From LG and most phone hardware company the Mobile World Congress is going to be a case of how do you want . LG is has cooked up some impressive phone for this year event, starting with a quad-core phone. Yes, a quad-core that should good enough to out perform your old PC. The company’s new L-Style series kicks off with three handsets ranging from the 3.2-inch L3, through the 4-inch L5, to the flagship 4.3-inch L7, while the also updated there old Optimus 3D to Optimus 3D Max. Along also comes their quad-core phone, the LG Optimus 4X HD.

Optimus Vu
The Vu is a super-sized smartphone that fits somewhere between a smartphone and a tablet. It features a 5-inch, 1024 x 768, 4:3 aspect ratio IPS display and is powered by a 1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm processor and 1 GB of RAM. It will initially come running Android 2.3, but LG has promised an update to Android 4.0 shortly after launch. It features LTE support and comes with 32 GB of internal memory and a 2,080 mAh battery.

Optimus 4X HD

The biggest news from LG at MWC 2012 is the Optimus 4X HD, which is the company’s first quad-core powered smartphone thanks to a 1.5 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor, which is assisted by 1 GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal storage. It comes running Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), and boasts a 4.7-inch 1280 x 720 True HD IPS display. There’s an 8-megapixel rear camera and 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera along with a 2,150 mAh battery packed inside an 8.9 mm (0.35-in) thin body. It is due to launch in Europe before mid year.LG is yet to release pricing details for the new handsets.

 

LG Optimus 3D Max is the world’s’ first phone with 3D video edition capabilities. The phone will feature 1.2GHz Dual-Core processor (OMAP4430) and 4.3-inch 3D WVGA Display with corning Gorilla Glass 2. According to LG this will be the world’s first phone that can handle 3d photo and 3d video editing on it’s 4.3-inch display.

Here are some of it’s specifications:

• Chipset: 1.2GHz Dual-Core processor (OMAP4430)
• Display: 4.3-inch 3D WVGA Display with Corning Gorilla Glass 2
• Memory: 8GB Internal Storage, 1GB Internal Memory
• Camera: 5MP Dual-lens
• OS: Android 2.3 Gingerbread
• Battery: 1,520mAh
• Others: HSPA+ 21Mbps, HDMI connection 2D/3D TV/monitor up to 1080p via MHL, DNLA for wireless connection with TV/PC (3D video also supported), NFC Full Support, LG Tag+

The Optimus 3D Max is expected to be released in Korea this March 2012 and worldwide release soon after.

While you can now capture event in picture or video with your Android phone, Google is looking to take it further with Android powered goggle. The new Google glasses will bring in new era in “wearable computing”. It would be something unique: a network-connected pair of spectacles with a camera and a display that could record images and video of one’s surroundings and display information from elsewhere on a tiny screen. It will also be able to tream information to the wearer’s eyeballs in real time.

The glasses will send data to the cloud and then use things like Google Latitude to share location, Google Goggles to search images and figure out what is being looked at, and Google Maps to show other things nearby, the Google employee said. “You will be able to check in to locations with your friends through the glasses,” they added.

According to several Google employees familiar with the project who asked not to be named, the glasses will go on sale to the public by the end of the year. These people said they are expected “to cost around the price of current smartphones,” or $250 to $600. They will also have a 3G or 4G data connection and a number of sensors including motion and GPS.

Google is not completely happy with knowing what we search, they will like to know what we see?

Come March the 22nd, a new Angry Birds will be available called Angry Birds Space, Rovio has now announced what it’s describing as its biggest launch since the original game. This new release also involves two major power house, NASA and National Geographic only because the managements knew that their employees are playing the game instead of working (just kidding). But Rovio involving NASA and National Geographic is epic, given that no one know more about space than NASA and National Geographic. As you can probably guess, the hook this time around will be some new physics to deal with, including zero gravity and a new “lightspeed destruction” feature, but details on the game itself otherwise remain a bit light, including any specific word on supported platforms. Rovio is apparently planning a big push at launch though, with a simultaneous rollout planned across “mobile gaming, animation, retail, and publishing.” It’s also promising to reveal more details ahead of that in early March.

Customization is one of the glory of Android. Given that the default SMS app that comes with Android is not so fancy, one of the most public apps with added SMS features in Handcent. The app has continue to evolve and the version 4.0 beta is now available for the general public.

New features include;

• Handcent Talk – Allows you to bind your phone number and send text messages for free using the Handcent network.
• Greater customization
• Improved compatibility with iOS messaging from iPhones
• Full ICS Support
• New Widget

 Known issues;

• Doesn’t enter batch mode correctly.
• Some modded users may experience theme compatibility issues when using themes of white text on dark backgrounds.

You can pick it up at XDA-developer forum.
Source: Xda-developer

 

If you are an addict Facebook user while on the go, but still waiting for Facebook Timeline, your wait is over. The latest update for Facebook for Android includes Facebook Timeline. For those that don’t know, Facebook Timeline displays your profile automatically organises events in your life into chronological order. Google added timeline support to the iOS version a short time ago and it was well received, so it’s a good addition to the Android application. The update is also supposed to make the whole Facebook expierence faster !

However, just like every FB updates in the past, there are lots of pretty bad feedback posted on the Android store about the new version. Apparently, its a major drain on battery and the file size has also been criticized for being too large (12MB).

The update also include improve navigation, new photo view interface, and access to friend lists and subscription.

Look your Market app, click menu button, click my app to update of download from the Android Market.