LG GW600 with WinMo, 20-key layout for AT&T gets FCC approval

So that 20-key LG GW600 "HQ" we spied in an AT&T slide deck not long ago is now looking very real indeed, now that the FCC has seen fit to rubber-stamp it and send it on its way. 20-key layouts have always been an acquired taste, granted -- but with WiFi, 3G, and GPS, this looks to be just about the most attractive WinMo Standard handset in the game whenever AT&T gets around to launching it. Is it really running Standard, though? Our leaked slide said as much, but the manual makes repeated mention of handwriting support on the display. Either way, it's possible we're looking at a draft manual here with swaths of text stolen from another model (it happens pretty frequently), so it's hard to nail down an exact feature set without this one finding its way onto eBay or AT&T shelves, whichever comes first.

[Via Phone Scoop]

[000000 Posted Jul 16th 2009 8:54AM]

"most attractive WinMo Standard handset in the game"...

Wha? You serious? What about the Samsung Jack? Anyway. Did we ask for this crap. I mean are the consumers crying for non touch screen run of the mill crap?

ATT, just get the Touch Pro 2 out already.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 16th 2009 10:20AM]

I am thinking he same thing for Sprint. TP2 and you can have the rest IMO.

[niftydl Posted Jul 16th 2009 11:56AM]

The new Tilt/TouchPro upgrades traditionally show up in early/late fall. I wouldn't hold my breath until maybe September at the earliest.

I don't think this thing is the "most attractive" either, but its not bad for LG. I think this is targeting all those T-Mobile Shadow fans and such.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 16th 2009 4:21PM]

What, the sexy and extremely thin Nokia E55 wasn't good enough for them? Oh well. I don't want to see another Eseries ruined by them anyway. I have to wonder if they would've put their version of FP2 on it though if they did happen to offer it...