According to Korea Times LG will return to the Windows Phone 8 in 2013?

LG after being among the first manufacturers to release a Windows Phone devices  had decided to leave the world of Windows Phone.

LG will not update the LG Optimus 7 to WP7.8

It seems that the owners of the LG Optimus 7 WP 7.5 smartphone won't join the WP7.8 bandwagon.The joke certainly will not be well digested if confirmed by all the national divisions of LG, it seems that the device in question does not have the long-awaited upgrade to release 7.8 in the program , leaving in fact with WP7.5 refresh.

Telus Canada announced the Tango update for LG Optimus 7 on 20th June,13 July for Nokia Lumia 800!

The Canadian phone operator Telus through a PDF in their official page dedicated to updates, announces the release of Windows Phone Tango "Consumer Mango Refresh 3"  for LG Optimus 7 will arrive Wednesday, June 20.

Apple and Samsung share the 99% of the profits of the global smartphone market

Horace Dediu of Asymco has made ​​available the data in its possession about the operating profits extracted from the eight major manufacturers of smartphones in the world in the first quarter of 2012 and from that data we can see Apple and Samsung flying high.

It seems, in fact, that Apple and Samsung together possess 99% of total industry revenue , with Apple that makes the lion's share with its significant 73%, although its share has declined slightly, compared to 75% the previous quarter. Samsung, meanwhile, has increased its share from 16% to 26%, totally demolishing all other manufacturers.

LG abandons Windows Phone, will focus on Android Phones for now

In the past few hours LG told the Korea Herald had no future plans regarding Windows Phone based smartphones, noting that " The total units of Windows Phone sold in the global market is not a significant figure. " .

The interview with the Herald, however, continued reassurance by LG will continue its efforts on research and development for the Microsoft system.

From these words it can be assumed then a long pause where LG will not launch any Windows smartphone, probably jumping the launch of Windows Phone 8 and waiting for a "silent" eventual success of the OS made in Redmond.

LG then leave in the hands of Nokia, Samsung and HTC the fate of Windows Phone, a major loss for the mobile OS where the cheapest devices were precisely those of the Korean manufacturer.

Source KoreaHerald Via WPCentral

LG Miracle Windows Phone caught in the wild and heading to Telus

It seems that another Windows Phone smartphone will be coming to Canada pretty soon. As you can see from the images above the LG Miracle – model number E740H – is heading directly for TELUS. 

Specs wise, the LG Miracle, is believed to come with a 4-inch WVGA NOVA display, 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 5MP camera that shoots 720p HD videos, VGA front-facing camera, 8GB of storage, 14.4Mbps HSPA radio, Wi-Fi and NFC capabilities.

So far there is no word on when this device will be launched or at what price.

Via Pocketnow

FCC reveals LG Windows Phone for Sprint?

This isn't the first time we've seen the LG Windows Phone LS831.  It's appeared on WP Bench and we first caught wind of the device being at the FCC back in October 2011 but only had the FCC ID label to show for it.  There's even some speculation this is the LG Fantasy.  Now we have pictures (doesn't look like the leaked pics of the Fantasy) and more information that could make the LS831 Sprints new Windows Phone.

FCC documentation on the LG LS831 indicates this Windows Phone support CDMA in the EMSR 800MHz band. A band used by Sprint.  The LG Windows Phone also supports the 1900MHz CDMA band.  Along with the banding, you also have a Sprint/Nextel Waiver included in the FCC Documentation that ties the mysterious device to Sprint.  

source: FCC via: Phonescoop

Photo Exhibiton – A New LG Exclusive Windows Phone App

Photo Exhibition is free app developed and released by LG for its Windows Phone users.The application allows the user to  simple and intuitive edit and process images through filters, effects and frames that are at our disposal within the app.


Photo Exhibition is free nice looking app and LG user can get the app from the LG Marketplace.


Via Plaffo

Tango will be released in mainland China in the first three weeks of March.

Chinese website WPDang has shared some more news about the next big Windows Phone update named Tango.

According to WPDang website all Mango devices can be updated to Tango, and in China special modifications will be included.

