LG Optimus Pro and Net now official, and just as yawn inducing as the leaks

Hey guys guess what ? no, you cant guess , oh well ill tell you, you remember the LG Optimus pro, the Blackberry-esque smartphone , well its real, and so is its sister phone the Optimus net, but lets go through the stuff that apparently makes a "pro" phone

well according to LG with the Optimus pro, Samsung with the Galaxy pro and Motorola with the DROID pro (you see the pattern here) you add a portrait keyboard, give it a bit of a lacklustre screen res and size and then add "Pro" to the name, now with the exception of the DROID Pro, most portrait QWERTY androids have pretty lacklustre processors, the Optimus Pro and the galaxy pro have 800MHz processors but there have been ones that run at sub 600MHz and that just makes my skin crawl. sorry for the rambling, full spec sheet for the ~~Drool~~ yawn worthy Optimus pro below :

2.5 inch QVGA (240x320) capacitive touch display
800MHz Qualcomm MSM7227 processor
android 2.3 gingerbread with LG's custom UX
256MB of RAM 150MB of onboard storage
119.5x59.7x12.9mm
MicroSD up to 32GB comes with a 2GB card installed
Bluetooth 3.0
3.1MP camera, no front facing camera
VGA video recording at 24FPS
and last but not least a 1500mAh Lithium-Ion battery ( the highest piece of tech in this phone)

so not very revolutionary or pro like in my opinion at all, and the Optimus net isn't much better at all really, its the same internals without the keyboard and a 3.2 inch screen

113.5 x 59 x 12.1 mm
122g
HVGA (320x480) capacitive TFT touchscreen
512MB RAM, 150MB onboard storage
MicroSD up to 32GB, 2GB card included
Wifi 802.11 B/G/N

Bluetooth 3.0
3.1MP camera no front facing camera
24FPS VGA Video capture
Android 2.3 gingerbread with LG's custom UX
800 MHz processor, Qualcomm MSM7227
and again a 1500mAh Lithium-Ion battery

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