Hands-on pics of the new Chocolate

Lookee what we got here... the latest edition of LG's hit, the Chocolate.  The new model is definitely more milk chocolate than its semi-sweet predecessor, ditching the touch sensitive send and end buttons on the exterior and moving them underneath the slide.  Also moving from good to better, the update adds a physical scroll wheel surrounded by LEDs instead of the touch sensitive arrow keys, which looks great and seems to work pretty nicely.  Not all touch sensitive buttons are gone though, with a clear and speaker phone button replacing send and end, and the phone retains two touch sensitive soft keys on the exterior.  The phone adds in some "faux tactility," vibrating whenever touch sensitive buttons are pressed. We'll have our full review up later, but while you're waiting check out our mini-gallery of pics after the break (click "Read More.)

The new Chocolate hit Verizon today with three different colors, and you can get it for $249 under a two-year contract.
Oh, and props to our new staff writer Mark Brezinski for his hand modeling chops.  Maybe someday he'll even write a word or two.