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LG eXpo Review

lg-phones — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:23:07 +0000

I have had the LG eXpo for a week, I absolutely love this phone. My first impression of the LG eXpo was that it was so great, very nice and professional looking. LG-eXpo info

The LG eXpo runs windows mobile 6.5 so it has Word, PPT, Excel, OneNote, outlook and windows media player. Also included with the phone is a fingerprint scanner, it is so cool. You can set up your biometrics and use it to unlock the phone, but don’t be surprised if it takes more than a few swipes to recognize your fingerprint, you have to swipe slowly. Also, it traps dust. Touchscreen is not as good as the iPhone’s (my wife has an iPhone 3GS). The QWERTY keyboard is very nice, the keys are easy to press. The is a 5.0 MP camera great that can do just about everything. LG Cell Phone Reviews

Windows Mobile Phone is easy to use, however WM 6.5 isn’t the best OS in some aspects, the LG eXpo Windows phone does freeze sometimes, hope next version will fix it. The battery isn’t great. I have to charge my eXpo everyday.

Overall, This phone is very cool, but the software that comes with it out of the box is lacking and be prepared to spend much time researching to get some better apps.

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LG eXpo™ Full Specifications

LG eXpo Smartphone Features:

Network: GPRS/EDGE Quad-band (850/900/1800/1900 MHz), UMTS/HSDPA Tri-band (850/1900/2100 MHz)
Camera: 5.0 MP autofocus, digital 3x zoom with built-in flash
Dimensions: 4.45" H x 2.16" W x 6.3" D
Memory: 512 MB ROM + 256 MB RAM (expandable 16 GB microSD™)
Display: 3.2" 16M color WVGA (800×480 pixels)
Battery: 1500mAh Li-polymer
OS: Windows Mobile® 6.5
Bluetooth®: v2.1 with A2DP
Wi-Fi: 802.11b/g with WPA2 security
Email: Outlook®/Direct Push, POP, IMAP
Messaging: Threaded SMS, MMS, Email, IM
Keyboard: Side-sliding QWERTY
Processor: Qualcomm 1 GHz

LG eXpo Highlighted Features:

Integrated Pico Projector (sold separately): Allows users to project images, videos and more on a screen up to 40"
5.0 MP AF camera with built-in flash
Simultaneous voice and data with multi-tasking
Touchscreen Windows Mobile 6.5 – the new Windows Phone
Innovative 5-way navigation fingerprint sensor
Turn-by-turn directions with AT&T NavigatorSM (sold separately) and built-in GPS
Access to your favorite AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spots with built-in Wi-Fi
Vivid display with 16M color high resolution display
3G HSDPA 7.2 Mbps broadband data speeds

Email, Messaging, Productivity and Internet Solutions:

Access work and personal email accounts
SMS, MMS, IM (AOL®, Windows Live™ and Yahoo!®)
Microsoft Office® Mobile including Word®, Excel®, PowerPoint® and OneNote®
Internet Explorer® Mobile

Multimedia Tools and Services:

Windows® Media Player
AT&T MEdia™ Mall, MusicID, XM Radio™, MobiTV® and Games

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Verizon LG Chocolate Touch Review

lg-phones — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:55:48 +0000

The Verizon LG Chocolate Touch comes with a large 3 inch touch screen display with 240 x 400 pixels resolution, a 3.2 megapixels resolution camera, Bluetooth 2.1, GPS and more. LG Cell Phone Reviews

Pros: Amazing music player & sound quality. Better than any MP3 player I have experienced. Dolby equalizer presets are great. Also contains a search field to find specific songs(great for when you have hundreds of songs and want to find a specific one fast). Has a "Join the Band" application where you can play a drum set or piano with a song or pause the song to play your own tunes(cute, but not very useful). FM radio works great, very loud and clear with plenty preset buttons. Reception was better than the radio in my car. Has Song ID that can tell you the name of the song, artist and album but I am almost sure that uses some data. LG-enV touch info

Easy to transfer music with the included usb cable or to add your own custom ringtones and wallpapers via micro sd card. I have XP and it installed everything I needed just by plugging the phone in. I accessed the phones 1GB internal memory through My Computer and put my music in there with no problem.

Thin, stylish design. Not too heavy and not light enough to feel cheap. Made of metal and plastic.

Spacious home screen with drag and drop shortcuts, a lot like a desktop on a computer. Can also use animated wallpapers. Real calendar, clock, notepad widgets.

Fairly customizable; You can put your own custom ringtones on your micro sd card and apply them to your contacts/call/text tones and do the same with your pictures or wallpapers. Choose from 3 different menu fonts but only two themes.

