LG, which is fighting an uphill battle against leaders Nokia, Blackberry maker RIM and Apple, plans to boost smartphone offerings with some 20 models this year, half the offerings based on the most popular Android.

The South Korean firm wants to claim a double-digit share of the global smartphone market by 2012. Currently the top three players control three quarters of the booming and lucrative smartphone market.

The model LG-KH5200, which will be sold by the country’s second-largest mobile carrier KT, will compete against Motorola’s Android-based smartphone MOTOROI launched earlier this year through top carrier SK Telecom.

Samsung Electronics, the world’s No.2 mobile phone maker, is also set to unveil Android phones this month.

LG’s smartphone with 3-inch full touch screen, 5 megapixel camera, and slider qwerty keyboard will cost around 650,000 won ($573).

LG hopes to defend sliding phone margins with premium smartphone offerings after it saw phone business profit margins falling close to zero in the December quarter as it had to spend heavily on marketing of its simpler models.

LG and its home rival Samsung together corner more than 30 percent of the global cellphone market, but they have struggled to muscle into the booming and lucrative smartphone market.

Samsung said last month it plans to treble smartphone shipments in 2010.

LG aims to sell 140 million mobile phones this year, versus 117 million sold last year to claim about 10 percent of the global market.

Shares in LG fell 0.5 percent to 103,500 won by 0020 GMT, versus a 0.2 percent drop in the broader market.

(Reporting by Miyoung Kim; Editing by Ken Wills)

($1=1133.6 Won)

Resource:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100310/tc_nm/us_lg_android_1

The MWC 2010 finally ended February 18, 2010. It was a hectic week full of interesting announcements, exciting new devices and almost no sleep. But thanks to Barcelona for such a warm welcome yet another year.

More than 49,000 visitors from 200 countries attended the 2010 GSMA Mobile World Congress. The event welcomed 1,300 exhibiting companies and occupied more than 56,000 net square meters of exhibition and business meeting space.

Unfortunately, Nokia didn’t make a product announcement despite all the rumors. In fact Samsung, of all manufacturers, was the only company to present a ground-breaking mobile phone (a new OS and a new type of display). But even they didn’t show anything interesting alongside it.

Anyway, we still found some interesting topics and devices to cover but we leave this year’s congress with mixed feelings – mainly due to our high initial expectations.

New announcement from Mobile world congress 2010:

• Nokia

  Nokia did not announce any new mobile phones in Mobile World Congress 2010

• Samsung

  Samsung announcement ne mobiles phones in Mobile World Congress 2010

  1. Samsung S8500 Wave
  2. Samsung I8520 Beam
  3. Samsung C3200 Monte Bar
  4. Samsung E2550 Monte Slider
  5. Samsung B3410W Ch@t
  6. Samsung E2370
• Sony Ericson

  Sony Ericson announcement mobile phones in Mobile World Congress 2010

  1. Sony Ericsson Vivaz pro
  2. Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 mini
  3. Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 mini pro
  4. Sony Ericsson Aspen
• MICROSOFT

  MICROSOFT announcement in Mobile World Congress 2010

  1. Microsoft announces the all new Windows Phone 7 Series platform
• LG

  LG announce below mobile phones in Mobile World Congress 2010

  1. LG GD880 Mini
  2. LG GT540
  3. LG GW990 MID
• HTC

  HTC announce below mobile phones in Mobile World Congress 2010

  1. HTC Desire
  2. HTC Legend
  3. HTC HD Mini
  4. HTC Smart
• ACCER

  ACCER announce below mobile phones in Mobile World Congress 2010

  1. Acer beTouch E110
  2. Acer beTouch E400
  3. Acer neoTouch P300
  4. Acer neoTouch P400
  5. Acer Liquid E
• Toshiba

  Toshiba announce below mobile phones in Mobile World Congress 2010

  1. Toshiba TG02
  2. Toshiba K01
• Motorola

  Motorola announce below mobile phones in Mobile World Congress 2010

  1. Motorola QUENCH (CLIQ XT)
• ELSE

  ELSE announce below mobile phones in Mobile World Congress 2010

  1. ELSE Mobile First Else
• HUAWEI

  HUAWEI announce below mobile phones in Mobile World Congress 2010

  1. Huawei U8100
  2. Huawei U8110
  3. Huawei U8300
  4. Huawei U8800
• ALCATEL

  ALCATEL announce below mobile phones in Mobile World Congress 2010

  1. Alcatel OT-606 One Touch CHAT
  2. Alcatel OT-710
  3. Alcatel OT-800
  4. Alcatel OT-806
  5. Alcatel OT-808
  6. Alcatel OT-880 One Touch XTRA
  7. Alcatel OT-909
  8. Alcatel OT-980

Resource: http://www.gsmarena.com