Verizon Announces the LG Vortex and the Cosmos Touch, Launching On November 18th

Verizon has just announced two handsets that they'll be launching and the first one is the LG Vortex (left in the picture above). This one's a bit surprising. The Vortex will actually launch for $79.99 on a 2-year contract after a $100 rebate, which is way more than the free price we were expecting. Anyways, the Vortex features a 3.2-inch touchscreen display, a 3.2MP AF camera, a microSD card slot, Bing as the default search engine, WiFi / Bluetooth 2.1, the Swype keyboard, and Android 2.2.

The other handset (on the right in the picture above) is the LG Cosmos Touch. This one features a 2.8-inch touchscreen display, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, Bluetooth 2.1 support, a microSD card slot, and a 1.3MP camera. This will be available for $49.99 on a 2-year contract after a $50 mail-in rebate if you're interested.

Both of these handsets will be available starting on November 18th which is three days away.

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Leaked Verizon Rebate Form Says the DROID 2 Pro / Global, Palm Pre 2, Samsung Continuum, and Others Are Coming Soon

Thanks to a leaked Verizon rebate form we know that a few new handsets are headed to the biggest US carrier. This includes the DROID 2 Pro and two models of the DROID 2 Global, which means there will be one without a camera for business purposes. The Palm Pre 2 also makes an appearance and comes with a $100 rebate. The Motorola (WX445) Citrus, Samsung Zeal, and the LG Cosmos Touch are on here as well. The latter two are unheard of before this rebate form so look out for those to be leaked / unveiled soon.

Yes, the Samsung (i400) Continuum is also on the form and this one should be unveiled at the company's November 8th event - along with the Nexus device. Last, but not least, there's a new Bold 9650 on the way so maybe this will have OS 6.0 pre-installed or something like that.Look out for them all sometime in November, which seems like it'll be a big month for the carrier.

[Engadget]