LG Electronics and Prada has released a official statement in Taiwan on their next iconic mobile phone. The LG Prada II will be upgraded to support HSDPA connection and with a QWERTY keyboard add on. Their first LG Prada phone was launched in early 2007.

The officiall statement did not include any press photo, but specs of the new LG Prada II is available according to ePrice. Other than keeping the full touch screen on the Prada II, the Prada II will be a slider phone design. The sliding keyboard is a QWERTY keyboard, those frequent IM users or Corporate business users will love this new add on.
Specifications of LG Prada II
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GSM 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 900/2100
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HSDPA with 7.2Mbps capabilities
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WLAN 802.11 b/g
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3-inch WQVGA TFT Touch Screen, 400 x 240 resolution
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5 megapixel camera
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0.3 megapixel secondary camera for video call
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Sliding QWERTY keyboard
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MP3/ WAV/ WMV Player
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FM Radio
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TV-OUT
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HTML Browser
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SMS / MMS / EMAIL (POP3, IMAP) / IM
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USB 2.0
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Bluetooth
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microSDHC card slot, support up to 8GB
More info will be followed up when available









Operating system – still some proprietary LG stuff or finally a well-equipped Linux smartphone?
~C