LG Optimus 2X Performance Tests (Video)

The LG Optimus 2X is one of the first Android phones with a dual core Tegra 2 processor so you can expect it to be pretty fast. This video goes through a few Benchmark tests such as Quadrant Standard, Smartbench 2011 and Linpack. Quadrant Standard took a few tries before it would show any results without crashing, but once it worked, we saw quite a good score of 2480. The Smartbench 2011 score came out …

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Zune HD Email Client (Video)

The Zune HD has been around for a while and many recognize it as the precursor to Windows Phone 7. Well, just this week it finally got an email client so that you can now check your email on the Zune HD! That’s the good news. The bad news is that it doesn’t really work that well. For instance, my Exchange 2003 email simply would not download and it was practically impossible for me to …

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April Fools: Nokia N8 Caught on Video Running Windows Phone 7

We’re not entirely sure if this is a hack that some one put together or if Nokia is actually planning on releasing a new version of their N8 device running Windows Phone 7. As you know, Nokia has committed to releasing many of their future phones running the Windows Phone 7 platform. Perhaps the Windows Phone version of the N8 will be called the “N8w” which would harken back to the days when Palm actually …

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A Trick For Getting Your WP7 Updates Sooner

XDA-Developers member “Noticed” discovered a pretty simple trick that might result in you getting your Windows Phone 7 update sooner than you’re supposed to. This is an alternative to another VPN/Dialup method floating around and it’s pretty simple. Unfortunately it only works for devices who’s status is in the “Delivering Update” phase as indicated on Microsoft’s Where’s my phone update status page. You’re probably thinking, “If it’s set to the Delivering Update phase, why didn’t …

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What Does This New Windows Phone 7 Button Do?

If you saw the video about the Dark Forces Team showing Windows Phone 7’s latest “NoDo” update running on an old HTC HD2, like some of our readers you may have noticed another device show up on camera that seems to be Windows Phone 7 with an extra button on the programs listing. It’s definitely not something that was added in the NoDo release. Could the Dark Forces Team be testing a build of Mango? …

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LG P990 Optimus 2x Unboxing

We just got the new LG P990 Optimus 2X Android smartphone. This one is the first with a dual-core 1Ghz Nvidia Tegra processor, so we should expect some impressive performance. Here’s our unboxing video. You’ll see it only comes with a regular microUSB cable, headphones, and charger. Unfortunately there was no HDMI cable in the box. The box and packaging itself was pretty nicely designed though with varnished sections against a matte black in order …

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