NEW YORK - In time for the holidays, Verizon Wireless is launching a cell phone that looks a lot like the hottest phone this year: Apple Inc.’s iPhone.
Like the iPhone, the LG Voyager features a large touch screen, a camera and extensive multimedia, Web browsing and e-mail capabilities.
It one-ups the iPhone, however, by folding open lengthwise to reveal a QWERTY keyboard and a second, nontouch sensitive screen. The lack of a hardware keyboard has been one of the main complaints about the iPhone.
The Voyager will connect to Verizon Wireless’ latest data network, providing speeds much higher than the AT&T network the iPhone uses. The Voyager also has direct access to Verizon Wireless’ online music store.
The Voyager will not come with a large built-in memory for songs and video, however, offering instead a slot for memory cards up to 8 gigabytes. Nor are its screens as large as the iPhone’s.
It’s an open question whether the Voyager can encroach on the iPhone’s cachet or match its ease of use. Apple has sold more than 1 million units since the phone-cum-iPod hit the market June 29.
In announcing its holiday lineup, Verizon Wireless did not say how much the Voyager or three other new phones will cost. It also didn’t give a specific launch date, saying only that they will be in stores before Thanksgiving.
Meanwhile, Microsoft Corp. took the wraps off its secondgeneration Zune digital music players Tuesday, showing three models that bring the software maker’s offerings more in line with Apple’s market-leading iPod.
One model — available in black — has an 80-gigabyte hard drive and a 3.2-inch screen. It’s slimmer than last year’s Zune, which had a 30-GB hard drive and a smaller screen. Microsoft also will sell a smaller, flash memory-based Zune, similar in shape and size to the iPod Nano, in pink, green, black and red with either 4 GB or 8 GB of storage.
Like the original Zune, the new models include an FM radio tuner and the ability to wirelessly share songs with other Zune owners.
The latest generation sports a new navigation button Microsoft calls the Zune Pad, and uses Wi-Fi to sync music, movies and photos wirelessly and automatically with users’ PCs.
The new Zunes are set to go on sale in mid-November. The 4-GB Zune will cost $149, the 8-GB will sell for $199 and the 80-GB model will cost $249. The prices match those of Apple’s iPod lineup.
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Like the iPhone, the LG Voyager features a large touch screen, a camera and extensive multimedia, Web browsing and e-mail capabilities.
It one-ups the iPhone, however, by folding open lengthwise to reveal a QWERTY keyboard and a second, nontouch sensitive screen. The lack of a hardware keyboard has been one of the main complaints about the iPhone.
The Voyager will connect to Verizon Wireless’ latest data network, providing speeds much higher than the AT&T network the iPhone uses. The Voyager also has direct access to Verizon Wireless’ online music store.
The Voyager will not come with a large built-in memory for songs and video, however, offering instead a slot for memory cards up to 8 gigabytes. Nor are its screens as large as the iPhone’s.
It’s an open question whether the Voyager can encroach on the iPhone’s cachet or match its ease of use. Apple has sold more than 1 million units since the phone-cum-iPod hit the market June 29.
In announcing its holiday lineup, Verizon Wireless did not say how much the Voyager or three other new phones will cost. It also didn’t give a specific launch date, saying only that they will be in stores before Thanksgiving.
Meanwhile, Microsoft Corp. took the wraps off its secondgeneration Zune digital music players Tuesday, showing three models that bring the software maker’s offerings more in line with Apple’s market-leading iPod.
One model — available in black — has an 80-gigabyte hard drive and a 3.2-inch screen. It’s slimmer than last year’s Zune, which had a 30-GB hard drive and a smaller screen. Microsoft also will sell a smaller, flash memory-based Zune, similar in shape and size to the iPod Nano, in pink, green, black and red with either 4 GB or 8 GB of storage.
Like the original Zune, the new models include an FM radio tuner and the ability to wirelessly share songs with other Zune owners.
The latest generation sports a new navigation button Microsoft calls the Zune Pad, and uses Wi-Fi to sync music, movies and photos wirelessly and automatically with users’ PCs.
The new Zunes are set to go on sale in mid-November. The 4-GB Zune will cost $149, the 8-GB will sell for $199 and the 80-GB model will cost $249. The prices match those of Apple’s iPod lineup.
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