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Verizon has just given the Samsung u740 a new alias: the Alias. It’s the same clamshell phone with QWERTY keyboard sans the black and gold finish. However, the keyboard has been updated leaving its other features such as dual color displays, music player, memory card slot, Bluetooth connectivity, camera, voice dialing, and the EVDO hi-speed data as is. 

Verizon is hoping that the new name will attract more consumers. But didn’t they announce this already, and how come the $129.99 Alias is still yet to be officially available until the middle of April?

Via [CrunchGear]

In keeping with the actual name pattern, as opposed to those strange letter number combo’s, Verizon has taken the Samsung U740 and renamed it the Alias. The odd twist here is the U740 is not a new released and was originally added to their lineup back in February 2007, perhaps Verizon is hoping this new name will help with branding and attract more of a following.

If nothing else the name change from Verizon just makes it seem like it belongs in the current lineup a little more as it keeps the same pattern of other handsets such as the Venus and Voyager.

Via [Mobile Mag]