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LG denies stepping out of Windows Phone game, wants to offer consumers “as wide a choice as possible”

May 1, 2012 | By Surur

An LG spokesman has denied claims the company is abandoning further Windows Phone development.

Speaking to Pocket-Lint, he said:

"None of it is true. Korea Herald is showing its speculative side again. We are still on board with Windows Phone, but right now, we’re focusing on Android because that’s where the demand is."

The last line does give a clue that Windows Phone is certainly not the darling of the Korean company, but then this has never really been the case. It is however difficult to see LG stepping out of a market before Samsung does the same.

The spokesman confirmed LG will continue to develop Windows Phone handsets.

"Regardless of which OS, LG is committed to offering consumers as wide a choice as possible."

Windows Phone 8 should reduce the resources required to develop a Windows Phone significantly, given the ability to use the same chassis of high end Android handsets, and while even the Windows Phone community may have limited excitement for LG’s offerings, this may significantly improve at the end of the year, so we continue to look forward to seeing what LG can contribute towards our ecosystem.

Via Pocket-lint.com

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LG Has No Plans To Release New Windows Phone Devices Anytime Soon

April 30, 2012 | By Pradeep

LG today revealed that it has no plans to release new Windows Phone devices anytime soon instead its going to focus on Android devices. LG Electronics and Microsoft announced a strategic partnership in 2009 to make a huge volume of Windows Mobile devices and the plans never took off since Microsoft abandoned the platform completely with new Windows Phone 7x platform. LG even supported the new platform with three average looking Windows Phone devices in few countries.

From Korean Herald,

The executive also said LG is taking a step back from Windows phones powered by Microsoft’s platform, adding that it will “continue research and development efforts” on Windows Phones.

“The total unit of Windows Phone sold in the global market is not a meaningful figure,” said the LG spokesman, further elaborating that it currently has no plans of rolling out another LG-manufactured Windows phone soon.

Apart from Windows Phone devices sales, LG’s Android devices are also not selling great when compared to Samsung and HTC devices. I think LG should focus more on design and product experience with whatever platform they chose to be on. The “Me too” devices will never take off against the cutting edge and mass volume products from companies like Nokia, Samsung, etc,. Also Korean Herald believes that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s visit to LG’s home city later this month might change LG’s plans on Windows Phone devices. Let us see what happens!

Source: Korean Herald

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New Images Of LG Windows Phone LS831 Emerges

April 3, 2012 | By Pradeep

While we are still not sure about LG releasing another Windows Phone 7.5 device, there were numerous leaks on their devices/prototypes. This one is LS831 which we saw in last October when it passed the FCC. The device design looks outdated to me and it has a 5MP camera along with a front cam. Since it features a CDMA band, it should release only on Sprint in US if there is any possibility. Visit the source link for more images.

Source: WPCentral

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Photo Exhibiton – A New LG Exclusive Windows Phone App

March 13, 2012 | By Pradeep

LG has released a new app exclusive to its device owners today. The app called Photo Exhibition is similar to many photo editing apps like Pictures Lab, Thumba Photo Editor, Samsung’s Photogram & Photostudio apps. You can open a photo from your photo library and add effects, small clip-art like things, etc, and share it with others. Find this free neat little app for LG Marketplace.

via: plaffo

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No LG Windows Phones being announced at MWC 2012

February 26, 2012 | By Surur

In an interview with AllthingsD LG’s smartphone unit leader Ramchan Woo has said the Korean company will only be concentrating on Android handsets at Mobile World Congress this year.

The company was expected to show its LG Fantasy Windows Phone which has been leaked on numerous occasions earlier.

He complained that LG’s Windows Phones had sold slower than expected, but additional models were in the works.

Saying demand for new Windows Phones varied by operator, he continued:“Some operators, they ask (for) Windows Phone to balance Android; however, the others, they are (still) figuring out how to sell Windows.”

LG only sells around 10% of Windows Phones, and one of the reasons has been their uninspiring designs.

“We admit last year we were kind of behind,” Woo told AllThingsD.

The company claims however to have solved the issue, and now claims better battery life, better displays and thinner designs than rivals.

Hopefully these advances will also translate to their Windows Phones when they do eventually hit the market.

Via AllthingsD.com

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LG to release Windows Phone smartphones in Russia

February 23, 2012 | By Surur

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Noticing that LG’s Windows Phone apps have been localized to Russian, WP7Forum.ru suspected LG was planning to release a new Windows Phone smartphone in the region.

They asked LG Russia directly on twitter and received this response.

@ svetlojar	@ LG_Russia Good evening! Does the emergence of new application for the LG WP7 Apps in Russian means that Russia will receive smart phones from LG with WP7?
@ LG_Russia	@ svetlojar will.
@ svetlojar	@ LG_Russia Thank you!

The handset will likely be the LG Fantasy / LG Miracle, which is expected to be shown by LG at Mobile World Congress 2012. Of interest to our other readers is of course that a Russian release will likely also accompany a European-wide release, meaning we should expect to see this new relatively high end Windows Phone on our shelves soon also.

Thanks data2300 for the tip.

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LG released 3 new apps into their Marketplace

February 12, 2012 | By Surur

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With the leaks of the LG Fantasy/ LG Miracle it seems the company is still in the game, and to underline this LG has just released 3 new apps into their private Marketplace.