Has proximity sensor so that when you put the phone to your ear it turns off the display, when you pull it away it turns it back on.

When you turn the phone sideways in text, music or browser mode it automatically adjusts to landscape mode thanks to the accelerometer.

Speakerphone is VERY loud and clear and has an easy to access button on left side of the phone for that option as well as an Unlock button, music and camera button.

I love the touch slide up unlock feature. But if you prefer not to fool with the touch unlock just press the unlock button on the side of the phone twice.

Texting is fun with the full qwerty keyboard and usually pretty accurate unless you are going super fast and then it makes some mistakes. You can change the key size to large for fewer mistakes. Also has T9 and various settings for predicting text. I don’t think that any virtual keyboard is going to be as accurate as a hardware keyboard, but it does the job without the bulk of a keyboard. Has PEN mode that lets you draw out the letters using your finger instead of typing them in. It’s a cool feature but I think that is too time consuming and hard to do with a finger. It also has a drawing pad feature that you can draw a message/picture and send it as a picture message.

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Cons: Full HTML web browser was disappointing at best. Not Java enabled, can not download images or mp3s from the web browser(which is to be expected anyway). Must go to Verizon URL entry page every single time you want to enter a URL. Does not have URL entry bar at top of browser.

Camera doesn’t have flash(WHY!!?), picture quality is decent but not amazing and has a slight shutter delay as do most cell phones.
Screen isn’t as bright as I would have liked, but it’s acceptable. Seems to be very responsive and accurate, except that it sometimes selects what your finger lands on when scrolling through the menus.

It only has two color themes but since they are only really visible when in a menu it’s no big deal for me.

Social network shortcut isn’t what you think… it’s only a shortcut to text message your status updates or pictures. It’s nice, but not an actual application like what I expected. I am glad that it doesn’t use data though.

You have to take the batter COVER off to access the micro sd slot but at least you don’t have to remove the battery itself.

You must have the earbuds plugged in to use the FM radio and it does not come with earbuds(again, WHY? lol). Also, I would have loved to seen the FM transmitter on this phone and a FM radio record option.

Call quality seems to be average in my opinion, I say average because I have heard a little bit of static on my end where I have never heard any with my old PPC 6800.

I would have liked for the battery covers to be metal instead of plastic because that chrome coating starts to peel off after awhile making it look very cheap and ugly(my husband has the LG Rhythm and the chrome is all but gone from the plastic). They may have to be plastic in order to snap on though, so who knows. The battery cover colors should have also been unisex… there is NO way my husband is going to use a purple battery cover lol.

Overview: Overall, I recommend this to any music fanatic. On the other hand, if you are looking for a phone with excellent browsing/web downloading capabilities, I suggest just going with a smart phone.

Verizon LG Chocolate Touch Specifications:

Frequency: CDMA dual band (800/1900 MHz)
Phone Design: Candy bar
Dimensions: 4.30 x 2.20 x 0.47 inches (109 x 56 x 12 mm)
Weight: 4.23 oz (120 g)
Display: 3.00 inches 262 144 colors TFT touch screen with a resolution of 240 x 400 pixels
Camera: 3.2 megapixels Resolution
Music / Video Player: MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA / 3gp , MPEG-4 , WMV (Windows Media Video)
FM Radio
GPS
Bluetooth: 2.1, Stereo Bluetooth
Connectors: HeadPhone Jack (3.5mm)
Other Features: Caller groups supported, 1000 -names capacity, Multiple Numbers Per Contact, Picture ID, Ring ID, Alarm, Calendar, Calculator, Stopwatch, World Clock, Notepad, Dialing, Commands, Recording, Speaker Phone, IMAP/POP3/SMTP.
Built-in Memory: 1 GB
Battery: 1000 mAh Li – Ion battery
Talk Time: about 5.1 hours (306 mins)
Standby Time: up to 470 hours (20 days)

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LG KS660

lg-phones — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:58:42 +0000

Last year LG first announced the LG KS660 and we had the opportunity to take a first look at the LG KS660, a touchscreen phone with two SIM card slots, allowing us to use two lines simultaneously with one mobile phone. LG Cell Phone Reviews

Now LG has offered more information on this phone presents a number of interesting features. It has a 3 inches touch screen with a resolution of 400 × 240 pixels, and incorporates a feature with which we can take handwritten notes while we’re on the phone.

On the main screen we have the ability to add widgets to display, allowing us to see at a glance our calendar, notes, … The LG KS660 has a 5 megapixels resolution camera with LED flash and autofocus.

