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So RIM said they couldn’t put together a BlackBerry Flip with a full QWERTY keyboard.  LG said, “We can.” 

Take a look at the LG Lotus that will be available on the Sprint network.  It’s a flip phone with a full QWERTY keyboard and an odd square form factor. 

What else does it do outside of being a texting machine?  The Lotus comes with GPS navigation, music player (which works with the Sprint Music Store), Bluetooth, and a 2.0MP camera that also does video.  LG claims over 5 hours of talk time and the phone weighs in at 3.7 ounces.

You can pick one up in black or purple at $149.99 if you grab it alongside a

two year contract. 

Flashy product page: [LG Lotus]

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After a long wait the iPhone has gone corporate. The offer is fairly simple and does not offer much over getting the iPhone as an individual, except that your local IT department can now just call their usual AT&T business representative. The pricing and the plans will remain the same as an individual purchase and still require a 2-year agreement.

The details are as follows:

• $45 per month for unlimited data, visual voicemail and 200 SMS messages, $55 for 1,500 SMS messages, $65 for unlimited SMS messages.
• For an extra $25 per month you can add a 20MB monthly data plan that is good for 29 countries, $60 per month increases that limit to 50MB.
• Activate by March 31, 2008 and qualified accounts will receive a service credit of $25 per month that is good through December 31, 2008.

While this could be good news for those looking to convince their IT department to get them a company issued iPhone, I am still not convinced the iPhone will be a BlackBerry replacement in the business market.

Via [9to5Mac]

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