LG’s detachable QWERTY touchscreen feature-phone, the LG Versa, has been officially announced for Verizon Wireless. Available March 1st 2009, the Verizon LG Versa has a 3-inch 480 x 240 touchscreen, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR and EV-DO Rev.A; however its most striking feature is the included case, which has a built-in QWERTY keyboard and, on the outside, a 0.94-inch 56 x 120 monochrome OLED display used for Caller ID, phone status and displaying the time.
Since there’s all that QWERTY goodness just lying there, LG have packed the Versa with messaging functionality. Preloaded are mobile IM clients for AIM, MSN and Yahoo!, together with email access for the three networks, and there’s also the usual text, picture and video messaging capabilities. The latter two make use of the Verizon LG Versa’s 2-megapixel camera, which has autofocus and a flash; images can be tweaked on-device thanks to the onboard picture editor.
There’s also a media player, VZ Navigator, Visual Voice Mail and mobile internet access. The LG Versa will be launched on March 1st, and Verizon Wireless will charge you $249.99 to get your hands on it. There’s also a $50 mail-in rebate that will bring that under $200.
