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NEWS ABOUT: LG Electronics

LG Electronics stories: 5 news summaries

 Microsoft 
 Muscles Into 
 Cell Market 
 With New OS 

Firm will offer Windows Mobile on 50 smartphones

Feb 16, 09 5:41 PM CST
(Newser) - Microsoft is pushing deeper into the cellphone market with a deal to put a new operating system on 50 LG smartphones, the New York Times reports. The company unveiled a more user-friendly OS—"We were dinged for not having a friendly consumer interface," an exec says—and... More »

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Microsoft • cell phones • software • smartphones • operating system • LG Electronics • mobile devices • mobile phones

Skip the Ties and Tools:
Dads Want Gadgets

High-tech is the way to make dad feel like a million on his special day

Jun 14, 08 7:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lose the power tools and the landscaping implements this Father's Day, ABC News suggests. The kind of cutting edge Dad really wants can't be found at the hardware store. Among them:
  • For dads who want media at their fingertips, the enV2 by LG hosts music and video via V
... More »

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Netflix • father • Vudu • consumer electronics • LG Electronics • gadget • Father's Day

Phone Makers Chase Fickle Customers

Execs obsess over consumer wants, 'subliminal' needs

Feb 29, 08 11:15 AM CST
(Newser) - With the cellphone industry increasingly hit-driven, phone designers are plumbing the consumer psyche through cultural experts and focus groups, reports the New York Times. "Our job is to be behaviorists and psychologists," says an exec. Competition has heated up as consumers buy—and discard—phones at an... More »

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cell phones • iPhone • Apple • design • Nokia • product design • cell phone industry • LG Electronics • consumer psychology

LG Pulls Laptop Model
After Battery Melts

Firms chooses caution after 2nd battery breakdown of 2008

Feb 22, 08 6:54 PM CST
(Newser) - LG pulled a laptop model from stores following a report that the battery melted while in use, the AP reports. A company spokesman said it had opened an investigation into the meltdown, adding that the model is no longer in production and is sold only in South Korea. More »

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South Korea • battery • laptop • LG Electronics • battery meltdown

NetFlix Tries to Pre-Empt Apple

New rental rivals prepare for Internet movie showdown

Jan 13, 08 10:59 PM CST
(Newser) - Netflix and Apple are preparing to go head-to-head in the burgeoning business of delivering movies over the Internet . AP reports Netflix is expanding its fledgling movie streaming service,  Watch Instantly, to give most subscribers unlimited access to 6,000 titles. The move comes just as Apple is about to... More »

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iPhone • iTunes • Apple • iPod • Netflix • streaming movies • LG Electronics • movies

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