03/02/2011
Taipei Times – Online
LG Electronics Inc, the world’s third-largest maker of mobile phones, said yesterday it was working to develop its own chips for smartphones to strengthen the company’s handset business.
“We’re working on it, but we haven’t come to any specifics we can announce right now,” Ken Hong, a spokesman for Seoul- based LG, [...]
02/2011
AFP
South Korean vendor to announce global release date for G-slate later this month.
LG Electronics Inc. said Wednesday it would release its first tablet computer in the U.S. in March, as it prepares to go head-to-head with Apple Inc.’s iPad.
LG said the G-slate was among the first tablet models to run on the “Honeycomb” operating [...]
01/07/2011
Dow Jones Newswires – Seoul Bureau
After losing money from cellphones for failing to catch up with global rivals in offering attractive smartphone lineups, LG Electronics Co. is attempting a comeback with a new 4G (fourth-generation) smartphone.
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LG’s new smartphone, Revolution, showcased at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las VegasCalled “Revolution,” LG’s latest phone is [...]
10/28/2010
ABC News – Online
LG Electronics, a top global manufacturer of consumer electronics and home appliances, said third-quarter net profit plunged as losses widened at its mobile phone business.
LG Electronics, the world’s third-biggest manufacturer of mobile phones, earned 7.57 billion won ($6.73 million) in the three months ended Sept. 30, it said Thursday. That was [...]
10/14/2010
ZDNet Australia
Overview The Optimus 7 looks like it could be one of LG’s best smartphones to date, but is that enough to steal sales away from the WP7 offerings from HTC and Samsung? The launch of has no doubt brought about confusion for anyone interested in the system. With 10 handsets announced at launch, five [...]
10/11/2010
IDG News Service – Japan
IDG News Service – LG has announced its first cell phone based on Windows Phone 7, Microsoft’s new handset operating system.
The Optimus 7 has a full-face 3.8-inch capacitive touchscreen (800 by 480 pixel resolution) covering most of the front of the phone. There are three buttons underneath the display, according [...]
01/13/2010
Financial Times
LG Electronics said on Wednesday that it aimed to overtake local rival Samsung Electronics to become the world’s number two mobile phone maker by 2012 as the South Korean group moved to strengthen its presence in the fast-growing smartphone business.
Last year, LG continued to expand its global market share to about 10 per [...]
12/01/2009
RCR Wireless
AT&T Mobility is set to launch the market’s first mobile device running a processor in excess of 1 GHz with the impending launch of LG Electronics Co. Ltd.’s Expo.
The previous “speed” champ among mobile devices was Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. recently unveiled Android-powered Moment device currently available from Sprint Nextel Corp.
The Expo, [...]
10/20/2009
Rapid TV news
The USA has selected its mobile/cellular standard, and has gone for a Samsung and LG-backed ATSC-M/H proposal. The big question now is how this decision will affect Qualcomm’s MediaFLO technology, already being deployed?
The USA’s Advanced Television Standards Committee announced the final result of its voting on October 17, and says the full [...]
