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LG Vu landing at AT&T in new wine hue

by Darren Murph, posted Dec 3rd 2008 @ 7:02AM

LG's Vu hit and left the spotlight in the blink of an eye earlier this year, but now AT&T's looking to rejuvenate interest in the Mobile TV-enabled handset by bringing it back out in a new wine hue. At least, that's the good word coming from the Boy Genius. Reportedly, the new version (model number 920 versus the old 915) will also boast MediaFLO and a number of assorted bug fixes, and while there's no expected date of arrival mentioned, it should ring up at right around $100 whenever it lands.

Minimalists, drunkards rejoice: LG Wine goes live on Bell

by Chris Ziegler, posted Oct 10th 2008 @ 1:40PM


If "function follows form" is your mantra, listen up -- especially if you happen to be in Canada. LG's curiously-named Wine has come to the land of polar bears, maple syrup, and adorable baby seals, offering very little in the way of bells or whistles (seriously, we're talking about a 1.3-megapixel camera and Bluetooth 1.2 here) but keeping the style dial turned to 11 -- and hey, at least it's still got a QVGA main display and GPS packed in there somewhere. It'll run you $79.95 now on a three-year contract in your choice of black or the always tasteful gold.

[Via MobileSyrup]

LG Wine gets Bell a little tipsy

by Chris Ziegler, posted Sep 30th 2008 @ 1:38PM


We didn't think much of the simple LG Wine when it first launched in Korea -- nor when it went to Europe as the KF300 (pictured) -- but LG must be doing something right here, because it's now been slated for a release on Bell next month. The flip is targeted at folks looking for a simple phone with a premium look, and its feature set certainly fills that bill with a QVGA display, GPS, Bluetooth, 1.3-megapixel camera, and "quick preset keys" for major phone functions. It'll be available in black and gold for $79.99 CAD (about $78) on a three-year contract.

[Via MobileSyrup]

LG launches KF300 Wine phone in Japan and Europe

by Darren Murph, posted Jul 23rd 2008 @ 5:35PM


What, you didn't realize that LG was shipping its KF300 Wine phone in Europe and Japan today? Just open your eyes -- you can probably see the screen from your current position. This easy-to-see handset, unashamedly aimed at folks 30 years or older, is being paradoxically shown off by a couple of minors (just a hunch, folks) as it makes its official debut in the aforesaid nations. Interested consumers can pick one up now in white / gold / pink (Japan) or pink / dark purple / black (Europe) for an undisclosed amount.

[Via UnwiredView]

LG KF300: the Wine Phone goes global

by Chris Ziegler, posted Mar 26th 2008 @ 2:52PM


We weren't particularly pumped about LG's so-called Wine Phone, the SV300, when we saw it last year for the Korean market, so we're definitely not pumped about it now. Especially when you consider that in the process of its transformation to the KF300 (a member of the fashion-centric "KF" series, you'll notice), it apparently managed to lose 3G somewhere along the way. Then again, with buttons the size of Chiclets and a name like "Wine Phone," we guess the target audience won't have much use for anything that travels more than a small handful of kilobits per second. Other features -- if you can really call them that -- include a 2 megapixel camera, 10 megabytes of onboard storage with microSD expansion, and Bluetooth. Thanks, but we'll just take an actual glass of wine instead if that's quite alright.

[Via Unwired View]

LG's LG-SV300 Wine Phone showcased at SEK2007

by Darren Murph, posted Jun 25th 2007 @ 5:51PM


We're still a bit bemused at why the LG-SV300 gets the Wine Phone moniker, but even cellphone connoisseurs can appreciate a finely constructed handset photographed while receiving white glove treatment. The mobile was opened up and shown to the camera over at SEK2007, and interestingly enough, it looks like the enlarged buttons (and font, too) could hint that this device will be aimed at those with aging eyes (you know, the stereotypical "wine crowd"). Regardless of speculation, be sure to click on through for the pictures you're surely salivating over.

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The LG SV300 "Wine Phone"

by Chris Ziegler, posted May 22nd 2007 @ 5:05AM


What exactly makes this a "Wine Phone," we're not sure -- but then again, when you think about it, there isn't anything about the original Chocolate that makes it chocolatey, either. The SV300 looks to be a Korea-only special (for now, anyway) with a 2.2 inch display, media player, and cam of unknown resolution -- pretty unremarkable specs, even by fashionphone standards. Look for it in red (kind of wine-like, we suppose) or black (not so much) this week from Korea's SK Telecom and LG Telecom for 300,000 won, about $322.




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