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LG has confirmed that its high-end smartphones due in fourth quarter of this year will use Nvidia’s Tegra 2 SoC. Tegra 2 chips will be used in LG’s Optimus line of phones and will ensure a competitive advantage to LG, who currently is lagging in the smartphone race.
Tegra 2 has many advantages like it [...]

 
LG has brought its first device from the Optimus family to India. The GT540 is first Optimus phone to run on Android and though it will sell with Android 1.6, LG has promised to release Android 2.1 in due time.
The phone’s features include a 3-inch touchscreen display, 3G, quad-band GSM support, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 3.2MP [...]

 
LG is showcasing its Optimus 7 phone at the IFA. Although official details are slim at the moment, the Optimus 7 reportedly runs Windows Phone 7 and features built-in wireless streaming to DLNA compatible devices. The phone is able to send content like 720p HD videos, hi-res pictures and music directly from the media gallery [...]

 
Looks like LG Electronics will up the ante in the smartphone wars if the latest leak is anything to go by. The E900 has been caught in the wild in Poland and apparently has a Snapdragon QSD8650, which has a clock speed of 1.3GHz. The phone runs Windows Phone 7 OS and will have a [...]

 
LG has unveiled two new 3D-equipped projectors for the South Korean market. The projectors – BX327 and BX277 are the world’s first DLP projectors that support 3D and the only difference between both these models is the brightness. The superior BX327 has a brightness of 3,200 lumens whereas BX277 has 2,700 lumens of brightness.
The [...]

 
LG has introduced an oddly named Wink series of touchscreen phones targeted at youth and first time touchscreen users. The range includes three devices, namely the Wink, Wink Style and Wink 3G.
LG says the Wink series provides better texting functionality with the help of an onscreen QWERTY keyboard, enhanced music options, improved cartoon-styled UI [...]

 
Sony is already onboard the Google TV initiative and now South Korea’s LG Electronics is also looking to hop on the Google TV train. However, there’s one glitch — LG is wary about adopting it because Google could dominate the software space and LG doesn’t want to remain a mere hardware provider.
“Google TV [...]

 
LG today confirmed few of its upcoming products expected this year. First and foremost is its entry into the tablet market with an Android-based tablet PC. Although the intrinsic specifications are not revealed, they’ll launch the tablet in Q4 of this year.
Furthermore, LG will announce more phones in its Optimus range. The Optimus family will [...]

 
LG and iriver have announced Freestyle (LG-LB4400) music phone for LG’s cellular network. iriver says Freestyle has been created for the youth who wants to enjoy any type of music anywhere, anytime. The phone boasts 40 hours of continuous music playback, supports wide range of codecs like FLAC, DRM-free, Dolby Mobile, 14 equalizer options, Library [...]

 
Seems like Samsung is not the only one trying to pitch its products to football (or soccer) lovers. It’s their compatriot LG who has launched X140 World Cup Edition netbook and unlike Samsung’s offering, LG improves only on the aesthetic front. The netbook comes with a player striking a ball etched on the lid.
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It seems LG too couldn’t get their eyes off the renewed tablet market. LG is preparing UX10 Windows 7 tablet that is being showcased at the Computex currently. Engadget managed to get their hands dirty with the device that is claimed to show “some serious promise”.
Under the hood, the 10.1-inch UX10 tablet features an Intel [...]

 
Hitachi-LG Data Storage (HLDS) has unveiled an interesting product at the Computex in Taipei. The HyDrive is basically an optical drive (DVD or Blu-ray) but comes with an embedded SSD storage, thus giving the advantages of SSD without taking up additional space.
The current-gen HyDrive is expected in August this year where South Korea-based MONEUAL [...]

 
Society of Information Display (SID) is underway in Seattle where companies are busy showing off their latest technologies. LG Display is also one of them and is showing some interesting displays, like the world’s largest 84-inch 3D panel with UHD (3840×2160) resolution, about four times the full HD 1920×1080 resolution.
As for other displays are [...]

 
LG’s powerful Android phone is ready to hit the South Korean market this coming weekend. The Optimus Q (LU2300) will be available on LG Telecom and has been tailored to suit the Korean consumers. The phone runs Android 1.6 (v2.1 update during July-August) and is touted to have an easy-to-use user interface loaded with South [...]

 
LG Panther’s existence is not surprising for anyone who’s been tracking Windows Phone 7 phones development for a while. In fact, it was the first device pictured running Windows Phone 7 and now it has landed in hands of UK journos who’ve been snapping this nearly-finished prototype. ElectricPig who got their hands on the device [...]