Tag archive: LG Electronics

For the last few years Finland's Nokia has been roundly criticized for failing to respond to the Apple iPhone and the explosion of consumer demand for smartphones, but the company doesn't seem to be having much trouble holding on to its core strengths. According to new figures from IDC, Nokia remains far and away the largest manufacturer of mobile phones on the planet, commanding some 29.2 percent of the global market during the… Read More

LG is hoping to stick its toes in the tumultuous, but lucrative tablet and smartphone pool by reintroducing the Optimus line. By the end of the year, the South Korean electronics maker will release 10 new android-based smartphones, as well as an android-based tablet that they hope will compete with the iPad. Despite being the third largest handset maker in the world, LG controls just 1.2-percent of the smartphone market, which helped lead it to… Read More

Summer blockbusters are just around the corner, and with them come a whole new crop of product tie-ins. LG, never a stranger to Hollywood alliances, will use the May release of Iron Man 2 as a springboard for its new Android smartphone: the appropriately named LG Ally. LG officially announced the upcoming handset on Monday, although an Iron-Man-2-theme trailer featuring the phone already leaked last week. The official press release was… Read More