Corning’s “Gorilla Glass” Comes to LG X300
From Corning:
Corning Gorilla glass is an environmentally friendly alkali-aluminosilicate thin sheet glass designed specifically to function as a protective window for portable display devices. What really sets Gorilla glass apart from the competition is that it’s both strong and damage resistant.
Okay, two words that had me do a double-take when I read them: “Corning” and “Gorilla”. I thought Corning made… well, plates. Apparently, I don’t know Corning that well. A quick visit to their site showed that they pretty much make anything from glass kitchenware to glass windows for space shuttles.
Now, “Gorilla” is not the big, hairy primate, but “Gorilla Glass”, a thin, lightweight, damage-resistant glass used in cellphones, tablets, laptops and netbooks.
The LG X300 comes with a 2.0GHz Intel Atom Z550 processor (Menlow), with 2GB memory and 128GB SSD, Windows 7 Home Premium and a spare 2-cell battery for up to 7 hours of battery life on a single charge. It is set to launch in Asia this month, and while prices will, of course, vary from country-to-country, initial price in Korea is the equivalent of more than a thousand USD.
Is that because of the Gorilla Glass then? We’ll see.
For technical information on Gorilla Glass, click here.
For the full press release, click here.
SOURCE: GottaBeMobile
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