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LG bets on NFC, launches Optimus LTE Tag

By on February 21, 2012 at 10:15am in Mobile News

LG is launching another entry into the crowded Android smartphone market with the Optimus LTE Tag. Though only announced right now for South Korean consumers, the Optimus LTE Tag fleshes out the increasingly common NFC feature in modern smartphones to new heights. Along with a built-in NFC chip, LG is launching Tag+, an app to communicate with pre-programmed stickers or “tags” that can automate certain functions like muting your device, starting an app or activating WiFi. The example the company has given for a user to touch his or her phone against a pre-programmed tag when entering a car in order to activate and pair the phone to a Bluetooth headset.

“Our goal is to offer the widest variety of LTE smartphones in the industry in 2012,” said Dr. Jong-seok Park, President and CEO of LG Mobile Communications Company. “The Optimus LTE Tag isn’t just a cosmetically-enhanced version of Optimus LTE, it offers a truly innovative feature which we think really makes a smartphone smarter.”

The Tag boasts a 1.2Ghz dual-core processor, 4.3-inch WVGA display, a 5MP camera, a 1700mAh battery, running on Android 2.3 (though an ICS upgrade will be offered later this year).

Source: LG Newswire
Via: The Verge

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Discussion

8 comments for “LG bets on NFC, launches Optimus LTE Tag”

  1. NFC is my favourite! :)

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    Posted by TestMe | February 21, 2012, 10:32 am
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  2. How does she see over the stearing wheel?

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    Posted by Rich | February 21, 2012, 10:44 am
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    • there’s a tag for that… pretty sure the phone will see for you.

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      Posted by Kennedyk24 | February 21, 2012, 10:47 am

    • Haha! I was about to point out the exact same thing!

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      Posted by d3v14n7 | February 22, 2012, 1:48 am

  3. Looks like a photoshop cut and past to the screen.

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    Posted by tbone | February 21, 2012, 11:52 am
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  4. Who else here likes Asian women?

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    Posted by Stud McStudson | February 21, 2012, 11:52 am
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  5. There should be a tag on her forehead… scan it and b00m directions to the Kitchen.

    jk

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    Posted by Nade | February 21, 2012, 2:02 pm
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  6. Nice to see the mainstream finally jumping onto this tech that been supported by Android for almost a year now.

    For those who already have NFC (and are only hearing about it for the first time), buy your tags from Tagstand and use NFCLauncher to read/write to the tags.

    I’ve got some in my car, by the front door and beside my bed. My favourite one is the bedside one… swipe it once and it turns off notifications for emails/texts/phone and sets an alarm for 70 minutes. When I wake up, I swipe it twice on the same tage and it turns on all my notifications and sets them to a medium sound level.

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    Posted by Slype | February 21, 2012, 5:43 pm
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