LiMo forms Korean Association, will launch the Samsung SCH-M510 via SKT
LiMo Foundation announced the establishment of the Korean LiMo Ecosystem Association, together with major Korean mobile companies including Samsung, LG and SK Telecom.
The role of the Korean LiMo Ecosystem Association, which is supported by the Korean Government, is to “fully catalyze and empower innovation upon the LiMo Platform within the Korean mobile industry.”
As part of [...]
LG Shine II announced, AT&T gets it on November 22
Appeared in some leaked photos back in the summer, the LG Shine II has just been officially announced by LG USA and AT&T.
Like the older, original LG Shine, the new Shine II comes to make a “fashionably smart statement with its glossy exterior and versatile utility.”
The phone’s features include a 2.2 inch display, AT&T Navigator, [...]
LG GW550 launched in South America and Asia
LG GW550, the Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphone first announced in September, was just released in South America and Asia, and it should be available in Brazil and Argentina starting today.
Other 20 countries will follow shortly, including countries in the Middle East (weird enough, Europe is not mentioned at all).
The GW550 is a 12mm thin handset [...]
LG Promises Another Watchphone in 2010
The mobile community was blown away at last year’s CES when LG daftly showed off its new creation, the GD910 watchphone. With touchscreen and bluetooth capability (not to mention way-too-high pricetag), it pioneered an onslaught of several watchphones to come to market in 2009.
Now LG would like to do it again. The company announced Thursday [...]
Samsung to make 100 million touchscreen phones in 2010, 65% of them with capacitive screens
We recently told you that Samsung plans to sell about 270 million phones in 2010, and it looks like 100 million of those will be touchscreen handsets.
According to Telecoms Korea and a Shinhan Investment report, Samsung should ship about 57 million touhcscreen phones by the end of 2009, and it plans to almost double this [...]
Samsung, LG to launch Android 2.0 phones for SK Telecom
Remember those rumors about KT wanting to release an Android phone made by Samsung or LG? Well, new reports are coming from Korea, saying that KT’s rival carrier, SK Telecom, is also in talks with the two giant handset makers for developing Android devices.
According to Korea Times, SK will launch Android 2.0 phones next year. [...]
LG GD510 Pop priced at £99.95 on PAYG in the UK
The LG GD510 Pop (seen as some sort of a Cookie successor) is now available in the UK on Pay As You Go, via Carphone Warehouse.
Customers can get the GD510 Pop on PAYG for £99.95 (about €112 or $166) – it’s not yet featured on Carphone’s website in the PAYG section, but it will probably [...]
Verizon announces the HTC Droid Eris, launches the LG Chocolate Touch
Verizon Wireless has finally announced the HTC Droid Eris – basically, this is a remade HTC Hero (already available in the US via Sprint).
As rumored, Verizon will sell the Droid Eris for 99.99 on contract (after a $100 mail-in rebate) starting November 6, the same day when the more expensive Motorola Droid becomes available.
The features [...]
LG SB210 – a golf-friendly touchscreen phone
LG has just announced a new touchscreen phone in South Korea, the LG SB210 – which, apart from providing the usual features, it also offers maps for 280 golf courses and other golf-related services, including a so-called “Receive PJT” application.
The handset also comes with a G-sensor, compass and a calories calculator.
The SB210 looks a lot [...]
Rogers launches Nokia Surge, prepares Nokia N86, LG Eve
Rogers Wireless, Canada’s largest mobile carrier, has launched the Nokia Surge – a QWERTY S60 phone that’s already available in the US from AT&T.
The features of Nokia Surge include a 2.4 inch QVGA display, HSDPA, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, GPS, Bluetooth, 2.5mm headset jack, 2MP camera and MicroSD card support.
Rogers sells the Surge for as low [...]