When
the Optimus 2X was announced
by LG last week, the company made no indication of when -- or
even whether -- the first dual-core smartphone would be coming to the
U.S. (We made our own predictions that it would, and soon,
considering the success
of the Optimus One stateside.)
Now, RCR
Wireless says they have it "on good authority"
that T-Mobile will be carrying the Tegra 2-equipped Android phone
when it launches in the U.S. in late February or early March.
A
source close to NVIDIA (makers
of the Tegra 2) and LG told RCR that
the device was "pretty slick."
“What
you should expect at CES is for the superphone category to really
reach full boil,” Mike Rayfield, general manager of NVIDIA's mobile
business said in a blog post. "True superphones begin the
process of merging an agile handheld with a PC and a gaming device.
Full hardware-accelerated Flash is a given. So are console-quality
gaming and 1080P video. You’ll be able to multitask with a
vengeance – for example, streaming Pandora while playing
sophisticated games against opponents wielding PCs or while
conducting a video conference.”
No
word yet on pricing, but we can expect to know more after CES in
January.
