LG Ally to say 'aloha' to Verizon in mid-May?
By Donald Melanson 
posted April 30th 2010 6:10PM
posted April 30th 2010 6:10PM
Well, LG's Moorestown-based, Moblin-running GW990 may sadly be no more, but it looks like the company will be bringing another fairly impressive-looking handset to US shores: the Android-based LG Ally. According to Android Central, it will be landing on Verizon around the middle of May and, if it looks a tad familiar, it's because it's apparently simply a US version of the phone we've known alternately as the LU2300 or Aloha (though it does seem to have undergone a few design tweaks). Details are otherwise light, but it'll presumably pack the same 1GHz Snapdragon processor as the LU2300, along with a 3.5-inch AMOLED touchscreen, a sliding QWERTY keyboard, a 5-megapixel camera, and Android 2.1.
[Thanks, Erik]
Update: Android Central has tracked down an Iron Man 2-themed commercial on YouTube clearly suggesting the Ally is coming soon (if you recall, LG had a big tie-in with the original Iron Man, too). Viewers are encouraged to head over to lg.com/ally to check it out, but there's nothing useful there -- yet. Follow the break for the full commercial.
[Thanks, Erik]
Update: Android Central has tracked down an Iron Man 2-themed commercial on YouTube clearly suggesting the Ally is coming soon (if you recall, LG had a big tie-in with the original Iron Man, too). Viewers are encouraged to head over to lg.com/ally to check it out, but there's nothing useful there -- yet. Follow the break for the full commercial.
i would make love to that.
@ComeShot
your talking about the phone, right?
@ComeShot ...go on...
@ComeShot If they weren't so self absorbed they could have left out the LG symbol and gone with a 4 inch screen
@ComeShot I'd rather wait for the Droid 2. You think this is orgasm, wait till you see that beast in action. It is the Droid of all Droids.
@glenskey
WTF?!? Learn from Droids' failure, put the damn D-PAD on the Left
... then we'll talk business :I
@Edobe Actually it was also called the LG LU2300. which looks like a rock solid slider phone from LG. Impressions. http://j.mp/lg-lu2300-opinions-reactions
@SomePerson Droid 2? Do you know any details about that? Release date, specs? Did I miss a post or something?
@Kangal
Offset kboards dont work, its too uncomfortable to use. The GW620's kboard is amazing and has no d-pad, they should have stuck with that.
@Edobe Wow my feelings exactly. The screen is where this thing fails in my book. I was really liking the idea of a physical keyboard mixed with a Snapdragon device but the screen sucks.
@Kangal: the Droid's d-pad on the right is a pretty weird move from Motorola since the first motoblur device has it on the left.
I don't know why they decided to put it on the right for the Droid
Great, another one for Verizon. (/TMOfrown)
@mpv Amen. T-Mobile was the Android trend-setter and now Verizon is swooping in and getting all of the coolest phones. :-(
@mpv
Yeah. Come on T-Mobile, you guys need to fix up a replacement for the G1.
Sooooo Droid but with Snapdragon?? Aw snap...
@ColinScatt
iknow i regret getting my droid now :(
@ColinScatt
And a seemingly better keyboard.
What a nice surprise from LG!
Isn't the stood alreay fast. Enough????
@theonlysmr By the time this comes out you'll be eligible for upgrade.
Will this be called the "droid ally" or is that naming convention out?
I kind of want to replace my Eris with this if the keyboard is nice and it gets rooted with senseui 2.1
First, that was actually a good commercial. Second, if this is a global phone, then it will replace my Droid :)
Why didn't LG learn from Moto's mistake with the Milestone/Droid and NOT put an essentially useless d-pad beside the keyboard.
SIGH....
@Schmitty338
It's only useless when its on the right side of the keyboard. I would love it if it were on the left.
@Schmitty338
I would rather them do what HTC does with its keyboards. Just make them normal buttons on the bottom right of the keyboard. Useful for editing text, don't take up much room, and don't make the keyboard annoyingly off-center.
@MaltedVomit
Why does everyone keep saying that? How is the left any better? I can see saying no d-pad, but with it on the left, you're still off centered with your hands. If anything, the left would be pointless because then the keypad would be off-centered with the screen.
@Shadow08
For gaming of course!
is it just me or does that keyboard look similar to the one used on the Voyager which is pretty crappy to say the least.
@spaz4322
Have you even used a Voyager? The enV/Voyager lineup has one of the best keyboards out there. I have never heard a complaint about it. It's comfortable and tactile.
@Shadow08
yes... I work at verizon, maybe its the area I work at but no one of my customers seems to have liked it. meh to each their own,
ehhh i dont get it, droid just out for 6months. Contracts is not over, how to you guys gonna replace this with droid.
@1mc
plenty of ways.
1) pay full retail for the phone
2)use an upgrade from another line on your account
3)open a secondary line on your account and get the phone.
4)sell your old phone and buy new phone.
@1mc
ic, thank you.
@1mc
It is targeted towards people who don't have Droids?
Looks like a good phone but I thought it was
saying goodbye to a phone I had never heard of. Aloha has both meanings if hello and goodbye.
McBeal?
DROID KILLER
Download cool rescue music
There IS an app for that
sprint is releasin a beefer one
@shockwave18
Maybe, but Verizon is kicking their butts in up to date phone offerings. It seems Sprint does an annual phone refresh (if that often). It takes them forever to get a new phone out the door, then they usually don't support it. There is a reason why Sprint is number 3 and fading fast. Phone offerings are that reason. By the time Sprint get's their 'super phone' out the door, Verizon will have half a dozen excellent Android phones on the shelf.
If Sprint has a clue (which they obviously don't) they would have had at least 4 excellent Android phones available right now. Pretty sad when their best offering, right now, is a Treo.
@teky are you sure about that? Hero might be old but better then what AT&T has, and they got the new Bold2? Ever heard if that? And don't forget a while back Verizon had the crapiest phones ever, kinda like AT&T now(don't say iPhone, that's only 1)
@teky
I agree with you Sprint needs more Android phones, but after perusing their offerings, I surely chose the Moment, as it has a qwerty. Treo?
@teky
Just imagine how bad their selection is going to be when they're one of the only carriers in the world using WiMAX.
In this case, I guess Aloha means hello, not goodbye?
@The Albatross
IT MEANS BOTH
I like.
Another Cool Phone that AT&T doesnt get because we suck, yes my Phone company Sucks and I am soo embarrassed to be with them. AT&T is like a girlfriend u have to walk down the street and want to stop dating because you look awkward in public.
I love LG.
A full QWERTY horizontal slider with Snapdragon and Android?
I think I just found my next phone. I love me some hardware keyboards.
@Prevacator
+1