2 More Windows Phone 7 Handsets from LG
According to various sources, the Korean phone maker LG will have two more handsets coming that will be using the new Microsoft Windows Phone 7 operating system. With various mobile phone manufacturers already announcing their devices, it seems that LG has decided to take their lead in the WP7 race further with two more phones.
LG was the first phone maker to announce a handset for the WP7 OS and they have been the first to show the device in images and also in action. What is more is that the LG Panther is also the very first WP7 handset revealed that would have a slide out QWERTY keyboard – a major feature that is not present in other devices.
With the Panther already announced and ready to go, LG was able to establish themselves as the current ‘lead’ among WP7 handset makers –but with the simultaneous launch this coming October, LG’s position as first will not mean much. By having more devices however, they will still carve out a much larger niche than what the Panther can make.
The two new devices aside from the Panther are the E900 and the C900. These two smart phones have been brought up in a Microsoft database listing, revealing that the said devices will be using a special mobile version of IE7 that is designed strictly for the WP7 OS.
However, without an official listing or mention from LG, the actual specs or even basic details of the two devices are pretty much unknown –and some are even speculating that one of the handsets might be a designation for the Panther (which means LG will only have two devices and not three).
Since Microsoft has already given out specifics on the minimum hardware requirements for the new WP7, the least we can expect is that both devices will have capacitive WVGA touch screen displays and 1GHz Qualcomm CPUs.
People in the UK Like to Save
LG Electronics recently held a small study on the app preferences of smart phone users in the UK and according to their findings; it appears that locally, people prefer to save.
With more and more app enabled smart phones in the market, LG has seen it fit to understand and learn what kinds of apps people tend to gravitate towards. Despite the constant messages from various economic leaders that that the recession is over, people still prefer to take the cheaper road of finding more ways to pinch down on the spending.
It’s a great thing actually, as such a mindset allows for better and wiser decisions for actually making purchases. The same applies to apps. The study has shown that people like apps that save money and time over other categories. The third on the list is the apps for physical fitness and emotional health (as well as mental well being). Fourth would be practical guides and directions to places to go to and last on the list are games.
While the results may sound strange, it may also be due to the fact that the study is a matter which apps people prefer to use, not which apps they have downloaded. Ironically, most of the apps that have the most downloads do not necessarily have the most users. More often than not, some apps simply get downloaded out of sheer curiosity. Practical apps on the other hand are actually being sought after directly.
LG’s research has also shown how big the app market in the UK truly is. According to the reports, the average annual amount spent by people in the UK on apps is about £422 million. This number is expected to rise with each coming year as more and more people prefer to use smart phones over conventional handsets.
LG BL40 Chocolate. A cinema in your… wait, what?
If we wanted a cinema in our pocket…
Wait, no, that just sounds ridiculous.
If we wanted a DVD-like-quality viewing experience on our phone…
No, that sounds silly too, doesn’t it?
But then that’s the problem with all these new fangled phones. Take the LG BL40 Chocolate, for example. With its 4.0-inch wide screen high-definition LCD with an 800 by 345 pixel resolution it offers a ‘panoramic cinema in your pocket.’ Right. But did anyone actually ask if we wanted a panoramic cinema in our pockets? Well, chances are they did ask lots of people. In research groups. But, come on – research groups: who the hell volunteers for things like this? Well, idiots who say they want a cinema in their pocket, most likely. Oh, maybe we’re being too harsh on the LG BL40 Chocolate. It is, if you like this kind of thing, a pretty darn special phone. If you can sit through the video below, for example, you’ll realise just how special this thing is in the looks department. With its tempered, curved glass, red highlights, gloss finish and all that spaceship-like magic going on, this is definitely a phone you’ll be proud to pull out of your pocket. If so, start having a look at some of these LG BL40 Chocolate deals, or check out this LG BL40 review. Us? We’re going to apply for some market research sessions and try and change the future world for the better. One new product at a time….
LG GW300. Youth phone
Ah, verily it is upon us, the day we hath foreseen for so many, erm, months now…
We knew it was going to happen. You knew it was going to happen. It’s Blackberry for the masses time. And you know what: why not. You might not get all that excited to learn that the LG GW300 is all about Twitter this, Facebook that. That you can SMS and email and SMS some more to your little hearts content using the decent QWERTY keyboard on this thing. But many, many young things out there are going to lap this up and run screaming in the direction of LG GW300 deals like these. Because this thing will be about as cheap as full-QWERTY gets once it hits out shelves in a few months time. Not just cheap, but dirt cheap, because there’s no Wi-Fi, no GPS, not even any 3G to be had. Just the basic, and the keyboard.
