LG DoublePlay for T-Mobile specs, price, and release date – The Verge The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts. 2011-12-09T14:00:38+00:00 https://www.theverge.com/rss/stream/2279981 https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/verge-rss-large_80b47e.png?w=150&h=150&crop=1 Sean Hollister <![CDATA[LG DoublePlay review]]> https://www.theverge.com/2011/12/9/2621795/lg-doubleplay-review 2011-12-09T09:00:38-05:00 2011-12-09T09:00:38-05:00
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The first time I laid eyes on the LG DoublePlay, I thought I was in love. I'm a former T-Mobile Sidekick / Danger Hiptop fan, you see, and both physical keyboards and rapid multitasking are near and dear to my heart. So when LG spit out a Android smartphone with not only a split keyboard, but also a 2-inch secondary display to swap between apps on the fly, I figured it was the phone for me despite its fairly low $99.99 pricetag on contract.

Besides, the pedigree checked out: T-Mobile's Sidekick 4G impressed us earlier this year for the same price, and the LG Optimus One set a respectable bar for low-end smartphones back in 2010. What could …

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Aficionados of strange form factors need not wait much longer for their next curiosity - LG's DoublePlay is coming soon. According to a leaked screenshot from a TmoNews tipster, the oddball dual-screened phone is set for an October 26th release for those looking to buy online and over the phone. If you're not as hungry for the T-Mobile messaging device you can pick one up in stores on November 2nd. The mid-range DoublePlay runs Android 2.3 and differentiates itself with a landscape slide-out keyboard that is split up by a 2-inch capacitive touchscreen.

Update: T-Mobile has confirmed that the DoublePlay is indeed shipping on October 26th.

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]]> David Pierce <![CDATA[LG DoublePlay for T-Mobile has two screens, is built for texting]]> https://www.theverge.com/2011/10/17/2495448/lg-doubleplay-for-t-mobile-has-two-screens-is-built-for-texting 2011-10-17T10:04:14-04:00 2011-10-17T10:04:14-04:00
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LG's after the messaging market in a big way with the new DoublePlay on T-Mobile - it's got a 3.5-inch main display plus a 2-inch display in the middle of a split QWERTY keyboard on the slider. The phone, which leaked on T-Mobile's fall roadmap as the LG Flip II, is billed as a multitasking machine, able to have different applications running on the two screens so you can check your Facebook and texts simultaneously. Swype comes pre-installed, and LG Cloud Text and Group Text apps let you text from a computer or to multiple people. It all runs on Android 2.3 and a 1GHz single-core Snapdragon processor, which gives us some pause about how wel …

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