Along with unveiling a new TV lineup, including models powered by webOS, and announcing that the LG G Flex was coming to the U.S. early this year, LG also jumped into the fitness market with the LG Lifeband Touch and LG Heart Rate Earphones. The LG Liveband Touch is an activity tracker that incorporates a 3-axis accelerometer and altimeter to […]
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LG G Flex headed to AT&T and T-Mobile USA
LG promised to expand the availability of its first flexible display smartphone beyond its home country of South Korea in late 2013. It began to deliver on that promise with the launch of the LG G Flex in Singapore and Hong Kong in late December. Meanwhile, rumours that hinted at a launch in the U.S. got a boost today courtesy […]
LG webOS TV interface revealed
Don’t worry, we know that televisions are not mobile gadgets but this story can trace its roots back to mobile. When LG acquired webOS from HP in early 2013, it made it clear that it was going to use the operating system in televisions and that it was not about to resurface on smartphones and tablets. A recent report indicated that […]
LG Odin processor gets benchmarked
Recent rumours have suggested LG is looking to build its own mobile processors. It is reportedly developing both quad-core and an octa-core versions of a processor codenamed Odin. The octa-core version now appear to have surfaced on the AnTuTu benchmarking website. Identified as the LG Odin, the results support past reports that the octa-core model would use ARM’s big.LITTLE architecture […]
LG Lifeband Touch leaked ahead of CES 2014 launch?
Recent rumours indicated that LG would unveil new wearable accessories called the LG G-Arch and G-Health at MWC 2014 alongside the LG G3 smartphone. While LG was quick to deny that it had such products in development, a new image tweeted by the usually reliable @evleaks suggests otherwise. The tweet reveals a device called the LG Lifeband Touch. Little is […]
LG G2 sales to top 3 million in 2013?
As 2013 wraps up, LG is set to close the year with disappointment as it appears that sales of its LG G2 flagship smartphone have not met its own expectations. According to South Korea’s Yonhap News, the company reportedly sold about 3 million LG G2 smartphones around the world since it went on sale in August. While it sold 1 […]
HTC and LG to use sapphire glass home buttons on 2014 flagship devices?
While the trend in recent years has been away from physical buttons on smartphones, it may make a bit of a comeback in 2014 as more manufacturers incorporate fingerprint scanners into their mobile devices. Citing its usual “industry sources,” Digitimes reports that both HTC and LG could follow in Apple’s footsteps with their next flagships and adopt fingerprint scanners that […]
LG to add ‘Knock’ feature to all L Series II and key future devices
The LG G2 was the first LG device to come with a new feature called KnockON. It allowed a user to tap the display twice in quick succession to wake the smartphone up. The feature was also included on a number of devices that followed the LG G2, including the LG G Pad 8.3 tablet and the LG G Flex […]