Verizon Wireless has just announced their lg dare, a touch screen business phone not unlike Apple's much-anticipated G3 iPhone.

Featuring 3G VCAST capabilities, the Dare will support VCAST Music to download from over 2 million songs and VCAST Video to stream clips, sports highlights, news, weather and entertainment.

Other features include a full touch screen interface with single-finger navigation, an integrated a 3.2-megapixel still and video camera, audible turn-by-turn directions via VZ Navigator with built-in GPS capabilities that will be capable of pinpointing nearly fourteen million points of interest in the U.S., including landmarks, restaurants and even ATM machines.

The LG Dare should be available for purchase by this Fall although a finalized MSRP has yet to be established.