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Verizon’s Second-String Lineup: Chocolate, Curve 8530 And Convoy
1:30AM Dan Nosowitz | The Motorola Droid and HTC Droid Eris may get all the buzz, but what about Verizon’s less glamorous new phones? The LG Chocolate Touch, BlackBerry Curve 8530 and Samsung Convoy were all introduced today, and they too deserve a look. More »
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11:00AM Nick Broughall | I can sort of understand the message this video is trying to push out about the new Chocolate phone – that it’s really well made. But seriously – flowers for icons? Touchscreens made from ginseng, jujube, sesami (their spelling) oil and salt? Pomegranate for colouring? This does not make me think high-quality manufacturing, LG. No it does not…
So LG Phones Are Made Of Wood Now?
11:00AM Nick Broughall | I can sort of understand the message this video is trying to push out about the new Chocolate phone – that it’s really well made. But seriously – flowers for icons? Touchscreens made from ginseng, jujube, sesami (their spelling) oil and salt? Pomegranate for colouring? This does not make me think high-quality manufacturing, LG. No it does not…
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LG Wants To Pay You $US10,000 For Your Chocolate Phone
10:50PM Danny Allen | I don’t know if it’s a competition, or some crazy way to recover experimental chips — but LG is on a global hunt for five of its Chocolate phones. They’ve placed newspaper ads across 12 countries with specific serial numbers: More »
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LG Chocolate BL20 Brings Back Traditional Chocolate Styling
7:00AM Dan Nosowitz | Unlike LG’s wacky BL40 ultra-widescreen Chocloate, the newly-spotted BL20 is more obviously from the Chocolate lineage. It’s a non-touchscreen slider with haptic feedback on its touch-sensitive buttons, and actually features an interface not dissimilar to the BL40. More »
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Sweet Confession: I Ate An Apple Tablet
1:10AM Rosa Golijan | With Taste Test in full swing, I couldn’t resist taking a dream concept and challenging a chocolatier. The end result, my friends, is the best tasting Apple product ever. (Trust me on that claim, I ate the whole thing.) More »
Peripherals
Chocolate Mouse Is No Chocolate Mousse, Sadly
10:30PM Jesus Diaz | Unlike the Chocolate Keyboard, the USB Chocolate Mouse is an actual mouse. How stupid is that? Very. [MegaGadgets via Random Good Stuff]
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World’s Biggest Chocolate Fountain Is A Willy Wonka Wet Dream
4:40AM Sean Fallon | If you have ever had the privilege of dining in the Bellagio restaurant in Las Vegas, you probably stood in awe of Jean-Philippe Maury’s breathtaking 8-metre chocolate fountain. More »
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LG BL40 Offers Clues About How You’re Meant To Use A 21:9 Screen
4:28AM John Herrman | When we last checked in with the lanky BL40, it was gussied up and posing for glamor shots. LG has followed up with a video that gets into how you’re actually supposed to use such a strangely-shaped device. More »
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10:19PM John Herrman | Short of price, release date and carrier(s), there’s not a whole lot that hasn’t been leaked about LG’s comically long next generation Chocolate, the BL40. But somehow, these first official shots are still enticing. I mean, look at it. More »
First LG Chocolate BL40 Official Shots Don’t Surprise, Still Stun
10:19PM John Herrman | Short of price, release date and carrier(s), there’s not a whole lot that hasn’t been leaked about LG’s comically long next generation Chocolate, the BL40. But somehow, these first official shots are still enticing. I mean, look at it. More »
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