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LG launches KP500: the touchscreen cellphone for cheapskates

September 30th, 2008

LG has launched their KP500 claiming that it’s price, which they won’t tell us, is the lowest for a touchscreen phone.

LG KP500 cellphone

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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Tags: cellphone, kp500, lg, Mobile, mobile-phone, phone, touchscreen,

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