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LG’s MWC Smartphones In Australia: What We Know

Gizmodo AU

LG’s been very busy at MWC, releasing more than a half-dozen handsets to market. When can we expect them in Australia? Here’s what we know so far.

August 30, 2011
Mobile

LG’s 3D Conversion Engine Will Turn Your 2D Games into 3D

Gizmodo AU

LG’s Optimus 3D is a nice enough phone, but just about every reviewer who’s had hands on time with it — including myself — has lamented the fact that the beyond taking 3D photos, the 3D display wasn’t good for much due to a critical lack of applications. LG’s addressing that shortcoming and is due to announce a 2D to 3D conversion engine for Android games.

June 29, 2011
Computing

Art Lebedev’s Optimus Mini Six Keyboard May Be Down, But Isn’t Out

After being hit with delays, Art Lebedev’s scaled-down Optimus keyboard, the Mini Six, has finally hit the production line, the company confirmed via their LiveJournal (yes, really.)

May 10, 2011
Mobile

Augmented Reality Is Now 3D On LG’s Optimus 3D Phone

LG’s pinched Layar’s idea and made it 3D, though I suppose Wikitude is partly to blame/thank too. They’re calling it the world’s first 3D AR browser, and while it’ll only be available on LG’s Optimus 3D phone for starters, expect it to roll out onto other 3D handsets later, once LG gets some more off the production lines.

March 5, 2011
Mobile

Motorla Atrix Vs LG Optimus 2X: Dual-Core Benchmark Battle Go!

The Motorola Atrix 4G and the LG Optimus 2X both feature the same Tegra 2 Chipset that uses the same 1.2 Ghz, dual-core ARM Cortex A9 processor, the same GeForce ULP GPU, the same 1GB of RAM and the same version of Android (2.2.1). Yet, when benchmarked, the Optimus 2X outgunned the Atrix in nearly every test (the Galaxy S even jumped ahead in a few of those). So what gives?

February 17, 2011
Mobile

Samsung: ‘No Need’ For 3D Phones, But Good Luck With Them Anyway

Samsung’s head of product management in its UK mobile division has gone on record as saying the company has no plans to battle rival LG in the 3D mobile phone sector. There’s no point or demand and it makes phones needlessly thicker. That’s the summary. Here are his actual words:

February 15, 2011
Computing

LG Keeps It Classy By Kicking Steve Jobs In The Face

LG’s apparently feeling so confident about its Optimus Pad/G-Slate – despite not much evidence they should be – that they decided to go and make a promo video wherein a flying ninja kicks Steve Jobs in the face. Starts at around the 1:00 mark.

February 14, 2011
Mobile

LG’s Optimus 3D Is A Doozy With Dual Cameras, Dual-Core Processor

It was hardly a secret, but today LG’s Optimus 3D was borne into a world where dual-core processors and dual cameras is the norm. Seriously, think back to your first mobile phone (a Nokia?), and consider how far we’ve come.

February 8, 2011
Mobile

Video: LG Optimus 3D’s Dual Lenses Spotted

Another pre-Mobile World Congress teaser trailer has leaked out, this time for LG’s Optimus 3D. There are no accompanying specs or details, but we do get to see the back of the phone.

February 1, 2011
Mobile

LG Announcing Optimus 3D At Mobile World Congress

Gizmodo AU

Shay got the down low on LG’s plans to release a smartphone with glasses-less 3D in the middle of this year, and while details are still scarce, LG has confirmed that they’ll be showing off this 3D phone at Mobile World Congress this month.

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