LG launches Optimus 'One,' 'Chic' globally

LG launches Optimus 'One,' 'Chic' globally  By Eden Estopace

Two new phones in the LG Optimus line of smartphones — Optimus One and Optimus Chic — were launched early this week in Seoul via an interactive virtual global news conference.

Targeted at consumers looking to purchase their first smartphone, the twin Optimus phones promise faster, smoother Internet browsing, web-page loading, application pop-ups, and multi-tasking.

Never run alone

Never run alone
 

The new Nike+ GPS App allows runners to use their iPhone to map every run | Zoom

Nike+ GPS App is now available on the App Store. The new Nike+ GPS App allows runners to use their iPhone to map every run while tracking pace, distance, time and calories-burned as well as stay motivated with instant feedback during and after each run from athletes like Paula Radcliffe and Lance Armstrong, and comedian Tracy Morgan.

“We are so excited to introduce the true Runner’s App,” for iPhone combining the dynamic power and community of Nike+ with the user-friendly functionality of GPS and accelerometry,” said Stefan Olander, VP, Nike

Smartphone + environment = Sony Ericsson Aspen

Smartphone + environment = Sony Ericsson Aspen
By Kathy Moran

Say hello to a better future: The Sony Ericsson Aspen is one of the GreenHeart cellphones. It was made with care for the environment in mind. | Zoom

If I could fit everything I need into a small box that would fit my pocket, I would.   I guess that’s why I really like gadgets, cell phones in particular, that can do everything I want in one nifty device. And, when it comes to cell phones, what it can do in one go, rather than how big it is or how cool it is or how nice it looks, matters most to me.

I have been quite smitten by smartphones with the full QWERTY keypads. Of course, a full QWERTY keypad on a touch screen smartphone makes the cell phone more endearing.