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Apple, Microsoft, iriver & more face Tsera touchpad patent lawsuit

By Chris Davies on Monday, Jul 20th 2009 No Comments

ipod nano touchpad Apple, Microsoft, Bang & Olufsen and iriver are among the defendants named by Tsera LLC, a company claiming to own a touchpad patent which has been vigorously infringed. The lawsuit concerns Tsera’s patent “Methods and apparatus for controlling a portable electronic device using a touchpad”, and basically describes recognizing different touchpad swipes without requiring visual feedback.

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LG GW620 Eve QWERTY Android phone discovered

By Chris Davies on Friday, Jul 17th 2009 1 Comment

lg gw620 eve android smartphone Some in-depth sleuthing of LG’s website has thrown up details of an unannounced Android device from the company, the LG GW620. Tipped to support UMTS/HSDPA and GPRS (though with no sign of which bands it supports), the GW620 also has a QWERTY keyboard and a half-VGA 320 x 480 display that we presume is a touchscreen.

Interestingly, the handset has also been spotted previously by Cellpassion at the WiFi Alliance [pdf link], where it went by the name of the LG Eve. They had no other details – at the time it was unknown that the Eve was to be an Android device – but its presence on a testing site does indicate that the GW620 may be close to release.

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LG 32-inch OLED TV to hit market in 2012

By Chris Davies on Friday, Jul 17th 2009 1 Comment

lg 15 inch oled tv After already committing to releasing a 15-inch OLED TV potentially as early as December 2009 in Korea, LG have now revealed their plans to have a 32-inch OLED display on the market in 2012. Suggesting that OLED would provide a new source of revenue, LG Display CEO Kwon Young-soo told press that the company’s focus is on larger panels rather than cellphone-sized versions.

This, the executive claimed, is because “the larger the display, the more efficient the OLED technology.” It’s certainly given the company’s HR department a boost: LG Display have apparently taken on 1,700 new staff in research and development this year.

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LG BL42 Chocolate leaks: 5MP UMTS slider

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Jul 16th 2009 No Comments

After the leaked photos of the LG BL40 were spotted this morning, we’ve been wondering what the touchscreen device’s smaller sibling might be. According to AllAboutPhones’ tipster, it’s actually the LG BL42, and the true successor to the original LG Chocolate.

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LG BL40 21:9 touchscreen phone shows up in wild

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Jul 16th 2009 5 Comments

Photos seemingly showing LG’s BL40, the company’s upcoming Black Label touchscreen featurephone as teased in this video, have emerged. According to the photographer, who did not reveal where he took the images, the BL40 does indeed have a 21:9 aspect display with 800 x 345 resolution, and running the existing S-Class 3D UI.

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More photos, plus a second version of the device, after the cut

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LG BL40 Black Label featurephone preview video leaks

By Chris Davies on Monday, Jul 13th 2009 No Comments

Last week we berated LG for rolling out another tired teaser campaign for their latest Chocolate-series device; today we’re feeling a little more accommodating, having been sent a teaser video with a whole lot more promise. According to the footage, the fourth-gen LG Black Label series device – tipped to be the BL40 - will have a 4-inch multitouch display, 7.2Mbps HSPA, WiFi and full internet browsing in a deliciously skinny chassis.

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Video demo after the cut

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LG GC990 Louvre 12.1MP touchscreen featurephone unveiled

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Jul 8th 2009 No Comments

LG’s latest super-snapper cellphone has broken cover, and from the spec-sheet at least you’d think this was the handset to quash all point-and-shoot digicams. The LG GC990 Louvre is tipped (despite LG’s own denials; see after the cut) to launch later on in 2009, taking the place of the existing LG GC900 (aka the Viewty II), and brings with it a 12.1-megapixel camera with Schneider-Kreuznach optics, Xenon flash and what the company suggests is ISO 3200 sensitivity.

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LG GD910 Watch Phone to get August Orange UK release

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Jul 7th 2009 No Comments

UK carrier Orange may not have secured the Palm Pre, but from the sound of it they don’t really mind; their next high-end device is far more unusual than a simple slider smartphone. The carrier has revealed that it will be exclusively offering LG’s GD910 Watch Phone in the UK this August, complete with capacitive touchscreen and integrated video calling.

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Video demo after the cut

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Next-Gen LG Chocolate promises “disruptive” screen tech, tired teaser campaign

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Jul 7th 2009 No Comments

Don’t you just love a cellphone teaser campaign? The answer you’re looking for is “No, Chris, we don’t” but sadly news of that fact is yet to reach LG. After the success of their Chocolate series of cellphones, the company is unsurprisingly looking to milk that enthusiasm for all it’s worth: hence the shadowy preview photos and the PR hyperbole that the new LG Chocolate “will be a disruptive force in conventional mobile screens”.

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LG planning iPhone rival in Q4; new PRADA and Vertu-rival after

By Chris Davies on Friday, Jul 3rd 2009 No Comments

LG have revealed their plans to launch a number of new luxury phones, including a new PRADA design, which they hope will help usurp Samsung from their number two cellphone maker in the world position. According to LG’s mobile business president, Ahn Seung-kwon, the current number three is aiming to step up by 2012, and one of their first steps in doing so will be releasing a new “Black Label” series phone in Q4 2009 to take on Apple’s iPhone 3GS.

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