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LG VX9600 Versa is super modular, super caught on camera
mobilecrunch.com - 1/23/2009
LG VX9600 Versa is super modular, super caught on camera
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It’s a thought we’ve all had at one point or another: “Instead of having to decide between handsets with QWERTY and those without, why not just make the keyboard detachable ?” Unfortunately, the majority of us aren’t major handset manufacturers with the power ...
Verizon Wireless LG VX9600 Versa to hit Best Buy Mobile on February 22nd
boygeniusreport.com - 1/26/2009
Verizon Wireless LG VX9600 Versa to hit Best Buy Mobile on February 22nd
— boygeniusreport.com — It was just a scant few days ago that we saw the first live pictures of the... upcoming Verizon Wireless VX9600 Versa. Now we have a tentative release date for all you folks excited to see this modular LG Dare-Voyager hybrid hit the market. According ... (more) Verizon Wireless LG VX9600 Versa to hit Best Buy Mobile ...

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LG to showcase its new canU S1000 AM OLED phone
phonearea.net - 1/19/2009
LG to showcase its new canU S1000 AM OLED phone
— phonearea.net — It has been pretty long time since LG introduced another canU phone in its range. Last time... it was canU801Ex a year ago, when it came with 2.8″ screen and T-DMB support. Of course, for now, the canU S1000 also got the DMB support, but user may ... (more) LG to showcase its new canU S1000 AM OLED phone

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U.S. Cellular offers LG Wine
phonearena.com - 1/20/2009
U.S. Cellular offers LG Wine
— phonearena.com — LG Wine is a stylish clamshell that is made to be easy to use. It has a... large numeric keypad and dedicated hot keys for fast access… Photos: (more) U.S. Cellular offers LG Wine

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Gizmodo:  First Shots of LG VX9600 Versa Tease Detachable Keyboard [Unconfirmed]

Tech Digest:  LG has 'modular' VX9600 Versa in the works

Core77:  LG's modular cell phone

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First Shots of LG VX9600 Versa Tease Detachable Keyboard [Unconfirmed]
Gizmodo — ... smartphone with modular components. The LC VX9600 (sporting a Verizon logo here) tempts us with the prospect of a detachable QWERTY keyboard, which would allow you to slim down your phone's packaging when heavy emailing wasn't in your near future. Beyond QWERTY, we may see other modular components as well, including gamepads and speakers. It's like something we might see from Bug Labs, but fully functional without knowledge of JAVA coding. [Howard Forums via MobileCrunch] ...

LG has 'modular' VX9600 Versa in the works
Tech Digest — ... getting, before usability, software and design even come into it. That's why I'm quite excited by the VX9600 Versa, which promises to be 'modular', meaning you'll be able to plug in whatever features you want when you need them. In the image above, you can see a plug-in QWERTY keyboard and gamepads and stereo speakers are rumoured too. Sounds promising, but there's absolutely no ship date yet, so the chances of this appearing in the near future are slim. Howard Forums (via MobileCrunch) Related posts: The iDAPT modular charging unit saves you a wiry ...

LG's modular cell phone
Core77 — ... to software, and as a capitalist industrial designer I want us to arrive at more physical permutations of objects through competition. So it's nice to see LG's recent experiment with form factors: Their VX9600, above, toys with the idea of modularity with its detachable keyboard. I'm not sure I'd buy it--I'm not even sure I like it--but steps like these are what will lead us to more perfect objects. The iPhone's purty, but it oughtn't be the form factor end-all! via mobile crunch (more...)

LG’s ultra modular VX9600 Versa coming next month
CrunchGear — ... Well, consider me surprised. Even with pics of the hardware making their way out last week, my brain had haphazardly decided that the Versa was still a good number of moons away. ...

LG Bluetooth QWERTY keyboard outed by the FCC
CrunchGear — ... Looks like LG is really starting to get into this idea of optional QWERTY keyboards. First they crank out the mix-and-match Versa, then this little gem passes through the FCC. Called the “Bluetooth-enabled QWERTY Card”, it looks to be a Bluetooth keyboard intended for use with LG devices, with a built-in screen for displaying incoming texts and allowing you to respond without lugging out the handset. ...

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