With cricket World Cup fever in full force, LG has launched its limited edition Optimus One P500 phone to mark the event of the ICC World Cup 2011. This collector s item stylish phone is different from the normal edition phone it sports a shiny gold World Cup logo etched on it back.
The Optimux One smartphone comes with Google s Android OS v2.2 Froyo and is therefore tightly integrated with Google. You only need to log in once into your Google account to automatically synchronize your mails and other settings and start using Gmail, Gtalk, YouTube, Google Maps, etc. The Android Market has thousands of free and paid applications, which can also be downloaded to spice up the phone. That being said, the multimedia part has also been paid attention to. Powered by a 600MHz processor, the phone comes with a 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen display with 320x480 resolution, 3.15 MP camera, 2 GB memory card, 3G, GPRS, EDGE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth v2.1, A-GPS and many more special features. The Android OS can be upgraded to v2.3 Gingerbread.
Being a limited edition phone, only 1,000 units of this phone will be made. This phone is priced a little higher at Rs. 12,990/- and will be available at all leading stores in eight cities across India.