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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 06, 2010
ENTERTAINMENT AND PERSONALIZATIONSprint ID, a user-friendly new means of customizing Android content on mobile phones. Allows users to instantly download ID packs that deliver a predefined exper...
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by Dallin Hampton
Oct 05, 2010
LG announced that it has decided to postpone the launch of an Android-based tablet device, which it had hoped to release next quarter, to a later date. In a discussion LG had with Google about this d...
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by Sean Brunett
Sep 30, 2010
Verizon's mobile strategy for the next few months has surfaced and if true, we will be seeing a large LTE tablet and many more high quality Android devices in the near future. Here are some of th...
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by Sean Brunett
Sep 24, 2010
LG introduced two new devices to its Optimus lineup last week, the Optimus One and the Optimus Chic. They are both international devices that left those of us living in the United States feeling ...
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by Sean Brunett
Sep 22, 2010
There has been a slew of updates for various Android devices recently and the LG Ally (check out our hands-on) didn't want to be left out. The mid-end Verizon device started receiving a ma...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 21, 2010
It was just a week ago that LG announced the Optimus One and the Optimus Chic, and it looks like the former might be headed to Verizon as the Vortex. That's according to this image handed to the Droid...
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by Jared DiPane
Sep 20, 2010
With how much personal data is stored on our Android devices now a days it is only natural to have a fear of misplacing or losing the device and all that information leaking into someone else's hands,...
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by Kyle Gibb
Sep 16, 2010
Google has been including features for business users for some time now, from Exchange support in Eclair to Google Calendar sync with Exchange, but Verizon is looking to take it even farther. Enter G...
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by Sean Brunett
Sep 15, 2010
It was only a couple days ago that we reported LG's announcement about two new phones, the Optimus One and the Optimus Chic. Now, the Optimus One is already headed to Europe and will be launching on T...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 14, 2010
LG this morning added a pair of Android 2.2 smartphones to its Optimus line, the Optimus One (P500) and Optimus Chic (E720).The Optimus One (seen above at right) is a 3.2-inch touchscreen device...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 07, 2010
LG has announced it plans to use the Nvidia Tegra 2 processor in its Optimus line of high-end smartphones, starting in the fourth quarter of 2010. LG and Nvidia aren't saying whether that means A...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 01, 2010
A week or so ago we looked at the LG Optimus Z, a phone that unfortunately we'll never see here in the states. While we had it, we yanked the system files out of it for a closer look. And an ent...
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by Sean Brunett
Aug 30, 2010
Rogers has begun selling the LG Loop. You may remember it as the LG Optimus, which we've had our hands on at CES in January, and again at Google IO in May. Not really that much to be said, other ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 25, 2010
A handful of Verizon Android smartphones appear to have their end-of-life dates hung over their heads. Phones that already have shuffled off this mortal coil are the HTC Droid Eris (June 16) and...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 24, 2010
LG has remained a bit of an enigma in the U.S. smartphone market, never quite able to break through with a high-end device. But that doesn't mean they're not out there. Case in point:&n...
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by Jared DiPane
Jul 29, 2010
LG Electronics has announced another heavy hitter into its home Korean Android market, the LG Optimus Z. This device has a 3.5-inch WVGA "Hyper" HD LCD powered by a 1GHz Snapdragon processor...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 13, 2010
Verizon's summer 2010 catalog has been leaked out, and yes, that's a picture of the upcoming Motorola Droid 2 you see above. Also included are the Droid X, the HTC Droid Incredible, and the LG&n...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 10, 2010
NTP is once again suing over patents they hold for the wireless collection of e-mail data, charging Google, Motorola, HTC, LG, Microsoft and Apple with infringement. (Seems they forgot carrier p...
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by Adam Sawyer
Jun 11, 2010
HTC, Motorola, and Samsung are the three juggernauts of the Android phone world. So what’s the deal with LG? So far, they don’t have much to show for in the US, except the LG Ally. On t...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 08, 2010
A note to anybody with an Android smartphone: Don't leave it sitting around Paul from MoDaCo, or he's liable to root the thing on principal. Such is the case with the LG Optimus (aka th...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 28, 2010
[YouTube link] And here's a look at the LG Optimus -- aka the GT540 -- which we previously toyed with at CES in January. Nothing's really changed since then. Same 3-inch HVGA touchscreen (no...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 27, 2010
[YouTube link] Here's a look at the LG Eve -- aka the GW620 -- which was announced last fall and later released in the U.K. but is nary to be seen here in the states. Specs include a 3-inch HVGA ...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 24, 2010
[YouTube link] That's right, we're not nearly done with the Google IO cover. Here we have the LG Ally, a mid-level Android phone that's going for $99 after rebate with Verizon. In and of ...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 17, 2010
What's better than one Android tablet on Verizon? How about tablet(s). Big Red CEO Lowell McAdam said as much over the weekend at the Reuters Global Technology Summit in New York. But befor...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 11, 2010
The good news: LG is finally getting into the Android game, and on Verizon, no less (just like we first told you). The ho-hum news: It's doing so with the Ally. And as this leaked slide...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 03, 2010
LG finally has launched its Ally-Iron Man 2 microsite, and we get better look at the upcoming Android phone that may or may not make its way onto Verizon in the coming weeks. We're dealing with a 3.2-...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 03, 2010
A cryptic but overly long press release this morning confirmed that the LG Ally is, in fact, a horizontal slider with Android, and is promotionally tied to the "Iron Man 2" movie, two t...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 30, 2010
Want more on the LG Ally for Verizon? We've got it. It's in a commercial for "Iron Man 2," and it's clearly running Android. That keyboard looks pretty darn usable, but the D-pad ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 29, 2010
Oh, you wanted to know about the LG Aloha, did you ? Sorry, alls we have here is the LG Ally -- which is what we're told the Aloha actually will be called -- and it's said to be destined fo...
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by Casey Chan
Apr 28, 2010
LG is slated to release three new Android phones in the near future but sadly, none of them are currently coming to the US. The first two, the LU2300 and the SU950/KU9500, are very interesting. ...
