LG Optimus Pad, Android-Based Smartphone with Glasses-Free 3D Viewing

             
                                              

          The Optimus 3D is an Android-based smartphone with a 4.3” screen and a TI OMAP 4 SoC, boasting a 1GHz dual-core Cortex A9 processor and the PowerVR SGX 540 graphics processor. But the real story here is the glasses-free 3D viewing promised by the WVGA display and the dual-lens camera used to capture 3D video.

          The Optimus 3D is the one of the world’s first 3D-enabled smartphones, and LG is pushing that as a major differentiating factor in the increasingly cutthroat “superphone” market. In addition, the Optimus 3D has an HDMI out and more video decoders than other Android devices, always a good thing for media-centric devices.

          The Optimus Pad is another addition to the Honeycomb/Tegra 2 tablet class, joining the Motorola Xoom, Asus Eee Transformer, Acer Iconia A500, and many others. It has an 8.9” WXGA display, though in this case the 15:9 ratio results in a 1280x768 resolution. In keeping with the 3D theme, the Optimus Pad features stereoscopic 5MP cameras for 3D 1080p video capture, being the first tablet on the market to do so. The Pad is essentially the same device as the LG G-Slate that T-Mobile announced at CES.

          The interesting side story playing out here is that LG is using different SoCs for different product lines, as we’ve seen from some other companies (notably Dell, Acer, and Asus). Until now, the market was pretty much split between people using either TI or Qualcomm for smartphones. Now, with the addition of Nvidia’s Tegra 2 to the mix, everyone is seemingly hedging their bets.

The LG Optimus 3D is basically a 3D smartphone that comes with exceptional features and performance that boasts an advanced dual core, dual channel and dual-memory architecture.

Full LG Optimus Pad Specifications
Network
2G GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G HSDPA 900 / 2100
Announced 2011, February

Size
Dimensions 149.4 mm height
Weight -

Display
3D LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
768 x 1280 pixels, 8.9 inches
- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off

Memory
Practically unlimited phonebook entries and fields
Call records
32 GB Internal storage
MicroSD card slot up to 32GB

Data
GPRS
EDGE
3G HSDPA, 10.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
MicroUSB v2.0

Camera
Primary Dual 5 MP, 2560х1920 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, Stereoscopic photos & videos; geo-tagging
Video, 1080p @24fps (2D), 720 @30fps (3D)
Secondary

Sound
Alert types
Loudspeaker with stereo speakers
3.5mm jack audio

Features
Android OS, v3.0 (Honeycomb)
CPU 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 AP20H Dual Core processor
Messaging (Email, Push Email, IM)
HTML Browser
Games + downloadable
GPS with A-GPS support
- SNS integration
- Digital compass
- HDMI port
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail
- Digital compass
- YouTube, Google Talk
- MP4/DivX/XviD/H.264/H.263/WMV player
- MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player
- Document viewer/editor
- Organizer
- Full Flash 10.1 support
- Voice memo
- Predictive text input

Battery
Standard battery
Stand-by
Talk time

Available Colors : Black