How does this work? Verizon Wireless just announced the LG Versa, which basically looks like an LG Dare with a 3-inch, 240x480 touch screen and a detachable QWERTY keyboard.
When you attach the keyboard, according to Verizon, the home screen "is transformed into a sizzling, animated 3D interface." There's an HTML Web browser with Flash and support for three windows at once, an accelerometer, and the ability to sync music with Rhapsody. Text messaging is threaded.
The Versa also has a 2-megapixel camera with 640x480 video recording, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, GPS, visual voice mail, voice dialing, a 2.5-mm headset jack, a speakerphone, and various other goodies. The phone costs $249.99 with a two-year contract, and a $50 rebate brings it down to $199.99.
Usage time is an estimated 290 minutes, with a standby time up to 430 hours, or almost 18 days.
I've got more questions about the Versa than about almost any phone I've reviewed recently. How does the QWERTY keyboard detach? What version of Flash is supported in the browser? What is this 3D interface, and how does it relate to LG's "S-Class" interface announced earlier this month? Fortunately, we're getting one in for review, so we'll be able to answer those questions. If this phone is as good as the Dare, LG and Verizon may have another hit on their hands.
The LG Versa is going on sale on March 1. We'll have a review very soon.
