LG has been quiet on the Windows Phone front this year. The fantasy is hardly a new product as it is entirely based on the Optimus 7 from a year ago.

It appears however, that the company has a brand new device in the works. A member of XDA Developers has obtained a pre-production unit of a yet to be announced, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango sporting.
 
We know practically nothing about the specs of the smartphone, save for the fact that its sports a 4-inchs IPS screen, and Microsoft latest mobile OS on board.

LG just introduced a new member to its lineup of portable computers. The LG X-Note Z330 is a 1.21kg ultrabook with a 13.3-inch screen with a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels. Just 14.7mm thick and with an extremely cool design, the Z330 is certainly among the hottest looking laptops to date.

The LG X-Note Z330 comes with either Core i7 2637M or Core i5 2467M CPU, 4GB or RAM and 120GB or 300GB SSD, which allow it to make a cold boot in the amazing 9.9 seconds. As per the ultrabook tradition there is no Externel GPU untit, so the Intel HD 3000 built into the CPU. The prices starts from 1,499 USD.

LG Optimus Net P698 its a dual-SIM Android phone that has been announced in Russia, it is pretty much the same device under the hood except that it sports two SIM card slots.

The P698 Specs include a 3.2-inch HVGA touchscreen, 3.2-megapixel camera, 800MHz processor, Wi-Fi connectivity, GPS, Bluetooth 3.0, 3.5mm headset jack, 512MB of RAM, and 150MB of internal memory that is further expandable with microSD card-Slot.

There are hoards of Android users around the world with smartphones of different brands that are waiting in anticipation to see if their device will be upgraded to Android 4.0 when the OS launches. That launch is expected to happen in early 2012. The new OS will bring lots of new features and capability to various devices on the market already.

The lucky devices are LG Optimus 3D, Optimus 2X, Optimus Black and Optimus LTE. The upgrade roadmap will be announced in December on the official LG Facebook page.

Fans of LG smartphones, mark December 1, 2011 on your calendar. Because that is the day LG will be announcing a new smartphone, and it is rumored it will be the Nitro HD.

The image above is the press release the LG sent out for the event. As you can see there is no information regarding the device to be announced other than the fact that it will be an exclusive launch event.

The image source mentions that the image was actually named LG Nitro, which is enough proof that this will in fact be about the Nitro HD. It will have a 4.5-inch, 1280 x 720 IPS-LCD, 1.5GHz dual-core Scorpion processor, 1GB RAM, 4GB storage space with microSD card slot, 8 megapixel camera with 1080p video recording, LTE connectivity and of course, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

Earlier this month LG was all set to start rolling out Android 2.3 Gingerbread for the LG Optimus 3D full of enhancements and 3D specific improvements. That update was started yesterday on 21st and should be hitting Optimus 3D handsets everywhere right now and all week.

According to many users that are finally starting to get the update over on XDA Developers the update does not actually seem all that different. The announcement from LG said the device would see some major enhancements to 3D but so far we are not hearing about anything too special.

The Optimus 3D will be making the jump to Android 2.3 Gingerbread starting next week. The update brings not only the usual set on Gingerbread enhancements over Froyo but a number of extra improvements too, like faster data speeds and improved multimedia experience.

Enhanced HSPA+ Speed via Faster Packet Data Services Internet browsing and real-time streaming have become smoother and more seamless with up to 21Mbps HSDPA.
 
Enriched 3D Experience with 3D Video Editor and Full-screen UI Preview With 3D Video Editor, users will be able to easily create and edit 2D as well as 3D movies on their Optimus 3D. The preview screen has become wider with a transparent UI, enabling users to capture better quality 3D content.
 
Improved Multimedia with 2D Video Stabilization and Faster Gallery Activation Optimus 3D owners will now be able to record high quality video in 2D mode with the video stabilization feature, previously only available in 3D mode. Gallery loading time has also been reduced.

VoilaLG has officially announced Optimus LTE for Canadian Bell. Needless to say, LG superphone will get a prominent place in the carrier's portfolio as the flagship LTE-enabled smartphone.

This device is the best Android smartphone ever made, even better than the Google Nexus Galaxy for a four reasons:

• It has a better screen - 4.5-inch 1280×720 pixels True HD IPS, which is the best phone display evar
• It has an 8-megapixel camera - while the one Galaxy Nexus has counts "just" 5 megapixels
• It is LTE-enabled - though Verizon version will come with LTE
• It has a faster CPU - 1.5GHz vs Nexus Galaxy's 1.2GHz, both are dual-core

We already anounced before that the LG Optimus 3D will get the Gingerbread update later this month. What we have not said is that it will bring some other goodies aside from the latest available version of Google mobile OS.

The forthcoming update will be based on Android 2.3.5, and will also include such enhancements as 2D and 3D video editing, 3D to 2D conversion and higher bit-rates for 3D videos. Moreover, faster HSPA+ (up to 21Mbps on the download side) is also said to be included with the upcoming firmware.

