LG now not interested by proprietary smartphone OS, likes Android plus Windows Phone 7

LG has got told the legal press at MWC which it could be enough to now not be developing its own smartphone platform "at least for the subsequent two to three years." We tend to be expecting companies ought to focal point though to what they have a tendency to be doing smartly, plus provided with our ambivalence toward the S-Class UI, it has probably a great factor that LG will slender its operation all the way down to churning out delectable slabs up of electronics and coming out of the software aspect to the geeks over at Google and Microsoft. The apex of the company's handset unit, Skott Ahn, has indicated that the way forward for LG smartphones are going to be shared between Android and Windows Phone 7 (sorry, Symbian lovers). It will be afflicted by taken dozens of restraint not to respond to native nemesis Samsung -- who has simply introduced its first Bada handset -- less than LG appears to be of the opinion (which we share) that the smartphone OS sector is already overcrowded, and its expectation is that over the next pair of years the market will distill itself down to merely three predominant operating systems.

Samsung to mass generate Three.3-inch touch-embedded AMOLED panels

Need a mystery to back you bewildered? The reason could be one: which layer up of
nothingness between the touch-sensing glass plus the overall display though to your
phone. Who knows what that could be, Samsung's concerning to
blow it away along allowing for a recent Three.3-inch WVGA AMOLED touchscreen
returning in March. The magic lies during the on-cell touch technology --
0.001mm-thick capacitive touch sensors tend to be deposited between the
panel's substrate and the bottom polarizer film, thus hunting down the
same old touchscreen glass canopy and the space that follows. If every one is going
smartly, Samsung ought to be delivering thinner and lighter phones with
slightly brighter touchscreens in a very couple months' previous point, or most likely
phones in the existing package less than with bigger batteries. Sorry,
LCD, but we've were given got a new crush to concentrate on.

Motorola Zeppelin noticed hopping train to Barcelona?

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Sony VAIO P gets HSDPA WWAN at last... via a mod, naturally

Right, so integrated WWAN is awesome. But what's not awesome is Sony's decision to lock you down to Verizon Wireless on its ritzy new VAIO P. We've seen one team of investigators hack away in search of a SIM slot to no avail, but we should've known tnkgrl was the real lady for the job. Once again proving just how awesome she is, tnkgrl has not only modified the VAIO P to accept an AT&T SIM card, but she's managed to get it working, host up the pictures to prove it and even provide a how-to guide enabling seasoned hackers to follow suit. Hit the read link for all the requisite details, but be sure you've got lots of spare time to give before taking this one on.

Caption Contest: Sony Vaio P is escorted to Grand Central Station

Sony looks to drum up a little more buzz for its new ultraportable, the Vaio P, at Grand Central Station.
Paul: "There's a vaio P configuration for every wig-adorned model in your life."
Josh T.: "She's so fine, there's no telling where the money went. Wait, no. It went to the VAIO P."
Nilay: "Alias has really gone downhill."
Joseph: "It's nice when replicants find honest work."
Laura: "You have no idea how expensive it is to make something look this cheap."
Donald: "Ok, now bring out the mimes."
Chris: "Don't just stand there, let's get to it, strike a pose, there's nothing to it... vogue."
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Thomas: "Hey look, those mannequins are just as slow with the VAIO P as Vista!"
Ross: "And like that, Andrew McCarthy and Meshach Taylor knew just what to do to kick-start their careers."

• Verizon softens the blow, offers $200 rebates on VAIO P wireless broadband activations

Verizon softens the blow, offers $200 rebates on VAIO P wireless broadband activations

Yeah, $900 for the netbook, and a hefty chunk of change for Verizon data -- you're not made of money, right? Verizon Wireless is making things a little easier on VAIO P buyers hesitant to activate 3G service, and offering $200 rebates, in the form of a debit card, if they sign up for a two-year data contract. Hopefully Sony's working up a similar rebate program to help with the uptick in eye care due to that impossibly high resolution screen.

Hey Sony, where's the 1.86GHz VAIO P for America?

We already asked this question with "1.6GHz" in place of "1.86GHz," but seriously Sony, is there some sort of weird embargo on high-speed chips to America that we aren't aware of? While we Yanks have exactly one CPU option for the newly released VAIO P (that'd be the 1.3GHz Atom), those in Japan can order up the VGN-P90S with a 1.86GHz Atom Z540 processor. Of course, it's a ?15,800 ($174) option over the baseline Z520, but an option nonetheless.