Unfortunately there is no mention of a ship date whatsoever so we highly doubt many people will be game for plopping down €500 on a device from an online store that has no idea when such a device will be in stock.

A bit of a background on the 2X, it is a quad band device working on the 850 / 900 / 1800 /1900 frequencies and thanks to HSDPA 3G, there will be no shortage of fast mobile data. The screen is 4 inches with 480 x 800 pixels and it is a TFT capacitive touchscreen sporting 16 million colors.

For wireless enjoyment, there is Bluetooth, Wi-Fib/g/n, GPRS and DLNA support. 8GB of onboard storage with the ability to max it out at 32GB thanks to a microSD slot.

The Black will get a couple stripped down features. There is still a 4 inch screen with the same pixel density. HSDPA and quad band is included along with a front facing camera that has 2 megapixels and a camera around the back that does full 1080p video shooting.

Both devices come with Android Froyo 2.2 installed with the option to upgrade to 2.3 in the future. Both devices will feature dual core NVIDIA Tegra 2 chips with clock speeds of 1GHz.

So while we would not pre order either until we get a ship date, we would begin saving that lose change, you know, just in case the credit card can hold the entire amount.

Source: GSMArena

The rumored LG Star has received a review (for a working prototype) and it looks like it’s as good in real life as it is on paper. As you may know, the Tegra 2 is an advanced SoC with a dual core processor, which means it’s extremely fast compared to any current smartphone CPU, plus it has NVidia’s video technologies and know-how, which gives it unrivaled performance in games, movies and other graphics intensive apps.

Among the most noticeable features of the LG Star are the 8 megapixels camera with 1080p Full HD recording capabilities, a HDMI out port (on an Android device!), and a big and nice 4 inch AMOLED screen.

The reviewed demo runs on Android 2.2 Froyo with a customized skin (which is hopefully replaceable), but the official release should come with Android 2.3 pre-installed, as it will be available to phone manufacturers by then. The LG Star (aka P990) is expected to be officially announced during CES 2011, which will begin in less than a month.

This is a great phone with lots of potential and a possibility to get both LG and NVidia off the ground in the smartphone market, and we hope that it won’t be brought down by some unwise corporate decisions, like Motorola’s locked boot loaders, which brought about a long wave of negative reviews and returned sales.

The Optimus 7 looks like yet another standard full touch phone, and it is, but that doesn’t stop it from being pretty cool. It is aimed at the mass market and anyone who wants to experience the new Windows Phone 7 on a relatively cheap, yet functional and powerful device.

The hardware specs are pretty good: LG’s first Windows 7 phone in the US runs on a 1 GHz Snapdragon QSD8250 processor, the same chip that powers most of the other WP7 phones, has 512 MB of RAM and 8 or 16 GB of internal memory for all your needs, features Wifi N, a 5 megapixels camera with 720p support, Bluetooth 2.1 EDR, GPS, HSDPA and HSUPA support (all part of Microsoft’s standard Windows Phone 7 hardware specs) and other useful things.

The touch experience is provided by a nice 3.8 inch capacitive screen that looks and feels great, and can easily accomplish anything you at throw at it with its 800×480 resolution. The phone itself feels pretty good, and is comfortable to use with one hand, being slim enough to fit in any pocket. The plate that covers the battery is made of metal, which makes the whole phone seem more solid and well built (which it is).

All in all, LG have presented a great device for the new Windows Phone 7 Series, and one of the many LG Optimus 7 deals available will definitely be a good choice for anyone that is looking to buy their next smartphone and wants to try something different.

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.

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.

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….

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.

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.

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.

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…