LG’s new dual-screen Android phone for T-Mobile spotted Review

LG’s new dual-screen Android phone for T-Mobile spotted Review:

When the dual-screen Kyocera Echo first appeared, my initial reaction was, “Nice gimmicky idea, but let’s hope this double-screen thing doesn’t get trendy.” Honestly, I see no need for two screens on a phone, especially when one screen tends to do a great job draining battery life all on its own.

But apparently LG and T-Mobile don’t feel the same way, as a dual-screen QWERTY slider has made an appearance in the wild. At an event held by Orange in the UK, PocketLint discovered this mysterious LG-branded Android phone, although details are pretty limited. What we know so far, is that the second screen, tucked nicely between the split QWERTY keyboard, hosts a variety of app shortcuts, with two spaces left empty for user customization. Past that, we’re not quite sure what that second screen is capable of, but hopefully it can do more than launch apps.

It looks pretty heavy in terms of the hardware, and the screen size and resolution appear moderate. We’re also somewhat baffled by that Android 1.6 wallpaper. Perhaps this handset is actually an older model that never made it to market, rather than a newbie preparing for launch. We don’t know the much about the rear-camera, other than the fact that its LED supported.

Kineto Wireless was the company responsible for laying this bad boy out on the table, and a rep mentioned to PocketLint that the phone could be called the Flip II. Leaked T-Mobile documents indicate a few new phones headed to market, including the Flip II and the LG Maxx Q, which could also end up being the name of this mystery phone.

For the last few years mobile innovation of the conventional form factor and layout of a phone has not changed very much, but today a new LG device (possibly the Optimus Android slider we’ve been hearing about) will change that up a bit. LG fitted a color display between a split QWERTY keyboard, which hosts quick launch shortcuts to Android applications. The top screen looks like the usual 3.8-inch WVGA display we see on a lot of QWERTY devices that run Android, but again, details on this phone are very limited at this point.

This phone was seen playing hide and seek amongst other mobile devices at a UK event held by Orange. The T-Mobile logo in the front makes me question why this wasn’t at a T-Mobile event; obviously this one is a party crasher.

Now the bearer of this device is a company called Kineto Wireless and they came with more than just this bad boy. They had other unannounced devices and apparently they are all destined for the US market. They called this phone the Flip II, which is weird because I’ve never heard of a Flip I and this doesn’t even flip. We aren’t here to question LG’s name choice, but this looks like a solid device for multi-taskers that need a quicker way to switch between their applications.

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