The new LG Chocolate 3 mobile phone made it’s debut at Verizon Wireless today. As the name implies, the Chocolate 3 is the third generation Chocolate music phone and features some of the latest mobile music technology including support for V CAST Music with Rhapsody subscription music service. Other features of this new clamshell phone include:

• Available in black or light blue
• Built-in FM transmitter
• External front navigation wheel and center select key
• microSD card support
• 2.0 megapixel camera
• Support for V CAST Video and ESPN MVP
• Can be charged via USB
• First Verizon Wireless phone to feature Dashboard - a portal powered by Adobe Flash Cast technology
• Supports MP3, AAC, WMA and AAC+ music files
• Dedicated music key and preset sound effect equalizer
• 24 hours of music playback
• Mobile email support
• VZ Navigator capable
• Mobile IM capabilities
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
• One touch speakerphone
• Speaker independent voice commands
• 2.2 inch internal display with 320 x 240 resolution
• 1.76 inch external display with 176 x 220 resolution

The LG Chocolate 3 will be available for $129.99 after a $50 dollar mail-in rebate and a new two year contract.

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Some good news for LG Dare fans - PC Magazine has published their review of the smartphone here on their website and have given their “Editor’s Choice” award to the phone citing the following:

The LG Dare is the best multimedia phone that Verizon Wireless has ever released, and it’s certainly the most fun to use.

Certainly, one would immediately compare the Dare up against the iPhone but let’s not forget about the new Samsung Instinct which was recently introduced for Sprint. According to PC Mag, the “Dare is even more usable and powerful than the Instinct and it’s attached to Verizon’s stellar network”

It’s certainly not a perfect phone as it lacks PIM synchronization as well as video synchronization with a PC.. but alas, it seems like a viable competitor to the iPhone from Verizon.

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infoSync has published a review of the new LG Dare handset which is now available to Verizon Wireless customers. The Dare is a touch-based handset featuring a large 3 inch tactile feedback enabled touchscreen display, a 3.2 megapixel camera with face detection technology, integrated music player, Bluetooth support, and support for Verizon V CAST services. Early previews were pretty positive about the Dare but unfortunately infoSync had a slightly different experience citing:

“Serious responsiveness issues make almost every feature much more difficult to use.”

In the end, they gave the Dare a rating of 57% out of 100 which puts it in the “Good” spectrum.

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Verizon Wireless has announced that the new touch-screen based LG Dare is now available on the Verizon Wireless online store. The LG Dare is certainly an interesting looking and feature rich smartphone with capabilities such as:

• 3.2 megapixel camera with face detection and flash
• Three inch touch-screen (240 x 400) and tactile feedback display with handwriting recognition
• Schneider-Kreuznach certified lens
• Support for V CAST Music
• Supports MP3, WMA, Unprotected AAC, and Unprotected AAC+ files
• microSD slot
• USB Mass Storage support
• Video recording capabilities
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
• One touch speakerphone
• Speaker independent voice commands
• Voice recoprding
• HTML web browser
• Mobile email support
• Mobile IM support
• VZ Navigator support
• EVDO support
• Measures 4.1 x 2.2 x 0.5 inches and weighs 3.76 oz
• 280 minute talk time and 360 hour standby time

The Dare can be purchased for $199.99 after a $50 dollar mail-in rebate and a new two year customer agreement. The phone will go on sale in retail stores starting on July 3rd.

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Verizon Wireless and LG Electronics has announced that their new LG Decoy mobile phone is now available as of today. The LG Decoy is the world’s first mobile phone to feature a built-in detachable Bluetooth wireless headset. The headset itself attaches to a discrete docking port on the back of the LG Decoy. Features of the Decoy include the following:

• Two-tone finish with a glossy front, a satin back and a 2.2 inch mirror like LCD screen
• Five-way directional joystick
• V CAST Video and music capable
• Support for MP3, WMA, AAC, and unprotected AAC+ files
• microSD card slot
• VZ Navigator support
• Downloadable games, ringtones, wallpapers, location based services etc
• Mobile Web capable
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
• 2.0 megapixel camera and camcorder
• Mobile IM and chat
• 2.2 inch mirror like LCD with 262K colors and 240 x 320 resolution
• one-touch speakerphone
• Speaker independent voice commands
• 1.9GHz CDMA PCS, 800 MHz CDMA
• EV-DO support
• Measures 4.01 x 1.97 x 0.67 inches and weighs 4.05 oz
• 240 minute usage time
• 330 hour standby time
• 2 hour usage time and 80 hour standby time for headset

The LG Decoy is now available for $179.99 after a $50 dollar mail-in rebate and a new two year agreement.

