LG Optimus Vu coming to wide-minded Americans by summer's end

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If you're enamored with the 4:3 ratio of the [Optimus Vu][3] but remain disappointed that there isn't an American model to call your own, LG is bringing some sunshine to your day. The Korean company has confirmed plans to port the LTE-equipped version of the extra-wide [phablet][4] to the US sometime during the third quarter of the year -- in other words, anytime between now and the end of September. Thanks to our friends at the FCC, we even know that it's [headed to Verizon][5] first, if not exclusively. Most of the other details are scant. The timing makes it likely that Android 4.0 will ship with Big Red's edition as a matter of course; LG's me-too [Q Voice][6] interface won't speak English until 2013, however. We mostly know that, between LG's American plans and Samsung's [next Galaxy Note][7], the Great PDA Revival of 2012 is still very much in full swing.

[Thanks, FT]

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