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  • LG Optimus range catches Angry Birds Rio fever. phones, mobile phones, apps, gaming, Angry Birds, Angry Birds Rio, LG, LG Optimus,  0

    LG Optimus range catches Angry Birds Rio fever

    Game to come pre-loaded on handsets 11 May 2011 13:57 GMT

    LG has announced, in "an unprecedented commitment to make entertainment content available", that Angry Birds Rio will come pre-loaded on all Optimus range handsets, saving gaming fans, er, nothing actually - the game is free in the Android Market.

    Perhaps...

  • Vodafone to offer smartphones on 12-month contracts

    Vodafone to offer smartphones on 12-month contracts

    Including iPhone 4, network provider confirms 11 February 2011 10:27 GMT

    Pocket-lint has been told by Vodafone that the network provider is soon to introduce 12-month contracts for all of its offered smartphones, including the iPhone, UK-wide. That means that you'll be able to get hold of an iPhone 4 or, later in the year,...

  • Is this the LG Optimus 3D?

    Is this the LG Optimus 3D?

    Report claims it is 31 January 2011 15:39 GMT

    What you're looking at here could well be the LG Optimus 3D handset, whose existence the Korean electronics giant is hardly keeping a secret, without actually confirming anything official.

    LG dropped more than a subtle hint that a 3D handset...

  • LG all set for 3D smartphone and tablet launches?

    LG all set for 3D smartphone and tablet launches?

    Press conference invite hinting hard 26 January 2011 11:19 GMT

    Last week, Pocket-lint brought you news of Nvidia's soon-to-hit 3D Tegra 2 chip. And now, there's rumour aplenty that we'll be seeing the first Tegra 2 powered 3D device at Mobile World Congress - courtesy of LG.

    The rumour mill has been kick...

  • LG: No Gingerbread for Optimus line. Phones, Mobile phones, Android, Android 2.3, Google, LG, LG Optimus, LG optimus one,  0

    LG: No Gingerbread for Optimus line

    New Android handsets won't get latest Android update 8 December 2010 15:21 GMT

    LG has told its Facebook fans that the Optimus range won’t be getting Google latest operating system update, Android 2.3.

    “The Optimus line won't be getting the Gingerbread update because they have a 600MHz processor, and the minimum...

  • LG Star: Leaked pictures of the flagship Android device

    LG Star: Leaked pictures of the flagship Android device

    Super high spec Tegra 2 touting handset spotted 16 November 2010 13:54 GMT

    What you're looking at here, loyal Pocket-lint readers, is the supposed LG Android flagship handset - codenamed the LG Star.

    Boasting a dual core system-on-a-chip Nvidia Tegra 2 module, the Star is apparently packing a 4-inch display, has an...

  • All the colours of the PAYG rainbow

    All the colours of the PAYG rainbow

    FEATURE Handsets in every hue 11 November 2010 10:44 GMT

    We've already taken you through the best smartphones on PAYG as well as the top budget PAYG handsets, but what if you're after something a little bit different? The colour of your phone might be the very last thing that you consider when shopping for...

  • LG Optimus GT540

    LG Optimus GT540 review

    3.5 REVIEW Does this mid-range Android handset deliver the goods? 18 October 2010 19:57 GMT

    First announced at the CES tech show in Las Vegas, the LG Optimus GT540 forms part of the Korean brand's lineup of Android handsets and is largely targeted at first-time smartphone users. Considering that this is a mid-range phone, the finish...

  • "Android will dominate," says LG - but Optimus will be multi-platform

    Range will feature other operating systems too 14 September 2010 12:22 GMT

    Speaking during its South Korean press conference on Tuesday 14 September, LG declared that "Android will become the dominant platform in the smartphone market", which, to be honest, isn't hugely difficult considering the number of different manufacturers...

  • LG Optimus 7 gets official airing

    LG Optimus 7 gets official airing

    IFA 2010: Windows Phone 7 handset goes on show 6 September 2010 10:06 GMT

    LG has officially outed one of its Windows Phone 7 launch handsets, the LG Optimus 7, in a press release detailing the handsets DLNA capabilities.

    It's a phone that we knew of (up until now it had been referred to as the LG E900), but its IFA...

  • LG Optimus to go live in September

    LG Optimus to go live in September

    Mystery invite arrives in our inbox 2 September 2010 16:43 GMT

    Well, well, well....what have we here then?

    We get a lot of exciting invites popping through the Pocket-lint letter box (we're quite a big deal don't you know?) so it's often hard to cut the wheat from the chaff.

    But one invite that...

  • LG Optimus Z: Heavyweight Android handset launching in Korea

    LG Optimus Z: Heavyweight Android handset launching in South Korea

    Local launch only at present, but... 29 July 2010 14:15 GMT

    We don't always bring you news about phones if they are set to exclusively launch over in Asia, and there's no word that we'll be seeing them in the western world.

    But it's not everyday that LG unveils a monster of an Android handset either....

  • The LG Panther could be apart of the new range

    LG Optimus Series: LG's new Android and Windows 7 range

    10 smartphones and tablets promised by end of 2010 5 July 2010 15:00 GMT

    We heard word first thing this morning that LG was working on a Android powered tablet, and now the UK arm has confirmed that really is the case.

    To be known as the Optimus Series, the new "Line-up of smartphones and tablet devices Integrate...

  • Android made easy with the LG Optimus

    Android made easy with the LG Optimus

    In many ways, it's a Google phone for beginners... 27 April 2010 14:46 GMT

    The LG Optimus, or GT540 for the techheads out there, has been designed with ease-of-use in mind. It may not be the smartest of smartphones, and only runs on Android 1.6, but it offers a large enough feature list to satisfy an entry-level user.

    With...

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