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LG Triptych concept phone should have 3 faces ideally

Strange to see a concept device not living up to its namesake – we’re talking about the LG Triptych, which denotes the number 3, although it has just two faces. Still, this is one convergence device that would attract the attention of many since it lets you carry both a phone and a tablet in a single form factor – especially when you can open it up to have both displays synchronize to end up as a tablet, albeit with a potentially distracting bezel in the middle. Who are we to say that such a crazy idea won’t happen in the future, but from the form factor itself, we’re guessing they’ve also figured out potential battery woes involved in something so small and yet having so many power guzzling parts.

LG Triptych concept phone should have 3 faces ideally, By Ubergizmo. Top Stories : LG Optimus 2X Review, Nexus S Review,

Smartphones overtake PCs in terms of shipment

The inevitable has happened – smartphone shipments have finally overtaken that of PCs, with the former shipping 100.9 million units to stores worldwide in the final quarter of 2010, while the PC camp could muster only 92.1 million units – at least these are the statistics available to us according to a study released this week by IDC. One of the main cause for smartphones overtaking PCs would be the phenomenal growth of the smartphone market, where 2009 and 2010 saw shipments triple, while PC shipments grew at just 45%. Part of this could be due to the way contracts work, especially in the US where one buys new devices once every couple of years when their contracts are up, and with the US being the largest smartphone market, it makes perfect sense. PCs, on the other hand, lasts a whole lot longer and are more expensive. It really depends on how you want to interpret such statistics, but one thing’s for sure – smartphones are here to stay.

Smartphones overtake PCs in terms of shipment, By Ubergizmo. Top Stories : LG Optimus 2X Review, Nexus S Review,

Google acquires start-up SayNow for its social voice platform

Google Voice is already a pretty popular service and now Google has snapped up a California-based start-up, SayNow, for an undisclosed sum. SayNow’s platform offers voice messaging between individuals or groups and the company already offers access to its services via Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Android and the iPhone. The company claims to have over 15 million users on its apps and services, such as SayNow Phone, SayNow Broadcast, Big Call and Chit Chat. It isn’t clear what Google is planning to do with the platform at the moment, but it’s expected that it will eventually be integrated into Google Voice.

Google acquires start-up SayNow for its social voice platform, By Ubergizmo, 26 Jan 2011. Top Stories : EVO Shift Review, iPhone 4 Review,

NVIDIA Ships one Billion GPUs to date

Nostalgia: it took NVIDIA 10 years to ship 200M GPUs (1993-2003)

There are a few dates that matter in the life of a company: when it was created, when it got its first customer, when it hit a Billion (ok, 1M is nice too) dollars in revenues and… when it passed a Billion products shipped. NVIDIA has announced that the company has shipped more than one Billion graphics processors (GPUs) to date (it’s not clear if chipsets with integrated graphics are counted in). For reference, it took NVIDIA 10 years to ship 200M GPUs, from 1993 to 2003. It is clear that with the company’s entrance in the mobile market, it will take much less time to reach the 2 Billion mark. You can check our Tegra 2 overview if you missed what NVIDIA is doing in the mobile space.

NVIDIA Ships one Billion GPUs to date, By Ubergizmo, 21 Jan 2011. Top Stories : BlackBerry Torch Review, EVO 4G Review,

Galaxy Mini S5570 to arrive at MWC 2011

We recently caught sight of a Samsung phone that might be touted as the Galaxy S Mini, bearing the model number S5830. Now another phone has surfaced that wants to lay claim to that title, namely the Galaxy Mini S5570. The S5570 is expected to arrive at the upcoming Mobile World Congress and has been certified by China’s FCC-like agency. From what we know, this phone will feature a 240 x 320 pixel resolution display, TouchWiz user interface, Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0, microSD card slot and will be powered by Android 2.2.1.

Galaxy Mini S5570 to arrive at MWC 2011, By Ubergizmo, 14 Jan 2011. Top Stories : Contact lenses of the future projects images onto eyeballs, Verizon iPhone announced, CES Trends That You Should Not Miss,

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