LG eyes up the world's fourth-largest mobile phone manufacturer title

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The situation at Motorola may be dire, however over at LG’s headquarters in South Korea, they’re popping bottles of bubbly and blowing on party-streamers like they’ve just won the jackpot.

Which they have, to a certain extent – it looks likely that the company is set to become the world’s fourth biggest handset manufacturer, due to successes like the Prada and Viewty handsets of last year, the latter selling one million units. They’re…

Samsung G600 Belle now available in burgundy shade, with free nail polish

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Samsung’s G600, which has been available since the end of last year, has been given a lick of paint – burgundy, to be exact – and dubbed the Samsung G600 Belle.

Gulp. Available exclusively at Phones 4 U, it comes with three Nails Inc. nail polishes, plus has the same features the black shade had, with a 5-megapixel camera, 2.2″ LCD screen and a bunch of other Belle-tastic specs. Look…

EMI joins Universal in promising tracks for Nokia's 'Comes with Music' service

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A loose-lipped EMI representative revealed yesterday that they were in talks with Nokia about collaborating on their upcoming ‘Comes with Music’ plan, where handsets will be bundled with an unlimited music download plan.

If EMI signs on the bottom line, they’ll be joining Universal, who announced in December last year they would allow their artists’ tracks to be sold. EMI seems fairly confident they’ll be joining Nokia…