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LG’s first Windows Phone 7 device coming September, “a couple by the end of the year”

July 30, 2010 | By Surur

The LG Panther LG’s Panther was one of the first Windows Phone 7 devices shown off, so it is no surprise it will also be one of the first to hit the market.

According to company representatives, the phone is “ready to go”.

LG has told PCWorld they expect to release the handset as early as the end of September, meaning it could be a scant 60 days before the first Windows Phone 7 handset hits the market.

The LG Panther will not be LG’s only Windows Phone 7 handset this year however.

"We have a deep relationship with Microsoft so expect to have a couple by the end of this year," said Ken Hong, an LG representative in Seoul.

LG claims to have an iPhone-killer Windows Phone 7 device in the works, and there is evidence for at least 2 more LG devices, the LG C900 and LG E900 running Windows Phone 7.

LG E900 and LG C900 :Two LG Windows Phone 7 devices revealed in user agent strings

July 5, 2010 | By Surur

LG C900 Windows Phone 7 user agent string We know LG is a key partner of Microsoft in its Windows Phone 7 push, so it is reassuring to know the company is working on more than one handset running the new OS.

A search through the company’s browser XML database reveals two handsets using the new IE7 browser of Windows Phone 7.

The one handset is the LG E900 and the other the LG C900. Both handsets are GSM and HSDPA, and appear to be devoid of keyboards.

HTC has been a bit more circumspect with their user agent strings, but according to mobitech.mobi have been using a Windows Phone 7 handset on the internet since the 19th May 2010 at least.

Tera-wurfl.com also reveals the SGH i707 by Samsung, which conveniently enough also runs Windows Phone 7.

Of course we do not know anything more about these handsets except their existence itself, but of course even this is useful information in this day and ago, and it is reassuring to see a spread of OEM’s readying devices for the big launch, likely in Q3 2010.

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