LG Denies Plans to Abandon Windows Phone

LG this week denied that it will abandon the Windows Phone platform, though it did concede that its primary focus is Android devices.

"No, we are not giving up on Windows Phone," an LG spokesman said in an email. "Although we don't have another Windows device in the pipeline at this moment, that is simply because demand for Android devices is so strong."

"We've maintained since the beginning that LG will support whatever operating system consumers want but at the moment, our priority is to get our Android devices to a level where we feel we've covered all the bases, to use an American analogy," the spokesman continued.

News of LG abandoning Windows Phone made the rounds yesterday after a report in the Korea Herald said that LG was "taking a step back from Windows phones."

The report also said that Microsoft's Steve Ballmer would meet with LG's Koo Bon-joon during the Seoul Digital Forum on May 22.

The LG spokesman said the Korea Herald was taking things out of context and likened the publication to "Korea's version of News of the World," the .

"As for a meeting between Ballmer and Koo, I haven't heard anything but I'll keep my ear close to the door," he quipped.

Back in 2009, to Windows Phone, unveiling a 3D interface for its high-end phones at that year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The following year, it unveiled the for AT&T (slideshow below) and the LG Optimus 7 in Europe.