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What's hot: More polished look and better build than the original model. Great reception and voice quality. What's not: Not a great web surfing experience. Reviewed January 20, 2010 by Tong Zhang, Senior Editor In a competitive market of QWERTY texting phones, the original LG Lotus dared to look different. The square form stood out in a sea of candybar and slider QWERTY phones, and it found an audience among those who like their tech to look different. The Lotus Elite continues in that tradition, and the first model in the new LX610 series dresses in red and aims squarely at female phone buyers (don’t worry fellas, a black version is coming). The new Lotus Elite also adds a large QVGA external touch screen that matches the internal display in both size and resolution. You still get a 2.4” landscape screen on the inside, a built-in aGPS that works with Sprint Navigation, Bluetooth with A2DP, a microSD card slot with SDHC support, EV-DO 3G as well as access to multimedia content from Sprint Music Store, Sprint TV and games. Design and Ergonomics Compared to the original LG Lotus, the Lotus Elite looks more refined and better built. It has rounded corners, and the hinge looks strong and moves more freely. The keyboard and the keys also have more pleasing shapes that make the Lotus Elite look stylish. Measuring 3.43 x 2.44 x 0.73 inches, the phone is still quite wide and should be a handful for those with smaller hands. The biggest design change for the Lotus Elite from the original Lotus is the 320 x 240 pixel external touch screen. The internal display isn’t a touch screen but you’ve got the full QWERTY and plenty of hardware buttons to control the phone when the flip is open. We were glad to see that most built-in applications support touch control on the external display, and these applications include the music player, Sprint Navigation, Camera, video, Sprint TV and more. Applications that require the use of the keyboard such as the web browser, games and social networking don’t run on the touch screen. You can check your messages on the external touch screen but you’ll need to open the flip to type and send messages. The QWERTY is spacious thanks to the phone’s wide body and the key layout is fairly standard. Since the Lotus Elite targets texters and social networking addicts, the phone has hardware buttons that can launch social networking sites, email and SMS with a single key press. The d-pad is large and works well for gaming. The microSD card slot is easy to access on the side of the phone, and there is a 2.5mm audio jack on the side as well. The LG Lotus Elite has Sprint’s OneClick UI that launches most commonly used apps with a single click, and you can customize OneClick to include any applications you wish to see there. The carrousel of icons not only launches apps but also provides additional application related actions. For example, when you scroll to the Messaging icon on the carrousel you can actually see how many new messages, emails and voicemails you have; when you are on the Sprint Navigation icon you can go directly to options such as Drive To, Search, Maps and Traffic and Share and more.

What's hot: Very fast CPU, excellent keyboard, optional projector. What's not: UI isn't top notch, often requires stylus. Battery life isn't good. Reviewed January 14, 2010 by Lisa Gade, Editor in Chief The LG eXpo is the HTC Tilt 2's competitor on AT&T. While the Tilt 2 features HTC's TouchFLO 3D that makes the smartphone much more fun and modern, the eXpo opts for impressive hardware like the 1 GHz Snapdragon CPU, good 5 megapixel autofocus camera, fingerprint reader and optional pico projector. Both sport a very ample slide-out hardware QWERTY keyboard and an 800 x 480 pixel resistive touch screen. The LG is a bit slimmer and more pocketable than the beefy Tilt 2, but it's still a large phone. Our gripe with the LG eXpo is the very stylus-centric UI that's mostly vanilla Windows Mobile 6.5 Pro and the relatively small 3.2" display that makes for smaller on-screen targets. It's just not fun and finger-friendly compared to HTC's TouchFLO 3D Windows Mobile phones, Android smartphones and other modern OS phones. This is a business phone first, and fun isn't its prime directive but even LG's S-Class UI doesn't help it out of the doldrums. But for those of you who like Windows Mobile just fine, the eXpo has great appeal since it's currently the fastest US Windows Mobile phone (until the HTC HD2 hits T-Mobile in the spring of 2010). Not to mention the fingerprint sensor for security (remember that feature from HP iPAQ PDAs way back when?) and the optional projector that's great for incredibly portable PowerPoint presentations. Unfortunately, we didn't receive a projector with our phone, so we won't be able to cover that important business feature. For a stylus-centric phone, we were surprised that LG uses a lipstick style external stylus that attaches via lanyard and looks a tad feminine. The smartphone's build is solid, and the eXpo looks like a quality piece of hardware, though it's nothing to speak of on the style front. The large QWERTY keyboard is excellent, though we still prefer the offset keyboard on the Tilt 2, which is the best keyboard on the market. Key travel is a bit shallow, and the d-pad likewise lacks travel-- but at least it has one. The d-pad seems to be disappearing from WinMo touch screen phones. Specs at a Glance The LG eXpo (don't blame us for the bizarre capitalization) is a Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional phone with a 3.2", 800 x 480 pixel resistive touch screen. It has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and a flash, a GPS that works with AT&T Navigator, Bluetooth and WiFi. It has 256 megs of RAM, 512 megs of flash storage and an SDHC microSD card slot that's conveniently located under a door on the phone's side.