Above is Nowcaster, clearly designed to be used in the car or first thing in the morning. On launch the app will read aloud your calendar, the weather and the latest news, giving one-click access to the information.

While the first app is aimed at professionals, the other two seemed to be aimed more at children.

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Winny Toolbox contains a collection of utilities, including a comprehensive unit converter, a calculator, a clothing size converter, a timer, a random number generator, a standard, rule, and many more.

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Lastly Winny and Friends allows kids to create composite pictures by taking a picture and overlaying symbols, hearts, text and such.

The apps can be found in LG’s branded segment of Marketplace.

Via Professeurthibault.fr

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LG Miracle Second Generation Windows Phone Revealed

February 7, 2012 | By Pradeep

We have seen lots of leaks about LG Fantasy, a second generation Windows Phone device is the past. Now Pocketnow reports that this LG Windows Phone device will be now called Miracle and it was sold to an XDA member by a Romanian LG tester. The device will have 4-inch WVGA Nova display with VGA front cam, NFC and other standard Windows Phone specs. It is expected to be revealed by LG at MWC later this month.

Source: Pocketnow

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New LG Windows Phone handset shows up in China

January 5, 2012 | By Surur

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An unannounced LG Windows Phone 7 handset, which looks pretty cool, has shown up on the China Weibo micro-blogging site.

The handset, according to the description, may be an engineering sample, with the comment saying:

"LG’s engineering machine, etc. when you can see at CES. Not for sale."

Maybe CES will be more interesting than we think for Windows Phone after all.

Source: chenkaiHome via WPCentral.com

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Another LG Fantasy Picture Leaks, This Time More Clearly

December 26, 2011 | By Liwen Guo

It was only last Friday that an xda-developers member, untitledmangxg, showed us some pictures of the LG Fantasy, a Windows Phone said to come in the first quarter of 2012. However, they were quite blurry, but thankfully another member, razorsbk, has posted a new, much nicer picture.

We’ve photoshopped the render that Pocketnow leaked back in July into the new image, and there are some notable differences here:

Size: From the proportions of earpiece, logo and capacitive buttons, the actual device on the left definitely seems smaller. With untitledmangxg claiming it to have a 4″ screen, the render seems to us more like 4.3″.
Front-facing camera: Yes folks, no camera on the render, but the actual device seems to have one, to the top-left of the logo.
Start button: The Windows flag on the actual device has a rectangular shape surrounding it, suggesting it to be a hardware button. Whatever it is, it’s definitely different from the render.
Edges: The top and bottom edges of the render are slightly curved outward, whereas the actual device shows them to be completely straight.

Maybe these are two different devices, maybe they’re the same device but LG has changed it, we don’t know. But considering the release timeframe, we should know soon, at least within the next three months.

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ZTE Tania and LG Jil Sander pictured

November 7, 2011 | By Surur

Engadget have managed to get some hands-on time with the LG Jil Sander and ZTE and Tania, and certainly in the case if the ZTE Tania revealed a handset more attractive than I previously suspected.

The LG Jil Sander is already on sale in Europe, and is a mid-range device based on the LG Optimus 7, branded by the German designer Jil Sander.

The ZTE Tania is by the new Chinese giant OEM, and is apparently heading to Europe in Q4 2011 for little more than 200 Euro.

Read more of our coverage of the LG Jil Sander here, and of the ZTE Tania here, and see more pictures at Engadget.com.

The ZTE Tania is an upcoming Windows Phone with a 4.3” TFT LCD screen, HSPA+ data speeds, and a 1.0 GHz single-core processor. The phone has a new 5-megapixel rear camera, no front-facing camera, and 4 GB of storage. Gyro sensor is unknown. It will be launched in Europe Q4 2011, and in China early January, 2012. It is not coming to the United States. Full specs…

The LG Jil Sander is a new Windows Phone with a 3.8? TFT LCD screen, HSPA+ data speeds, and a 1.0 GHz first-gen single-core processor. The phone has a 5-megapixel rear camera, no front-facing camera, no gyro sensor and 16 GB of storage. It is currently for sale in Europe, and is not coming to the United States. Full specs…

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Designer Jil Sander Designed Windows Phone Device To Go On Sale From Oct-7th

October 6, 2011 | By Pradeep

We have seen this device before. German designer Jil Sander along with LG have crafted this Windows Phone 7.5 device. Its not great in specs, but boasts the minimum Windows Phone specs with a 3.8-inch 800 x 480 display, 5 MP camera, 1 GHz processor,etc. The device comes with Jil Sander app that allows you to shop and locate stores as well as browse clothing collections from her. The device will go on sale in Germany, Austria, Italy, France and the UK from 7 October.

You can find more details and photos of this Fashion device at Pocket-lint.

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Designer House Branded LG Windows Phone Mango Device Spotted

August 23, 2011 | By Pradeep

Pocketnow has spotted a new designer house branded LG Windows Phone device. The LG E906 with German fashion house Jil Sander name in the front was spotted running Mango build of Windows Phone OS. The device is similar to Optimus 7 with few changes in hardware. Hit the source link for more photos of this mystery device.

Source: pocketnow

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