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Stuff.tv: News came in that LG, the Viewty maker, is about to unleash their very own 8MP camera, the KC910.

Originally mooted way back at the start of July, the chaps at PhoneArena now have snaps of the new device in all its glory.

As you can see, we’re looking at a full touchscreen blower, like the Prada and aforementioned Viewty.

As well as the now ubiquitous 8MP sensor, you get 7.2Mbps HSDPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0, TV output, DivX and XviD support and a 3in screen. And all this in a slinky 14mm frame.

Word to the wise is that this will surface in October.

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HDTV UK: British consumers still need educating in the ways of high definition, according to the latest research from LG. Many people still believe that if they have bought a high definition TV, that means the programmes they watch must be in HD, too.

Of course we know that’s not true, but LG is calling for the TV industry to step up to the challenge of educating and informing consumers about what HD is.

The industry probably hasn’t helped itself, with various manufacturers and broadcasters throwing around the terms “HD Ready”, “HD Ready (Full HD)” and “Full HD”. It means four out of five people don’t really understand what the terminology means, nor the differences.

One in four Brits believe that owning a TV displaying the HD Ready logo instantly makes all programmes high definition.

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Phones review: LG Electronics and Dolby Laboratories have issued a press release stating LG will be the first mobile phone maker to incorporate Dolby Mobile across the globe.

As we all know Dolby is a renowned technology dedicated to precision audio, Dolby Mobile is an audio processing tech, which delivers rich, vibrate audio to the mobile arena.

The president and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communication Company, Dr. Skott Ahn had this to say: “We believe this technology will raise the bar for audio quality on multimedia phones and expect Dolby Mobile to help us create a new trend in the mobile phone industry. LG is committed to providing our customers with the best features available and our new collaboration with Dolby helps us deliver on this pledge.”

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I4U News: LG unveiled a tilting Flat Screen TV wall mount that is 50% thinner than former solutions.

The new wall mount has a depth of only 25mm. Today when flat screen TVs get thinner and thinner, it is of course important to have wall mounts that are as thin as possible too.

In case you do not need tilting the wall mount is just a steel bracket and there is no space lost between wall and screen.

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Tech Digest: There are an increasing number of hybrid displays appearing on the market, offering both computer monitor and TV functionality in one, and LG’s M94D series is just one ultra sleek example of that.

LG lists a few specifications, such as 16:10 ratio (standard for many widescreen computer monitors, and meaning you’ll get black bars top and bottom of any 16:9 widescreen movie you watch), 20,000:1 Digital Fine Contrast ratio, 5ms response time, 300 nits brightness, in-built TV tuner, and HDMI port for connecting up other equipment such as a Blu-ray player or PS3.

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Mobile Today: LG’s net profit has risen 84% after the company sold more than seven million touchscreen mobile phones.

LG said in a press release that it sold a record 27.7 million mobile phone handsets during the second quarter, led by its high-end Secret and Viewty models.

The company said it had sold seven million touchscreen mobile phones by the end of the second quarter, just five quarters after LG launched its first full touchscreen handset, the Prada Phone.

The Viewty is the company’s top seller, surpassing two million units.

Dr Skott Ahn, president of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company said: ‘We were a true pioneer in touchscreen phones, applying for a total of 49 patents while developing the Prada Phone by LG.’

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PC Magazine: Perhaps in an effort to steal some of Apple’s iPhone thunder, LG announced its own new music phone, the Chocolate 3.

The newest addition to the company’s series of Chocolate handsets is compatible with the Rhapsody’s subscription music service.
 
Rhapsody subscribers will be able to fill up the phone’s memory with plenty of tunes from the service’s catalog of more than five million tracks. The flip phone also supports standard MP3, WMA, and unprotected AAC file formats.

To share your music in the car or at parties, the Chocolate features an FM receiver plus a set of stereo speakers. Data can be stored on a microSD memory card, and the device’s slot accepts cards up to 8GB in capacity.

The Chocolate 3 also has a 2-megapixel camera. Charging and data transfers are conveniently carried out via the phone’s mini USB port.

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Tech Digest: Along with its FA163DAB iDock micro system, LG has announced the PC12DAB iDock, offering similar functionality but in a stylish oval design finished in gloss black with red ambient lighting.

With built-in speakers, it pumps out 10W of power, has an integrated vertical slot loading CD player, DAB radio, iPod dock, audio jack for connecting other MP3 players, alarm functions, and the ability to copy music from a CD directly to a portable music device via the USB port.

The unit comes with modest equalisation controls offering four settings: pop, classical, jazz, and flat (as in unmodified audio, not where you live).

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Afterdawn: LG has announced the introduction of its inaugural line of digital Freeview Playback DVD recorders with built-in HDDs.

The three DVRs, dubbed the LG RHT399H, LG RHT398H and LG RHT397H can receive up to 40 digital channels and offer time shifting allowing users to record, as well as pause and rewind live TV.

The RHT399H offers the largest built-in HDD, 320GB. The company says that should allow for 935 hours of recording time.

The DVRs also offer a “series link” function which allows you to record full seasons of TV shows with ease. Each also offer “high speed copying mode” which gives users the ability to copy 60 minutes of video to a DVD or the HDD in about 27 seconds.

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Absolute Gadget: Pop a keyboard out the bottom of your phone and you usually lose its great look – something the fashionistas are willing to forgo if it means sticking with one-thumb texting from a candybar. But LG is trying to tempt young consumers into a Qwerty world with the “vibrantly coloured, feature-packed” KS360 handset.
With that easy to use keypad, LG says the device has been “specifically designed for messaging on the move”.

To make messaging easier, once the full-length keypad has been opened, the 2.4-inch screen automatically rotates 90 degrees using accelerometer technology.

“The KS360’s sliding QWERTY keypad and high-spec messaging features mean that users can send SMS, IM, email and have the ability to access social networking sites all from one device,” today’s official announcement said.

In addition, the KS360 comes with touchscreen dialling, a 2-megapixel camera and MicroSD card slot.

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Bloomberg: Wi-Lan, a Canadian owner of patents for wireless technologies, sued LG Electronics, claiming the company is infringing two U.S. patents with its mobile handheld devices and other equipment.

LG Electronics, Asia’s second-biggest maker of mobile phones, was added as a defendant to a suit filed June 19 in which Wi-Lan claimed Motorola, Research In Motion and UTStarCom also violated the patents. court in northern California.

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Stuff.tv: LG launched their new mini hi-fi system, which promises awesome sound for minimum wallet bashing.

The FA163 is an iPod dock, MP3 system, CD player and FM radio but raises the bar for systems this price through its amazing audio fidelity.

Audio magician Mark Levinson, who was last seen fitting out luxury Lexus cars with state-of-the-art in-car systems, has teamed up with LG to wring the best out of your MP3s.

At a demo in the swanky surroundings of London’s Berkeley hotel, Stuff enjoyed hearing bog standard 128k MP3s sound like WAVs, eeking smooth and rounded bass out of a humble 2G iPod Nano.

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