In case you haven’t seen the new LG Renoir TV advert, then be sure to check it out on YouTube. It depicts how the Renoir incorporates a 8MB camera, mp3 and DivX player with Dolby Mobile, touchscreen with Wi-Fi & 3G connectivity, all in one slim compact package… and with the aid of a giant crusher (what better way possible?). Enjoy:

If you’re interested in just what the new LG Renoir can do, be sure to check out the new LG Renoir microsite at renoir.lgmobile.com. Just pick you country and the site will show you “everything at your fingertips” and how the multitalented Renoir can help you both create and enjoy.

Your guide is Stefan (above) - an artist, model, actor and musician - and he can take you through the Renoir’s many talents. The sit is split into several “Sight” shows off the phone’s 8MP camera, “Sound” demonstrates the Dolby-enhanced sound experience, and “Touch” the full touchscreen that helps you make the most of your media. As well as that there’s the full low-down on all the phone’s features which you can browse through at your own leisure.

So if you want to know more, give renoir.lgmobile.com a look and if you have an opinion on the site then why not let us know in the comments?

With the release of the Renoir KC910 nearly upon us, we thought we’d revisit the bloggers event we held for it a couple of weeks ago. Here you can see John Barton, LG’s UK sales and marketing director, presenting the Renoir, followed by Jonathan Jowitt, Senior Technical Marketing Manager, Mobile of Dolby and Andy Glasson Sales Manager for Northern Europe from DivX. It’s a bit dark at times but you can still get a good idea of things:

Be sure to check out the Q&A videos on our YouTube channel, and if you like the look of it, be sure to add yourself to the official LG KC910 Facebook fan page.

UPDATE: you can now see the presentation from the event on our SlideShare ‘Slidespace’.

… hits shops around the UK very soon. Here’s a video with more information on the phone, which seems to be getting the thumbs up from preview reviewers everywhere!

We hope you’ll like it too:

The LG Renoir KC910 is due in a phone shop near you later this month and the GSMarena team managed to get hold of a rare pre-release handset last week. They are, I’m pleased but not surprised to say, impressed:

LG KC910 Renoir represents the latest and greatest of the cameraphone breed. ….
Just to give you a size perspective, the LG Renoir is about the same size as the LG KU990 Viewty, but about 5mm taller. They even weigh pretty much the same.
The LG Renoir is building on the Viewty cameraphone popularity and adds a number of innovations to the equation thus separating from its roots. The design, feel and overall experience is different - and much better - with the LG Renoir.

You can read the full review on GSMarena. We hope you’ll like it too, for more information on the phone check out our post outlining the technical specifications of the handset or why not check out or Flickr channel for some more photos of the pretty, slick new thing - maybe move your keyboard out of drooling range first. In case you can’t wait long enough for a click through to Flickr, heres a couple of photos to keep you going. More news on this lovely piece of kit soon so watch this space!

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.

Today we’re pleased to say we can take our first look at the forthcoming LG Renoir KC910, the 8MP full touchscreen cameraphone that is the successor to last year’s enormously successful Viewty.

The KC910 boasts a 3″ WQVGA 240×400 pixel display that is fully touchscreen. The camera is a ISO1600 8MP camera with Schneider-Kreuznach optics, digital zoom, image stabiliser and geotagging. The videocamera has VGA capability at 30fps and QVGA capability at 120fps and DivX and Xvid. Connectivity is important, with HSDPA connectivity, GPS, Bluetooth 2.0 and Wi-Fi and and TV-out support. It can also take SD cards with a capacity up to 8GB.

Check out the photos we have below and keep checking the site - we’ll have more information on the phone and in-depth coverage of its features in the run-up to its release, which will be this October.

As well as a touchscreen it also has three function buttons at the bottom

And it looks good from an angle as well as head-on

If you’re interested in further details about the Renoir KC910, then you can always check out the official specification.