The company will continue to research future mobile products based around Windows, but for now they're focussing on the Android market.

Granted, WP7 isn't doing so well, but I think this one of these cases of the OEM looking for someone else to blame. LG made a phone that was pretty ordinary two years ago and then failed to market it since. Manufacturers have to realise that there's more to making a successful mobile product than slapping an OS on it and hoping for the best.

And given LG's efforts to date, I'm not sure they're going to fair any better in an overcrowded Android market place.

Case in point... In some ways the HTC Titan II is superior to the Lumia 900 (especially the camera), yet it's release was buried by the Lumia 900 hype. I'm sure HTC isn't happy with that, especially since Nokia is pricing the Lumia 900 at $100 less than the Titan II.

I have always found LG's designs pretty lackluster.  I have a feeling that that has more to do with lack of consumer interest than Windows Phone.  I think all of the Gen 1 phones were very bland.  It is sad when the Samsung Focus was the best of the bunch.  I think that having a more striking design like Nokia is doing is going to change the way other manufacturers are going to approach Windows Phone in the future.

It's not so much that the camera is bad, it's certainly not, it's just not as good as the HTC or as good as people expected from Nokia. Unfortunately, with the way this is reported it comes across to the consumer that the Lumia has a poor camera.

As for LG, whether they make another Windows Phone or not is irrelevant. They only ever made one lackluster phone that was buried by the competition. Whether they stay in the game or not is not an indicator of whether or not WP is failing, like the pundits are trying to claim. The rumor was and is a non-story.

"The total unit of Windows Phone sold in the global market is not a meaningful figure," said the LG spokesman is reported as saying, further elaborating that it currently had no plans of rolling out another LG-manufactured Windows Phone soon.

The first bit is actually quite positive, as LG is saying they don't believe there's anything to be gleaned from the WP7 sales figures. And it makes no sense to roll out another WP7 phone if WP8 is somewhere on the horizon.

With any luck they'll put a bit more effort into the next one.

26 minutes ago, cbae wrote

@Ray7: I read that Ballmer is going to visit LG at their HQ in Korea next later this month. It's most likely going to be about Windows 8 devices, but it could be combined with a pitch for WP8 as well.

 

I can imagine a Steve Ballmer pitch

I also have a Lumia 900 so when I say the camera is not very good I'm not saying it out of "hate" for the phone, just that I'm disappointed in the camera quality when compared to the Titan II for instance. There are many reviews around the web that prove this. It still isn't a bad camera but low-light conditions result in a lot of blue noise.

My personal feeling is that Nokia shopped around for a lot of cheaper components all around in order to bring the price down. This also means they spent less money on the camera sensor.

I guess my perspective is just different from most peoples.  I bought a $100 phone (well actually it was free for me).  The Titan II is twice the price (on contract) so I would expect better components.

I am not sure why everyone is expecting the perfect phone for $100.  That is way too cheap to put in top shelf components. 

My hope is that when Nokia gets into their Gen II decices that they have a truly high end phone instead of just trying to capture market share.

I still really like my 900 though especially for the price I paid for it.