Display: 3.2" resistive touch screen with haptic feedback and proximity sensor. Resolution: 480 x 800, supports both portrait and landscape modes.
Battery: Lithium Ion polymer rechargeable. Battery is user replaceable. 1500 mAh.
Performance: 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. 256 MB built-in RAM. 512 MB Flash ROM.
Size: 4.45 x 2.24 x 0.65 inches. Weight: 4.46 ounces.
Phone: Quad band GSM world phone 850/900/1800/1900MHz bands. 3G HSDPA 7.2 Mbps on AT&T's 850/1900MHz US bands and 2100MHz for use abroad.
Camera: 5.0 MP with autofocus lens and LED flash. Supports AT&T's Video Share one-way video conferencing service.
Audio: Built in speaker, mic and proprietary stereo headphone jack. Voice Recorder and Windows Mobile Media Player 10 included.
Networking: Integrated WiFi 802.11b/g and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR.
Software: Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional OS. Both standard UI and LG's S-Class UI are available on the device. Internet Explorer 6 mobile, MS Voice Command, Java VM, Windows Mobile Marketplace, Adobe Reader, Sprite Backup and Windows Media Player Mobile. Standard MS mobile software suite: Office Mobile (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote Mobile),, Email (POP3/IMAP/MS Exchange), File Explorer, PIM suite (contacts, calendar, notes and tasks), SMS/MMS client, BubbleBreaker and Solitaire. AT&T software: AT&T WiFi, AT&T App Center, AT&T Navigator, AT&T Music and trial games.
Expansion: 1 SDHC microSD card slot.
                                                                    ( Author :  Lisa Gade, Source : mobiletechreview )

Reviewed September 27, 2007 by Tong Zhang, Senior Editor Editor's note July 2008: Check out our review of the LG Chocolate 3 that replaces the Chocolate 2. LG’s original Chocolate phones took the world by storm with its delicious colors, strong music features and innovative, trend-setting touch-sensitive controls. Though the GSM version of the Chocolate was available only through importers, we were glad to see that Verizon offered the CDMA version of the original Chocolate (the LG VX8500). Like everything in cell phone world, the Chocolate gets an update- the LG VX8500 is now replaced by the new Chocolate phone, the LG VX8550. What does the update bring? The new Chocolate phone offers a hefty memory upgrade from the original, lighter weight, built-in location based features and comes with the new Verizon’s Flash-based UI (User Interface) that goes with the disco-light equipped navigation-wheel. The LG VX8550 is a digital dual band CDMA phone that’s offered by Verizon in the US. It supports EV-DO for high speed data and Verizon’s V CAST content. It sells for $179 with a 2-year contract and comes in three yummy colors: Black, Blue Mint and Black Cherry (red). Design and Ergonomics The slider design on the new Chocolate is largely unchanged from the original Chocolate with very similar dimensions and the new Chocolate is slightly lighter than the original one. In addition to the LED trace motion lights added to the navigation wheel that light up when you spin it to make your menu selections, LG has wisely added another menu row to the slide-out keypad to house the call Send, End and camera launcher buttons. This is a big user-interface improvement on the new Chocolate phone since the original Chocolate put the call send and end buttons on the touch-controlled front panel where they were easy to accidentally activate. The Speaker and Clear keys replace the call control keys on the front, just below the two soft keys illuminated with “–” symbols. The touch sensitive buttons offer vibration feedback. You can also set the level of the touch-sensitivity for the keys and the navigation wheel. As with the original Chocolate, most menus and applications support the touch control and spin wheel with exception of V CAST videos. For example, you can’t spin the wheel to browse through V CAST video listings. Instead you must press down the 4-way directional pad on the spin wheel until it clicks like a normal d-pad to navigate through the listings. The keypad is backlit in a faint milky white that’s dimmer than the bright red backlight on the touch keys, but this shouldn’t prevent you from dialing numbers in the dark. The side control buttons have improved as well. All the buttons now live on the sides of the phone’s main body, none lives on the display slider panel. This makes the buttons easier to press, especially when using the phone one-handed. You will find the volume buttons, voice command launcher and the charging/headset/accessory port on the left, same as on the original Chocolate. But the new Chocolate adds an optional 2.5mm (though not standard) jack. On the right side of the phone, the call end button and the camera launcher are gone since they live on the main keypad now. You will still find the microSD card slot and the music quick launch button on the right, along with a key lock for the touch sensitive controls which is a great thing to have on the LG VX8550. The rear-firing speaker lives up top on the back of the phone and sounds decent for music playback. The rear-firing speaker and the touch-sensitive music controls on the front are somewhat at odds: when you turn the phone over to hear the speaker, it’s easy to accidentally press the touch buttons such as the Mute button. Open the slider you will see the 1.3 megapixel camera and the self-portrait mirror on the top part of the slider.

