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Verizon Wireless has released the Samsung Alias 2, the first phone with a morphing E-ink keypad. It is available for purchase now at a price of $129.99 with a 2-year contract before rebate.

If you wanted to see the Samsung Alias 2's dynamic E-Ink keypad in action, look no further:

Samsung has announced a successor to its Alias U740 phone, released about two years ago. The new upcoming model called U750 Alias2 will feature a similar dual-hinge design, and a dynamic keypad that switches between numeric and QWERTY modes depending on its position (portrait/landscape).

Stay tuned for more details.

Here's yet another handset announced at CTIA 2008 by Verizon.

The new Samsung SCH-U740 aka Alias is basically a clamshell style cell phone, but can also be opened horizontally to reveal a QWERTY keyboard underneath the internal screen. It will be available in silver color scheme and will feature a 1.3Mpix camera, Bluetooth support, microSD card slot, and AIM, MSN, and Yahoo! instant messaging.

Following its new trend to replace model numbers with words, Verizon has renamed the Samsung U740 into "Alias".

No explanation was given for the name change.

Just to remind you, the SCH-U740 aka Alias is a thin clamshell phone with a 1.