LG Optimus One and Optimus Chic eyes-on
That "leaked" low-end LG Android device from a few days back? Turns out it was nothing more than the Optimus Chic, one of two Google-powered phones that the company announced back in early July. They're still not ready to let us touch the damned things here at IFA -- apparently on account of the fact that they're not commercially available yet -- but we got close enough to conclude that you definitely won't be fooling anyone into thinking that you've dropped many hundreds of euros on your phone.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: emerging, ifa 2010, markets, mobile-presence, nokia, optimus, p500, phone, smartphone
Vodafone’s Microsoft Surface: like Go Fish for phones
Microsoft worked with Vodafone late last year to deploy Surfaces to a few dozen stores in several European countries (much as AT&T has done in the US), and one of those units happens to be set up at the carrier's IFA booth this week.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: befuddled-buyer, cards, Carrier, countries, dozen, entry, european, ifa 2010, microsoft, microsoftsurface, surface, surfaces, vodafone
Sharp shows off mobile prototype with 3D screen, 3D camera, and 3D output
We've seen enough home theater 3D already to be well and sick of it, but mobile 3D is still an upcoming sector, one which Sharp seems to be making a bid for.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, nintendo Tags: camera, friendly, glasses, ifa 2010, nintendo, parallax-screen, prototype, sharp, shooting-grainy, tech, upcoming-sector