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Pro: Cool form with touch controls and LED lights. Easier to use than the first generation Chocolate. Has a good set of phone features and software tools. Generous amount of memory and a memory card slot that supports 4 gig cards. GPS and VZ navigator support is a big plus. Very decent camera by US camera phone standards.
Con: No headset included for hands-free dialing or music playback. Battery life isn’t stellar.


Display: 2” TFT LCD, 262K colors, 240 x 320 Pixels, 11 Lines.
Battery: Lithium Ion rechargeable. Battery is user replaceable. 800 mAh. Claimed talk time is up to 4 hours and standby is up to 350 hours. Optional 1500 mAh battery sold separately.
Performance: Undisclosed CPU, 64MB internal memory dedicated to storing music and 80MB internal memory for other content.
Size: 3.85 x 1.87 x 0.67 inches. Weight: 3.24 ounces.
Phone: CDMA digital dual band (800 MHz and 1900 MHz). 1xRTT and EV-DO for data.
Camera: 1.3 megapixel camera and camcorder. 2x digital zoom exception in the highest resolution. Camera resolutions: 1280x960, 640x480(default) and 320x240 Pixels. Camcorder records 3G2 format, can take 30 second videos for messaging or 1 hour videos. Video resolution: 176 x 144 pixels.
Audio: Built-in speaker, mic, LG headset jack and a 2.5mm headset jack (non-standard). VoiceCommand and speakerphone included. Has standalone mode (radios off) and vibration mode. Supports Bluetooth A2DP for wireless stereo.
Networking: Integrated Bluetooth v1.1. Supported profiles include: Headset, Hands-free, Dialing-Up Networking, A2DP, Phone Book Access, Basic Printing, Object Push for vCard and vCal, FTP, Basic Imaging Profiles.
Software: Contacts, Calendar, Alarm Clock, Stopwatch, World Clock, Notepad and Ez Tip Calc. GPS and VZ Navigator support included with turn-by-turn directions and voice guidance. Web 2.0 support with Openware browser for the web, email and IM. Has V CAST integration and supports V CAST music, video and games.
Expansion: 1 microSD card slot supporting up to 4 GB card.
In the Box: The LG VX8550 phone, a standard Li-Polymer battery, world travel AC charger and documention.
                                                           ( Author : Tong Zhang, Source : mobiletechreview )

  