In addition, the LG KS660 supports television output and a MicroSD card (up to 8GB). One thing annoying me that the phone does not has a Wi-Fi or GPS.

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LG GW660 with dual SIM card

lg-phones — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:17:24 +0000

LG has released the GW660 phone on may 2009, it’s LG’s first phone support for two SIM cards, aimed at professional users. Talking about the new LG KS660, it comes packed with a 3 inch WQVGA screen, a 5 MP camera with autofocus, flash and video recording . At present, the LG KS660 has been sold only in Asian countries and Eastern Europe. LG Cell Phone Reviews

LG KS660 main specifications

Size: 105mm × 55mm × 14.9mm, 115g
Tri-band GSM / GPRS / EDGE (900/1800/1900 MHz)
TFT Touch Screen 3 "WQVGA (240 x 400)
5 MP camera with autofocus, flash and video recording
Accelerometer

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LG Chocolate Touch Review

lg-phones — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:04:50 +0000

Pros: 3.5mm headphone jack, usb/wall charger included, touch screen very responsive, comes with two backings to swap out, nice music player, great themes.

Cons: Home row menu buttons have ugly colors that you can’t change, phone’s a little slow sometimes.

Summary: Most of the complaints I’ve seen about the LG Chocolate Touch is that it won’t live up to the Droid, Blackberry, etc. That’s because it’s not meant to. This phone does not require a data plan, and is really more along the lines of the original marketing of the chocolate line, which honed in on the music player and kind of a cute, candybar design. LG-Chocolate Touch info

I must say the LG Chocolate Touch is much more attractive in person, esp. without that goofy purple background. The downside is, the phone will always have those ugly primary colored menu buttons, I’m hoping Verizon will provide more options in future software updates. LG Cell Phone Reviews

The texting on the LG Chocolate Touch is a little hard to get used to if you’re used to buttons, but it’s by far the best non-iphone touch phone I’ve ever used. I have quite a few friends who have touch screen phones, and I feel like I have to jab at the screen just to get it to recognize what I’m doing – not with this phone.

Some nice things Verizon included are a 3.5mm headphone jack, so I don’t have to go out and buy a converter just to listen to some music. It also comes with a usb connector that hooks into a wall adapter so you’re good to go.

The interface of the LG Chocolate Touch is quite pretty, and with the theme and type face options, you can really make this phone look nice. The music player is especially good, this thing may just replace my iPod, and I usually hate using phones as mp3 players.

On downfall of this phone, is that since it’s not as powerful as most "smart phones" it’s a little slow sometimes. I notice it when I go into look at my pictures. Any images that are on my micro SD card take about a second a piece to pop up when scrolling through thumbnails, which can take quite a while since they’re going one by one.

I can’t say much for the internet features on this phone, because I don’t pay for the additional data plan.

Overall, I am very impressed with the LG Chocolate Touch. For ages I have sworn I would never get a touch screen phone unless it was an iPhone, but this one really surprised me. I am very happy I decided to go with this phone.

The LG Chocolate Touch can be purchased for about $79.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year contract.

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Verizon LG Chocolate Touch Specifications:

Frequency: CDMA dual band (800/1900 MHz)
Phone Design: Candy bar
Dimensions: 4.30 x 2.20 x 0.47 inches (109 x 56 x 12 mm)
Weight: 4.23 oz (120 g)
Display: 3.00 inches 262 144 colors TFT touch screen with a resolution of 240 x 400 pixels
Camera: 3.2 megapixels Resolution
Music / Video Player: MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA / 3gp , MPEG-4 , WMV (Windows Media Video)
FM Radio
GPS
Bluetooth: 2.1, Stereo Bluetooth
Connectors: HeadPhone Jack (3.5mm)
Other Features: Caller groups supported, 1000 -names capacity, Multiple Numbers Per Contact, Picture ID, Ring ID, Alarm, Calendar, Calculator, Stopwatch, World Clock, Notepad, Dialing, Commands, Recording, Speaker Phone, IMAP/POP3/SMTP.
Built-in Memory: 1 GB
Battery: 1000 mAh Li – Ion battery
Talk Time: about 5.1 hours (306 mins)
Standby Time: up to 470 hours (20 days)

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LG KF700 Virgo

lg-phones — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:20:52 +0000

The LG KF700 Virgo was announced back in February 2008, it looks really nice. The LG KF700 Virgo puts together a inch 262K-color TFT touchscreen display with a resolution of 240×480 pixels, 3 megapixel camera with autofocus, a Sliding hardware keypad, FM radio, Stereo Bluetooth 2.1 and more. LG Cell Phone Reviews

The LG KF700 Virgo is easy to use, the scroll wheel, touchscreen & keypad, are good for people who is weak in typing on a touchscreen, the touch screen is great! user friendly operational! The SD memory card slot on the top of the phone is easy to access.

