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January 8th, 2010, 02:40
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You'll know this device as the 4.8-inch revolutionary (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/lg-gw990-busted-running-moorestown-with-heaps-of-want/) intent on making us all fall madly in love with MIDs all over again (or should that be for the first time?). Good thing then that we now know it as the device that bears a thousand Engadget fingerprints. The Moorestown (http://www.engadget.com/tag/moorestown)-powered GW990 from LG has finally become official (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/live-from-paul-otellinis-intel-ces-keynote/) and we have to say it is exactly the huge slab you might imagine it to be. Chunky, sturdy and curved in all the right places, it's an appealing device even if it suffers from a bit of an identity crisis. Powered by Moblin and primarily marketed as a 3G device, we were told by LG that -- behind the 1,850mAh battery and MicroSD expansion slot -- your SIM can make a home, and some such AT&T appendages have already been spotted inside this... smartphone? The UI at present is just a standard S-class layered on top of Moblin, giving us no cause for excitement, but we were reassured that LG will be offering many other OS options when the device shows up in the second half of this year. Anyhow, enough blabbering from us, check the gallery below while we feverishly upload a video for your delectation as well.
Gallery: LG GW990 hands-on (http://www.engadget.com/photos/lg-gw990-hands-on/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/lgz34dsc_00415_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/lg-gw990-hands-on/2595648/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/lgz12dsc_00145_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/lg-gw990-hands-on/2595625/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/lgz32dsc_00395_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/lg-gw990-hands-on/2595646/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/lgz31dsc_00385_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/lg-gw990-hands-on/2595645/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/lgz28dsc_00355_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/lg-gw990-hands-on/2595641/)
LG GW990 hands-on (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/lg-gw990-hands-on/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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You'll know this device as the 4.8-inch revolutionary (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/lg-gw990-busted-running-moorestown-with-heaps-of-want/) intent on making us all fall madly in love with MIDs all over again (or should that be for the first time?). Good thing then that we now know it as the device that bears a thousand Engadget fingerprints. The Moorestown (http://www.engadget.com/tag/moorestown)-powered GW990 from LG has finally become official (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/live-from-paul-otellinis-intel-ces-keynote/) and we have to say it is exactly the huge slab you might imagine it to be. Chunky, sturdy and curved in all the right places, it's an appealing device even if it suffers from a bit of an identity crisis. Powered by Moblin and primarily marketed as a 3G device, we were told by LG that -- behind the 1,850mAh battery and MicroSD expansion slot -- your SIM can make a home, and some such AT&T appendages have already been spotted inside this... smartphone? The UI at present is just a standard S-class layered on top of Moblin, giving us no cause for excitement, but we were reassured that LG will be offering many other OS options when the device shows up in the second half of this year. Anyhow, enough blabbering from us, check the gallery below while we feverishly upload a video for your delectation as well.
Gallery: LG GW990 hands-on (http://www.engadget.com/photos/lg-gw990-hands-on/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/lgz34dsc_00415_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/lg-gw990-hands-on/2595648/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/lgz12dsc_00145_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/lg-gw990-hands-on/2595625/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/lgz32dsc_00395_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/lg-gw990-hands-on/2595646/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/lgz31dsc_00385_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/lg-gw990-hands-on/2595645/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/lgz28dsc_00355_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/lg-gw990-hands-on/2595641/)
LG GW990 hands-on (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/lg-gw990-hands-on/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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