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LG has designed and announced what it hopes will be the successor to the LG Cookie. The Cookie was a great entry level touchscreen device that paired low costs with the latest technology. If you were an individual who just wanted a touchscreen phone to be in the ‘in’ crowd, the Cookie helped you there. But with the GD510 aka the ‘Pop’ have the same success? It sure has the right features; a 3-inch WQVGA touchscreen display, 8GB of internal storage, a 3 megapixel camera and a brushed aluminum case with a single multi-function button and a narrow 4.8mm bezel. Simple yet classy. Expect the Pop to make a European debut around mid-October. The pricing will be set by individual markets.

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Useless gadget alert! The LG GD910 watch phone is ready for you UK dwellers on Orange. The handset that combines a touchscreen phone with a watch, sells for £500 (which is way more than if you bought these items separately, but like we said useless). The watch phone lets you compose text messages and make video calls, but still…too pricey. Anyway, Orange had a limited number of units on hand, and in the event you didn’t get yours, don’t jump off the bridge yet, more units will come by mid-September. Yeesh!

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We live in a world of Windows Mobile, Apple (OS), BlackBerry, Android, webOS and Symbian phones. As such with all the glamour and pizzazz these platforms throw our way, good ol’e LiMo pretty much got side saddled. Sure Android and WebOS are Linux based, but the UI is drastically polished while LiMo by itself looks like it needs a shower. So we hope that Linux will get a new life with Panasonic and NEC taking it up, not just in any small way but with a full launch of 9 new handsets. Japanese mobile carrier KDDI and touchscreen company Immersion Corp are teaming up for the project but LiMo is looking for the big fish of the OEM pond. LiMo does hold the plus point of being a less costly open-source system, something manufacturers keen on reducing costs are sure to pick up on. But before LiMo can be the new BlackBerry….many a season must pass.

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Still want that LG watchphone? Well we have some good news and some bad news. The good news is the LG GD910 will not cost you £1000, the bad news is, it will cost you €899 instead. This is an on-contract price. Orange has finally made the LG GD910 official, and well…we frankly hoped for more sanity. The stylish 3G touchscreen watchphone is immediately available from the French carrier if you your willing to put up with “an Origami star, first, jet or Origami plus package (12 or 24-month contract).” And to nobody’s surprise, there is no non-contract retail price listed, probably because Orange couldn’t un-choke that many people. Right so a $1300 watchphone…if you have this kind of cash to blow on a watch-that-is-a-phone you probably already have a pretty decent watch and phone in their own right. How many people out there would actually want this? For once, I’d like to see a quarterly performance report. Yeesh!

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Best Buy is certainly making August a month of handsets. Leaked documents have revealed what best Buy plans for the later weeks of August and we have to say, it is gooood. Here’s what you’re looking at;

• Samsung Gravity 2 (berry) — T-Mobile
• Samsung Solstice — AT&T
• LG Xenon (red) — AT&T
• Global AirCard (G2) — Verizon
• Samsung Rogue — Verizon
• LG Chocolate Touch — Verizon
• Samsung u450 Intensity — Verizon
• Samsung Omnia 2 — Verizon
• BlackBerry Tour — (new shipment, Sprint)

There’s also a Samsung M330 coming to Sprint that will be popping up on Best Buy on September 8^th, or at least early September if this is just a tentative date. Oh well, let’s just focus on the treat at hand…LG Chocolate…mmmmmmm.

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LG Canada has announced its two new handsets, the LGBliss and the Keybo2. LG also managed to leak its own handsets a few days prior to official launch, probably got tired of the blogs getting all the glory. The LGBliss, the handset on your left above, features a full 3-inch 240×400 pixel touchscreen, 2 megapixel camera, video capture capability, 4 1/2 hours of talk time and a UI that even the marketing people couldn’t make look good. Bell will be getting the LGBliss and you can get it for a cool $79.95 CAD on a 3-year contract. Now for the Keybo2, you’ll find a dual-keypad clamshell with a 2.6-inch 320×240 pixel internal display and a 1.56-inch 160×96 pixel external display. Other notable specs include a 3 megapixel camera with video capture, stereo Bluetooth support and up to 5 1/3 hours of talk time. TELUS will be hosting the Keybo2 and adding it to your list of possessions will cost you $129.99 CAD on a 3-year contract. LG is tight lipped so far about the possibility of these handsets coming to other parts of the world. Enjoy Canadians. LGBliss and here

More good things are coming for Sprint users this year, good things in the league of the HTC Hero and BlackBerry Curve 8530. The Hero is said to becoming around October 11th, when the Fall session of CTIA kicks off. This is all based on some leaked information posted by an anonymous tipster but hey, if it pans out we have no problem with crumpled up sheets of paper that list release dates for Sprint handsets. It doesn’t have to be a fancy slide deck every time. Anyway, getting back to Sprint, tip offs from the leaked list also suggest that the BlackBerry Curve 8530 (CDMA version of the 8520) is heading for Sprint for a November 1st release. There are also some handsets from Kyocera such as the Pro 410, Pro 910 and perhaps the 3810 to look forward to. LG is also getting its business on with Sprint with the LG Lotus 2 (LX610) dropping some time in 2010. Of course all anyone wants to hear about is the Hero.

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So after LG announces the very sleek looking LG BL40, the FCC goes on ahead and approves a version specially made for it (we guess). The LG BL40g. so what’s the difference between this BL40g and the BL40 we got to know earlier? Only the 850 and 1900 MHz bands of UMTS. So who could be potential carriers? We think, AT&T, Rogers and maybe even TELUS. So the good stuff is coming to this side of the world after all.

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And finally the rumored addition to the Black Label series is official, presenting the LG Chocolate BL40. The handset features a 4 inch touchscreen with a 800×345 pixel display, is trimmed in pretty red and has the unusual 21:9 aspect ratio. This is one handset that you may mistake for the TV remote control. The handset will be released to 54 countries in Q3, we know squat about pricing details so make do with the official pictures.

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The Holidays are still a long way away but it’s never too early to start shopping especially if you’re shopping for a new phone for yourself. There is a new rebate sheet circulating the blessed WWW and it goes to show that at least phone makers are getting ready for the holidays. So the ultimate question of Best Buy or Worst Buy, (no pun intended) will soon be answered. Did you cough up some hefty cash too soon or were you right in holding out for the good stuff? The highlights of the sheet feature:

• HTC Touch Pro2
• Blackberry Tour
• HTC Snap
• Motorola W845
• Motorola Crush
• LG UX310 (replaces the UX300)
• LG UX700

The show stoppers are still the smoldering HTC Touch Pro 2 and the rocking BlackBerry Tour 9630. As with all rebate sheets the final drop date for these handsets may still be a while away. The validity for the sheet is 07/17/2009 – 11/12/2009 so actual release dates can’t really be predicted but corporate America never sits idle before the Holidays so expect something good for yourself this year.

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