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Pair of unknown LG Androids found ahead of Mobile World Congress

A pair of unannounced LG smartphones are appearing online just four weeks before Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. The preliminary details were found in the UPnP Forum (1) (2), a popular spot for spying new devices before they come to market. Aside from the respective model numbers, there’s not a ton of information to glean from the actual findings. …

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Reports of pops, peeling on Samsung plasmas explored (update)

Update Feb 3, 2012: In early January Samsung told me of a firmware update that addresses the brightness pops in both the D7000 and D8000 plasmas (I was also told that 2012 versions wouldn’t suffer this issue), but since that time the company has not given me any additional information despite repeated inquiries. Meanwhile multiple CNET readers have told me …

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