LG has unveiled the GW990 smartphone at CES, the first to use Intel's Moorestown platform, alongside Intel's Moblin Linux OS.
The phone itself is gigantic, but includes a 4.8-inch screen that features a 1024x480 resolution. The device gets about 4 hours of talk time and 300 of standby for its 1850 mAh battery, and includes a now-standard 5MP camera.
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I know the size of these new phones could be considered obsurred, and that joke about the nightstick was funny by the way. But if you have limited vision such as I, you'll certainly appreciate it the screens large deminsions. I'm sure it's still pocketable and that's all that really matters to me. The bigger it is, the easier it'll be to read and to be able to acutally use the onscreen keyboard efficiently. last but not least, it's large size makes it that much more of an attention grabber. It's a win win.
