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LG promises at least one next-version update for each Optimus

Written by Administrator Tuesday, 01 March 2011 11:17

lg-promisses-updates What you expect when you buy an android smartphone of your choice ? Well it could be anything in your concern but you may want your smartphone to upgrade after you unwrap it from the box, isn’t it ? But at that initial stage of buying that android device doesn’t assures you that if it will ever be updated or not. On the other hand, Google casts foremost new edition of Android every six months however there is no way of assuring that your device will ever obtain a newer firmware than what it came with out of the box. And this often happens that the bestseller smartphones are able to get an update in near time but failures are spotted backwards.

With these things keeping in mind, LG is committed to endow with as a minimum one next-edition revise to all of its Optimus smartphones. Apparently, LG's Director of Global Communications, Kenneth Hong made a statement that LG's "viewpoint is to be proficient to put forward at least a one-level raise for all Optimus smartphones pioneered in 2011 and ahead of"

For example if you buy an LG Optimus which runs on Froyo then your smartphone will be able to get at minimum a one-level upgrade which will make this smartphone to run on Gingerbread. Moreover, if you buy a Gingerbread operated mobile phone of LG then you will get an update for that too.

At this instant such a pledge is certainly a good move and a positive approach but it's besides a solemn obligation by the firm. LG has been dishonorable on the subject of making available after-sales software renewals to its devices and this might be the indication of a big twist in the company's values and strategies to implement in the upcoming time.

Regrettably, there aren’t any words to verify that if the update will take how much time to hit the devices, as it wasn’t a part of the conversation by Ken Hong. But what do you think that at least one software upgrade seems to be enough for your smartphone to not let itself chase behind the smartphones which are really damn hot ?

Important: Do bear this in mind that word of honor given by LG for the update is only assured for carrier-free never-locked versions of the LG phones.

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Samsung promises dual-core Galaxy S, new Galaxy Tabs

It’s the end of January, which in the topsy-turvy world of tech is the time when companies usually announce their Q1 earnings, which actually ended in December. Samsung’s the latest tech company to release their financial reports, and they’ve done pretty well, especially in mobile.
Thanks to devices like the Galaxy S, Nexus S and Galaxy Tab, their sales topped 80.7 million in mobile alone, up 17 percent compared to the same quarter in 2009. 2 million of those were Galaxy Tabs, which would seem pretty decent if Apple hadn’t sold 7.33 million iPads in the same period.
That’s not really what interests us most about Samsung’s earnings report, though. It’s the fact that Samsung went to the unusual step of confirming new, upcoming products ahead of their official debuts: namely, the next generation Galaxy S, which Samsung is now confirming will be a dual-core affair, possibly called the Samsung Galaxy S2.
In addition, Samsung — despite the Galaxy Tab’s modest success — is looking to expand that line as well, promising to “complement its Galaxy Tab with a range of devices to optimally meet various user needs.”
Hopefully, we’ll get a chance to see the Galaxy S2 and the promised permutations on the Tab next month at Mobile World Congress.
Read more at Slashgear

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New app promises wireless sync for iPhone — if Apple approves it (Ben Patterson)

Zune users have been able to sync their music and videos over Wi-Fi for years now — not so for patrons of the iPhone or iPod Touch, which can only sync up files via USB tethering. That said, an enterprising developer is looking to change the game when it comes to wireless iPhone and/or iPod Touch syncing ... if Apple will let him, that is.

Engadget reports that developer Greg Hughes has just submitted the aptly named Wi-Fi Sync, which performs a "complete sync" of your iPhone or iPod Touch with iTunes — to the Apple App Store.

A YouTube video (embedded below) demonstrates the relatively simple process: Just install the Wi-Fi Sync plug-in for iTunes on your PC or Mac, then fire up the app on your iPhone or iPod Touch. A one-time authorization process follows, after which your iPhone — connected via Wi-Fi — should pop up in the iTunes interface, ready for syncing. That means your iPhone could sync up wirelessly with a computer in another room while, say, it's charging up at night, just as Zune users have long been able to do. (It's worth mentioning that Apple's $99-a-year MobileMe service will wirelessly sync contacts, events, and bookmarks between your iPhone and PC/Mac, but not music or videos.)

Sounds cool, but here's the catch: Apple still has to approve the Wi-Fi Sync app, and as TechCrunch points out, it might decide to spike the app because of its "unauthorized interaction with their software, iTunes." Would Apple actually do such a thing? It just might, given its willy-nilly attitude toward approving App Store applications, and let's not forget Apple's lengthy (and ultimately successful) battle with Palm over the Pre's (now-defunct) ability to sync seamlessly with iTunes.

Of course (and, again, as TechCrunch notes), there are at least a couple of other reasons that you might not want to sync the iPhone with your computer via Wi-Fi: security (it's not clear what measures Wi-Fi Sync takes to protect your iPhone data while it's traveling through the air) and speed (as any Zune owner will tell you, transferring several gigs of video and music over Wi-Fi can be agonizingly slow compared to USB, although syncing a few podcasts and contacts wirelessly shouldn't take all that long).

Speaking for myself, though, I know I'd at least like the option to wirelessly sync my iPhone, and Wi-Fi Sync sounds like just the ticket ... so long as Apple gives it a thumbs-up.

TechCrunch: Wireless iPod/iPhone/iPad Syncing Is Awesome — Too Bad It Will Likely Be Rejected