The name Chocolate Touch has been popping up from time to time via leaked roadmaps and other sources, but we couldn’t get you some pics of the device, until now that is. And we also have some information on the mysterious device, including the fact that among the two prototypes (one of which was modeled around the lovable BL40) presented to a “focus group,” the design you see above turned out to be the winner, which should dampen any hopes that you will see a BL40 or a BL40-esque handset anytime soon on Verizon. The Chocolate Touch will feature a WVGA TFT touchscreen display, a 3.2-megapixel camera, HTML browser, and a 3.5mm standard headphone jack. Now, there isn’t much going for the LG VX8575 compared to the other leaked handsets set for a debut on Verizon later this year, but let’s wait and see if it has any surprises hidden when they make it official.

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Above is a recently leaked Verizon document that gives us a hint at the release window for a few forthcoming handsets.

Said handsets are the BlackBerry Storm 2, Motorola Sholes and LG vx8575 “Chocolate Touch” which are all listed to be launching in October. Now, we’ve heard about the Storm 2 and Sholes for some time now but not the vx8575. Although, the “Chocolate Touch” moniker leads us to believe that this will be a Verizon variation of the LG’s highly anticipated BL40.

So folks, if you’re Verizon contract is up soon you may want to wait until October before you consider a new handset.

via blackberryos.com

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