Verizon and LG has teamed up to release the LG Versa smartphone on 1st March which attempts to unseat the Apple iPhone 3G from its throne as king of choice of touch screen phone. It also comes with a full Qwerty keyboard if texting is needed.

Verizon claimed that customers can personalize their LG Versa phones based on their messaging needs - either attach the QWERTY keypad to their phones or leave the keypad at home. The home screen, the company said “is transformed into a sizzling, animated 3-D interface and customers can quickly customize three different home screens with their favorite shortcuts.”. It also features a built in accelerometer that rotates the screen automatically from portrait to landscape mode. The HTML Web browser includes Flash and RSS support and customers can keep up to three windows open.

In addition, the LG Versa comes packed with Verizon Wireless V Cast Music with Rhapsody and V CAST Video services. V CAST Music with Rhapsody allows customers to purchase more than 5 million full songs over-the-air, download the master copy of their songs to their PCs free of digital rights management (DRM) software and sync their favorite tracks, albums and playlists
The LG Versa also support productivity tools such as Visual Voice Mail to keep people more productive and prioritize their messages.

Features of the phone includes 3 inch touchscreen (OLED with 480 x 240 resolution), 2 megapixel camera with two times zoom, camcorder, autofocus, flash and image editor, a microSD memory port with up to 16 GB support, Bluetooth 2.1. It measures 4.16 x 2.07 x 0.54 inches and the device offers up to 290 minutes of usage time with up to 430 hours of standby time.

The LG Versa will be available online as well as Verizon wireless stores and cost USD$199.99 after a $50 mail in rebate with a two year contract. Check out 2 more pictures of the LG Versa after the jump.

Source: Akihabara News