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Be the first to see the advert for the LG Optimus GT540 here
June 30th, 2010 by LG Blog UK
Hands up who likes exclusives? Me too, which is great because we have the brand spanking new advert for the LG Optimus GT540 that hasn’t even aired on TV yet!
The 30-second ad, the first in the UK for the Optimus, will be premiered on Tonight with Trevor McDonald on the 1st of July and uses the Wikitude World Browser augmented reality app to show off the capabilities of the Optimus handset.
The Optimus is LG’s second Android powered phone and promises to pick up where the GW620 InTouch Max left off. Full specifications available here
LG's user guide to the Optimus is...
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The BD570 Blu-ray & the LE8900 LED TV get 5 star reviews
June 29th, 2010 by LG Blog UK
The great reviews for LG’s technology keep rolling in as Techradar award the BD570 media streamer an excellent 5 stars and ask the ultimate question, ‘is it a media streamer that plays Blu-rays, or vice versa?
The review highlights the quality of the BD570 as both a media player and as a Blu-ray player, all in a small shell. It is assessed on its ability to playback a wide range of media files including avi, .DivX, .mpg, .mkv, .mp4, .wma, .jpg, .jpeg and .png, Blu-ray, DVD and even audio and passes all tests emphatically.
The closing comment of the review states “The...
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LG help block out the sound of the vuvuzelas so you can focus on the football
June 23rd, 2010 by LG Blog UK
The 1986 World Cup will forever be remembered as the first time the ‘Mexican Wave’ was seen on an international stage. A well orchestrated Mexican Wave is quite a wonderful visual spectacle. However the 2010 World Cup will be remembered for one thing – vuvuzelas! They have received a mixed reaction with some people liking them, whilst others proclaim them to be a menace with the potential to permanently damage your hearing.
Hopefully LG’s Clear Voice feature will help ease the suffering, by changing the settings you could potentially quieten the sound of the vuvuzelas. Clear Voice was designed to enhance...
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AVForums review the LE8900
June 21st, 2010 by LG Blog UK
AVForums have reviewed the 47-inch LE8900 LCD TV and given it a highly recommended commendation.
The typically comprehensive review from AVForums takes literally everything into account to give a full and fair review, including design, menus and set-up, features, measured results of the box and calibrated results to name but a few.
The pros for the LE8900 range from the quality of the black levels and backlight uniformity through to the inclusion of built in Freeview HD and design of the remote and menus for ease of use. Where the cons flag up the location of the HDMI ports as a weakness...
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Techradar review the 50-inch PK790
June 21st, 2010 by LG Blog UK
Techradar have posted an article on their site talking through the best 46-inch, 47-inch and 50-inch TVs in the world. Techradar explain their decision to cover TVs of this size by explaining how TVs of this size get the newest technologies first.
This is the case for LG’s 50-inch PK790 plasma TV, which is packed full of great features including LG’s NetCast online service. The review also picks up on its design which they say is “one of the most attractive we’ve ever seen wrapped around a Plasma TV”.
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The HB45E Home Cinema System – more than meets the eye!
June 18th, 2010 by LG Blog UK
LG is proud to present its HB45E Home Cinema System. Versatile and uniquely stylish, the 400watt complete 2.1-channel Blu-ray home cinema brings additional content into the living room via DLNA and LG Netcast.
The HB45E provides access to content such as YouTube, weather forecasts and picasa for online photos using LG Netcast. DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) allows the HB45E to connect to a home music library stored on other compatible storage devices or computer. The home cinema system even includes a dock to connect an iPod or iPhone for convenient access to your portable music collection and the ability to...
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LG Mini: All the Apps, All the Features
June 18th, 2010 by LG Blog UK
With the ongoing success of OS-supported handsets and a rash of Android phones set for release, smartphones are the hottest topic in the mobile industry. Though many factors account for this success, surely the most important is the array of applications, or apps, that let users do everything from read the newspaper to count their calories, and then instantly share all this information via social networking sites such as Google Buzz, Twitter and Facebook. But contrary to what you might think, apps aren’t only available on smartphones. In fact, as the LG Mini (LG GD880), which was recently released in...
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LG Air Sync: Wireless, Seamless Syncing
June 17th, 2010 by LG Blog UK
Following the sensational debut of its Watch Phone at 2009’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, LG again caused a splash at this year’s event with its LG Air Sync function, showcased on the LG Mini (LG GD880) model. Developed in response to specific consumer insights, LG Air Sync is an innovative service that dispenses with wires, enabling users to seamlessly sync and share data between their mobile phone, PC and the web.
Inspired by Insights
Ordinarily, a cable is necessary in order to transfer data such as phone books and photos from a handset to PCs. But what if it was...
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