Verizon
Wireless officially announced the first Android smartphone from LG. The LG Ally has a silver-and-black outer case with 3.2" touchscreen (with tactile vibration) and slide-out QWERTY keyboard, Wi-Fi, S-GPS, 3.2 megapixel camera and Bluetooth 2.1. It joins other Android smartphones at Verizon the Droid Incredible, Droid by Motorola, Droid Eris and Motorola Devour.
The LG Ally operating system is the latest version Android 2.1 OS. They've added LG
Widgets including calendar widget, Weather+time, Socialite widget for
the home screen. The Android LG Ally memory is 512MB ROM and 256MB RAM for its 600 MHz ARM11
processor. There are two sensors one for back-lighting auto-adjustment and a sensor for when the LG Ally is near a face/ear.
The LG Ally has a built-in MP3 and WMA music player with music
library, repeat and
shuffle features, as well as stereo sound via headset or Bluetooth
The
3.2 megapixel autofocus camera and camcorder has zoom, Macro Mode,
Panorama
Scene modes. The image editor can zoom, rotate, resize,
crop, added frames and
stamps.
Other neat features of the LG Ally are that users can get
backup assistant. There are
Iron Man 2 LG Ally promotions
including an augmented
reality app, Iron
Man 2
content and comic book, contests and
community. The micro-site reminds users, "Failure is not an
option."
The LG Ally available for pre-order Thursday, May 13, going
on
sale through Verizon outlets on May 20. The LG Ally will be available for pre-order online at online beginning May 13. It will be in Verizon stores on May 20. Pricing will be $99.99 after a $100
mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement. Customers will
receive the rebate in the form of a debit card; upon receipt, customers
may use the card as cash anywhere debit cards are accepted.
A price has not been revealed yet for the LG Ally or if it
qualifies for the Verizon Buy-One-Get-One 3G smartphone free deal. We do
know that on the first day of sale of the
well-reviewed often sold-out Droid Incredible was elligible
for buy one-get-one free. Don't forget to use the
Instant Phone Rebate Only Available with Online Purchase
coupon-link to
avoid waiting for a rebate.