Reviewed July 12, 2007 by Tong Zhang, Senior Editor When Sprint introduced the LG FUSIC last year, they had the right idea: make a cell phone that’s also a strong music player with over the air track download, FM transmitter and Bluetooth stereo support. But the FUSIC’s design, with its white plastic body and colorful face plates gave some folks the impression that it targeted younger users and at the very entry-level. On July 15th 2007, Sprint customers will get the FUSIC’s replacement: the LG MUZIQ, a much more stylish and slim phone that offers many of FUSIC’s great music features plus more. The MUZIQ (pronounced “music”) sports a very different look: dressed in black, it appeals to more serious crowd. The external touch-control music keys remind us of the LG VX8600 and LG Chocolate.  The MUZIQ offers a full set of multimedia features including music, video, on-demand content and more. Those who liked the features on the FUSIC but were turned off by the looks might just fancy the MUZIQ. The LG MUZIQ is a digital CDMA phone that’s offered by Sprint in the US. It also has support for Sprint’s Power Vision (EV-DO) network for data services such as music downloads, Sprint TV, web, messaging and application downloads.   Design and Ergonomics The MUZIQ scores a smooth and shinny black body that is slimmer and lighter than the FUSIC, a 2.2” bright display and external touch controls that light up like the LG Chocolate. The new look might be perfect for both youthful FUSIQ owners ready to move on to their next slick phone and us “boring” adults. The 1.3 megapixel lens sits above the display and the speakerphone lives on the lower left corner outside of the touch control circle. The side buttons and ports look clean: volume controls and the charge/sync port are on the left side; and the camera launch button, music launch button, microSD card slot and headset jack are on the right. The battery is under the door on the back. Phone Features and Reception The LG MUZIQ is a digital dual band CDMA phone that operates on Sprint’s 800/1900 MHz network and has EVDO for data. It gets about the same signal strength as the Treo 700p and a bit stronger than the Samsung UpStage phone. In well covered areas the MUZIQ can get up to full bars and in marginally covered areas it will pull in 1/3 to half of full signal strength. Calls are clear and loud on both incoming and outgoing ends. The voice quality is better than the Treo 700p and we’ve not had any dropped calls in the Dallas area. The LG MUZIQ offers a nice set of call management features including call waiting, three-way calling and call forwarding. The Contacts database can store up to 99 speed dial numbers which enable one-touch or two-touch dialing. The contact database can store up to 500 contract entries, each can have 5 phone numbers in addition to email, group assignment, URL and a memo (street address, a note, etc.).  Though there is voice dialing software, there isn’t a dedicated key or button to launch the voice dialing quickly. You will need to go to Tools to launch Voice Control and dial numbers, bring up messaging and perform other tasks controlled by the voice command software. If you can take your eyes off the road to go through two levels of menu navigation you can probably find the contact you wish to dial in the Contacts database anyhow. One saving grace is that you can use voice dialing via Bluetooth headset or car kit which means you can launch the voice command software with one button on the headset without taking your eyes off the road. You can also check out Sprint’s voice command services which you will need to pay a fee for. Multimedia The LG MUZIQ wants to be your mobile phone and music player, as the fashionably phonetically spelled name implies (unlike Motorola, at least LG uses vowels). It offers external music touch controls, a micro SD card slot compatible with cards up to 4 gigs, 99 cents per song over the air music download and Sprint’s desktop music manager. Also in the package, you will get a 3.5mm stereo headset adapter with built-in microphone. Very nice! For an entry-level phone, the MUZIQ has a strong set of music features. The music player can play MP3, AAC, AMR, MP4, M4V, KOZ and more formats, but doesn’t support WMA format. You can pause the music playback and take phone calls, access other applications and resume play when you are ready for music again. The external display is capable of displaying sound track name; progress bar and you can use the external touch control to switch tracks and play/pause the playback. You must open the flip if you want to completely quit the music player though. The front facing speaker (located on the front flip) is loud and clear for sharing music with friends and the $0.99 per song is still the cheapest over the air song download among US cell phone carriers. Though you can get $0.99/song on the Apple iPhone on AT&T, it’s not an over the air download. In addition to the music player, there is also a basic music composer on the MUZIQ phone where you can hum or play the virtual keyboard to compose melody lines. There’s yet another perk in music playback: the built-in FM transmitter (not to be confused with FM radio). While the music player is playing a music track, go to Options menu and select FM transmitter on. Then put the phone close to your car radio or home stereo, you will hear the music pipe through the phone. The frequency range for the FM transmitter is 88.1 through 107.9 MHz and the phone has to be very close to the radio for it to work without noticeable interference.

To store music, photos and video you take with the phone’s camera, you can use the microSD card slot that supports up to 4GB microSD cards. The phone will format the card the first time you save photos, video, music to it, and files will need to be in certain folders for the phone to play music, view photos and video. Camera The MUZIQ has a built-in 1.3 megapixel camera, just as did the FUSIC. The camera offers three resolutions (960 x 1280, 480 x 640, 240 x 320) and three quality levels (fine, normal and economy). The LG’s camera has very granular zoom levels (1x to 15x) and a weak built-in flash. Photo quality is good; there is some noise in outdoor shots, but not bad at all for a 1.3 megapixel camera. The camera adds a little contrast to the photos and it sometimes darkens scenes. But it captures plenty of data in outdoor shots to allow constructive editing on desktop. Indoor shots show much more noise compared to outdoor shots, which is common. The built-in flash is quite weak, and thus doesn’t help indoor shots much. You can store the photos on the phone or on a microSD card, send them to people as MMS (up to 25 contacts at a time), upload them to Sprint’s picture mail or other online photo albums, or use them as picture ID photos, incoming call images, screen savers and more. The MUZIQ’s camera is also capable of recording videos with audio. You can choose from 2 resolutions (144 x 176 and 96 x 128), three quality levels and two video lengths (Video Mail and Long Video). Video quality is decent with some blue tint in low light environments. The speed is very good (no blockiness or dropped frames) and the audio is in sync with video. Like the photos, you can send the video clips to other people, upload them to online albums, store them on a memory card or on the phone.

