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by Alex Dobie
Nov 13, 2012
Update: Stable builds for many more devices are now showing up on the CM download site. Hit the source link to view the growing list. Additionally, an update by the CM team on Google+ confirms that ...
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by Richard Devine
Aug 21, 2012
Will they, won't they, Android update stories are one of the more frustrating topics to read about. Particularly, if you happen to be a proud owner of a device which seems to be teetering on the...
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by Richard Devine
Feb 19, 2012
One of the biggest downsides to owning an LG Android phone is the lack of timely software updates. While many of us are looking towards -- or already have -- Ice Cream Sandwich, some LG owners are s...
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by Richard Devine
Jan 23, 2012
It's been a long time coming, but European owners of the LG Optimus Black should finally be starting to see some Gingerbread. Optimus Blackl owners in India also should be seeing this update.
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 29, 2011
Ricardo Cerqueira, a member of the CM team and LG Android device guru, has added official CyanogenMod nightly (CM7 for the time being) support for three new LG devices -- The LG Optimus 3D, th...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 26, 2011
It's been about a month since LG first announced which of its phones would be getting Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. And it's going to be at least three more months or so before any of them...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 28, 2011
LG this morning on its Facebook page announced four of its smartphones -- its top four, in case you're wondering -- will receive updates to Ice Cream Sandwich. The lucky quorum are the Optimus 2...
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by Richard Devine
Oct 31, 2011
The long wait is finally, almost, at an end for users of LG's Optimus line as they have today released details of the European rollout of their much awaited Gingerbread update for the &q...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 22, 2011
What's thin, elegant, has an incredibe LCD screen and runs CyanogenMod 7? The LG Optimus Black, that's what! Android developer Ricardo Cerqueira has built an early preview of CM 7.1 fo...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 14, 2011
Looks like we were dead on with the LG Marquee, news of which we broke last week. Sprint's just taken the wraps off its version of the LG Optimus Black, which will make its debut on Sept. 1...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 08, 2011
We've been squinting our eyes at this one for a little while now. Seen in a video montage from the Radio Shack Business Summit in Dallas a couple weeks ago is what's labeled the LG Marquee. ... ...
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by Alex Dobie
Aug 01, 2011
LG is starting to roll out its RemoteCall software on all "premium" Optimus smartphones, according to press release issued by the Korean manufacturer today. The RemoteCall softwar...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 13, 2011
Way, way back in early June, US Cellular teased seven Android phones and tablets to be released by the end of the year. The breakdown went thusly:Three HTC devices -- two smartphones a...
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by Chris Parsons
Jun 09, 2011
We've been all over the LG Optimus Black in the past -- we gave it a full run through in our review but we now know that it will be making its way to Telus in Canada. Telus has done some special custo...
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by Chris Parsons
Jun 02, 2011
We've already had our way with the LG Optimus Black in our hands-on review of the device but LG hasn't slowed down in the marketing of it in the slightest. A new video has now popped up on the LG YouT...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 31, 2011
New display technology in a ultra-slim form factor, the LG Optimus Black brings a high level of style to Android. But is it the phone for you? The LG Optimus Black is the latest offering from L...
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by Brent Zaniewski
May 18, 2011
Image Gallery for the LG Optimus Black...
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by Alex Dobie
May 12, 2011
LG has announced that it's kicking off a roadshow tour of the UK to show off its current line-up of Android smartphones, including the Optimus 2X and Optimus Black. As well as the opportunity to...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 07, 2011
LG just announced that the Optimus Black -- as seen in our initial review -- will be released in Europe later this month. No specific date was given, but LG does note that 56 carriers in 50 natio...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 06, 2011
Ah, the unboxing. All that pomp and circumstance to tell you that inside most smartphone boxes you'll find a charger, USB cable, manual, some leagalese, maybe a SD card adapter, some earbud...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 05, 2011
None more black. In a nutshell, that's how to describe the LG Optimus Black, one of the new crop of Android smartphones it unveiled earlier this year. Remember that black obelisk in Stanley Kubr...
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by Kyle Gibb
Jan 05, 2011
Hot on their announcement of the Optimus Black, LG has announced that the device will be one of the first consumer devices to feature WiFi Direct. What is WiFi Direct you ask? Well, it's a syst...
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by Chris Parsons
Jan 05, 2011
As we're sitting in on LG's CES 2011 conference, it seems the press release for the LG Optimus Black as it's now called has escaped a little early on the LG website. The device may look simi...
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by Android Central
Jan 05, 2011
The LG Optimus Black is a phone announced by LG at CES in Las Vegas. It has previously been known as the LG B.
One of the major selling points of the device is that it has a new NOVA display, which i...