Oh this LG Ice Cream Sandwich story just keeps getting better and better and this time, we really do mean the story is getting better. As of early this morning LG Mobile has taken to their official Facebook page and attempted to end the Ice Cream Sandwich update rumors for the Optimus 2X.

"LG is currently in the process of planning the ICS OS update for the LG Optimus 2X as well as other LG high-end smartphones. Detailed information on the ICS OS update schedule for specific models will be announced, once the ICS OS is publicly released by Google."

There you have it, not only will the Optimus 2X receive the Ice Cream Sandwich update, so will "other LG high-end smartphones." Given the close relationship between the Optimus 2X and its Americanized counterpart, the G2x, we continue to hope that LG will provide T-Mobile users with the Ice Cream Sandwich update.

LG Optimus 2X, Optimus 3D and Optimus Black are finally getting Android 2.3 Gingerbread this November. The schedule below applies for the European and carrier-independent Optimus models.

• LG Optimus 2X

 - update rolls out on November,1

• LG Optimus 3D

 - update rolls out in the week commencing November,21

• LG Optimus Black

 - update rolls out in the week commencing November,28

Photos above is related of an upcoming LG smartphone. The device will reportedly be called LG Optimus U1 and will be the company first handset to run on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

As you probably know, the LG-owned telecom in Korea was recently renamed to U+ and U1 seems like a proper name for a smartphone that will be launched on it. Or it could all be a product of our wild imagination.

You may have noticed that recently unveiled LG Optimus LTE comes with an 4.5-inch True HD IPS display with 1280 by 720 pixels (16:9 with 329 ppi) HD resolution. The Korean company thinks they have the best screen technology in the industry, the fact thats been confirmed by international product testing and certification agency Intertek. Apparently, True HD IPS displays perform better than AMOLED in areas of color accuracy, brightness, battery efficiency and performance. in case you wonder they included Samsung Super AMOLED Plus in the analysis as well and LG screen topped the chart.

Anyway, we like how it sounds and can only hope the Optimus LTE will be exported from the shores of the Korean peninsula sooner rather than later. Aside from packing such a powerful display, the Optimus LTE also comes with a dual-core 1.5Ghz processor, 1GB of RAM, Wi-Fi connectivity, 8-megapixel camera on the back, front-facing camera, Bluetooth 3.0, GPS and so on.

Its version is V10K and is intended for all unlocked devices in the Europe Open region. The update does not update your Android version up to Gingerbread, but brings the promised 2D to 3D conversion feature for games.

If you have already played all the 3D games available for the Optimus 3D, now you can automatically switch your standard 2D games into 3D.

LG has just officially unveiled its Korea-bound Optimus EX smartphone. We first met with the Android-running handset last week, when we got an official photo and detailed specs ahead of teh launch, so there are no surprises now.

The LG Optimus EX runs on Gingerbread and relies on a Tegra 2 chipset with a 1.2 GHz dual-core CPU and 1GB of RAM to do the math. The 4-inch WVGA screen on top will be of the NOVA variety, which promises one of the highest brightness levels on the market.

At the back there is a 5 megapixel camera that does 1080p video recording, while on the front is a VGA camera for video-chatting. The included storage is relatively modest at 8GB, but the microSD slot lets you expand that as much as you like.

Street Fighter is coming to Android, thanks to a collaboration between LG and CAPCOM. LG CEO took the time to "HD" four times in four sentences, underlining "HD smartphone".

Street Fighter IV will come to Android in the last quarter of this year and be exclusive to the LG own app store (LG World) for the first three months of its droid existence. There was no mention of its pricing. Street Fighter IV is already available on iOS ($4.99), so the game coming to another mobile platform isn’t all that interesting.

Whats interesting is that LG CEO kept talking about HD and HD smartphones maybe we will see improved graphics over the iOS version and, more interestingly, see the game debut on a brand new smartphone.

LG has announced another Android based Optimus smartphone. The Optimus LU2300 Q2, as it is called, has a full QWERTY sliding keypad below the display. This is the same phone we wrote about a couple of weeks ago but back then it was known as the Optimus Note. We are guessing LG had to drop Note as a name for their phone because Samsung managed to reserve it before them.

Other features include a 4-inch WVGA IPS display with 700 nits of brightness, a dual-core 1.2GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor, a 5 megapixel camera on the back and a VGA camera on the front. The phone will be just 12.3mm thick and weigh 147g.

just days after the Galaxy Note announcement, we meet another Note only this time its a member of the LG Optimus lineup. Its a QWERTY slider with 4-inch WVGA NOVA display and based on the Tegra 2 chipset with a 1.2GHz dual-core processor.

The rest of the specs we know so far include a 5 megapixel camera with HD video recording, a VGA front camera, 8GB internal storage, an HDMI port and Wi-Fi Direct support. The LG Optimus Note is reportedly, just 12.3mm thick, and is running on Android 2.3 Gingerbread.