With a discreet presentation, while for many has gone totally unnoticed, LG has entered fully into the Android world. Such an event has taken place in the Vodafone pavilion at the IFA and the model chosen for this fact is the LG Etna.

This Etna design follows the Asian giant with a 3-inch touchscreen, sliding QWERTY keyboard and a directional pad below the screen. It integrates a 5 megapixel camera the more features we do not know. Because, as we say, pass almost unnoticed so hardly give us any information about him.

For example, we know that incorporates via Bluetooth and USB connectivity, virtually standards but has not been informed whether will have WiFi, GPS, accelerometer, or if you want, it will be 3G. We assume so, but we can not say.

Of course, neither was given a release date but rumors say it will come before Christmas in the German market. Of course, the operator for your catalog will be Vodafone, at least in principle.

The first Spanish mobile with Android goes on sale before the end of the year at a price of 260 € completely free. This is the first big headline news and we started with information on this terminal. And also, we met some modifications relating to your hardware.

But for anyone to perish, we will describe it completely beginning with discussing what we all know comes with the operating system from Google, the very well-known Android. But the boys have decided Geeks Phone customize the interface it offers, which gives a point of distinction. The first implication of the use of Android is that the terminal has a touch screen. This will have a size 3.2-inch WQVGA resolution and will combine a virtual keyboard with a QWERTY physical keyboard type.

If you look at your “inside” we see that its engine will ultimately be a ARM11 Qualcomm 528MHz with 256MB of RAM and an equal number of ROM. In point of connectivity will not disappoint anyone, 3G/HSDPA support quadband GSM, WiFi b / g, Bluetooth 2.1 and as an extra, a GPS module (A-GPS).

Other details can comment on are the integration GeeksPhone one slot for microSDHC cards up to 32GB of capacity or the presence of two chambers. A back with a resolution of 3.1 megapixels and auto focus for taking good photographs and another type on its front VGA for use in video calls.

For those who like to use the phone as music player the phone provides two solutions: speakers 2 x 1 W RMS output and a 3.5mm audio jack. Finally, we refer to its lithium battery with a capacity of 1100 mAh.

The things in the market for operating systems are changing. Proof of this is that Microsoft offered the beta version of Windows 7 for download recently or who is preparing a specific version of the netbooks. The domain of the windows is overwhelming but analysts predict that Android will get away with it.

When the market began to emerge netbooks, manufacturers chose to offer cheap Linux to reduce costs, the ‘leitmotif’ of these teams. However, given the reluctance of consumers began to offer alternatives with XP. However, despite that the market has managed to damage in part to Microsoft, you’re looking for strategies to avoid losing ground in this market.

A port of Android for these computers, cheap netbooks, would be one of the keys to its success hypothetical because, for now, this is a mobile operating system. Android is based on Linux but has been sponsored and funded by Google, which guarantees you a position and supports the industry much better.

“Without a strong support, Linux is just a niche platform. Now, with the help of Google, Android is a much better chance to win Microsoft users,” said Daiwa Securities analyst Calvin Huang, in an interview with ZDNet Asia .

Android would take advantage of Google’s push in combination with the advantages of Linux, including support of manufacturers and low rates. “The payment of import licenses and the manufacturers really do not like the price of Microsoft,” Huang pointed out. The analyst has predicted a boom as long as Android, which could eventually “kill Microsoft” in this field.