Physical Keyboard and the Android: LG GW620
Using a touch screen for the Android operating system is fun, but if you really want to make use of all the features, you cannot rely on the flimsy onscreen keyboard. You need both a touch screen and physical keyboard to fully make use of the Google mobile operating system. Android has a lot of web integrated applications, Google mobile applications focus a lot on messaging particularly with Google Talk and Google Mail. Not to mention that the Android has its own document processing application. LG knows this and they have the designed the LG GW620 to be fully ready for the Android with a 3 inch touch screen and a physical slide out keyboard.
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The big drawback with the LG GW620 is that in the end, it is just a basic mobile phone. A little too old-school for most updated hardware fans, the GW620 will not last long against the steep competition at the end of this year and next year when even more Android devices pop out. But for the rest of the world that would like to try just about any Android phone, then this makes for a good alternative for anyone who does not appreciate HTC’s phone designs (those tend to look alike).
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At this point, the better GW620 contracts will still pale in comparison to deals for HTC Android smart phones. Looks like LG has also realized that their first attempt at the Android operating system might not break into the market well. They have just announced recently that they are currently working on a second Android smart phone and this time, they are upping the ante by using a Qualcomm 1 GHz Snapdragon processor. Had the GW620 been released several months earlier, it may have fared a little better.
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