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Like dogs, certain phones suit certain people. Some people like, want and thoroughly deserve those little bag-sized yappy rat dogs that inspire in others (like, say, us) nothing more than a desire to strap on a pair of stomping boots and get dirty in rat-dog guts.

Now, don’t get us wrong, the LG BL40 Chocolate is not going to be attracting the kind of terrible attention that certain tiny dogs attract round these parts as they ride around in the expensive leather bags of ladies made of plastic and perfume. But we do think the BL40 is going to find its way into, well, lots of perfumed and expensive bags. Because more than its a touch-screen-phone, more than it’s a smart-phone, more than it’s a widescreen-phone. We certainly don’t think there’s going to be many, say, white van men flocking over these LG BL40 Chocolate deals, or these LG BL40 Chocolate deals.

It’s actually got a lot going for it, lots that’s practical, useful, up-to-date, even pretty special. The 21:9 panoramic ratio screen, for example, is an absolute winner, letting you take in the full width of web pages as you search the web. But we just have a sneaking suspicion that the kind of pages these things will be surfing probably won’t be youtube or The Sun’s online version. More likely Vogue and those sites that sell really expensive leather handbags.

Like those kind of sites? Then have a little look at this LG BL40 review. Or at this hurt-your-eyes-swanky video. Don’t say we didn’t warn you…

The phrase mutton dressed as lamb springs to mind when we look at the LG GW300. Because, as you’ll hopefully agree, it looks like a pretty decent smartphone. What with it’s curvy Blackberry style, that solid looking QWERTY keyboard, that nice 2.4” screen. But the truth is, this is just about as basic a phone as you could possibly buy (when it’s released later this year that is). There’s no Wifi, no GPS. You won’t find 3G even. And it hasn’t even heard of accelerometers.

The only thing of any interest then is that keyboard and, unsurprisingly, the price, which is going to be very low indeed. Which, according to GSM Arena and others, means that this is very firmly a phone directed towards da yoof. And then when you hear that this thing comes installed with various gadgets that let you update your Facebook or Twitter very quickly indeed, you let out a big aaahhhhh, and either stop reading, because you are not a yoof, or get very excited, because you are a yoof. So… still here? Then hello to you little yoof… shld we spk 2 u in ur own lngwj?

Actually, let’s not, it hurts our eyes. And our principles. Let’s just point you towards this LG GW300 review instead. Because it says more about the LG GW300 than we can find the energy to. Now what time is Grumpy Old Men on tonight…?

LG really doesn’t have a big reputation of rolling out the most tech – savvy phones, but one thing that they surely are good at is creating phones that are meant to bring out the ‘wow’ in you. This is precisely the biggest reason why there always seems to be a big crowd at its booth every MWC.

The LG GD900 Crystal is precisely one such phone. Though it isn’t exactly ‘earth-shattering’, LG did have a really cool handset that really took our breath away. LG always manages to turn heads with the design of their phones, and the LG GD900 Crystal sure does take it to a whole new level.

As you may have seen in the picture, the LG GD900 Crystal is a slider which has a totally transparent keypad. Yep, you didn’t read wrong. You can see the palm of your hand when you have it in your hand. When you open it, the keypad shows off a ‘cool glow which reflects the phone’s polished and sleek silver body’.
The keypad is really awesome, and I sure did want to kill the people manning the LG booth for keeping it locked inside a showcase, thereby preventing us from ‘staining’ the phone. LG have also promised a bluetooth headset which will incorporate a similar design!

As more and more manufacturers tend to load the phones with unbelievable features, most manufacturers tend to ignore the fact that ‘fashion’ phones still have a big fan following. It’s generally the case that the simple but beautiful phone that wins in the end.
LG hasn’t given out any specifications about the phone, but they’ve announced a release date of somewhere during the 3rd quarter of this year.

To get more details on the phone, see the official press release.

If you are looking for network specific deals, follow the links below:

Samsung GD900 Crystal on Orange
Samsung GD900 Crystal on O2
Samsung GD900 Crystal on T-Mobile
Samsung GD900 Crystal on Vodafone
Samsung GD900 Crystal on 3 Mobile
Samsung GD900 Crystal on Virgin

Without much fanfare, LG announced, at the MWC, only their 4th Symbian S60 phone. The LG KT770 runs on the 3rd edition of the S60 platform and comes in a slider with a keypad. The press release given by LG claims that it has a 5MPIX camera, HSDPA and Wi-Fi connectivity, a 2.8’ touchscreen and a thickness of about 16mm.

We don’t really have a lot of information with regard to the LG KT770 as they didn’t really decide to give much details.

One of LG’s biggest announcements, which was also one of the more significant news with regard to mobile platforms, was the announcement of their strategic relationship with Microsoft, which involved using their WinMo platform in 50 devices over the next 3 – 4 years. Both LG and Microsoft will be involved in joint R&D with regard to creating new apps, devices and services.

With this announcement, it’s quite debatable, the fact that they used the Symbian platform for this phone, though it may be part of a plan to keep their options with regard to other platforms (Android & Symbian) open.

The announcement of this phone effectively means that 4 of the ‘Big 5’ have unveiled phones which are running on the Symbian OS @ the MWC. From this, it is quite clear that the situation isn’t as clear as their joint statement suggests, with SE’s platform being a ‘concept’, LG’s ‘open platform’ stance slowly shifting to WinMo and Samsung dividing their attention with a number of platforms. Regardless of this, it does show a strong support for Symbian and gives the S60 platform quite some momentum.

LG’s previous Symbian – powered devices include the KT615, KT610 and the KS20. They’ve been released only for certain markets and haven’t had very big sales, so LG will be hoping that the KT770 will be successful.

For network specific deals, follow the links below:

LG KT770 on Orange
LG KT770 on O2
LG KT770 on T-Mobile
LG KT770 on Vodafone
LG KT770 on 3 Mobile
LG KT770 on Virgin