Whew, it’s been a busy few days! Late last week we launched the LG KC910 Renoir, 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 closer to the release date & we’ll keep you updated with all the latest news and reviews about it.

So, it’s - sorry, it be - the 7th International Talk Like a Pirate Day today, if you’d some how managed to not notice yet. Once you’ve found your eye patch (what this old thing..?) and got yourself a new Pirate name (I’m now “Disembowlin’ Helga Straw” apparently.. Try saying that after a barrel of rum!) You’ll be more than ready to join in - or you could keep it simple and just ‘Arrrr!’ and ‘Ahoy me hearties!’ a bit at appropriate times…

While it could be getting a bit tedious for those of you Landlubbers who’ve been online all day, reading all the various reports/hilarious antics people are up to, etc, imagine the freedom you have if you get into the spirit of it - as Pet Rock suggests:

Feel free to call your boss a scaliwag. You know that co-worker you hate? Plunder their desk. Take what you can, give nothing back. You’ve got carte blanche on Talk Like a Pirate Day.

I’m not sure I second PR here… Depending on who you are and where you work carte blanche might not apply. But if you can’t get into the pirating spirit at work there’s always tonight and this weekend - the ITLAPD team have been hard at work this year and there are Piratey events all over the place this weekend. It’s inescapable - brands all over the place have been finding their peglegs including iphone apps and ‘pirate’ radio (har har), even GeekDad & co. got into the spirit early with Pirate Week on Wired blogs.

Also, some believe there could be a connection between the decrease in the numbers of Pirates over the past few centuries which is the real cause of global warming..

If they’re right then I think it’s our duty to dress up and take part this weekend. But, in case they got it wrong, why not also check out Sandbag a new online organisation trying to make a big difference to global emissions:

Thanks to policy makers in the UN and Europe levels of pollution are now controlled. Permits must be bought by polluters to let them keep polluting. But there is a finite number of them in circulation and the good news is anyone can buy them. So by taking a permit out of the system we can reduce the amount of pollution taking place and force industry to invest in cleaner technologies. One less permit means one less tonne of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere.

It never hurts to have a plan B, eh?  And on that note, I be off.. Arrr, hoist the Colors & have a good weekend! Aye.

LG have been sponsors of London Fashion Week for 3 years now and tonight I’m off to an exclusive drinks event hosted by LG where I hope to do some people/fashion watching and meet some of my favourite fashion bloggers - I’ll be joined by lovely ladies from Style Canteen, DisneyRollerGirl, the ASOS blog and a relatively new blog called Fashion Slant. I expect to be the least well-dressed woman there and will have my trusty Secret at the ready should I find anything I need to share with you all. Watch this space!

In the meantime, to get us all in the mood, here are two of my favourite photos from the shows this week - the Giles show goes all Pac Man!

I love that pink dress too.. I’m not a pink person at all but I think I could make an exception for that little beauty. I wasn’t hugely familiar with Mr Deacon before I saw this show but I think I’m a convert now!

Like Susie at Style Bubble I’m also fairly taken with Christopher Kane’s Gorilla and Monkey prints:

The dress Susie has featured is even more visually arresting. You certainly got our attention Mr Kane!

So what are your favourite photos/shows/ideas from this years London Fashion Week?

We’re in the running for - along with some very respectable competition including Steve Clayton, Microsoft Exchange’s You had me at EHLO and ComputerWeekly’s editors blog among others.

It’s wonderful timing as now we have an excuse to celebrate at SMS Text’s Unlimited Drinks do next week ( I’m sure some would suggest unlimited drinks could be a reason enough in itself) perhaps we’ll see you there?

The final shortlist is out in July and all support is appreciated, so if you have the time - and think that we are worthy! - then why not nominate us as well to give us the best possible chance?

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Last Friday we had the pleasure of some of the UK’s top tech and style bloggers at an exclusive event at London’s May Fair Hotel to have a look at the new LG Secret. A good crowd turned up, and as well as meeting us in the flesh, they got a chance to hear from Jeremy Newing, UK head of marketing for LG Mobile.

Jeremy first went through the phone’s features with a presentation, and then he fielded a really engaging Q&A with the audience, talking about the progress LG Mobile have made, LG’s plans for the future, including more open development for our phones, collaborating with users more, and designing phones with “Web 2.0″ in mind. After that our guests got a chance to try the phones hands-on.

I won’t go into to too much detail, as I think it’s best to read what the bloggers there thought instead, so why not check them out - from SMS Text News, Gaj-It and one part truth. There’ll be more to come (including video of the event) over the coming week, so keep an eye out for more…