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LG's New Keyboard Built to Feel Like Human Skin

by Thomas Houston on March 26, 2008 at 02:14 PM



LG's new LG-SH240 slider, recently released in Korea, is a pretty standard mobile phone with a 2-megapixel camera, HSDPA 3G connectivity (for fast downloads and Web surfing) and Bluetooth (for wireles headsets and speakers).

The phone's main attraction? It comes with a keyboard designed to feel like human skin. Yes, the next advancement in touch-based technology appears to be mimicking the feel of skin.

If you're looking to get your hands on this creepy phone, you're out of luck if you live Stateside as it's currently retailing for around $400 and is only available in Korea. We'll let you know if and when the word yet on whether the LG-SH240 will be released in the U.S..

From Engadget

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