Posts Tagged ‘apps’

3D – something for everyone

February 22nd, 2011 by Dave@LGUK
 
3D gets cultural tomorrow night as Sky’s dedicated 3D channel will be bringing a new artistic element to its line-up with the first screening of an opera in 3D. Donizetti’s Lurezia Borgia has been produced in partnership with the English National Orchestra and will be directed by Mike Figgis, director of Leaving Las Vegas. And not to leave the sports fans out Sky recently reached the benchmark of screening 100 sporting events in 3D and consequently released the below video showing behind the scenes of a 3D broadcast from the Emirates stadium and the Manchester Evening News Arena. If Opera doesn’t tickle...
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CES 2011: LG launch THE Smart TV experience

January 6th, 2011 by Dave@LGUK
 
Today is an exciting day as LG launch its brand new Smart TV platform at CES 2011. The Smart TV platform is unique to LG and allows access to thousands of movies, customisable apps, videos and the ability to browse the Web through an easy to navigate interface. Revolutionising the way you watch TV and enjoy online content, Smart TV is navigable by the simplest of menus. Divided into just four main sections – TV Live, Premium Content, TV Apps and a Launch Bar. Building upon the success of the pioneering NetCast Entertainment Access offering of the past few years, Smart TV...
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CES 2011: The ST600 – giving your TV a Smart upgrade

January 6th, 2011 by Dave@LGUK
 
Another great innovation launched by LG at this year’s CES in Las Vegas is the Smart TV Upgrader (ST600) that allows consumers to upgrade their televisions into Smart TVs for a reasonable price. By connecting the ST600 to a regular TV set, users can access a range of premium content from global providers, as well as locally sourced content including TV shows and movies. The ST600 also allows users to access LG’s unique range of Apps, custom designed and ever growing in number, offering everything from language classes to games. The viewing experience with the ST600 is further heightened by its superb...
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CES 2011: LG’s 3D TV Range for 2011

January 5th, 2011 by Dave@LGUK
 
Our 3D family has just got bigger as LG launched the extended range of 3D TVs for 2011 at CES 2011! This includes the world’s first LED Cinema 3D TV range available to consumers. The range also includes new active 3D plasma and Full LED NANO screens, making 40% of the 2011 TV range 3D ready, whilst continuing our commitment to offering the widest range of 3D products available. Cinema 3D, or passive 3D, offers a great home cinema experience ideal for shared viewing with family and friends. The new LED range comprises 3 models, the LW550T, LW450U and the LW650T...
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CES 2011: LG’s Home Entertainment range for 2011

January 5th, 2011 by Dave@LGUK
 

Today LG announced their new home entertainment range for 2011 at CES in Las Vegas, including cinema 3D TVs (passive 3D), Smart TVs and super slim OLED technology.

The new 3D TVs add to LG’s already extensive 3D range, with the LED Cinema screens (LW450U, LW550T AND LW650T) being a world first offering consumers a comfortable and accessible 3D home cinema experience. Using the same polarized glasses that are used in cinemas that don’t require any charging, the new Cinema 3D screens combine convenience and comfort with stylish design in sizes between 32” and 55”.

LG are also continuing their investment into Active 3D TV, with the announcement of further Full LED NANO 3D screens (LW770T and LW950T). Alongside these are new Plasma 3D TVs (PW450T, PZ250T, PZ550T, PZ570T and PZ950T) bolstering an already extensive 3D range, with nearly 50% of the 2011 TV range being 3D ready.

Another exciting new revelation from CES is Connected TV, named as a key focus for 2011 with 30% of next year’s TV range being fully equipped with Smart TV technology. Today’s announcement featured a redesigned Smart TV platform, including a new web-browser and app store, designed to make Internet TV even easier than ever before, especially when used with the magic motion remote control.

The new LG Smart Upgrade (ST560) allows consumers to receive LG Smart TV content on any TV with an HDMI input. The compact unit also enables wi-fi, DLNA and web browsing to ensure that all LG customers can experience the sofa-surfing experience offered by connected TV.

LG Smart TV Upgrader

As if this wasn’t enough, LG are continuing their development of OLED screens. Building off the success of the 15” EL9500 released last year at CES 2010, LG presented the largest commercially available OLED screen at IFA last year measuring in at 31”.

Stephen Gater, Head of Marketing Home Entertainment, commented: “LG is the fastest growing major TV brand in 2010 and has been for the past three years, having almost doubled in size since 2008. This growth is testament to LG’s role as an industry leader and sector innovator and its continued development of cutting edge technologies to ensure that the very best products are available for consumers.”

“2011 also promises to be another exciting year for LG, with an incredibly broad range of products incorporating new screen and content technologies – the way we watch TV is changing and LG is committed to helping consumers take advantage of these spectacular developments.

More information can be found at the LG Press Room, where all CES 2011 related content is available – Press Room

LG Mini: All the Apps, All the Features

June 18th, 2010 by Dave@LGUK
 
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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Android users have a healthy App-etite

May 18th, 2010 by Dave@LGUK
 
LG have recently undertaken a survey on Android Apps ahead of the release of their new Android phone – the LG Optimus GT540 handset. You would be forgiven for thinking that gaming or lifestyle apps were the most popular, but the results indicate that people are keenest on using apps on their Android phones as a money saving tool! The UK spends £422.2 million* on mobile software applications each year, with apps featuring voucher codes for money off products and services topping the popularity. The five most wanted app types are: Apps that save you money (25%) Apps that save you time (9%) Apps that...
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Augmented reality in your pocket – the future of mobile phones

March 22nd, 2010 by Dave@LGUK
 
What is Augmented Reality? httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKw_Mp5YkaE In a bid to embrace augmented reality myself I downloaded the Layar Android app for my LG GW620 InTouch Max phone. In their own words: “The idea is simple: Layar works by using a combination of the mobile phone’s camera, compass and GPS data to identify the user’s location and field of view, retrieve data based on those geographical coordinates, and overlay that data over the camera view.” Thus, with a rumbling in my stomach and a glance at my watch I noted it was time for lunch, so I opened the food and drink option on Layar and...
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Rebirth of the Twin Towers

October 15th, 2009 by Dave@LGUK
 
I came across this amazing new app the other day. It enables you to see the twin towers at ground zero in 3D using a specially developed App for Android handsets. This is one of the first virtual memorial of its kind and will give people the opportunity to once again see the Twin Towers. The company behind this revolutionary invention is Mobilizy, an Austrian based company specializing in software for smartphones such as the GW620, LG's first Android...
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Google gets it all mapped out

February 4th, 2009 by Dave@LGUK
 
Google is doing some very exciting stuff right now, including Google Ocean and Google Latitude. The first being extensive 3D mapping of - can you guess? - the world's oceans, to make Google Earth more representative of the planet of a whole. The BBC have a gorgeous clip, which I won't embed here as last time I tried that it was determined to auto-load, so I'm afraid you'll have to be old school and click through to find out more. Google Latitude is, according to Mashable, is a "very interesting application" for Mobile Mapping. When it comes to privacy, Google seems to have...
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