In case London-based readers of SlashGear forgot, this morning saw carrier Orange put the expensive-but-attractive LG GD910 watch-phone on sale at their flagship store. Electricpig cashed in their premium bonds and stopped by to pick up one of the limited edition touchscreen handsets, promptly throwing up an unboxing gallery and some first impressions.
A leaked Sprint spec sheet has delivered the details of a number of so-far unreleased Windows Mobile devices, including the AT&T HTC Touch Pro2, the LG Monaco, HTC Warhawk and Samsung Omnia 2. While the existence of the four devices was already known, the Sprint document does go into more detail about specifics than earlier information; for instance, that the LG Monaco is now expected to land with Windows Mobile 6.x (likely 6.5) rather than the previously tipped Windows Mobile 7.
LG hasn’t always been known of releasing strange looking phones, but chalk it up to the BL40 to take that prize, and wear the belt proudly. There is something to gain from having an elongated screen, sure, like watching videos on your new-fangled device, but we can’t help but wonder about every day use. And it looks like the guys over at Mobile Review are feeling the same way, after having some time to play around with it and take a plethora of snapshots.
Orange UK have announced pricing for the LG GD910 touchscreen watch phone, the wrist-worn handset that went on sale in France earlier this month. The handmade device will be priced at £500 ($826) and only available for a limited period; units will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis.
Updated with video demo after the cut
Hungering for more LG BL40 photos? Can’t get enough of that 4.0-inch 800 x 345 “cinema-like” touchscreen? The company’s official blog have – perhaps unsurprisingly – managed to get their hands on the upcoming featurephone, and have put together a gallery of not only live images but a couple of shots of the BL40 slotting neatly into “the smallest handbag” the photographer owns.
We’re still waiting for LG’s Q3 2009 launch of the BL40 “Chocolate” phone, so until then we’ll have to make do with stolen time and sneaky glimpses of the elongated touchscreen featurephone. Dan from Mobiles dropped us a line to let us know that they had just such a video, showing the BL40’s S-Class UI and navigating through the various multimedia features.
Video after the cut
Verizon Wireless is on the road to improvement, especially in the network department. They’ve announced today that they’ve just completed the first initial tests for LTE. Utilizing end-to-end data calls, they are approximate calculations of real world usage. The initial tests in Seattle actually occured back on July 15, but in Boston it went down today. This kept with Verizon’s initial estimations of testing on the 700MHz spectrum.
If you ask me, this young lady looks a bit smug; still, she has not one but three of LG’s new X130 netbooks, so I guess she has cause to be. Behind the by-now-clichéd glossy pink, black and white lids there’s a 10.1-inch 1024 x 600 LCD display, while under the hood there’s a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU and 1GB of RAM. In fact, if you’re thinking that this all sounds strikingly familiar then you’d be right: the only major change here is the standard 9-cell battery.
Phone launch leaks a-plenty this weekend, as the Boy Genius Report scoops up a couple of interesting screenshots from Best Buy and AT&T. According to the retailer, whose plans for August 23rd have been snapped below, in a couple of weeks time buyers will have the choice of several anticipated devices, including the T-Mobile Samsung Gravity 2 and the Verizon Omnia 2 and LG Chocolate Touch.
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A third LG BL-series cellphone looks to be on the way, according to data teased out of a leaked XML file on the company's site. The third in the new Black Label series - after the BL40 and BL42 - appears to be the LG BL20, an entry-level device with a QVGA 320 x 240 display and hardware keypad.
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