So turn your nose up all you want, you phone snob. Just because a phone isn’t designed with you in mind, doesn’t mean it’s a bad phone. Far from it. The screen’s alright. The camera’s not bad. There’s a bunch of pre-installed apps and gizmos that will make your social networking a whole lot easier.
And has all this cheap thumb tapping action got you excited? Are you the kind of person who’s pushing the evolution of the thumb on at huge rates thanks to your constant texting? Are you one of the “youth” who will like this phone according to GSM Arena? Then have a little look at this LG GW300 review to find out all the stats and specs you could need.
LG GC990 Louvre. Conceptilicious
Another day, another 12 megapixel camera phone touted. And, cynical as we may (very occasionally…) be, this one looks like it’s one of the better ones. Have a little scout around Google images and you’ll find that the back of the LG Louvre actually looks more like a camera than a phone, in fact. But, as always, it’s what’s inside that counts, and this thing is more than impressive there.
For example, this will be the first camera that combines the 12MP still imaging with the ability to record video in HD. Before, you’ve only had the latter in the Samsung i8910 Omnia, and the former in the likes of the Sony Ericsson Satio.
There’s also a rumoured 3200 ISO capability, meaning you’ll be able to take shots in very low light indeed. We’re slightly sceptical on this point (chances are there’ll be a hell of a lots of background noise – or fuzz, as we prefer to call it) but we’ll hold out tongues until the LG Louvre GC990 is actually released.
And that’s one of the most disappointing things about this phone actually: it’s still very much a concept, with LG refusing (so far) to even confirm it’ll ever make it into production. Well, so they say, in a kind of come hither, lip pouting way… we all know they’re rushing their little legs off to get this thing out, don’t we? Oh well, good luck to them, and in the meantime, satisfy your LG-urges with this list of LG mobile phones, or have a gander at this LG Louvre review.
The LG GT505. Or is it?
Sometimes we get confused here. Mostly this is to do with any one of, or more often a dangerous combination of, some of the following: hangovers, drunkeness, too much coffee, too little coffee, coffee with brandy in it, etc. and so on. However, sometimes we get headaches and little tweety birds flying round our heads through no fault of our own. Take, for example, the headache LG have given us today.
So, this blog post is about the LG GT505, which is almost identical to the GT500 except that while the GT500 is only available on T-Mobile, the GT505 is only available on Orange. The GT505 (and the GT500) are also closely related to the GW520, all three (the GT500, the GT505 and the GW520) sharing features such as push technology for better social networking and emailing, touch screens, GPS, Bluetooth etc. and so on. However, even though ostensibly identical, apart from the network provider, the GT505 is actually slightly different from the GT500 as it comes with a pre-loaded with a 30 day trial of a navigation solution called Wisepilot. Which, as far as our pounding brains can work out, if the only difference. See? Thought not. Us neither…
Anyway, Wisepilot is a turn-by-turn navigation program that even offers voice instruction and a choice of 2D and 3D mapping. Or at least that’s what the press release told us. If we tried to use anything involving 3D/2D/turn-by-turn navigation right now we’d probably start foaming at the mouth. See this LG GT505 review which should make more sense than we’re managing.
LG GW520. To me. To you.
“Think of the internet as a little but like the Chuckle Brothers” is not something we ever imagined writing. But when it came to explaining what’s (vaguely) interesting about the GW520, that’s the best we could manage.
So, think of the internet as a little bit like the Chuckle Brothers. Especially when they’re going through their “to me, to you, to me” routine. What you’re doing most of the time when you’re using the internet is something called ‘pulling’. You surf around, pinching and pulling bits and bobs of information from wherever your whim takes you. However, in recent years the phenomenon of ‘pushing’ has become more and more prevalent on desktop PCs. Pushing happens when things like RSS feeds or emails are instructed (by you) to alert you when updates occur or messages received. So rather than simply waiting dumbly for you to click through and check, your computers pushing out and alerts you whenever there’s something new that you should know about.
That technologies been around for a while in phones – the first Blackberries had it for example – but it has mostly been the preserve of high end devices. The GW520 is one of the first mid-range (i.e. not obscenely expensive) devices to offer push services. The LG GW520 can b set up to alert you to all kinds of emails, social networking updates and other similar web activities.
