LG says the KS360 is not going to be its first Android phone
LG KS360 - no Android version coming
Many sites have been re-hashing a loosely worded story posted by T3.com that stated that LG’s KS360 QWERTY slider would be re-released with the Android OS this summer as LG’s first Android powered device.
This didn’t sit well with me for a number of reasons. Firstly, it simply makes no sense to release the same device a year later with only a new OS. Secondly, the KS360 has a QVGA resolution display. Kogan’s Agora smartphone got killed off supposedly for having the same resolution display, 320×240 pixel, because supposedly it wasn’t enough to ensure future app compatibility.
So I decided to ask the source that T3 was quoting, LG Mobile UK’s Jeremy Newing, the company’s head of Marketing.
As I suspected, Jeremy says that the T3 piece is inaccurate, and that he never said that the KS360 would be re-released as an Android based device. He did say, however, that the company is considering a similar form factor for social networking focused Android phones in the future.
That’s it. Just talking about the possibility of using the same form factor at some point in the future. Not even specifically for LG’s first Android product (of an expected 3 this year).
Score one for common sense.
Nice update. It is amazing how fast stuff gets rehashed and all the misinformation.
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YES, i was sitting on the PC thinking,should i wait for the android one or just get normal one now, and now cause of this im getting normal one on friday or summin, Thanks guys!!!
i was kinda like wtf
how can someone have wifi with no wifi or compas or…..the list keeps on going
but i wish they would make it just the same look cause im 16 and i think its great
Hi
Do you know if it is possible to download my contacts from Outlook express to my LG KS360?
Thanks!
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As GSMArena said, it is kinda hard to think of the KS360 in the hands of a grown-up, cause the color combinations of this phone are sweet and cute. I think it’s necessary to offer a decenter camera. P.S. when can we see a LG android phone?