Verizon Wireless Adds Touchscreen Phone and Some Others

Verizon Wireless unveiled a handful of new phones on Monday, including its own branded version of the HTC Touch, previously only available from Sprint. The other handsets include the Motorola Q9c, the LG enV(2) and the Samsung Alias.

According to Engadget Mobile, the Q9c is the business-user model of the consumer-oriented Q9m that came out last year. The enV(2) is the next-gen of the popular enV with two screens and a flip-up QWERTY keyboard.

iPhone fans who don’t want to switch to AT&T or Sprint can check out the XV6900, complete with HTC’s TouchFLO interface and Windows Mobile 6 Professional software.

The Alias is the follow-up to the Samsung SCH-u740 dual-hinge handset that can open either vertically or horizontally. In addition to a much better name, the Alias has a cool silver finish and an updated QWERTY keyboard that’s supposed to be easier to use.

All four will be out in April.

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