The Chinese specific changes will include :

• Tango of China would have the Xbox Live function removed
• WeiBo (Chinese version of Twitter) and RenRen (Chinese version of Facebook) would be used to replace Twitter and Facebook which cannot be accessed in China
• Bing search result would be based on a combination of Bing and BaiDu, the Chinese no.1 search engine

Tango will be announced at Mobile World Congress 2012 and will launch in Beijing in China at an event in the 3rd week of March, attended by HTC, Nokia, ZTE and LG who will be showing their Tango-powered devices off there.

Source WPDang ;Via WMPU

LG has released 3 new apps into their corner of the Marketplace

LG has released three new exclusive applications and free in its corner of Windows Phone Marketplace: NowCaster, Winny Toolbox and Winny & Friends.

Nowcaster,the first of the three new apps is clearly designed to be used in the car or you just to busy and you can read for your self or something like that.On launch the app will read aloud your calendar, the weather and the latest news, giving one-click access to the information.

LG Fantasy caught on Video

It seems that the LG Fantasy aka Miracle has made it way to XDA Developers.It appears that someone from XDA community has purchased the handset from a tester and now it trying to sell it.

For prove of existence the owner upload video of the handset,the quality of the video is more than bad but from the video we can see that the LG Fantasy does has NFC.

The developer claims that the LG Fantasy will go on sale in July and this probably will be the first Tango handset if the rumor turns to be true at the end.

Probably we will see more info about this LG handset and MWC 2012.

Source XDA ; Via WMPU

More high quality pictures of LG Miracle appeared in the wild

More pictures of the elusive LG Miracle has leaked in the wild.The latest appearance of this smartphone was on a Romanian website for sale with specs included.The photos were quickly taken down, but one of GSMArena tipsters managed to save them.

So far we know that the LG Miracle will carry - 4" WVGA NOVA display, 1GHz Scorpion CPU, 5MP main camera and VGA front camera. Curiously, it will sport NFC connectivity, which is confirmed by the specs posted on the Romanian trading site.

The device is still expected to arrive in the first half of the year and may be announced at Mobile World Congress 2012.

Source GSMArena

Nokia is still leading in the amount of data traffic from mobile devices

StatCounter is always a useful resource for understanding the evolution of data traffic in the global mobile industry and the latest stats are very interesting.

So with the end of the first month of 2012, the famous analyst firm reported that from January 2011 to January 2012, the web traffic on mobile devices has grown again, seeing more and leader Nokia phones connected globally.

These are the words of Aodhan Cullen, CEO of StatCounter:

"Despite the use of the Internet through mobile phones and Smartphones are still less than 10%, the pace of growth is remarkable."

Apple dominates in the United Kingdom and the United States, but Nokia is behind in many markets. Nevertheless, countries where the overall Web browsing is made of 40% from mobile devices such as India, where Nokia was able to dominate sales, enabling the Finnish giant still be a leader in the field of mobile data traffic.

Via BGR

LG Miracle First Second Generation Windows Phone Revealed

LG Miracle, a mid range LG windows phone picture leaked.It seems to be actually the same handset we saw in the wild back in December as LG Fantasy.

Specs are as follows:  

• 4-inch NOVA Screen (800 x 480 resolution) 
• 1 GHz Snapdragon Processor 
• 8GB of internal storage 
• 5 megapixel rear camera, with 720p recording capabilities
• 1 megapixel front facing camera, 
• Apparent NFC tag-reading capabilities

LG Miracle is expected to be revealed by LG at MWC later this month.

Source Pocketnow

LG E740 gets Bluetooth SIG certification

LG still has to release second  generation Windows Phone 7 phone, so it is reassuring to see that they have continued development of at least one Windows Phone 7.5 handset.

This is not the first time that we’ve heard about the LG E740 and it probably won’t be the last. Last year in December we covered what seemed to be some leaked images with the LG Fantasy, which in turn could be the LG E740. 

Still, here we are again with the same LG E740 showing up and this time getting SIC certification and probably preparing for a launch date.

Via WMPU

New LG Windows Phone handset apeared in China

New unannounced LG Windows Phone 7 handset, which looks pretty amazing , has apeared on the China Weibo blogging site.

All we know is that according to the description, may be an engineering sample, with the comment saying

"LG's engineering machine, etc. when you can see at CES. Not for sale."

Hopefully at CES we will find our more info about this elusive LG Windows Phone handsets

Via WPCentral