The very first time the words super phone was used this year was probably to refer to the HTC Nexus One. The Google phone is indeed a very powerful device, sporting many of the best specs of industry standards. Despite this, there are still plenty of features in the N-one that are within the medium range of specs and the device itself suffered from some internal flaws.
When the LG GW990 was presented in the floor of CES 2010, the device opened up new limits of what we can expect from mobile phones. The new processor loaded on the device promised to be faster than anything we have seen or heard of so far and the phone’s dimensions show a radical change in common standards.
Hardware and Features
The first noticeable trait about the GW990 is the fact that the phone has a very huge touch screen. With a size of 4.8 inches diagonally, the screen promises to deliver some of the best resolution visuals seen on a mobile phone. With its 1020 x 480 pixel resolution, it certainly delivers. When the phone was demonstrated, the screen was impressively bright; hopefully that will remain the same for the final product and brightness settings can be calibrated.
The phone is also known to support HSDPA and HSUPA, which is pretty much expected from a smart phone these days. For memory, the device will have 512 MB of RAM; plenty for handling apps and even some graphic intensive games for the device.
The Core of the GW990’s Power
Nothing makes for a great phone than having a fast and responsive user interface. Lag-ish and slow user interfaces on touch screen phones makes commands feel jerky and nothing is more irritating than an unresponsive screen. This is why the CPU specs of touch screen phones are very important because more often than not, that determines how nicely the device performs.
While the LG GW990 has no specific CPU speed given, it showed many people during the 2010 CES how fast it can handle applications, media and even multi tasking. Many are comparing it to the faster ARM chips and some reports state that the new Intel Atom handles single and multi thread code without any problems and faster than ARM chips. Aside from the GW990, the Moorestown was also demonstrated on the OpenPeak tablet where it displayed the ability to handle applications that smart phones cannot.
Another great feature in this new Intel Atom processor is its power management. One of the reasons why previous Atom chips were not fit for mobile phones was because they used up too much power. The new Atom only requires a tenth of the power it originally took to run older versions.
All in the Platform
The Moblin OS for the GW990 is a Linux based platform that has been seeing plenty of activity as well as developer support –which means that the new LG phone will not be short of applications. The interface will be skinned with the LG S-Class user interface to give mobile phone users a more familiar look and feel.
