LG Etna Android phone sneaks onto the scene at IFA

Well, well, looks like LG's got more in its Android bag than just that GW880 for China Mobile. Vodafone was casually displaying the Android-based Etna at its IFA booth, and while we don't know too much about the QWERTY slider, we do have some basic specs -- you're looking at 3-inch touchscreen, a five megapixel camera, and what looks like a pretty stock Android install. No word on price or release date, but LG is supposedly launching three Android sets this year, so we're hoping we'll find out more real soon.

Update: LG tells us that the Etna will be available in Germany "before Christmas."

[Via MobileTechWorld; thanks Whois]

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 7th 2009 1:56PM]

So this is the First! I mean the first Android phone with a qwerty k-board of course..

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 7th 2009 8:40PM]

noo? wasnt the g1 the 1st one?

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 8th 2009 3:57PM]

Oh yea, thats true, but the G1 had never made it to my frigid scandinavian abode you see, it disappeared half way.
We only got the Magic , one Samsung that nobody bought, the Hero (which I bought and love) and we're about to get the tatto (which nobody will buy because it costs just a penny less than the far superior Hero) so you see, I never had the pleasure to see an Android phone with a physical qwerty nor an Android phone with voice dialing capability.
I think the G1 will become a cult object, sought by collectors for centuries to come.

[whatpoint77 Posted Sep 7th 2009 6:36PM]

drool