Category Archives: LG

LG Magic Remote adds voice control to smart TVs

LG has taken the wrapper off of its latest remote control, which is set to bring voice control to the company’s Cinema 3D TV range.LG is not stranger to creating innovative, and also slightly wacky, controllers for its television range.In 2010 it launched its first-generation wand-like Magic Remote, which added Wii style motion control to help users navigate their way round their TV’s online functionality. Tweet Vote on HN ...

LG 50PZ850T review

LG is never short of an idea or two, that’s for sure.For instance, not content with introducing passive 3D TVs to the world this year, the Korean brand has now also hit the street with PenTouch technology, as sported by the 60-inch 60PZ850T and the 50-inch 50PZ850T under scrutiny here.As its name suggests, PenTouch uses a ‘touch-screen’ technology in conjunction with a special ‘pen’ to allow you to interact directly – as in, physically – with the 50PZ850’s screen.You just move the pen around on the screen or tap it to produce freehand drawings ...

LG Prada K2 benchmarked

The mysterious P940 aka LG Prada K2 has been put through its paces in a good old fashioned benchmarking session, revealing a couple of details about its innards.The handset, which is also sometimes referred to as the LG Prada 3.0, is listed as rocking a 1GHz processor and running Android 2.3.7 (Gingerbread).That OS is a little disappointing for anyone hoping for a slice of designer Ice Cream Sandwich action, but there’s a chance LG will up the Prada K2 to Android 4.0 before its early 2012 launch. ...

LG announces Z330 Ultrabook

LG has launched a new ultra-portable laptop, which it says is both thinner and lighter than Apple’s market-leading MacBook Air.The 13.3-inch Z330 Ultrabook joins LGs XNote family of laptops and boasts a stunning Windows 7 boot time of 9.9 seconds thanks to a “super speed tech” optimisation.The LED backlit display boasts a resolution of 1366 x 768 while there’s an Intel Core i5 or i7 processor doing all the donkey work.There’s also 4GB of RAM, upto 250GB of RAM and an Intel HD 3000 graphics card. There’s also Bluetooth 3.0 and USB 3.0 in the ...

LG Android Phones to Get 50GB of Free Box Storage

LG today announced that all of its Android-based smartphones are eligible for 50GB of free online storage from Box. LG customers with devices running Android 2.1 and up can sign up for he storage directly from their handset. LG is advertising the deal as a benefit to its business customers, but all of LG’s Android smartphones can take advantage of the offier. The storage can be used for image, music, document, and other files, which can be accessed from LG’s Android smartphones as long as the phone has a network connection available. LG says registration for the free storage ...