Following up on the employee slide leak last week, Verizon has officially announced the LG Versa.
The LG Versa is a touch screen device which features a 3 inch WQVGA resolution display, Visual Voicemail support, GPS support via VZ Navigator V CAST Music with Rhapsody and Video support, Bluetooth with stereo audio support, a 2.0 megapixel camera with flash and video recorder, external display when paired with the separate keyboard or game pad modules, speakerphone and handwriting recognition.
The phone also features the Novarra web browser which was previously covered and features Flash support along with RSS feeds and tabbing.
The high-end multimedia device will be available on March 1st for $449.99 Month to Month, $319.99 on a 1 year agreement, and $249.99 on a 2 year agreement before an additional $50 mail-in rebate, bringing the totals to $269.99 and $199.99 respectively.
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I see a lot of similarities between the LG Versa and an iPhone, but I must say I love the idea behind a detachable QWERTY keyboard. My current Verizon Wireless phone has a QWERTY keyboard which I have grown to love so it’s something I would look for in another phone. Ironically, the phone I have is also an LG phone so it might be time for a trade-in.
This looks AWFUL.
A friend of mine works at VZW and let me play with the demo. The touch screen is very responsive … even more so than the Dare. The fact that it comes with a stylus as well ( another thing missing from the Dare ) is a plus. But the “touch” part of it is still no iPhone ( not that it’s trying to be ). And as for the Flash support, it’s very limited. It will let you view sites like YouTube in its native form, but the more sophisticated Flash sites will have a problem trying to render video. Overall, pretty cool phone for those who want a smaller alternative to the Voyager.