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The LG KF700 Virgo has a great, slim design and great Bluetooth. Although this phone does not have WIFI internet connection, it is a great phone that everyone will love and want to have and for such a great phone, it is low cost as well so everybody wins with the LG KF700 Virgo.

LG KF700 Virgo Key features

Tri-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE plus HSDPA 7.2Mbps
102 x 51 x 14.5 mm, 107 g
3 megapixel autofocus camera
Secondary camera for video calls
3" 262K-color TFT touchscreen display with 240×480 pixels resolution
Touch feedback (haptics)
FM radio
Java 2.0
Stereo Bluetooth
Sliding hardware keypad
Standard battery, Li-Ion 900 mA

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LG Viewty Smart Reviews

lg-phones — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:39:38 +0000

The LG Viewty Smart’s actual dimensions are 108.9 x 56.1 x 12.4 mm (4×2.2×0.5 in.) and the phone weighs 102 g (3.2 oz.), it features include a 3 inch WVGA (800×480) high resolution touchscreen display, an 8-megapixel camera with LED flash, Wi-Fi, FM Radio, GPS, Java and more. LG Cell Phone Reviews

The 8-megapixel camera is accompanied by an LED light. The former doesn’t have a lens cover and the module is almost flush with the chassis, so fingerprint smudges are inevitable. The LG Viewty GC900 Smart is able to capture video up to D1 (720×480) resolution at 30 frames per second. Overall the video quality is average.

LG has added one of its most sensitive touchscreens (capacitive) to the LG Viewty Smart, which makes a big difference. Rather than having to push down on the screen using a finger or stylus, you simply have to stroke it lightly with a finger and it will register it. LG-Viewty Smart info

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LG Cookie Review

lg-phones — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:54:48 +0000

I purchased the LG Cookie about 5 months ago and I have to say that it exceeded my expectations in terms of the features. It works great with TMobile in the USA. I inserted the SIM card an viola, I was up and running I have not had any problems with reception and the call quality is good. The LG Cookie has a rubbery feel to it (doesn’t scratch easy) and a beautiful screen. Sometimes the touch screen doesn’t respond on the first tap, but it is not a huge problem and is probably no worse than any other touch screen phone. LG-Cookie info

This LG Cookie phone works well as far as phone and text messaging is concerned. The camera is not good enough, the 2MP on both my Sony Ericsson and now my Nokia are exponentially better than this camera. Charger is multi-capable, 220VAC/120VAC with adapter for US/International mains receptacles. Battery life is terrific, and it didn’t take long to charge up initially. LG Cell Phone Reviews

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LG Cookie KP500 Specifications

Frequency: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
Dimensions: 4.19" x 2.18" x 0.47"
Weight: 3.14 oz.
Display: 3.0 inch TFT touch screen display with a resolution of 240 x 400
Camera: 3-megapixel camera/camcorder
Music Player: MP3/WMA/AAC player
Message: SMS, EMS, MMS
Connection: USB v2.0, Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP, GPRS, EDGE
Other Functions: Flash UI, Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate, Handwriting recognition, Phonebook: 1000 entries, Photocall, Call records: 40 dialed, 40 received, 40 missed calls
FM radio with RDS, Java MIDP 2.0, MPEG4/3gp video player, Voice memo, Built-in handsfree, T9
Internal Memory: 48 MB
External Memory: microSB Card slot (up to 16GB)
Battery Capacity: 900mAh Lithium Ion Battery
Talk Time: Up to 3.5 hours
Standby Time: Up to 350 hours

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LG KS20 Smartphone Reviews

lg-phones — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 02:58:52 +0000

All I can say is that the LG KS20 Smartphone is really good. Of course, there is always room for improvement, but for the relative price among other smart phones, it beats out the others. I would recommend getting an alternative browser to IE Mobile such as SkyFire. Using my home WiFi (23000 down/6000 up), the browsing speeds are extremely quick and as an added bonus, SkyFire is compatible with most if not all Flash applications (such as video streaming) on your phone. LG Cell Phone Reviews

The battery life is also ridiculous considering the size and weight. This is most likely due to the fact that the phone actually goes into a "turn off standby" when not in use, shutting down the LCD and Godknowswhat. Indeed, the LG KS20 Smartphone IS a fingerprint magnet, but hey, aren’t all good looking phones like that these days. The 2.0 mp camera is outstanding for its class. Compared with many other 2 mp’s the ks20 really outshines the rest in terms of latency and quality. Some minor cons that I would like to address are the fact that the touchscreen is indeed a TFT touchscreen, meaning its plastic and utilizes a dot-matrix style pressure sensor on the surface on the screen.

