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OLED panels have a number of advantages, including deep blacks, fast response times, and energy efficiency; most of these stemming from the fact that they do not need backlighting. However they also have drawbacks, as well, as trying to drive them to be as bright as a high-tier LCD will quickly wear out the organic material used. Researchers have been spending the past couple of decades developing ways to prolong the lifespans of OLED materials, and recently LG has put together a novel (if brute force) solution: halve the work by doubling the number of pixels. This is the basis of the company's new tandem OLED technology, which has recently gone into mass production. The Tandem OLED technology introduced by LG Display uses two stacks...
Qualcomm Announces upcoming LG Smartphone with APQ8064 and MDM9615 Inside
We've been talking about how the next upcoming smartphone platform from Qualcomm will be the combination of a Snapdragon S4 Pro quad core APQ8064 alongside an MDM9x15 baseband for...
4 by Brian Klug on 8/22/2012
Up Close With LG's 5-inch Optimus Vu
We talked about LG's 5-inch Optimus Vu smartphone/tablet last week, but today we were able to spend some time with the device itself. As Jason mentioned in our post...
7 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/26/2012
Hands on With LG's Optimus 4X HD
We just spent some time with LG's Optimus 4X HD, one of the first NVIDIA Tegra 3 based smartphones. The device features a 4.7-inch IPS 1280 x 720 display...
5 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/26/2012
LG's Optimus 4X HD: 1.5GHz Tegra 3 Smartphone w/ 4.7-inch HD Display to Launch at MWC 2012
Although we're still waiting on the global announcement, LG Korea has already announced the Optimus 4X HD one of the first Tegra 3 based smartphones. The 4.7-inch display is...
19 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/22/2012
LG's Optimus Vu Takes On Samsung's Galaxy Note: Are You Ready For A 5.x" Phone?
When Samsung introduced the Galaxy Note at IFA, we were excited, but a bit perplexed. The Galaxy Note's 1280x800 HD Super AMOLED display could be a big winner, but...
32 by Jason Inofuentes on 2/20/2012
LG's G6 Series: A New Kind of Google TV Partnership
A common feature in some of the world's most succesful companies is an evangelist. Sometimes that person will be a founder or CEO, other times it will be a...
5 by Jason Inofuentes on 2/6/2012
OCZ Scores an Ultrabook Design Win for Everest: LG Super Ultrabook Z300
OCZ is on a roll at CES this year. It just announced LG's Super Ultrabook Z300 will ship with a 256GB mSATA Indilinx Everest based SSD. I'm still trying...
4 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/9/2012
LG Premiering Google TV Powered Televisions At CES
Our inboxes are filled to the brim with releases of all types; most hit the round file and never end up on the site, some are a bit more...
3 by Jason Inofuentes on 1/5/2012
LG Lays Out Android 4.0 Timeline
Another week, another release regarding Ice Cream Sandwich by another manufacturer. This week, LG announces their first group of phones will be updated sometime in Q2 of 2012. This...
15 by Jason Inofuentes on 12/28/2011
LG's Optimus LTE: 329ppi with 4.5-inch 1280 x 720 True HD IPS Display
Present day, high-end Android smartphones are offered in two display resolutions: 800 x 480 (WVGA) and 960 x 540 (qHD). With the upcoming release of Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS)...
40 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/10/2011
LG Optimus Q2 Unites QWERTY with Thin
Keyboards and Android have had an on again/off again relationship since the G1. LG's looking to get involved in the affair with the LG Optimus Q2. Announced today for...
13 by Jason Inofuentes on 9/19/2011
LG N2A2 NAS Review
The consumer Network Attached Storage (NAS) market has seen tremendous growth over the past few years. As connected homes become more ubiquitous, the need for centralised storage has become...
24 by Ganesh T S on 7/18/2011
LG P430 and P530 Blade Announced: LG Slims Down
Announced today, LG joins in the race for thin with its latest P series notebooks, now dubbed the Blade series. Available in late May across Europe, South America, Asia...
24 by Jason Inofuentes on 5/6/2011
LG Optimus 2X coming to USA as T-Mobile G2x
When we reviewed the LG Optimus 2X a while ago, we weren't quite sure what carrier it would wind up on when it came stateside. T-Mobile seemed the most...
14 by Brian Klug on 3/22/2011
LG Announces 4-Pronged Mobile Strategy for 2011
On the first day of MWC 2011, LG announced its four-part smartphone and tablet strategy for 2011 as part of what it's calling a "new beginning" for becoming a...
22 by Brian Klug on 2/14/2011
MWC 2011: LG Optimus 3D and Optimus Pad Announced
Mobile World Congress 2011 is upon us, and LG is kicking things off by announcing the Optimus 3D smartphone and the Optimus Pad tablet. The Optimus 3D is an...
4 by Vivek Gowri on 2/13/2011
LG Optimus 2X & NVIDIA Tegra 2 Review: The First Dual-Core Smartphone
2011 is going to be a year dominated by multi-core smartphone launches, but there always has to be a first. So just like that, we have our first example...
75 by Brian Klug & Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/7/2011
NVIDIA's Tegra 2 Take Two: More Architectural Details and Design Wins
Twelve months ago NVIDIA stood on stage at CES and introduced its Tegra 2 SoC. It promised dozens of design wins and smartphones shipping before Spring 2010. That obviously...
21 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/5/2011
LG's Optimus 2X: World's First Tegra 2 Smartphone
Brian and I are currently at LG's press conference where the company announced, as expected, the LG Optimus 2X - the world's first dual-core Cortex A9 smartphone based on...
14 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/5/2011
LG's Optimus 7 & Samsung's Focus Reviewed: A Tale of Two Windows Phones
The only aspect of purchasing a Windows Phone that's more difficult than jumping on the iPhone bandwagon is choosing hardware. While the OS may be polished, nearly all Windows...
34 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/3/2010
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