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It hasn't been a rumor for a couple weeks now, but today the announcement came from Sprint on the release of the LG Rumor. (There's one name we really don't get).

Based vaguely on the earlier LG F9200, the Rumor has a slider design that hides a full QWERTY keyboard. You can get it in an eye-catching blue-and-black color scheme, pictured here, or a more pedestrian silver. The feature set isn't too shabby. It includes Bluetooth, a media player, a 1.3-megapixel camera, Sprint Navigation, integrated access to Facebook and Xanga, a 4GB capacity MicroSD card … Read more

I don't know about you, but I'm not a big fan of skinny phones. Oftentimes, manufacturers sacrifice a lot of usability just to get to that slim form factor. That's why I'm always happy to see softer, curvier phones that are actually comfortable to hold and use. The LG VX8350 certainly falls in that category, and the great thing is that it's also one of Verizon's most feature-rich phones. It features a 1.3-megapixel camera, a music player, and a virtual cornucopia of broadband content courtesy of Verizon's EV-DO support as well as … Read more

The Supreme Court said Tuesday that it will consider a patent case between LG Electronics and a group of Taiwanese companies, including Quanta Computer, according to Reuters.

The case could have far-reaching implications on the computer industry because it would determine whether patent holders can receive royalties from various companies as the product moves its way through the manufacturing chain.

LG claimed that the companies infringed on its patents on microprocessor chips in its computers. But Quanta and the other Taiwanese companies said LG licensed its technology to Intel, which made microprocessor chips that it sold to the companies.

The … Read more

We spotted the LG CE110 on AT&T's site today, and it looks to be a pretty basic camera phone offering.

It has a VGA camera, Bluetooth, e-mail and multimedia messaging--but not much else.

Still, for the unbeatable price of free with a two-year service agreement, we can't complain too much.

The LG CE110 appears to be available now from AT&T's site.

As we noted yesterday--much to our chagrin--gold is hardly waning in the gadget fashion world. In fact, as far as mobile phones are concerned, it seems to be as popular as ever.

Witness LG's new "Shine" slide phones for the European and Asian markets, according to Akihabara News. The handset will be available in pink as well, and a black version will reportedly be sold globally, but there's always something about the gold phones that seem to get all the attention.

With or without diamonds and cobras.

It's an accepted (albeit begrudgingly) fact at Crave that our fellow Cravers in Singapore and the United Kingdom get all the flashy cell phones before we do. The iPhone was an exception to this rule and we couldn't help but tease our colleagues that finally, we were getting something first.

Unfortunately, after our brief moment in the sun things got back to normal quickly. The most recent example is the LG KU990 Viewty. No, we don't get the name either, but in a world of Fuziqs, Marbls, and Upstages, we've come to expect wacky handset names. … Read more

Ooooweee--those are some pretty enticing photos. It seems Engadget Mobile got its hands on some marketing material from Sprint about the carrier's upcoming portfolio of smart phones and cell phones for Q4, and if true, we think a lot of Sprint customers will be pleased by it.

On tap, we've got the HTC Touch with its innovative touch screen; the RIM BlackBerry Pearl 8130 (aka BlackBerry Pearl 2), rocking EV-DO and GPS; the Palm Centro, the company's slimmest smart phone with EV-DO support; and finally, the LG Rumor, a slide-out QWERTY device with a focus on social … Read more

We just spotted the LG VX8350 on Verizon's Web site, which looks to be Verizon's latest V Cast Music device. Though it has a rather understated design, it appears to have external music player controls to go along with the phone's built-in music player. Aside from that, it has a pretty impressive multimedia feature set that includes a 1.3-megapixel camera, a microSD card slot, stereo Bluetooth, EV-DO support, plus access to Verizon's broadband services like V Cast Music and V Cast Video. The LG VX8350 is available now for $79.99 after a two-year service … Read more

Yep, LG has finally come out with the most appropriate color for the EnV--green. Or as it looks like to me, army green. It's an exclusive to Circuit City stores though, for $79.99 after a $50 rebate (Quite a price drop from $149). The specs are about the same as the original LG EnV, so no rush to get this if you're not a fan of the color.