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Verizon Wireless on Wednesday have actually presented four hot new mobile phones for the 2007 holiday, in ther sincere hopes that a person of the 4 is preferable enough to move the attention far from Apple's iPhone.
The Verizon Voyager, made by LG sports a big external touch screen and opens to reveal a keypad.
Bring in one of the most attention about the Voyager, is that it looks like the iPhone in several distinct methods. The Voyager is equipped a external touch screen that slides open up to reveal a complete QWERTY keypad. This provides users a choice on how they access the phone's features, according to Verizon Wireless.
The keyboard is one advantage the Voyager has more than the iPhone's touch-screen-only style. In addition, Verizon Wireless' has a quick 3G data network that the Voyager will use to access the Internet. The iPhone doesn't use 3G innovation. Instead, it utilizes AT&T Edge information network, slower alternative.
The Shortcut Menu icons that display on the Voyager's touch screen and the other set of icons at the bottom of the screen bear an amazing likeness to the iPhone.
The Voyager likewise comes with a selection of multimedia capabilities that consist of an HTML Web internet browser; Verizon Wireless' V Cast mobile TELEVISION, video, and the DESIRE music service; MP3 playback capability, as well as WMA, and AAC files.
For more media and file storage, the Voyager has a detachable MicroSD memory slot that can hold up to 8 Gbytes of memory.
“The Apple iPhone shook things up. If you look carefully at the iPhone, it's just a normal phone in an extraordinary bundle,” specified Jeff Kagan, a wireless and telecom industry expert.
“That's what this Verizon Wireless phone is doing. It is competing with the iPhone in this sector of the mobile phone market. It is Verizon's response to AT&T's and Apple's iPhone. I completely expect Sprint, T-Mobile, and a range of other carriers– large and small– to come out with their variation.”
Verizon Wireless' season lineup also consists of the Venus by LG, the Juke by Samsung, and the BlackBerry Pearl 8130 by Research In Movement.
Verizon Wireless has not yet let the buying public understand when the Voyager will be offered for, however industry analysts are expecting the Voyager to be in stores before Thanksgiving.