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The guys from BGR made a little hands-on review of the LG Viewty handset and remained pleased with its performance and functionality.

The best feature of this phone is of course the 5Mpix camera with auto- and manual focus, 800 ISO mode, onboard image stabilization, and capable of capturing videos at 120fps. The image quality is almost the same (or maybe even better) as on the Nokia N95.

The LG U8500/U880 is one of the best 3G music phones to date.

Released back in November, this ultra-slim handset gained serious popularity among consumers and received excellent reviews in the global media. Furthermore, LG has recently released the U8500 Cavalli Edition, which is expected to boost sales.

The new LG U830 is a 3G HSDPA-capable flip phone, a successor to the LG Chocolate.

Available in black and silver, it is pretty large in size measuring 49mm wide and 98mm tall when closed, and offers upgraded features like a 2Mpix and 180MB of internal memory, though without the expansion slot this is almost nothing for a music-centric handset.

LG AX565 and LG Vu are two unannounced phone models that were spotted today at CES at the LG booth.

The first one is an Alltel-branded music-centric clamshell that features external touch pad music controls, FM transmitter, stereo Bluetooth, a 1.3Mpix camera and a microSD slot supporting up to 4GB of additional storage.

Meet the new LG KF600, the Chinese version of the popular LG Venus.

It uses the same InteractPad touch-screen display technology, which changes the interface depending on the active application, and features a 3Mpix camera, GPRS/EDGE data, a 240x320 QVGA screen, Bluetooth, and USB 2.0 support.

Sprint has clarified that the low supply of the LG Rumor is caused by its high sales volume, and that its recent removal from shelves is not the reason.

Just to remind you, Sprint has recently found a glitch in the phone, and recalled a part of Rumor's from the stores.

According to the Dial-a-Phone blog, LG Viewty is apparently outselling the Apple iPhone in Europe.

LG claims it has sold 310,000 phones in just 5 weeks. The success of the LG Viewty is explainable, as it has everything iPhone lacks, starting from network compatibility and finishing with a lower price and shorter contract.

LG has released yet another cell phone in Korea, the LG KH1800.

It is available in Orange and Black, measures 13.3mm thick, and features WCDMA connectivity, a 1.3Mpix digicam, E-dictionary, Multimedia player, and more.

You'll be able to get it at KTF for 352,000Won (~261Euros) in January 2008.

The FCC site has unveiled a new LG cell phone.

The new LG KE990d has just been approved by the commission and should become available pretty soon. Unfortunately, we know almost nothing about it: a GSM/EDGE handset featuring Bluetooth (class 2) connectivity. And that's it...

No word on pricing and availability either.

Verizon and LG came up with a new firmware update for the LG Voyager. The phone had many performance issues and glitches when it was released, but now most of them can be fixed. You can update your handset at your local Verizon store.

Here's the rundown of changes available in the upgrade:

• Fixed issue with V CAST Music and 4GB+ removable memory read error
• Adds ability to reset V CAST Mobile TV client
• Update power settings to improve battery life performance
• Bluetooth enhancements to audio, pairing, and key tone
• Mobile Web - HTML browser enhancements
• Fixed to display “=” symbol on the bottom in the calculator for LG Joy font
• Fixed to access to keypad through only one step while in a call
• Fixed the auto lock setting so that the touch screen will not lock on its own when auto lock is set to off
• Fixed to allow ESPN application on external touch screen
• Fixed to allow Mobile IM on external touch screen
• Fixed to have no difference between the displayed image (to let you know which scene was taken) and the actual saved image, when you take a picture aiming at any moving objects
• Fixed when device goes to maps.