It looks kind of unwieldy with it’s huge QWERTY keyboard, but then if you’re an active Facebooker or email hound, then that might actually something that’s going to attract you. Check out a LG GW520 review here for more stats and specs. To me, to you…
LG GT500 (LG Puccini). Ain’t half bad
LG have pretty much admitted that this phone is nothing all that special and will be aimed squarely at the mass market. Nothing wrong with that in our book, and who’s to say there’s anything wrong with aiming to do something, and do it well, without having to do it flash-bang spectacularly well. Set to be released exclusively on T-Mobile, the LG GT500 Puccini – or the Puccini as it might well only be known as – will be hitting our shelves sometime very soon indeed. Although LG are pushing certain smart and business phone features in our faces – ultrafast EDGE technology giving broadband-esque speeds; integrated email checking; GPS; and so on and so forth – we’ve actually been most impressed by the camera on this thing. The GT500 Puccini boasts no fewer than ten – that’s 10, count ‘em if you don’t believe us – reasons why this is going to one of the best cameras out there:
- 5 megapixels
- Auto focus
- Image stabilization
- Blink Shot
- Digital zoom
- Effects
- Flash
- Geotagging
- Face recognition
- Video
So, super slick smartphone the LG GT500 Puccini ain’t. High-end business phone it definitely ain’t. But a neat little package with a surprisingly good camera it… wait, what’s the opposite of ain’t? Check out an LG Puccini review here for some more specs.
LG KT770 review, An All Round Favorite
The Symbian S60 powered KT770 was displayed at the Mobile World Congress and seems to be a fairly well made phone. It is slider phone, and the mechanism seems sturdy and reliable. The keypad is effective and feels good, and there are touch sensitive softkeys below the 2.8 inch screen. The display is nice and clear – graphics are simple and attractive, if not super slick. The phone itself is a nice dark blue color which is sleek and stylish. The back panel is matte, making it easy to hold without it slipping around too much when you use the slider. The LG KT770 has a spring loaded joystick which makes it easy to navigate through the application menus.
The KT770 features GPS, WIFI, and a full internet browser. LG KT770 supports quad band GSM/EDGE connectivity and quad band, making it capable of global roaming. It has a 5.0 mega pixel camera which takes clear images in daylight. Additional photo features include face detection, smile detection, auto focus, digitial zoom and panorama shots. If you take a lot of photos, you don’t have to worry about memory because the LG mobile phones has a slot for a micro SD card as well as micro SDHC.
The phone book allows for multiple numbers per contact, picture id and ring id. The LG KT770 also allows for voice recording and speaker phone. For a mid range phone, the features are exceptional, especially when it comes to internet capabilities. It has a big display, and a high resolution camera with a whole lot of features and settings, a decent battery life, great navigation, and it looks good. Check it out if you don’t want to spend big bucks but still want a loaded cell phone. The phone also supports 2.0 Stereo Bluetooth. An all round ‘thumbs up’ from this reviewer.
You can read an in depth LG KT770 review courtesy of Best Mobile Contracts. We have also found a video of the KT770 on Youtube (see below)
For network specific deals, why not check out the links below:
LG KT770 on Orange
LG KT700 on O2
LG KT770 on T-Mobile
LG KT770 on Vodafone
LG KT770 on Virgin
LG KT770 on 3
LG GD900 crystal
Too good to be true. Two screens on one phone? Even better, one if them is the keypad! I love touch sensitive phones. They make it so much easier to get things done. My fingers don’t feel like they’ve been worn thin when I have a particularly long test message or email to send. The LG GD900 Crystal phone has a touch-screen for its keypad. And even better, it’s crystal clear! It’s transparent! I don’t know how they hid the wiring, and really, I don’t care, I just want one of those beauties in my pocket.
The touch-screen keypad slides out all glowing and luminescent. I saw a few videos of the GD900 Crystal online, and it looks fantastic I wish LG would just reveal a little more about the rest of the features. So far the specs are all speculation. A front view camera, a matching headset, WIFI – that’s all we know – nothing about the battery, or the interface, or the capabilities has been revealed yet. We do know that the phone will be up for grabs sometime in April this year – 2009, that is.
I really like the cube interface of the KM900. Maybe they will do something similar for the LG GD900 Crystal . It is very clear, well organized, and easy to access. And it looked fantastic too! God graphics, good usability. Great job with that, LG.
The see the official press release looks great, but I predict that it isn’t going to be just another bling phone – LG has come too far for that. The capabilities will match the design. I expect that it will be able to compare with most smartphones in the industry, and give them a run for their money, at that. I just hope that it is priced reasonably – another great phone for the elite is the last thing we need – or the last thing I could afford, anyway. A good price for a great phone, come on LG, make the LG accessible to all…like true beauty should be.
If you are looking for network specific deals, follow the links below:
Samsung GD900 Crystal on Orange
Samsung GD900 Crystal on O2
Samsung GD900 Crystal on T-Mobile
Samsung GD900 Crystal on Vodafone
Samsung GD900 Crystal on 3 Mobile
Samsung GD900 Crystal on Virgin