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Filed under: Handsets, LG, Verizon Wireless, EV-DO, CDMA

It’s no world-beater or anything, but the dual-display LG VX5500 is finally on sale at Verizon Wireless. Just as a refresher, this one’s bringing Bluetooth, a VGA camera, speakerphone, VZ Navigator support, voice activated dialing and Mobile Web 2.0. If you’re cool with being just a few miles behind the curve, you can dig in at this time for $49.99 on a 2-year contract, $119.99 on a 1-year deal or $219.99 outright.

[Via phonescoop]

LG’s VX5500 clamshell goes on sale at Verizon Wireless originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Tags: Bluetooth, Cdma, Clamshell, Curve, Dual Display, Engadget Mobile, Fri, Mobile Web, Navigator Support, Nbsp, Support Voice, Verizon, Verizon Wireless, Vga Camera

Filed under: Handsets, LG, CDMA, US Cellular

We’ve learned that mega-regional US Cellular has its sights set on an LG slider apparently dubbed the UX585 “Rythm” for a mid-November launch, featuring a 1.3-megapixel camera, FM transmitter a la Nokia N78 and LG Muziq, and an honest-to-goodness mechanical wheel — a key feature for a phone touting a music slant. The theme doesn’t stop there, though: the Rythm is also said to benefit from tweaking by Mark Levinson’s loving ears, a QVGA display, and something being called a “Touch Music Hot Key,” a trick-looking circular touchscreen in the middle of the wheel. Yeah, these guys might be a little behind the Chocolate curve in this place, but at least they’re coming out swinging. Look for it to run $129.95 featuring a $50 rebate for customers signing up for a Dat. plan for at least three months.

[Thanks, USCCGuy]

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Tags: Chocolate, Curve, Cyclops Eye, Ears, Fm Transmitter, Honest To Goodness, Hot Key, Launch, Least Three Months, Lg Muziq, Lg Slider, Mark Levinson, Nbsp, Nokia N78, Qvga Display, Slant, Touch Music, Touchscreen, Tweaking, Us Cellular

Filed under: Nokia, Symbian

For Nokia, WiFi and VoIP have seemingly gone hand-in-hand for as long as 802.11 radios have been offered in S60 handsets. It makes sense, of course — the internet is a great way to yap at little or no expense compared to plain old cellular voice minutes when a traditional WiFi hotspot is available, and Nokia was really ahead of the curve with jumping on the bandwagon and making sure that the capability has been available out of the box. Unfortunately, it seems like constant carrier pressure may have finally gotten the better of Espoo, with GigaOM confirming that 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 doesn’t contain a SIP stack built-in the same way that FP1 historically has. That doesn’t mean VoIP products are totally locked out, but it does mean that apps that Rel. on the native stack are out of luck until they’ve implemented a new stack of their own. Products like the N78 and N96 are affected by the buffoonery, while the E71, which uses FP1, is not — a good thing, considering the corporate affinity for VoIP and the Eseries’ business leanings.

[Via jkOnTheRun, thanks BFish]

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Tags: Affinity, Apps, Buffoonery, Capability, Cellular Voice, Curve, E71, Espoo, Feature Pack, Fp1, Gigaom, Handsets, Jumping On The Bandwagon, N96, Nokia, Nokia Symbian, Radios, Sip Stack, Voip Products, Wifi Hotspot