We got a peek today at the new "3-way" synchronization service from LG that the company is calling Air Sync; it's only available on the
GD880 Mini right now in the UK, but they're looking to expand it across Europe and Asia before too long and -- if we're lucky -- North America eventually. So what is it, exactly? Basically, it's a synchronization service for text clipping, photos, videos, contacts, and the like that integrates with your PC using a downloadable client. After it's installed, you get a few new context menu items that let you fast-track content to your phone via the cloud, and we were pretty amazed at just how quickly the transfers consistently happened -- within a few seconds, a dialog pops up on LG's demo Mini notifying you that the goods have been received. It sounds like LG will be looking at deploying this with a subscription model in most markets, so don't expect gratis awesomeness -- but if you transfer tons of pictures from your desktop to your mobile, this might be the way to go. Follow the break for video.
posted March 25th 2010 7:50PM
wow the lines on that screen look like waves. so weird.
@emopoops Try taking a picture or video of your monitor -- you will see the same effect.
@tkrow21 alright dude. im 21 years old i know this kind of thing happens. alright. let me tell you this. if this moniter on the video posted wasnt so obtrusive to understanding the article would i have posted anything? NO! in face i had to google lg air sync to figure out what this was all about. being the moniter screwed my concentration up it being so creepy.
@emopoops
in fact, it's a monitor
This is actually pretty awesome.
Very interesting idea. I fail to see the practicality of it though. Does the sync work the other way?
It's more common for me to want to send things from the phone to the computer.
Why would you really need that if the phone has web capabilities anyways?
@Distant its really rediculous. its just like microsoft surface. only god knows who came up with this shizzles first.
Sounds like a great way to avoid a crappy OS...
I'm perfectly fine with changing my background on the device AND charging while I sync...
lol at the google box on the shown browser having "flicker" to find flickr
I've been looking for this kind of integration for Android... This is pretty awesome! Hopefully this technology will spread to other platforms soon.