Whew, it’s been a busy few days! Late last week we launched the LG Renoir KC910, our new 8 megapixel camera, and we invited some bloggers down to a party in London to get to grips with it. As well as us from the LG blog and some of the phone marketing guys, they also got to meet the guys from DivX and Dolby Mobile, who talked about the phone’s features and of course each other.

It was my first chance to play with the Renoir, which was surprisingly light in the hand - so much so I thought the one I’d been given had had the battery taken out. I didn’t get too long to play about but the video playback quality and the camera both impressed me.

Anyway, you shouldn’t just listen to what I thought about the phone - instead I definitely recommend checking out what they had to say about the phone - Marc of Coolest Gadgets hopes he gets his paws on ones to review, while Simon of Zath is anticipating playing with the audio and video features. James of Electric Pig enthuses abouts the widgets and UI and Matt of Tracy & Matt shot some video of the presentations we gave (although the room’s a bit dark - sorry Matt, we’ll sort out better lighting next time!).

Ewan of Mobile Industry Review has a long and gushing paean to the phone, and then gave the event a long feature on their weekly TV show (featuring an appearance from yours truly). Here’s what they thought of it:

Keep checking back for more info about the Renoir KC910 closer to the release date & we’ll keep you updated with all the latest news and reviews about it.