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Previously, we were talking about the Samsung Cetus featuring Windows phone 7. Now, we are looking at another Windows phone 7 handset by LG. Externally this device is pretty decent looking. However, it doesn’t guarantee the internal.

LG C900 features two capacitive touch buttons below the screen and one chrome windows key under that. The whole device cover in matte black. Although it’s no shine and shimmery but at least it won’t attract fingerprints everywhere. The LG C900 will go to AT&T without a doubt.

[via slashgear / via Engadget]

Last week, LG announced the release of the LG Cookie Series, a collection of vibrant coloured full-touch phones designed for young “Generation Z” mobile consumers. The LG Cookie Series consists of three full-touch mobile handsets: Cookie, Cookie Style and Cookie 3G, provides more versatile texting functionality, enhanced music options, wider social networking support, and a customisable, user-friendly interface and design. All the Cookie phones offer an intuitive and easy-to-use virtual QWERTY keypad allowing for easy texting without the bulk of a physical keyboard. The keypad can be switched from portrait to landscape mode, providing young users with a more convenient texting method. The LG Cookie Series will be available in the UK in September.

Lg Cookie (Korea Version)

The LG Cookie Series touch phones make social networking much more enjoyable thanks to dedicated user interface optimised for this type of activity. Users can also keep in touch with their friends through instant messaging and email that support threaded viewing for easier conversations.

The LG Cookie Series also includes a 3.5-inch headphone jack, FM radio and microSD slot for enjoying and easy sharing of music and movies. Add to this a stylish two-tone design and the fun cartoon-styled user interface and the LG Cookie Series easily stands out in the full-touch phone handset market.

LG Cookie
Designed to fit perfectly in the palm of a hand, LG Cookie is the most compact phone in the line-up. LG Cookie is proof that touch phones don’t all look alike. LG Cookie’s compact form factor slips easily into a pocket or purse but still manages to include a generous 2.4-inch display.

LG Cookie Style

LG Cookie Style is the stylish phone in the series with a 2.8-inch LCD display and bold design. Cookie Style is available in a variety of colour options with accents on the front button panel, making it one of the most fashionable full-touch phones on the market. The phone’s colourful mix-and-match design will appeal to the young mobile generation’s desire for self-expression.

LG Cookie 3G

LG Cookie 3G allows for faster connectivity and data transmission, always keeping users connected to friends and family. Its advanced e-mail feature utilises the latest in push-delivery technology, instantly alerting users when messages are sent to any of their e-mail addresses. LG Cookie 3G is a perfect choice not only for Generation Z but also for digitally active people who cannot compromise on network connectivity and design.

LG today has unveiled its new addition to its LG Optimus series, powered by latest Android 2.2 Froyo and are two of the 10 upcoming new smartphones that will be introduced in the second half of this year. For the Optimus series, LG Optimus One and Optimus Chic will be the first 2 Android smartphones. No detail specifications are available but both of them features full touch screen.

“The LG Optimus Series is aimed at challenging the notion that one device can meet the needs of many,” said Dr. Skott Ahn, President and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company. “At LG, we believe in providing people with many different choices because our customers are not all alike. We want to provide devices that suit all needs and simplify people’s lives.”

LG Optimus One with Google offers the latest in Google mobile features and connects seamlessly to the world. Its ability to connect effortlessly to Google’s Android Market™ delivers an unfiltered and genuine smartphone user experience. Also, a convenient user interface and diverse multimedia options ensure a mobile environment that makes this device one of the easiest to use on the market.

The LG Optimus Chic caters to fashion aficionados with its tasteful design incorporating soft and smooth lines. The handset’s sleek curves set a new standard for smartphone design, challenging the perception that advanced Android devices need to appeal to a hardcore tech crowd to gain widespread acceptance.

Other than the Optimus One, Chic and the first LG Optimus GT450, LG is expected to released another LG Optimus Z SU950 by end of this year. The Optimus Z will be the fastest among the Optimus series with a OMAP3630 processor and 3.8-inch full touch screen.

[via Engadget / Android Community]

LG today announced the opening of its new revamp LG Application Store, supporting for its mid- to high-end feature phones and smartphones. The application store was first introduced last year in beta, it has about 3,000 applications now including software for Windows Mobile smartphone. It will also add Android software later this year.

“Today, more and more people want mobile devices that make their lives easier and more exciting through the right combination of applications. To meet this growing demand, we’ve put a great deal of effort into strengthening our application offerings for all types of phone owners,” said Dr. Skott Ahn, President and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company. “By studying customer insights and collaborating with top-level companies, LG is working to produce some of the best applications on the market, and a truly singular mobile experience for our customers.”

The LG Application Store opens today in 23 markets. LG aims to increase the number of applications in the LG Application Store to 4,000 by the end of this year and to expand the service to 33 countries including the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain and Iran.

CNet’s got it on good authority that Microsoft plans to complete the final build of Windows Phone 7 in just “a few weeks.” That would probably mean the final build would ship out to developers by the middle of July. According to Microsoft, the core software is already complete; as of now, they are simply modifying the software, and doing some needed tweaks to the features, so that it works on a wide range of devices.

Apparently, Microsoft is focusing on the user experience and battery life at this point, looking to extend the latter’s while in every day usage. And, just as we expected, Microsoft is currently working with several different companies out there for the launch date, which is going to be some time during the holiday season, this year. Microsoft Vice President, Terry Myerson, specifically named Qualcomm and Broadcom as chip manufacturers, while LG, HTC, and Samsung were all named as primary focuses for hardware manufacturers. As for carriers? We already know AT&T’s the premiere partner, but it looks like T-Mobile USA is also getting some Windows Phone 7 love, too, around launch.

We’ll have to wait and see if Microsoft’s gamble to start over, completely, with their mobile division is going to pay off. While the initial demonstrations of Windows Phone 7 were favorable, and many people loved the integration with other Microsoft-based products, like Xbox LIVE, we won’t get a firm grasp on what Microsoft is planning for the future until we can finally see a final build of software, and hardware. Hopefully that’s coming up soon.

[via Cnet]