LG has now announced a new full QWERTY candy-bar form factor mobile phone which is based around social networking and is called the LG GW300 reports an article over on mobile burn.

The LG GW300 packs a 2.4 inch display, that full QWERTY keyboard, Bluetooth and a 3.5mm headphone jack, and there is a microSD expansion slot for up to 4GB cards.

The LG GW300 also features a native Facebook application and can also save favourite contacts to their home screen via the LG LiveSquare app. The LG GW300 will be offered by Orange and O2 in the United Kingdom although as yet there is no word on availability or pricing tag.