LG 265 Rumour2 cell phone in Virgin Mobile for USA people

Rumor 2 mobile phone is a new messaging, stylish mobile phone from LG which has brought in Virgin Mobile. Virgin Mobile started its way in USA in 20002, it announced to bring the LG Rumor 2 phone last week of September. In a press release in first September that the phone will be avail able in the Best Buy in the first week of October and the price tag will be $129.99.

LG 265 Rumour2 Mobile Phone

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The phone is equipped with a sleek, slide-out full QWERTY keypad that allows users to stay easily connected to their social network. With its sophisticated technology, the LG Rumor2 is also Virgin Mobile's first GPS location-aware phone and will be greatly enhanced by the addition of Virgin Mobile Navigator, a new application that will provide customers with turn-by-turn voice directions and location-based search features to find nearby restaurants and bars, ATMs, gas stations, and many more local points of interest. Virgin Mobile Navigator is powered by Networks in Motion and will be available in later this fall.

Facilities of LG 265 Rumour2 cell phone

1. It has featured with 4-line QWERTY modern keyboard that powered to type message very quickly.
2. Also has built-in 1.3MP camera.
3. this is the first GPS phone of Virgin Mobile
4. Bluetooth wireless for Stereo and music player with playlist management
5. 2.0-inch TFT QVGA screen, 600 contacts
6. the most popular mobile browser Opera Mini
7. preloaded google maps
8. 5.5 hours talk time and 1.5 days in standby battery life.
9. its MyPix album able to post image automatically in favorite image websites
10. the Ultimate Inbox can make contact with the busiest persons through their email 

Big challenge for iphone in Korean phone market

Korea, the third largest cellphone market of Asia, 93 percent people uses cellphone at this moment, had a restriction from telecommunications regulator to use smartphone like iphone, aims to look after the local phone manufacturers and the mobile phone service providers so that they could improve their skills in the technology sector. At this moment the commission has cool down the rules and allow Apple iphone to enter into the local markets of the East Asian country.

Informationweek

It is not clear when Apple's touch-screen device would go on sale or for which provider, but the country's second-largest cellular operator, KT, has already been in negotiations for months regarding the iPhone. It is also unclear how well the iPhone will sell in South Korea, as the market is already full of highly advanced smartphones that outpace Apple's device in terms of features.

LG and Samsung have near about most of mobile phone share in the market and both the manufacturer has smartphone. Recently, LG has bought out is first Google Android based smartphone. Although Nokia is the largest phone share holders, did not get any more positive response from Korean users when it enter in the local market in 2003. Before entering into the Korean market, it will remember previous experience in Japan.

LG’s Weapon X120 Netbook targets US market

LG Electronics is going to launch a new Netbook LG Weapon X120 in the US marker in the summer this year. LG Weapon X110 is considered as the previous version of the net book that was released over the world except US. But the Weapon X120 Netbook will be available in US in July. 

Forbes Reported:

LG hasn't publicly announced U.S. release dates for either netbook. But Skott Ahn, the president and chief executive of LG's mobile communications unit, recently told Forbes that the X110 will be available in the U.S. before July. The device's unsubsidized price will be around $400. 

The previous version LG Weapon X110 was very stylish, portability with 3G+. It was 10 inch display including 80GB storage with ntel® Atom™ Processor N270, 1.6GHz. It may the second Netbook from LG Electronics.

Shipments Fall 10% in Global Mobile Phones

World economy is passing very tough time. If you look over the top news you will guess easily that a large numbers of employee are losing jobs every month. Even some of the biggest companies are combining there business and agreeing to work jointly. The effect is on the mobile phone markets too. Although the cell phone makers are trying to attract the consumers with various offers but general people are making conserve to spend money. 

Strategy Analytics reported:

Just 295 million cellphones were shipped worldwide in Q4 2008, down a significant 10% from 329 million units a year earlier. An economic downturn in developed and emerging markets caused the industry’s weakest growth rate since 2001. Retailers de-stocked due to credit tightness, while consumers delayed purchases because of fears of a recession. Three of the top 5 handset vendors grew at negative rates. Samsung performed best, grabbing an 18% global share. Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Motorola continued to disappoint. Full-year shipments for the industry grew just 5% in 2008, to 1.18 billion units.

The world top mobile vendors Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, LG and Sony’s share has gone down 20-40 percents. So, they all are expecting that the seals target will not fill even it will go less that the last year.