Favorite part:

"And we're proud of the fact that we don't load Optimus 7 with a lot of "LG apps" or a fancy animated UI which gets old in a few weeks. :-)"

Nice little jab at HTC there.

Good on them for making that choice here, but I'm not giving them too much credit since I have a LG Android phone which has "Facebook for LG" and some stupid LG "App Advisor" thing, neither of which I can uninstall until I get around to rooting the phone. A little more consistency in their corporate policies might be a good move.

It is a nice jab, but it's a WP7 phone, so they _can't_ add a fancy animated UI anyway. Sense is relegated to being a Hub in WP7.

Except HTC Sense is actually usable and the apps HTC ships are useful. Peep, for example, is a great Twitter client for casual users and, unlike TweetDeck, is tightly integrated with People.

Usable is a bit debatable: http://whalesalad.com/blog/incredible-vs-nexus-one/

With that being said, Peep is fairly awesome. It's one of the best Twitter clients I've ever used.

It's a shame LG adds a lot of "LG Apps" on Android phones...

It's refreshing to read such sincere and bullshit-free description from a manufacturer.

If this were how everyone communicated, there'd be no wikileaks.

I picked up the LG Optimus 7 phone last week and really am impressed with it. The screen is just the right size - I almost feel it is too big but it sits comfortably in the hand. A 4" screen would be too much.

The LG apps they added actually do feel useful - I haven't tried the voice-to-SMS thing yet but the "play-to" app is great fun. The scansearch feels like it could be useful when travelling but so far I haven't had any need for it.

Oh, and the voice quality is better than any phone I've had before including the BlackBerry Bold and Storm. (oh, and it is superior in everyway to my old LG Chocolate - though that isn't saying much.)

Props for not letting Microsoft write the letter accompanying the phone. Candor will bring you a long way.

Are they making a similar phone for Android? I'd be interested in seeing that.

I think the LG Optimus One and LG Optimus T are similar hardware. The price of the Optimus One is pretty attractive, about 200 CAD without contract.

Edit: oops, I guess they are fairly different. The 7 has a larger screen, and faster CPU, for example.

Yes and it's a doozy. dual core. http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/16/exclusive-lgs-4-inch-andr...

This is awesome.