LG Vu was launched some time ago and it was one of the first phone to come with AT&T's live mobile TV service. The gorgeous three inch screen made watching videos fun but we didn't like the antenna sticking out for the TV signal. The design issues have been taken care of now, the antenna has disappeared on the predecessor – LG Vu Plus. The mobile TV service is still there and this phone now has a slide out QWERTY keyboard. The camera too is upgraded along with HSDPA/3G speeds. This device will cost you $149.99 and you have to sign a two year contract with the service provider. The display is 3 inches big and it is capacitive one so you will have an iPhone like experience on it. You get a 240x400 pixels resolution along with 262k color support. Our only gripe is that the display has a plastic surface instead of sturdier glass material which is seen in quite a lot of phones. The phone gives haptic feedback to your touches. You can change the intensity and length of  [...]

LG Imprint MN240 looks a lot like Kin One with regards to design. Just like LG Remarq, the Imprint has a leaf shaped speaker on the back and the handset's charger too is Energy star rated. MetroPCS, the service provider is not advertising this handset as an eco friendly product. May be that is because Imprint doesn't have soy ink packaging (unlike the Remarq) and the body is not made up of recycled plastic either. The phone has an appealing design and it will certainly go well with youngsters. They always yearn for a compact phone which can be easily placed in to their jeans pocket. Another thing that we liked about the phone was the spacious QWERTY keyboard which makes typing easy. If you are the kind of person who types a lot on cellphones then we will recommend you this handset. Other than that, the LG Imprint also has a music player for listening to tracks while on the move. However, we expected a 3.5 mm headphones jack since it would have let us plug in any standard headphones in to  [...]

LG Remarq is following the footprints of many cell phone manufacturers who are going green. We first got to see this cell phone at CTIA 2010. It is a messaging phone having a sliding layout and is made up of 19 percent plastic. Apart from that, 87% of its part can be recycled if you want to get rid of it. The manufacturer also says that this handset has low levels of polyvinyl chloride and the brominated flame retardants. The cardboard packaging of this phone is made of recycled material as well. Even the charger of the phone is energy efficient (it comes with Energy Star certification) and people who are sympathetic to mother Earth will drool at all these offerings. The eco friendly features aside, this message centric phone is quite impressive. There is no high-speed EV-DO but you get a 1.3 megapixel camera, microSD card, music player, and speaker phone. There is also quick access to the social networking sites like MySpace, Twitter and Facebook. The phone has a square design and its  [...]

Microsoft has already announced the release of Windows 7 but it is still manufacturing Windows 6.5 phones aggressively. The latest example of this is LG Fathom. It run on Windows 6.5.3 and is one of the few smartphones from Verizon Wireless to have CDMA/GSM dual chipsets. You can put in an international SIM card when you are traveling out of US. We weren’t that impressed with the resistive touch screen but the slide out QWERTY keyboard is quite good. The phone has some good features and we are really tempted by this phone even though there is Windows 7 lurking around. This handset is available for $149.99 and you have to sign a two year contract after $100 mail in rebate. We also liked the solid construction of the handset. The QWERTY keyboard is quite roomy and the display too is bright. Other goodies on the device include Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth. On the flipside, performance of the phone was a bit sluggish, especially with the accelerometer. The handset, as a whole, is quite bulky  [...]

This is the first Android phone by LG to hit the American shores. Previous Android devices by the manufacturer came out only in the Asian and European markets. We really liked this phone even though there is nothing spectacular about the feature set. This is because everything has been kept neat and tidy in the phone. The display is pretty good, the slide out keyboard too is good and the performance too lived up to our expectations. The phone comes with Android 2.1, the latest version of the OS. The price is the phone is $99.99 and it comes with two year contract obligation. The phone has a 3.2 megapixel camera along with flash but the quality of images wasn’t as good as we’d expected. There are other features on the phone that will be of great use like stereo Bluetooth, EV-DO Rev. A. and Wi-Fi. Apart from that, we liked the solid design of the phone; the weight contributes a lot to make the phone durable. The phone has a rated battery life of seven and half hours.

