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Before this fancy-sounding LU2300 that we’ve been hearing about rolls in, LG’s got another Android-powered phone in mind for its domestic market — but we would’ve never guessed it’d be a rehash of a tired model that’s been sold internationally for several months at this time. Indeed, the KH5200 “Andro-1″ is little more than a remix of the GW620 QWERTY slider — a phone known as Eve to its Canadian buyers — with a 3-inch HVGA display and 5 megapixel cam on board. It’s said the phone could launch on KT as soon as next week for around 600,000 won ($531), but what might make it more palatable is chatter that they’ll get the sucker down to a nice, round 0 won on plans of 45,000 won or higher. If true, that would make the Andro-1 KT’s first free-on-contract smartphone, ushering in an exciting new era of indentured servitude for Korea’s wireless subscribers. Welcome to the club, guys!

LG Andro-1 is a GW620 with a Korean keyboard, funnier name originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Unwilling or unable to wait for the next major trade show (CTIA in two weeks), LG showed off a king’s ransom worth of new devices to a bunch of journos in the Netherlands this week; most of it appears to be pretty low-end fare, but there were a few notables in the lot. First up, the Cookie Music extends the Cookie brand with Dolby Mobile tech on board (something LG’s been Makepretty frequently lately), a 3.5mm headphone jack, and a tweaked design that looks a little more futuristic than Cookies of old. Viewty was starting to feel like a forgotten marque, but not so — we’ve at this time got a GT400 Viewty Smile in this place featuring a 5 megapixel cam and scratch-resistant display. As QWERTY dumbphones go, we’d thought that the GT350 was the KS360’s true successor, but not so — there’s a new KS365 in the mix with revised styling but seemingly very little in the way of upgraded specs. The rest of the lot looks like pretty forgettable stuff — and seeing how LG operates, they’ll all be forgotten and replaced with revised models within a few months’ time anyhow. You know, Circle of Life and all.

LG shows off Cookie Music, Viewty Smile, other goodies to Dutch press originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Let’s circle back and take a look at a couple of big handset launches in the Great White North this month, shall we? Rogers nabbed the LG Pop — sans solar back — for a mere CAD $19.99 (about $19) on three-year contract or CAD $174.99 ($166) commitment-free, living up to the phone’s philosophy of taking full-touch awesomeness downmarket with a 3 megapixel cam and 3-inch WQVGA display. Next up, Rogers’ value brand Fido added the Naite from Sony Ericsson — the first GreenHeart-branded handset to land anywhere in North America — for $25 on a two-year deal. The eco-focused candybar (which might tug on the heartstrings of ex-T610 owners) keeps it simple with a 2 megapixel camera, but still manages triband 3G and an integrated FM radio. Both are available at this time.

Rogers gets LG Pop, Fido goes green with Sony Ericsson Naite originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.