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In English: the display is plastic, not glass as I would recommend (meaning its more likely to get scratched). I find this feature to be important on a touchscreen as its constantly being touched (no way!). There are some proprietary issues that have been complained about, but I find the adapters provided are more than enough. Finally, yes, the sound quality is slightly sharp, but otherwise, the LG KS20 Smartphone is definitely worth every penny.

LG KS20 Smartphone Specifications:

Frequency: GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 HSDPA 2100
Dimensions: 99.8 x 58 x 12.8 mm
Weight: 92.5 g
Display: 2.8 inches touch screen with a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels
Operation System: Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional
CPU: 400 MHz Qualcomm processor
2.0 Megapixel Camera & Camcorder
Music Player for MP3/MP4/WMV/AAC/DivX
Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
Java
Bluetooth® stereo support
Internal memory: 128 MB
External memory: microSD (TransFlash) up to 2GB
Usage Time: Up to 4 h (2G) / Up to 3 h (3G)
Standby Time: Up to 270 h

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AT&T LG Incite Smartphone Reviews

lg-phones — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 02:10:54 +0000

The AT&T LG Incite Smartphone has a very nice sleek design. It’s lightweight and fits very nicely in your pocket or in a case clipped to your side or your purse. It is a fingerprint magnet, so you will need to get a little cleaning cloth to wipe it down every now and then. The buttons on the outside of the phone work very well and the 3.5 mm headphone jack is great. The battery life is very good. I can get online, play games, and do other things on my phone for hours and still have plenty of battery life to last me the whole day and then some. I’ve had my LG Incite Smartphone on for a couple days and still had a lot of battery life left. My old phone I had to charge it everyday, so I love that I can go a couple days without having to worry about charging it. LG Cell Phone Reviews

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The touchscreen is overall very responsive. At first it was hard to get it to respond to small icons like checkboxes, but after using it for a while I’ve found where on the screen I need to press in order for it to recognize my actions and it doesn’t bother me. The items in the Windows Start Menu are don’t respond right away sometimes, but when again after playing around with it I’ve found how to press certain things to get them to work right. All the menus and everything else works great including the full screen QWERTY keyboard. LG-Incite info

It does take up almost the whole screen, but you can hide the menu bar at the bottom and it gives you a little more room to see what you’re typing. The phone dialer responds very well too when you’re typing in a phone number and I love how it plays a different little tune for each number you press! (You can also change this or turn it off if it’s something you don’t like.)

The 3 megapixel camera is really good in my opinion and better than I had anticipated. I took a picture indoors that was kind of low light and the camera automatically lightened the picture up! I was also able to go into ‘My Pictures’ and use the Auto Fix feature to lighten the picture up even more! The camcorder works well too.

I really like how you can customize the phone too. It comes with different themes to choose from and there’s a Favorites Menu that you can customize with 9 apps that you use the most. You can choose what shows up on the Today Screen and in what order they show up too. You can even hide the Today Screen all together. You can use MP3s as ringtones, you just have to make sure they’re about 30 seconds long (which is plenty for a ringtone) for the phone to recognize them as ringtones.

The Wifi works great. It picks up networks from a good distance. My cousin has a iPod Touch and we where sitting in the same spot, she couldn’t get it to pick up any networks, but my Incite picked up two different networks. Wifi is a must for me. I work from home, so when I’m out on the go, I need to be able to check my e-mails and this phone does a great job.

I would definitely say the AT&T LG Incite Smartphone is a great phone. It does take a little time to get used to, so I would recommend it to people who are really good with electronics. It’s not that hard to learn how to use it, but people who just like basic phones, might find it overwhelming."

AT&T LG Incite Smartphone Specifications

Frequency: GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz), 3G UMTS/HSDPA (850/1900/2100 MHz)
Dimensions: 4.21 x 2.2 x 0.55 inches
Weight: 4.23 ounces
Display: 3-inch Touch screen display with a resolution of 240 x 400 Pixels
Camera: 3 megapixels camera
Operating System: Windows Mobile 6.1
BLUETOOTH 2.0
Music player: Windows Media Player Mobile 10
Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g
Internal memory: 256 MB ROM, 128 MB RAM
Expandable memory: microSD(TM) (up to 32 GB)
Battery: 1300 mAh Lithium-ion polymer battery
Talk time: Up to 8.7 hours
Standby time: 21 days

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