Feb 29
You know the saying, "As some go out, others come in." That's exactly what LG is thinking - to take advantage of the struggling American handset maker.
When asked whether Motorola's poor performance is seen as a chance for the South Korean company, LG's chief executive Nam Yong said, "Yes, we'll increase our market share sharply!" No direct answer, but you can clearly feel the point.
And while we do support LG's efforts to grow it's handset business — after all they keep releasing both low-end and some very interesting mid to high-end devices like Viewty and Venus — we would still like to see MOTO recovering. Its Q9 family of smartphones as well as the Z10 look promising, and who knows what else they're working on at the moment (Z12?).
In the meantime, the world's fifth-largest mobile phone maker (LG) holds 7.2% of the global mobile phone market and plans to sell 100 million units this year. Will they succeed? This "game" is getting more interesting every day. We'll watch closely and report back to you…
[Via: Reuters]
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Feb 29
We've been waiting for LG to drop the LG Chocolate replacement on us for some time now, and it looks like we in for a new flavor of Chocolate soon. The FCC has revealed documents showing the LG VX8610 as the planned successor to the uber-popular LG Chocolate.
The LG VX8610 slider should rock a trackball, but that's about all we know about the new Verizon-bound handset. We'd like to give you a glimpse of what the LG VX8610 will look like in the flesh, but Verizon decided to file particularly vague diagrams with the FCC. We'll keep an eye out for actual Verizon LG VX8610 shots.
FCC source
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Feb 29
Back in January, Alltel announced it will roll out the full QWERTY keyboard equipped LG Scoop in the near future. Well, that day has come and now the device is available in Slate, Turquoise or Citrus colors.
Aside from the full keyboard paired with the chat-style text messaging client that will make anyone a savvy texter, there's nothing special about the Scoop. The 1.3 MP camera along with Bluetooth connectivity support and an MP3 player software sound so last yearish. But then again, you shouldn't expect much more for $59.99 after all the discounts and rebates, and with an appropriate plan…
[Via: Engadget Mobile]
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Feb 29
The LG KF700 touchscreen slider made its appearance at Mobile World Congress 2008 and we had a chance to briefly play with the device. The pseudo-haptic feedback is helpful, but it generally reminds us of how lacking these vibration-feedback mechanisms have so far turned out. The entire device vibrates to indicate a button press, rather than localizing the vibration to the particular button that has been pressed. Helpful? Barely.
One of the key draws of the LG KF700 is the full-body touchscreen. Unfortunately, we're still seeing the old-school pressure-sensitive touchscreen, but hey, at least its huge. Menu and UI operation is intuitive and fast (again marked by pseudo-haptic feedback) and the slide-out keypad is a definite plus.
It's too bad this thing is a tri-band jobby, intended to pull duty in Europe. Otherwise, we might have some fun playing with this thing every now and then.
Check out the hands-on video of the LG KF700.
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Feb 29
Yea, aside from that thinnish slider form-factor and the 3 megapixel camera, the LG KF510's relying on some gimmicky interactive UI, that they're calling the "Magic Touch," to push sales. The area under the display is touch-sensitive and lights up in different configurations depending on the phone function - much like the Samsung Soul.
However, in practice, the "Magic Touch" menu doesn't change its configuration all that significantly. That is, unless you consider some lame button animations a real configuration-change. Take a look. Granted, we didn't really delve into the other functions of the handset, but it unlikely that a 3 megapixel camera could help us feel less underwhelmed with the LG KF510.
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