Verizon Wireless is launching a cell phone that looks a lot like this year's hottest new product: the iPhone.
Verizon's LG Voyager phone features a touch screen, a camera and extensive multimedia, Web browsing and e-mail capabilities.
However, it one-ups the iPhone by folding open lengthwise to reveal a QWERTY keyboard and a second, nontouch-sensitive screen. The lack of a hardware keyboard has been a top complaint about the iPhone.
In an announcement set for today launching its holiday lineup, Verizon didn't say how much the Voyager or three other new phones would cost. It also didn't give a specific launch date, saying only they'd be in stores before Thanksgiving.
The Voyager will connect to Verizon's latest data network - providing speeds much faster than the AT&T network used by the iPhone. The Voyager also has direct access to Verizon's online music store.
However, the Voyager will not come with large built-in memory for songs and video, offering instead a slot for memory cards up to 8 gigabytes. Nor are its screens as large as the iPhone's.
Since hitting the market June 29, Apple has sold more than 1 million units
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