Though the colors are dramatic, the actual scene wasn't nearly this dark or contrasty.

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Display: Main display: 1.37 x 1.73 inches TFT screen, 176 x 220 pixels resolution. External display: 0.81 x 1.02 inches TFT screen, 128 x 160 pixels resolution.
Battery: Standard Lithium Ion battery. 800 mAh in capacity. The battery is rechargeable and user replaceable. Claimed talk time is 4 hours and claimed music-only mode is 10 hours.
Performance: Undisclosed processor. Contacts can hold up to 500 contacts.
Size: 3.80 x 1.94 x 0.61 inches. Weight: 3.14 ounces.
Phone: CDMA digital dual band (800/1900 MHz) with EVDO for data.
Camera: 1.3 megapixel camera with flash. Can take photos in 960 x 1280, 480 x 640, 240 x 320 pixels resolutions. The camera can also record video with audio.
Audio: Built-in speaker and mic. 2.5mm stereo headset jack and LG included a 2.5mm to 3.5mm stereo headset adapter with built-in mac. Music Player is included. Music playback formats supported: 3g2, mp4, 3gp, amr, aac, mp3, mid, qcp, 3gpp, pmd, m4v, m4a, koz. FM transmitter on board.
Networking: Bluetooth 1.2. Supported profiles: Headset Profile, Hands-Free profile, DUN (Dial-Up Network) Profile, OPP (Object Push for vCard and vCal), A2DP/AVRCP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile/Audio/Video Remote Profile), Basic Printing Profile, FTP and Phone Book Access Profile.
Software: Icon-based menu interface. Contacts, calendar, notepad, voice memo, alarm clock, world clock and calculator. Music player, Sprint TV and On Demand included. SMS, MMS, VoiceSMS, web browser, Mass storage (to PC), PictBridge, Voice Command onboard. 
Expansion: 1 microSD card slot. 64MB card included, supports up to 4GB card.
In the Box: The LG MUZIQ phone with standard battery, USB cable, 3.5 mm stereo headset adapter with microphone, AC charger, 64MB microSD card and adapter, music Manager CD, printed User Guide and other documents.
                                                                     ( Author : Tong Zhang, Source : mobiletechreview )

     

