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LG plans to sell over 100 million handsets in 2008 thus catching up with Sony Ericsson who have already sold about 100 million phones this year.

Nevertheless, Nokia still remains number one on the market and holds one third of it.

LG stoke on releasing more low and mid-range devices, while at the same time expanding its share in the high-end market.

Verizon Wireless has officially launched the Pink version of the LG Venus to add more female appeal to the phone.

All specs remain the same, and the price didn't change either.

The handset still costs $200 (after $50 rebate and 2-year contract).

Verizon Wireless has added a new color for its LG VX8350 mobile phone.

It is now available in glossy dark red finish, and has the same features as the original black version including support for V CAST Video and V CAST Music services.

The price is $79.99 with a 2 year service agreement and a $50 mail-in rebate.

LG has released in Korea yet another cell phone, named "Rhapsody in Music", or simply LG LB3300.

As you've probably guessed, this is a music handset. It features a "Wheel Key" (like on the iPod), media player, 1GB of on-board memory + microSD slot, Bluetooth, DMB, 2Mpix camera, and more.

Forget what we told you a couple of days ago about a Korean, who supposedly died because his phone, manufactured by LG, exploded in his chest pocket.

This version was made-up by the guy's colleague, the actual murderer, who this way attempted to cover up his actions. The man told the police that he had accidentally hit the victim with a 15-ton hydraulic drill rig while driving in reverse and that was the real cause of death.

Here's a photo of the LG Chocolate 8550 in its new Light Blue color scheme.

This is the forth color available for this phone; other three include the Original Black, Black Cherry and Blue Mint.
The phone is available from Verizon for $99.99.

Here's yet another case of an exploding cell phone that caused the death of its owner. A Korean quarry worker died when his phone exploded in his chest pocket. This time LG are to blame... or aren't they? Judging by what a medical examiner describes, the wound was too severe to be caused by an exploding cell phone:

"He sustained an injury that is similar to a burn in the left chest and his ribs and spine were broken.

Here are two good news from LG.

First, the company's Shine phone has reached the U.S. and will soon be available from AT&T.

The second is that LG has managed to sell over 5 million Shines in a span of a year, beginning from October 2006.

LG is about to release its Viewty phone in the Middle East and Africa.

The long-awaited handset will be available next week in selected markets, but this of course won't stop LG fans who are always ready to travel a bit in order to get their hands on this baby.

Just to remind you of LG Viewty's main characteristics, it is a stylish all-touch-screen cell phone with a 5Mpix camera, which also can be used to watch videos, including those from YouTube.

AT&T started offering the LG Shine this weekend.

Just to quickly rundown its main features, the handset supports quad-band GSM/EDGE and dual-band 850/1900 WCDMA networks, has a 2.2" display, 2Mpix camera with flash, Bluetooth 2.0 supporting stereo Bluetooth, and comes with a number of AT&T's 3G services, like video sharing and music store downloads.