LG's KT610 S60 smartphone with GPS: sounds good, looks like something

While Sony Ericsson has the tongues wagging over at the Mobile World Congress, LG has quietly loosed its LG-KT610 without any photos. We know it's a 2.4-inch QVGA flip with QWERTY based on Symbian v9.2 and S60 3rd edition feature pack 1. That's a damn good start before adding 3.6Mbps HSDPA and GPS navigation. As to the looks it's said to be "sleek" and "uniquely designed." Thanks LG, but that isn't quit enough information to form a mental picture now is it? We'll slap in some pics as soon as they roll in.

Update: Found itty bitty pic and more specs: 2.4-inch QVGA main, 1.45-inch 160 x 64 pixel external display; 2 megapixel camera; Bluetooth 2.0; and May 2008 availability.

[paul34 @ Feb 11th 2008 1:09AM]

whoa whoa -

did you say "sleek" and "uniquely designed" ?

MY GOD WHERE DO I GET I MUST HAVE ONE NOW

[Gr1zz @ Feb 11th 2008 6:41AM]

Since when is the "LG env" design unique, their recycling what works.

[Joe @ Feb 11th 2008 1:17AM]

I'm not going near another symbian OS

[Matt @ Feb 12th 2008 3:22PM]

Seriously? Why do you say that? s60 is great...

[MattWPBS @ Feb 11th 2008 3:55AM]

Aye, the one key criteria for me upgrading from my N95 is it's going to be a Symbian phone.

[Tom @ Feb 11th 2008 1:40AM]

apple ... sucks.

[pop @ Feb 11th 2008 6:39AM]

Where TF did that come from ... are you sexually frustrated?....

[silverblackvoid @ Feb 11th 2008 3:49AM]

atleast get a good LG logo, engadget. this one looks pixelated and crappy.

[DarkLightConnection @ Feb 11th 2008 5:32AM]

No it's your monitor, it doesn't look pixelated..... The crappy part, I'm not discussing that....

[BigD @ Feb 11th 2008 7:55AM]

So is it VGA or QVGA?

[DarkLightConnection @ Feb 11th 2008 12:56PM]

QVGA.... Yeah, I hate it too... VGA has been arround for ages, and QVGA is clearly not enough (I can see the pixels from 30cm apart), I don't know why they still using it

[Jasper @ Feb 11th 2008 8:07AM]

How about this for a mental picture: Looks almost exactly like an enV!

[Dolphin @ Mar 25th 2008 7:22PM]

I really like this... I can't enter text on phone keypads, & for years I've been wanting a phone with downloadable apps & QWERTY, but without a ton of additional features or a BlackBerry/E61 form factor (too wide for a pocket). Essentially, a combo of a 1999 Palm V and a phone. Ideal would have been a Symbian S60 version of the Nokia 6822, but the E70 was both a bit large and had insufficient memory/CPU.

The E90 has nice features, but I don't need that largish formfactor & large screen, WiFi or high-end camera, and certainly not the huge battery they require. Not to mention the price... Too much to lose/drop/have stolen.

If the execution will be good, I really like the KT610. Small external display is enough to look up a contact or calendar appointment, but saves juice, keyboard inside has a numeric row so no need for the annoying modifier keys just to enter a phone#. I actually think it looks good too.
Can't wait to try one out in the flesh.