The Back Story: Wait a minute, what’s this? We thought T-Mobile didn’t have a “particularly compelling portfolio of smartphone offerings”? At least, that’s what AT&T said when it filed its supporting documents last week with the FCC on how and why it’s buying the nation’s fourth largest wireless carrier. Maybe AT&T should have held its tongue until T-Mobile released its first ever dual-core processor smartphone, the LG G2x.
There’s been tremendous hype surrounding NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 multitasking and …

Last year was the year of the Snapdragon. Qualcomm’s 1GHz processor swept the market off its feet and introduced us all to speeds we weren’t used to seeing on Android phones. This year – though we’re only a few months in – is shaping up to be the year of the Tegra 2, a dual-core chipset made by NVIDIA.
More and more frequently, we’re hearing of phones coming to market with dual-core processors. What does this mean to the …

T-Mobile G2x, LG’s first high-end smartphone in the US and one of the best Android devices on the market at the moment. It sports a 1 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core CPU, 4-inch WVGA display, 8-megapixel camera with 1080p HD video recording, front-facing camera for video calling, and a stock build of Android 2.2. While it seems small for a dual-core device, the 1,500 mAh battery does a great job of powering the device through the day with moderate use.
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