LG Optimus 2X Brings Dual-core CPU with Android

Well, well. This development has gotten me excited. LG announced today the first smartphone with a dual-core chip, the Optimus 2X. Dual-core phones, which pack more processing power than the current single-core models, are expected to be a major trend for cell phones in 2011.

The Optimus 2X's 1 GHz processor, Nvidia's Tegra 2 chip, enables features like HDMI mirroring, which lets you duplicate whatever's on the phone's 4-inch WVGA display, including games, at full HD resolution on an external screen. It's also said to provide smoother Web browsing and allow multitasking of applications with virtually no screen lag. This new phone to be shipped with on Android 2.2 (Froyo) but will be able to upgrade to 2.3 (Gingerbread).
The phone will launch in Korea in January 2011, with Europe and other parts of Asia "to follow.

Samsung introduces Nexus S by the 16th 2010

Some of us may already have some information on Samsung Nexus s (or Nexus 2). This is the latest Android phone to be introduces and this time is Samsung who produced the next version of Android mobile for Google. This Nexus S will have latest Android dubbed Gingerbread or simply called version 2.3. Nexus S is the first smartphone to run Android 2.3. With the device, co-created by Samsung and Google, Google reprises the Nexus line. The search engine launched the Nexus One online last year, but shuttered the store in May after disappointing sales. The latest OS build, codenamed Gingerbread, has a number of improvements, including support for NFC (near field communications) to enable mobile payments and other sensor-swiping capabilities; a gyroscope for improved gaming, multitasking and a refreshed user interface with a better keyboard. The Nexus S Android 2.3 runs on is no slouch, either. It offers the latest Google mobile applications, accessible via a contoured handset with a 4-inch Super AMOLED display to make the device comfortable whether it's in a user's hand or up against his or her ear

Samsung Nexus S will be on sale at the Bestbuy.com on the 16th December 2010.