LG launches GT 540 Optimus series phone in India, announces Tegra 2 phones by end of year
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There’s a gaping difference between the two phones here, the one launched in India today has a 3-inch resistive screen and Android 1.6, which is old by Android standards. Even with a future upgrade to 2.1, an Android phone with a stylus doesn’t seem like a phone from the year 2010. In other news, LG will be developing phones based on the nVidia Tegra 2 processor, we imagine they’ll be super-phone class phones in terms of size, and probably running Android (hopefully with Android 2.1 or Froyo). Full press release
LG Mobiles Introduces the LG GT 540 – First phone from LG Optimus Series
Keeping up the demand and providing best in technology products to Indian consumer, LG announced the launch of its second Android phone in the market. LG Optimus (LG GT540), an Android powered smartphone, offers an optimal environment for first-tie smartphone users with easy and convenient mobile access. This is Android version 1.6 which can be upgraded to 2.1 version.
Newly launched smart phone combines all forms of communication in one device his magic gadget is expert at handling tasks beyond making voice calls or even simple calendaring including trading stocks, paying bills and buying online
LG Optimus allows users to enjoy diverse Android applications and automatic account synchronization with all Google mobile services. It also features enhanced social networking functions in a high-powered multimedia environment. And LG App Advisor will let you know the recommended list of application for the phone.
Enhanced Experience with Android Application & Google mobile services
LG Optimus provides the perfect, user-friendly environment that lets you customize and build up your phone with all the latest and most popular applications that the world’s fastest growing app store, Android Market, has to offer and by offering specialized and synchronized access to the full range of the most essential, popular and commonly used Google mobile services, LG Optimus puts the best of the Internet in your hand.”
With its SNS-optimized manager, LG Optimus offers a
simplified synchronization with today’s most popular social networking sites through home screen widgets and the Dedicated Social Networking Client that organizes all you
SNS accounts as the most practical solution for keeping
track of all your networks. The handset’s multitasking feature allows users to view updates from friends and access their social media sites while simultaneously searching the phone’s contact list.
Enhanced Excitement
LG Optimus includes high-powered entertainment features that make the phone extra fun to use. The advanced media player allows users to watch DivX and Xvid videos directly without separate encoding and browsing multimedia files is especially enjoyable with the 3D thumbnail gallery.
The phone’s 3MP camera supports geo-tagging, auto face-tagging and face-to-action technology to allow users to create and share multimedia content from the phone. The LG Optimus has a built-in video editor with storyboard function so that users can add music and text to videos directly on the phone and user can splice together mini movies and conveniently upload to SNS sites.
LG Optimus is available at all retail outlets and is priced at Rs 12,990 /-
LG DEVELOPS POWERFUL SMARTPHONES WITH NVIDIA
TEGRA 2 PROCESSOR
LG First to Announce Smartphone with Dual-Core CPU based on NVIDIA Tegra, the
World’s Most Advanced Mobile Processor
INDIA, September 8, 2010 – LG Electronics (LG) announced today that it will introduce a series of fast, powerful smartphones starting in the fourth quarter of 2010 utilizing the second generation NVIDIA® Tegra™ mobile processor, Tegra 2. Tegra 2 includes the world’s first dual-core CPU, which powers through complex tasks to achieve significant leaps in performance.
LG will integrate Tegra 2 into its smartphones, providing them with unprecedented power, speed and graphics capability. These smartphones will be part of LG’s Optimus Series, a new line of innovative mobile products.
LG selected NVIDIA Tegra because it enables a new mobile experience and content capabilities. Tegra 2 features a number of mobile “firsts”: the first mobile dual-core CPU, the only ultra low-power NVIDIA GeForce® GPU and the first 1080p HD mobile video processor. Taking full advantage of the two speedy 1 GHz processors sharing the workload in Tegra 2, consumers can experience up to 2x faster web browsing and up to 5x faster gaming performance over single core processors running at 1 GHz. NVIDIA’s leadership in graphics also delivers flawless 1080p HD video playback, console-quality gaming and amazing 3D capabilities.
“LG is committed to making its Optimus Series smart devices the de facto standard in speed and graphics performance,” said Chang Ma, Vice President of Marketing Strategy Team, LG Mobile Communications Company. “We selected NVIDIA because it is the visual computing leader and has a long history of creating amazing consumer experiences.”
“The ultimate smartphones will be powered by Tegra, the world’s most advanced mobile processor,” said Phil Carmack, senior vice president of NVIDIA’s mobile business. “LG is one of the most popular consumer brands, and their Optimus Series of devices with Tegra is further validation of the processor’s ability to deliver an unrivaled, turbocharged media experience.”
LG’s Optimus Series smartphones featuring the NVIDIA Tegra 2 mobile processor will debut starting in the fourth quarter of the year.
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