LG & Verizon Wireless Get Official With The Android Based Ally Smartphone

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It looks as if the leaked Verizon Wireless Launch Package that we saw yesterday was entirely accurate, because as of just a few minutes ago Verizon Wireless and LG offered up a press release detailing the LG Ally. In short, the LG Ally will be available for pre-order on May 13th and available for purchase on May 20th.

In terms of pricing, expect to pay $99.99. Except that comes with a slight catch. Of course, you have most likely guessed that means a two year commitment with Verizon, but more importantly is that the $99.99 price tag comes after a mail in rebate. Yup, the LG Ally comes attached to a $100 mail in rebate, which means you will be paying $199.99 in the store and then filling out a rebate form.

But moving past the annoying mail in rebate and onto the specs. And I must admit, the LG Ally does have a certain appeal. If nothing else, this should serve well for those looking for an Android handset with a hardware QWERTY keyboard. More specifically, it has a 4-row slide-out keyboard with a 4 way navigation pad off to the right hand side.

Otherwise, we have seen the features before, but as always we can offer a little recap which should keep you from having to dig through older posts.

• Android OS 2.1
• A silver and black “ergonomic” design
• 3.2 inch (800 x 480) tempered glass touchscreen display
• microSD card slot with support for cards up to 16GB in size
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
• Bluetooth 2.1 with support for headset, hands-free, object push as well as audio/visual remote control, file transfer, phonebook access and more
• 3.5mm headphone jack
• Proximity sensor
• S-GPS with Google Maps Navigation
• 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus, 4x zoom, flash and video recording

Other features include a 600MHz MSM7627 processor, 512MB ROM, 256MB RAM and a 4GB microSD card pre-installed.

And that just about sums up the LG Ally, talk about a phone that had lots of leaks, but rest assured this is all official and you can place your pre order as of tomorrow.