LG Optimus S Smartphone Powered by Android 2.2 FroYo

Sprint and LG today announced the upcoming availability of LG Optimus S Smartphone, one of the first Android-powered devices to offer the ultimate personalized experience with Sprint ID, a new user-friendly way of personalizing Android devices.

LG Optimus S smartphone is the only Sprint ID phone to launch with Android 2.2 offering users hotspot functionality and easy-to-use Google applications via Android Market.

LG Optimus S smartphone also offers users close integration with popular Google services, such as Google Search (also by voice), Gmail, Google Talk and Google Maps.

Running Google’s latest Android 2.2 (FroYo) operating system, the LG Optimus S smartphone is also equipped with Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate, Proximity sensor for auto turn-off, Digital compass, and comes 170MB internal memory and sports microSD card allowing up to 32GB expandable memory.

For connectivity, Android powered LG Optimus S Smartphone offers GPRS Class 10, EDGE class 10 with 236.8 Mbps download speed, 3G HSDPA with 7.2 Mbps download, WiFi 802.11b/g wireless LAN and Bluetooth 2.1+A2Dp wireless connectivity in addition to microUSB 2.0 port for wired connection. Some other features of LG Optimus S Smartphone includes 3.5 mm audio out port, internal speaker, FM Radio with RDS, and built-in GPS with A-GPS support with Google Maps. The handset also supports Java MIDP 2.0 and includes Audio media player supporting MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ files and video media player supporting DivX/Xvid/MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV files. LG Optimus S smartphone allows access to Android Market, allowing users to download and personalize their phone with thousands of free and paid applications.

Key Features :

* Sleek and slim design

* 3.2-inch capacitive touch-screen

* Virtual QWERTY keyboard

* Mobile Hotspot capability supporting up to five Wi-Fi enabled devices to share the 3G experience simultaneously

* 3.2MP camera with 2x digital zoom

* microSD card slot (supporting up to 32GB)

* Android Market – choose from more than 100,000 apps to personalize the phone

* Visual Voicemail

Price and Availability

Android v2.2 FroYo powered LG Optimus S smartphone is available to Sprint customers in US market and requires activation on one of Sprint’s Everything Data plans.