Reviewed April 26, 2007 by Lisa Gade, Editor in Chief Call it the Verizon Shine, since the LG VX8700 is a member of LG's Shine Black Label Series of phones. That's right, the GSM, mirrored KE970 Shine isn't alone, there are actually 5 phones in the series, with the Korean version of the phone we're reviewing and our own as the only CDMA members (CDMA is the network type used by Verizon and Sprint). The Moto RAZR started the fashion trend, and this year is all about looks for phones. While the original RAZR was feature-poor, the LG VX8700 delivers with a good but not overwhelming feature set, which means we get the good stuff, but not so many features that the device becomes confusing and overly expensive. Though at intro, the VX8700 isn't cheap (Verizon's hot new phones usually fetch a good price), it's not a bad deal at $179 direct from Verizon's web site. After all, the phone has Bluetooth 2.0, a good 2 megapixel camera, a music player, microSD card slot and a stainless steel body. Think of it as the next step up in style, casing durability and camera quality from the already good LG VX8600. The brushed stainless steel VX8700 is incredibly attractive. Not one to fall for good looks easily, every time I spied it sitting on my desk I remarked out loud that was one nice looking phone (my poor co-workers grew tired of this by day two ). Generally, the prettier they are, the more they show fingerprints. The VX8700 has an advantage over piano black and mirrored fashion phones, it shows fingerprints less. That's less-- you'll still find yourself polishing off the prints from time to time, though mostly off the back and outer display. Verizon and LG include a nice micro-fiber-like slip case that does double duty to polish the phone. Metal phones feel solid and the 3.77 ounce LG is no exception: it manages to feel reasonably light but seriously sturdy. To be clear, the front and back panels are brushed metal while the bottom cap and keypad surround are plastic. The keypad and d-pad are made from one piece of flat metal like the RAZR not the best for tactile feedback or ease of use, but great for looks and keeping the phone thin. Shallow lines between the keys and depressed numerals give a slight clue as to where your finger is, and the 5 is raised to help home yourself on the keypad. The keys are evenly backlit in white, and are easy on the eyes. The phone is a bit narrower than the RAZR (but not as narrow as the KRZR) which makes for a good fit in average hands. The flip hinge is stiff and sturdy and the battery latch is easy to operate. The Motorola RAZR V3m and the LG VX8700 The volume controls are on the phone's left side, as are the voice command and combined charging/headset port. The camera launcher button is on the right side (a short press launches the camera and a long press launches the camcorder). The camera lens is on the flip above the display and the battery lives under the back door. Unfortunately, the microSD card slot isn't just under the battery door, it's under the battery itself, so you'll have to power down the phone to insert or remove a card. Such is the price of thinness and fashion. As outer displays go, the VX8700 has one that's brighter and sharper than many other flip phones on the market. The inner display is excellent: very sharp, clear and colorful. The default animated silver bouncing balls wallpaper and gray theme really compliment the phone's look and show off the display's clarity and contrast.

The RAZR V3m and VX8700.

Camera In the US, you have to look hard and long to find a camera phone greater than the 1.3MP affair that's offered by carriers. Happily, the LG does better with a sharp 2.0 megapixel camera. Though not autofocus, the camera delivers pleasing shots that generally show good focus with less noise than most 2MP and under camera phones. The only thing we didn't like was the persistent brown cast that plagues indoor and outdoor shots. Photoshop's "auto color" had little luck improving things and we had to tweak the colors on our own to reduce reds and yellows while enhancing blues. The camera can take still photos in JPEG format at 1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960 (default), 640 x 480, 320 x 240 pixel resolutions. It has no self portrait mirror or flash, but it handles low light decently. The camera offers a variety of settings including spot and average metering, white balance and brightness. The camera has night mode, several shutter sounds (including silent), a self timer and you can save photos to a card by default. It has 2x zoom for all but the highest resolution setting. The video player is also good by US camera phone standards. It can take QVGA (320 x 240) video with audio at 15 fps and 176 x 144 for MMS. The format is .3G2 and videos have good color, not too much blockiness or motion blur. Recorded audio is tinny though. Like the camera, the camcorder has white balance and brightness settings, a self timer and various color effects.

Display: Main (internal) display: 262K color TFT LCD, 240 x 320 pixel resolution. Outer display: 65K color TFT, 48 x 160 pixels, displays in landscape mode.
Battery: Lithium Ion rechargeable. Battery is user replaceable. 800 mA. Claimed usage time: 200 minutes, claimed standby is 240 hours.
Performance: 44 megs of internal memory, ours shipped with 30 megs free.
Size: 3.82 x 1.95 x 0.54 inches. Weight: 3.77 ounces.
Phone: CDMA dual band digital 800/1900MHz. EVDO for fast data.
Camera: 2.0 MP. Still photo resolutions: 1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960 (default), 640 x 480, 320 x 240 pixels. Video resolutions: 320 x 240, 176 x 144 pixels at 15 fps in .3G2 format. Has Night Mode, Self Timer, White Balance, and various color effects.
Audio: Built in speaker, mic and proprietary stereo headphone jack (adapter to 2.5mm included). Music player (MP3 and WMA), video player included. Has flight mode and speakerphone.
Networking: Bluetooth 2.0. Profiles: headset, hands-free, DUN (dialup networking), A2DP, BPP (printing), object push for vCard and vCalendar, file transfer, basic imaging and serial port.
Software: Verizon Flash UI. Mobile Web 2.0, V Cast video player, messaging for SMS, picture and video messaging, Contacts, Calendar, Notepad, Alarm clock, World clock, calculator, Tip calculator, speed dial and voice command. Music play included for MP3 and MWA files. GPS and VZ Navigator support included.
Expansion: 1 microSD card slot under the battery. 2 gig max capacity.
                                                      ( Author :  Lisa Gade, Source : mobiletechreview )