14 DAY TRIAL // It seems that South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics is moving closer to the launch of its first handsets to run under the Windows Phone 7 operating system, and that the LG E900 might actually be the very first of them.
The handset has just received Global Certification Forum (GCF) approval, and is expected to land on the market just in time for the official release of the new mobile operating system.
According to a recent article on the unwired, the mobile phone should become available on the market as the LG Optimus 7, a name we've also heard before.
The smartphone should include support for quad-band GSM / GPRS / EDGE and dual band UMTS / HSDPA / HSUPA at 900/2100 MHz networks.
This means that it would land on the market in Europe and Asia, but no support for North American frequencies was spotted.
Unfortunately, no specific release date for the device was unveiled, but chances are that it would become available for purchase several weeks, as it usually happens with handsets that receive GCF approval.
The Windows Phone 7 OS is expected to become official on October 11th, which is in line with the expected release date for the LG E900.
Some of the previous rumors on this handset showed that the E900 will feature a Qualcomm QSD8650 CPU that runs at 1 GHz, along with a 3.7-inch WVGA capacitive touchscreen display, and a 5-megapixel photo snapper with auto focus on the back (with HD video recording capabilities, it seems).
The smartphone was spotted into the wild quite a few times before, and is expected to be accompanied by other Windows Phone handsets from LG, including the LG C900 or the LG Panther.
However, no official announcement on any of these mobile phones was made, even if we've already seen them in a wide range of leaked videos and photos.