These days looks and high end features are more important for manufacturers and they are relentlessly making sexy looking phones with all the oomph in order to put potential customers in to the loop. MetroPCS doesn’t seem to care much though, they are pretty much content with plane jane looks and basic features. But in the recent months, the carrier has tried to diversify itself, it has brought out a couple of touch screen handsets and has announced introduction of 4G service by next year. All this isn’t reflected in LG Lyric MT375 though. It is still a basic handset with a user friendly down to earth design. The call quality of this phone is pretty decent which is what matters the most in such low end phones. The cost of this phone is $139 and there are no contract obligations from the service provider. You get a discount of $25 if you purchase it online. We really liked the phone and its performance. There are a few drawbacks though, the camera doesn’t have flash, for the headset,  [...]

Not only the LG has manufactured a lot of high-end smartphones including the Expo, but it also provides entry-level handsets to capture the complete mobile market. The company had release the LG Wine for U.S. Cellular last year. It was a good cell phone with a megapixel camera, solid alphanumeric keypad and dedicated shortcut keys. Now, the company has launched LG Wine II UN430 that has glossy plastic shell. It does not remind us of any wine bottle, but still retains a professional folder-type design. The Wine II features dual color display (external and internal), stereo Bluetooth, an FM tuner, music player, and 2-megapixel camera with video recording. It costs $49.95 with two-year contract after a mail-in-rebate of $50. On the downside, it does not come with any preinstalled email app or browser. Also, the Wine II has 2.5mm headset jack rather including a standard 3.5mm jack. We will definitely recommend the LG Wine II if you need an entry-level handset. Design The  [...]

LG continues to launch the messaging phones for Verizon Wireless. Recently, the company has release the LG Voyager and the enV for the Verizon. Now, the company shows off the LG Cosmos for the same carrier. It looks like the LG Rumor 2 as both has candy bar design, same dimensions, and slides out at the right side to reveal the keyboard. The Cosmos costs $29.99 with two-year Verizon contract after a mail-in-rebate of $50. It features spacious QWERTY keyboard, 1.3-megapixel camera, GPS, excellent call quality, and Bluetooth. However, it lacks corporate email support and EV-DO network. You have to pay additional $5 to access the Web mail services like Hotmail or Gmail. There are pre-entered numbers for social networking Web sites including MySpace, Twitter, and Facebook, at which you can send messages to update your account. It is not a groundbreaking feature; still remains good to update the messages and pictures at above Web sites in seconds with few clicks. The Cosmos does not support  [...]

The messaging phones become a trend previously and LG is making such handsets with full QWERTY keyboards. It has manufactured the enV and the Voyager for Verizon; while LG Rumor and the Rumor 2 are for Sprint. Now, the company has launched the latest – LG Rumor Touch. It costs $79.99 with two-year Sprint’s contract and has a design quite similar to the LG Xenon. The Rumor Touch features excellent call quality, EV-DO Rev. 0 network support, GPS, 3.5mm headset jack, 2-megapixel camera, and touch-screen. On the dark side, its picture quality and QWERTY keyboard layout needs improvement. The main highlight of the Rumor Touch is the Hello User Interface that provides great experience to organize the contacts. The touch screen is quick responsive even being resistive. Its mobile email supports Yahoo Mail, Hotmail, Windows Live Mail, Gmail, and AOL mail. You will also get the instant access to MySpace, Twitter and Facebook through their respective applications. More to like – the Touch also  [...]

The LG Chocolate Touch VX8575 is a predecessor of the previous – Chocolate VX8500. Actually, the company has launched two different Chocolate models featuring touch-screen – LG Chocolate BL40 and the Touch VX8575 for Verizon Wireless. The BL40 features cinematic 21:9 image ratio display, 5-megapixel camera, various impressive capabilities, and multi-touch. We are disappointed that this model is available only in Asian and European markets; but not in the U.S. In contrast, the Touch VX8575 is a music centric phone that features virtual drum kit, FM radio, and Dolby equalizer. Not only this, but it also offers 3.2-megapixel camera, full HTML browser, and EV-DO Rev. 0 support. The LG Chocolate Touch VX8575 costs $79.99 with two-year Verizon contract. It looks like other LG touch-screen phones like LG Dare and the LG Vu. However, its browser is an annoying one that does not provide good experience. The LG also ships two changeable back plates – one in black shape, and other in purple.  [...]