LG has announced the Optimus Black Android smartphone for release in the first half of the year. The phone is being touted by LG as the thinnest smartphone on the market at 9.2mm thick.
The phone features Android 2.2 with a future upgrade to 2.3, a new NOVA touch display for improved legibility in direct sunlight, a 2.0 megapixel forward-facing camera for video calls and Wi-Fi Direct support for data transfer between phones without networks.