Filed under: TECHNOLOGY | Tags: LG, LG Group, Liquid crystal display television, Panasonic Corporation, Plasma display, Samsung Group, Television, Vizio
Vizio has announced that it will get out of the plasma-TV business, concentrating instead on bringing new innovations to market with its line of LCD models, according to Laynie Newsome, who co-founded the company five years ago. The company’s departure leaves LG, Samsung and Panasonic as the only large-scale makers of plasma-TV screens being offered in the U.S. The New York Times (2/11)
LG has introduced the XCanvas, an LCD TV with a four-step energy-conservation system. The line — available in 47-, 42- and 32-inch models — aims to reduce power by 70% with options for minimum sleep, intermediate sleep, hibernate and screen off. Pocket-lint.co.uk (2/11)
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Filed under: ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA | Tags: EBay, Facebook, Flickr, LG, Netflix, Samsung Group, Yahoo, YouTube
ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA
Showtime launched a cleanly designed new sign-up microsite featuring interactive elements, clips and full episode samplings of original shows. The site also integrates with Showtime’s new pages on Facebook, YouTube and Flickr to give passerby’s an idea the fun they are missing. (Cynopsis 1/8)
In more connected living room news, Samsung announced it is working on a new web-based content service scheduled for release this spring powered by a new “Widget Engine” created by Yahoo. The widgets will allow users to keep up with their accounts on Flickr, Yahoo News or Yahoo Finance as well as view content from YouTube, eBay, Showtime Networks and others. (Cynopsis 1/8)
Yahoo‘s widget engine will also power a new service called NetCast Entertainment Access on connected LG HDTVs. LG has also signed content deals with Netflix and YouTube. (Cynopsis 1/8)
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Filed under: WIRELESS | Tags: Apple, Business, iPhone, iPhone 3G, LG, LG Electronics, Mobile phone, Nokia
LG Electronics has introduced its second Prada-branded handset that features one key difference with the original version: an ultrathin QWERTY keyboard that easily slides out from under the handset that — along with more on-screen buttons — makes it easier to use the phone, the company says. The phone will ship in the fourth quarter in about half a dozen European countries. cellular-news (U.K.) (10/13)
RjDj
, a new iPhone application that was released earlier this week, is one of the coolest things I’ve seen released on the still fledgling platform. Download it now, if only to try it for a few minutes. You can download the full version for $2.99 here, or you can try out the free version (which only has one ’scene’). (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/13/rjdj-generates-an-awesome-trippy-soundtrack-for-your-life 10/13)
Mobile gaming companies are in effect saying, “wait ’til next year” for sales of phones equipped with gaming applications — such as Nokia‘s N-Gage service and the iPhone — to get major traction among consumer. Although Apple and Nokia released these platforms earlier this year, gaming companies say they’re optimistic that sales will begin to take off next year with the introduction of a broader range of phone models that support the new cross-platform applications. Reuters (10/10)
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Filed under: TECHNOLOGY | Tags: Contrast ratio, HDTV, LcdTv, LG, LG Group, Liquid crystal display television, Television, Universal Serial Bus
TECHNOLOGY
LG has introduced the LG80, the latest LCD TV in the company’s Scarlet series. The TV features 1080p full HD resolution, a 30,000:1 contrast ratio, a USB 2.0 port and audio speakers that slide out when the TV is turned on for a 3.1-channel virtual surround sound system. Pocket-lint.co.uk (10/13)
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Filed under: WIRELESS | Tags: Apple, Desperate Housewives, Disney-ABC Television Group, iPhone, LG, LG Electronics, Mobile phone, Nokia
LG Electronics is expected to introduce this month a touch-screen phone with fewer features, but at what it terms an affordable price “never offered before.” The KP500 will feature a 3.2-megapixel camera, 3-inch screen with Bluetooth, the ability to read PDFs and Office documents, and some multimedia capabilities: EDGE connectivity instead of Wi-Fi or 3G. InformationWeek (9/30)
MobiTV reached an agreement with Disney-ABC Television Group to offer full-length episodes of many ABC prime time shows including Desperate Housewives, Ugly Betty, Grey’s Anatomy and Samantha Who?, in addition to a selection of content from ABC Daytime, ABC Family and ABC News. MobiTV has 4 million+ subscribers on multiple carriers including Sprint, AT&T and Alltell. (Cynopsis 10/1)
The number of touch-screen phones will reach 90 million worldwide by next year and account for 7% of all mobile phones sold, according to a study from Strategy Analytics, which said that Nokia and Apple would drive price cuts by ramping up production. cellular-news (U.K.) (9/30)
Cell phones are no longer primarily a business-driven product, according to a study from Artificial Life that finds almost half of all U.S. users depend on their handsets for entertainment, mainly multimedia content such as videos, music and games. Another finding: One-third of the 200 respondents said that entertainment was more important to them than other services, including e-mail, GPS and Web browsing. TMCnet.com (9/30)
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Filed under: TECHNOLOGY | Tags: Apple, Hewlett-Packard, LG, New York Times, South Korea, Steve Jobs, us, Wall Street Journal
TECHNOLOGY
Amazon.com has secured exclusive content rights for its Kindle e-reader to publish a biography of the next first lady. While the books on Michelle Obama and Cindy McCain already are written and will be on sale online well before the election, Kindle will publish a version with exclusive content on the wife of the next president. The Wall Street Journal (free content) (9/11)
Citing a mixture of falling prices coupled with weak demand, South Korea’s LG Display said its third-quarter results would not meet earlier projections and offered a new estimate of a percentage rise in its LCD sales in the “mid-teens” instead of its original guidance in the “low 20s.” The world’s No. 2 LCD maker by sales is not alone: Other LCD companies have said they would decrease output because of declining prices. The Wall Street Journal (free content) (9/11)
Apple CEO Steve Jobs and other company executives and officers past and present have reached a tentative settlement in a shareholder lawsuit that alleged they received favorable stock option grants. The agreement is expected to be finalized next month. The Wall Street Journal (free content) (9/11)
AT&T has certified Qualcomm’s Gobi mobile Web technology, and the companies tapped selected notebooks from Panasonic and Hewlett-Packard for access to the broadband network, AT&T and Qualcomm said Wednesday. Within weeks, AT&T plans to launch a marketing program with the laptop companies touting the service through which certified notebooks that run on AT&T’s network will gain 3G connectivity without a USB card. infoSynch World (9/10)
Global demand for affordable mini-laptop computers is driving strong sales for notebook computers, according to the latest quarterly sales figures from the research firm IDC, which reported a 37% rise in portable-computer sales for the second quarter, compared with a year earlier. In the U.S., laptop sales grew 17.7%, while sales of desktop computers and servers fell 4%. The New York Times (9/10) , CNET (9/10)
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Filed under: WIRELESS | Tags: Billing Revolution, dolby, Dolby Laboratories, Dolby Mobile, LG, LG Group, Mobile phone, Touchscreen
LG is following up the success of its Viewty with a new 8-megapixel smartphone, the LG-KC910, which at 13.95 millimeters is said to be the slimmest such device on the market, according to LG. Equipped with a 3-inch touch screen, the LG-KC910 has improved multimedia features, such as Dolby Mobile, and advanced photographic features, the company said. TMCnet.com (9/4)
Although buying products from your desktop at home has become just as customary as buying products at the store, few have found reason to buy products on their cell phones
. In an attempt to buck that trend and make it easier for consumers to buy products from their cell phone, Billing Revolution announced today that it will offer a ’single-click’ billing and payment service that will streamline mobile purchases.
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