AT&T has announced at CES 2015 that they're opening up their Digital Life home automation platform to partners, including Samsung, LG, Qualcomm, and Lutron. That means, for example, the Samsung Gear S smartwatch could receive home security notifications, which Samsung is showing off as a prototype in Vegas this week. Meanwhile, Qualcomm's medical 2net platform is able to transmit...
LG has just announced a new set of Wi-Fi-enabled speakers aimed at competing with Sonos for a spot in your home. In total, the company is introducing three new speakers (one of which is its first battery powered offering) as part of its Music Flow series which can be controlled from Android devices. LG will show the devices off in full at CES in January, but it did give a quick...
LG may have launched the LTE version of its G Pad 8.0 tablet earlier this year, but it looks like it's taken the Korean giant until now to roll it out in its domestic market. LG has announced today that the G Pad 8.0 LTE is now available for purchase in South Korea at a price of ₩ 330,000. To recap, the G Pad 8.0 LTE sports an 8-inch 1280 x 800 IPS display, a 1.2GHz quad-core...
The LG G Pad 8.3 Google Play edition has started to receive Google's Android 5.0 Lollipop update, according to user reports. While cogs have begun turning, it may be some time before your device receives the update due to the staggered rollout. The G pad (see our review) previously received Android 4.4.4 back in June, so it'll please owners to know they'll have the latest version of...
Following corporate restructuring, LG's mobile division has a new CEO, Juno Cho. He has been the president and COO of the LG Corp., the parent company of LG Electronics, and has been in the company since 1986. From 2000 to 2007, he was in charge of business strategy, sales, and marketing for North America. Cho takes the reins of LG Mobile starting December 1. The existing CEO of LG...
Bolstered by a record 16.8 million smartphone sales in Q3 2014, LG announced that it has almost doubled its profits to $440 million from the same time a year ago. The 39 percent year-on-year increase in sales mark LG's best quarter in five years. In terms of numbers, LG's mobile division recorded $4.14 billion in sales, with an overall operating profit of $163.16 million. The strong...
Harman-Kardon audio is the big-ticket feature, but retractable earbuds may be the best improvement to LG's wraparound headset The best part about the LG Tone Infinim (HBS-900) Bluetooth headset (available from ShopAndroid.com, AT&T, and at Amazon has nothing to do with its top bullet point, the inclusion of Harman-Kardon sound. No, the most important part of this neck-wraparound...
If you thought we have seen the last of webOS (aside from LG TVs), think again as LG is also looking to use the operating system to power smartwatches. A software development kit for a webOS smartwatch has been teased on an LG-owned developer website (link no longer works). The company already has two Android-powered watches available on the market, including the G Watch R (pictured...
This isn't something you usually brag about — LG has announced it now has the Guinness World Record for the largest billboard advertisement ever made. The advertisement, which is right outside the Riyadh International Airport in Saudi Arabia, is two football fields long and stretches along a road leading into the airport. LG says it expects a good number of the 20 million people who...
LG is beginning the global rollout of their L-Series phones, the L Fino and L Bello. Both phones are aimed at teenagers and first-time smartphone buyers in emerging 3G markets. Both phones feature 3G connectivity, quad-core processors, and an array of colorful options, depending on your terretory. The L Fino has a 4.5-inch, 800 x 480 display, while the L Bello sports a 5-inch, 854 x...
One of the biggest shows of the year is upon us — here's a taster of what to expect in Berlin Every September the world's tech press descends on Berlin, Germany, for IFA, one of the biggest trade shows of the year. If you're not familiar, IFA could be described as Europe's answer to CES. A trade show covering the vast world of consumer electronics and as such, the vast world of...
LG has announced that it's bringing the L Fino and L Bello Android smartphones to the IFA conference in Berlin. These "powerful alternatives to higher-priced smartphones" are aimed for the teenage set and emerging 3G markets. The phones are 4.5- and 5-inch models, for the L Fino and L Bello, respectively, skimping on on-board storage (4GB and 8GB totals) but bringing Android 4.4.2 and...
LG has today announced an LTE version of its new G Pad 8.0 that we first saw back at the G3 launch in London. It's the exact same tablet as before – a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 CPU, 1280x800 resolution display, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of storage and Android 4.4 KitKat – just now with added 4G LTE connectivity. Initially the G Pad 8.0 LTE will begin shipping in "key European countries...
LG is showing off a new Android tablet, with specs you wouldn't ever expect to see in an Android tablet. The LG TabBook 11 runs Android, but features a sliding keyboard and laptop internals — an Intel Core i5 CPU, 4GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD for internal storage. The addition of two full-size USB 3.0 ports and HDMI as well as an 11.6-inch IPS display out round out the specifications. All...
Good times are coming to LG as the South Korean manufacturer announced today that it sold a record 14.5 million smartphones during the second quarter of 2014, an increase of 20 percent from the same time last year and a growth of 17 percent from Q1 2014. The hardware manufacturer recorded sales of KRW 3.6 trillion ($3.5 billion) from the mobile division, the highest since 2010. The...
After having announced the LG G Pad 10.1 earlier this year, it seems that LG's larger slate is now making its way to the U.S. arriving at Best Buy retail stores for $250. The G Pad 10.1 joins the LG G Pad 8.3, but with more modest specs to keep the pricing low and competitive. The device will ship with a 10.1-inch 1280 X 800-pixel display and a Snapdragon 400 processor from Qualcomm...
LG has announced more formally their membership in the Open Automotive Alliance, which will be setting the groundwork for Android Auto. LG intends to build a range of audio, visual, and navigation products to plug into the car, which will be available by 2015. The system can plug your phone into the car with a single cable to enable access to navigation apps, contacts, voice calls, and...
Google I/O brings together all the best – and craziest – that Google has to offer, including this year an interesting session from the ATAP team. They would be the "pirates" messing around with the awesome looking stuff like Project Ara and Project Tango and in their session at I/O they had some interesting news for anyone wondering when they'll get some Tango in consumer products. 2015...
Unlocked G3 for Europe cuts the RAM to 2GB, but boasts built-in wireless charging After a few weeks with the Korean version of the LG G3, we've finally got our hands on a finalized, unlocked European version of the phone. Unlike the Olleh-branded G3 we've been using in recent weeks, this Euro G3 — the LG-D855 for those keeping track of model numbers — rocks production software out of...
LG's G Watch is anticipated to undercut Samsung's Gear 2 Neo pricing when it lands on consumer's wrists. The G Watch is reported to be debuting at a very competitive price in the UK on July 7th, roughly a week after Google's I/O conference in San Francisco, California this year. Though neither LG nor Google have confirmed the G Watch's launch date or pricing, the information comes by...