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Making sure that AT&T doesn’t get ALL the media buzz this week, Verizon Wireless has announced that they are expanding their lineup of LG mobile phones with the addition of three new models - the LG Dare, the LG Decoy, and the LG Chocolate 3 (where do they come up with these names?!?!?!). All three of these new phones will make their debut on Verizon’s network sometime in July. Here’s what you need to know.

The LG Dare is a multimedia phone with an all touch user interface. Features include:

• V CAST Music
• VZ Navigator support
• 3.2 megapixel camera and video camera which automatically adjusts to low or uneven distributed light
• Built-in photo editing tool
• Customized photos can be uploaded directly to social networking sites
• Features intuitive touch-based user interface for speedy texting, e-mailing, and phoning.

For the LG Decoy:

• Glossy front and satin back
• World’s first phone to feature a Bluetooth hands-free headset integrated into phone. The headset slips into the back of the device for easy transport and charging
• Slide phone design
• Five way directional joystick
• V CAST Music and V CAST Video
• VZ Navigator can be downloaded
• Available starting on June 16th

For the LG Chocolate 3:

• Flip style design
• Control wheel on the outside
• FM transmitter
• V CAST Music support
• Dual speakers
• Bluetooth Stereo support
• 1 GB of memory
• microSD card slot
• 2.0 megapixel camera
• V CAST Video support
• ESPN MVP support
• Available in July

Thanks to MobileBurn for the LG Decoy picture.

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LG Electronics is introducing two new computer desktops designs - the XPion R10MP and the S10MP. One system comes in a traditional mini-tower desktop design while the other features a slim case design. Both desktops have similar specs:

• Intel Core 2 Duo E8300 processor
• Intel P45 chipse
• 2GB RAM
• 1TB HDD
• NVIDIA GeForce 8500G GPU with 512MB RAM
• HDMI support
• 14 in 1 card reader
• DVD burner

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PC Magazine has a review up on their website on one of those new LG Scarlet LCD HDTV sets. This one is specific to the LG 47LG60 which is the latest LG LCD HDTV set featuring 120Hz refresh rates. The full specs include:

• Full HD resolution (1920 x 1080)
• 50,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio
• TruMotion 120Hz
• 4x HDMI v. 1.3 with Deep Color support
• Intelligent Sensor
• 24p Real Cinema support
• A/V mode (cinema, sports, game)
• Clear voice
• LG SimpLink Connectivity
• Invisible Speaker System
• USB 2.0 support

What did PC Mag think of the display? Well they liked it so much, they gave the set their “Editor’s Choice” award citing:

LG’s newest 47-inch LCD HDTV offers impressively accurate color and superb picture detail with HD sources. It’ll cost you, but this is the best LCD set we’ve seen.

 

MSRP for this display is $2999.95.

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LG Display has announced that they have succeeded in developing the world’s largest 6 inch elliptical and 1.4 inch circular shaped LCDs. The 6 inch elliptical LCD measures 78.8 mm in height and 131.4 mm wide while the 1.4 inch circular LCD measures 35.5 mm in diameter. Both displays support up to 262K colors and feature a 160 degree viewing angle. Pretty cool but where can you use such technology you might be wondering? A number of different applications actually including digital photo frames, watches, instrument panels in cars, planes, home electronics, phones, portable devices, .. you name it! LG Display will be showing off the elliptical and circular shaped LCDs at the 2008 Society of Information Display exhibition between May 18th to 23rd.

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Samsung edged out Sony for the lead in North American LCD shipments during Q1 of this year with 12.8 percent. However, the lead is precarious at best as Sony had 12.7 percent of LCD shipments and Vizio had 12.5 percent.

On the plasma front, Panasonic had the top spot at 33 percent which is down from 38 percent during Q4 of last year. Following Panasonic is LG with a little over 19.2 percent and Samsung with 18.4 percent.

Samsung continued to lead the overall flat panel market (plasma + LCD TVs) with 13.5 percent of the market. Vizio is the surprising runner up with 12.2 percent, edging out Sony who had 11.3 percent.

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