LG's silver Prada gets a new on-screen QWERTY

by Thomas Ricker, posted Jan 14th 2008 at 5:17AM

Mmmm, the LG Prada (AKA, LG-KE850) was just turned out in silver. 18 European countries including the UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy will see the new version of LG's touchscreen later this month. Besides the color change the phone now features a proper on-screen QWERTY, not just T9 -- thank you LG! Really, that's all we could hope for.

[Via Akihabara News]

Filed under: Handsets, LG

Tags: breaking news, BreakingNews, ke-850, lg, prada, silver

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Luke @ Jan 14th 2008 8:14AM

Please LG, let me get a firmware upgrade on my regular black Prada, I need that on-screen qwerty :)

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Danny @ Jan 17th 2008 4:06PM

I wonder if the software can be taken off the "sliver" into the "black"?

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MobiDude @ Jan 14th 2008 10:54AM

Thats exactly what I was thinking about. I hope LG is wise enough to release a firmware update for all the current Prada owners. I am sure they would love to have an on-screen QWERTY keyboard as well.

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Jojo @ Jan 14th 2008 8:15PM

Why did LG finally give in? Didn't they say before when questioned about the lack of an on screen QWERTY keyboard that users of the PRADA phone would not need one. Current users of the LG PRADA also said that an on screen keyboard would be too small and unuseable and said the iPhone on screen keyboard was just a gimmick. That was why I gave up on LG touchscreen phones, so I'm glad they finally came around. I remember one of the engineers or maybe just a marketing guy was saying that they debated the keyboard issue before finally removing it for simplicity's sake = /.

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luke @ Jan 15th 2008 7:16AM

It's not like this is their first on-screen qwerty, the viewty has had it since launch.

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Krish @ Jan 15th 2008 3:49PM

I agree with Luke, I wish we can the firmware for prada black phones. If some one get to know where to get it please poet it here.

I will do if i get to know any firmware upgrade procedure and link

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Parker @ Jan 16th 2008 1:19PM

Hi all,

I would like to reach out to you guys for some help.

I've been in the market for a touchscreen phone lately and I ran across the LG Prada. I'm thinking about getting it, whether it be the black or the new silver version. I wanted to ask you guys your experience with this phone and how it's worked out for you.

Also, one concern I have is its compatibility with service in the States - will I run into any issues? I am currently on Verizon, but because Verizon only runs on CDMA technology, I know that I'll have to switch providers. Perhaps T-mobile. Aside from that, is there anything else I should keep in mind?

And where did you buy yours? I'll be going to Germany next month and I have a friend going to China in a couple weeks - should I try to find it overseas (if it's even available) or would online prices be similar?

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer!
Parker

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