LG launches KP500: the touchscreen cellphone for cheapskates
LG has launched their KP500 claiming that it’s price, which they won’t tell us, is the lowest for a touchscreen phone.
LG says:
“despite its low price tag, this attractive phone has the latest touch technology and features normally found in high-end handsets.”
The company goes on to describe the quad-band KP500 as “slim and lightweight, with a chic black casing and sleek titanium rim”.
It’s also packs:
- GSM
- Quad-band communications
- Hand-writing recognition
The bad news is that the touchscreen use by the KP500 requires a stylus, a technique long abandoned by more up-market touchscreen phones in favour of finger-touch inputs.
In keeping with modern trends, the KP500 does at least include an accelerometer allowing the playing of motion-sensitive games. A QWERTY keyboard is also available on-screen when the phone is turned horizontal. When turned all documents, images and the UI are rotated to suit the new view.
The LG-KP500 will be available at the end of October 2008.Maybe we’ll know what ‘affordable’ means by then!
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