LG unveils its first Win Mobile QWERTY phone
updated 11:05 am EDT, Wed June 17, 2009
LG GW550 Smartphone
LG has quietly added its first known QWERTY smartphone using Windows Mobile. The conventional design centers on a 2.4-inch display but should have an up-to-date feature set with a 3-megapixel camera, 7.2Mbps 3G over HSPA and a comparatively large 1,300mAh battery. The Korean company also promises extra "business-centric" features but doesn't say what these might be.
The GW550 is built with support for North America in mind and will support GSM, EDGE and 3G on the 850MHz band used by AT&T and Rogers. When the phone will ship, to whom, and at what price hasn't been revealed by LG, though the use of Windows Mobile 6.1 and not 6.5 suggests it may become available before the fall. [via Tech2]
