14 DAY TRIAL // South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics is reportedly gearing up for the near launch of its first devices running under Microsoft's new Windows Phone 7 operating system. The first of them is expected to arrive on shelves in less than two months from now, during September, while a few others should be released on the market before the end of 2010.
Ken Hong, an LG representative in Seoul, is the one who unveiled the said plans, a recent article on PC World reports. “We have a deep relationship with Microsoft so expect to have a couple by the end of this year,” is what Ken Hong stated. Considering the fact that the first Windows Phone 7 prototypes showed to the world included an LG device, there are great chances that the company would indeed be able to deliver these devices in time for the holiday season.
LG and Microsoft do have a tight partnership on the mobile space, that for sure. Last year, the handset vendor committed to the launch of a large number of devices running under Microsoft's mobile operating system, and it seems that the end of 2010 would bring to display the first fruits of that agreement. However, no specific number has been unveiled for the time being, which means that LG might launch only two Windows Phone 7 handsets in 2010, although enthusiasts are certainly hoping for more.
Renderings of LG's Windows Phone 7 prototype device, the LG Panther, emerged into the wild several months ago, and we already had the chance to take a look at it. However, we still don't know how the previously leaked LG C900 and LG E900 would actually look like, nor what they would be capable of offering, though chances are that we'd learn all about them before 2011 is here. What still has to be confirmed is the September launch of LG's first WP7 handset, since the OS was previously said to arrive only in October.
LG is a primary OEM partner for Windows Phone 7, but it seems that the company is also interested in the opportunities other mobile operating systems out there would offer. LG Android devices already arrived on shelves, as well as some running under other Linux platforms, in addition to a long list of features phones, which were LG's main focus with the launch of its new Application Store.
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