New Korean Phone Uses LCD Keypad

Clamshells, flip phones, sliding phones, touch screens; you name it, they've thought about it. Mobile phone designs have come a long way and they show no sign of stopping. Upping the ante on diverse designs is Pantech, announcing that their next phone will use an LCD panel as its keypad.

South Korea's Pantech Group has announced the launch of the IM-R200 handset, it's latest dual-LCD sliding phone equipped with an OLED touch-sensitive screen. Separated from its main LCD display, the new phone does away with the standard keypad in favor of a brand-new LCD-typed keypad. When sliding up, the virtual keypad shows up on the LCD that is touch-sensitive, allowing users to dial numbers and view contacts with a stroke of a finger.

Chang Jin Park, Head of the Domestic Marketing Division, Pantech Group, said, "We are excited to launch an innovative touch screen slider, which is different from other touch screen phones on the market. By incorporating the touch screen keypad into a sliding form factor, the IM-R200 will help customers to embrace the touch screen as one of the major input technologies, while providing novel fun of using the touch-sensitive keypad."

Source: Cellular News

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