset makers such as Motorola, LG, and HTC have all signed on, so if you have a Motorola phone [...]
In addition to the LG G-Slate that was announced at CES, LG is following up with its Optimus Pad announcement for Mobile World Congress. The Optimus Pad is an 8.9-inch tablet featuring Google’s Android 3.0 Honeycomb operating system, which is the first version of Android built for tablets. The device’s 8.9-inch screen supports a resolution [...]
Unlike the LG Optimus 2X, unveiled at CES, the LG Optimus 3D announced for Mobile World Congress will be using a dual-core 1.0 GHz ARM-based OMAP processor from Texas Instruments rather than NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 CPU. In addition to a glasses-free 3D screen and the ability to capture images and video in 3D, the Optimus [...]
Apple had brought the term ‘IPS’ into the mainstream with the company’s iPad consumer tablet, and there is speculation that the company may be switching to a new PLS technology in the future. According to a report from The Korea Herald, Samsung Mobile Display will be the maker behind the Super Plane to Line Switching [...]
LG is expected to introduce and debut a 3D Android smartphone next week at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as the Optimus 3D, and now the company is teasing the glasses-free 3D smartphone. The new teaser video shows off the device with a kick stand, a feature that was highly popular on the Sprint HTC [...]
Yesterday I attended the Dell Means Business event in San Francisco along with a few other dozen geeks. I sat next to Engadget’s Sean Hollister, who was sporting an LG LV600 modem plugged into his laptop. I had my Sprint Overdrive and I challenged him to a 4G duel. Myriam (@tnkgrl) poked a little fun at [...]
Could an Android smartphone made by Motorola that has wireless charging capabilities integrated be coming your way soon? Hopefully, yes, as Motorola has joined rivals HTC, Samsung, LG, and Sony Ericsson in coming together with the Wireless Power Consortium, which has in the past agreed to a universal wireless charging standard called Qi. Like wired [...]
After rumors of a 3D smartphone coming from LG, the handset-maker has confessed to its ambition of delivering a 3D-capable smartphone prior to the device’s debut at February’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Though not a lot of details are revealed at present through the company’s press release, LG is saying that its Optimus 3D [...]
After an update was released for Verizon’s LG VL600 4G LTE USB modem, which brought with it improved performance, the carrier told Phonescoop that support for Mac users is forthcoming. Despite an aggressive roll-out to 38 metropolitan areas of its 4G LTE network and robust speeds, many users have complained that Verizon’s initial releases of [...]
LG is speculated to be introducing a 3D version of its Optimus line of smartphones. In addition to the powerful LG Optimus 2X, which was shown at CES, the company may introduce a glasses-free 3D smartphone at February’s Mobile World Congress if details from the company’s invitation for an event at the trade show is [...]
A recently leaked document with important release dates for upcoming high profile phones and tablets for wireless carrier T-Mobile USA was obtained by TmoNews. That document confirms the anticipated release dates for the LG G-Slate tablet, the Dell Streak 7, as well as the Galaxy S 4G, also referred to by some as the Vibrant [...]
An LG France spokesperson claims that the G-Slate, which would be coming to T-Mobile USA, would not only have a 3D glasses-free display, but could also record and encode 3D video as well according to Unwired View. Though not a lot of information is known about the Tegra 2-powered 8.9-inch tablet that’s made by LG, [...]
While T-Mobile USA has announced the G-Slate at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas a few weeks ago, its maker LG may have grander plans for the Android tablet that may have the G-Slate appearing on multiple carriers in multiple variations. In an interview with Pocket-lint, marketing and planning director James Choi was a [...]
With smartphones already replacing stand-alone GPS units, digital cameras, low-cost digital video cameras, PDAs, and other peripherals as those functions are now good enough and well integrated into a smartphone to use, LG is hoping to take that further and have users replace their home video game console systems with its powerful NVIDIA dual-core gigahertz [...]
Verizon Wireless had earlier today announced the 4G LTE LG Revolution smartphone, which the company says uses an “LG chip” as a processor. If true, it looks like LG may be joining the mobile CPU arms race for ARM-powered processors, joining heavyweights like Samsung, TI, NVIDIA, Qualcomm, and Marvell. Like the other 4G LTE phones [...]
We’ve certainly seen some interesting news about Google’s made for Tablets Honeycomb (Android 3.0). Well there’s more to see. After the T-Mobile event at CES 2011 today when the G-Slate from LG was one of the big stars the following videos were released. Enjoy the viewing.
Well there was some speculation that HTC might be making T-Mobile’s G-Slate Android Tablet but it looks like LG is going to be behind the hardware. Announced to today as the T-Mobile G-Slate with Google, it is also touted as being the first 4G Android Powered Tablet. I’m guessing we’ll hear much more about this [...]
We had mentioned that LG is set to announce its line of smart appliances, which are Internet-connected appliances that are connected to your home’s WiFi network. These appliances, powered by the company’s THINQ technology, can be remotely controlled via your smartphone. At the LG press event this morning, we had a chance to capture some [...]
We caught some quick video footage of LG’s press conference of the Optimus Black and Optimus 2X smartphone announcements. LG has stated during its press announcement today that its tablets will be debuting at another event tomorrow at the Consumer Electronics Show; LG’s tablets are widely believed to be called the Optimus Pad. The Optimus [...]
LG is one of the companies coming out with a Tablet (and many other consumer based products) at CES 2011 and it is holding its press conference early this morning CES time. At the event LG announced that it will announce a Tablet. But not today. Tomorrow. In the meantime those there on the site [...]
It looks like LG is getting ready to announce two new Android smartphones at CES–the company’s press conference is scheduled for 8 AM Pacific Time in Las Vegas on Tuesday, January 5th, 2011. According to Engadget, the LG Revolution is a 4G Android smartphone that seems to resemble the LG Optimus 2X. With a 4G [...]
The dual-core Tegra 2-powered Optimus 2X, previously leaked as the LG Star, is now bound for Europe with a January 2011 launch date according to the company. The phone is speculated to arrive Stateside on T-Mobile USA’s network this March, but that information was not confirmed and at this time is only a rumor. As [...]
Sources to RCR Wireless are saying that LG’s flagship Optimus 2X Android smartphone with its 4-inch display and NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core processor would be headed to T-Mobile USA’s network in March. The phone, which so far has only been launched in LG’s home country of Korea, will be destined for a European launch in [...]
If the LG Optimus 2X, which launches with an NVIDIA dual-core Tegra 2 processor, isn’t enough for you, then you may want to take a gander at a leaked Android-powered LG smartphone, which has the codename of LG B. The highlight of the device is in its design, which features an attractive, slim profile as [...]
The venerably leaked LG Star Android smartphone that was shown running on a dual-core ARM Cortex A9-based NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor has been confirmed by its maker LG as the LG Optimus 2X, a nomenclature that hints at the chipset that ships inside the device. The powerful Android smartphone is capable of encoding and decoding [...]
After confusion regarding the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for the Optimus One that happened earlier in the week, smartphone-maker LG is now correcting itself and the debacle it had created. The company is now committing to an upgrade path for Android 2.3 for the Optimus series smartphones that were released with Android 2.2 Froyo. Exact [...]
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