First Dual Core Smartphone by LG

The first dual core smartphone by LG is Optimus 2X, LG working with Google Android is said to be launched next month in Korea and later to Europe and Asian countries. Optimus 2X has Nvidia Tegra 2 processor which is the mobile processor with advanced features, it has 2X faster mobile browsing speed, 5X speed for gaming and etc., the processor is of 1GHz , Android 2.2 platform which can be upgraded to 2.3 in the future, the smartphone has a 8 megapixel camera 1080 pixels video recording and 1.3 megapixel front camera.

The phone has 4-inches WVGA (Wide Video Graphics Array – usually comes with 800×480, 848×480, or 854×480 display resolutions) screen, it has 8Gb memory which can be extended to 32 Gb using memory card, as for gaming purposes the phone has 3D touch interfaces, gyro sensor,  accelerometer (are the motion sensors which continuously calculate the position, velocity and orientation). Other features of the phone are 1500 mAh battery, HDMI mirroring and DLNA compatibility.

RIM finally with Amazon MP3 for Blackberry

Amazon MP3 is finally launched for blackberry smartphones with data service plan accompanying either blackberry OS version 5.0 or the latest versions, and with 3g,wi-fi,etc. Amazon mp3 is a digital music store of amazon.com it is the first to sell music without DRM during 2008,  previously it was with 256 kbps variable bit rate MP3 format.

The app is available in beta it allows you to buy and download music over a fourteen million songs available on its catalog, you can search songs using artists, albums and other search criteria. It also lets you to share songs and send comments to your friends through your blackberry, bookmarks are available which let you to download later or there is preview option which lets you to preview the song/ album before you choose to purchase and download. Other options are redeeming amazon gift card points from the apps store, daily music deals which offers a free music.

Google Latitude on Apps Store

Google Latitude is finally launched on Apple’s iTunes based Apps store which was before a web based version, to avoid certain confusions with the Maps application on iPhone.

Google Latitude lets you to update your location and can be viewed on the google maps, you can also view your friends location on the map who have also opted for the same and have turned on the share location, this is done through their google account. There are many options which lets you either show your exact location/ show only the city/ even we can hide the location to all your friends or to specific list. Latitude also detects your location automatically or it can be even done manually, as it basically maps your cell phone to the google maps.