{"id":6792,"date":"2011-12-15T11:23:25","date_gmt":"2011-12-15T17:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcitement.com\/?p=6792"},"modified":"2011-12-15T12:18:11","modified_gmt":"2011-12-15T18:18:11","slug":"techcitement-review-lg-optimus-slider-go-stand-in-the-corner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techcitement.com\/hardware\/techcitement-review-lg-optimus-slider-go-stand-in-the-corner\/","title":{"rendered":"Techcitement Review: LG Optimus Slider, Go Stand In The Corner"},"content":{"rendered":"
The LG Optimus was an insanely popular phone. Released across carriers, it proved that you don’t need carrier exclusivity as a selling point. I honestly feel that this helped influence Samsung with their launch of the Galaxy S and Galaxy SII and hope it has a wider impact. The Optimus also showed that you don’t have to be high end to be popular. By using a dedicated graphics processor unit, they offset the slower chip and made Android work in a spiffy fashion.<\/p>\n
One thing the Optimus lacked though was a hardware keyboard. I’m a huge fan of hard keyboards — portrait form-factor usually, but those are rare beasts. Still, many wondered if we might see a sequel to the Optimus with some sort of hardware keyboard. That eventually happened in the form of the Optimus Slider. Unlike the original Optimus, this puppy was launched only on Virgin Mobile. After our Wildfire S review they were kind enough to send us a unit.\u00a0 Sadly.<\/p>\n