LG Neon White
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The LG Neon White Cell Phone
What’s sleek, well designed and sporty? Well, yes, the Aston Martin, but in this context, the answer comes from LG, and in a small, lightweight package. The Neon, a recently released phone from LG labs is quite possibly one of the best phones available today. Combining the features of a touch screen phone and a personal digital assistant, this is one of those devices that come along only rarely. Focusing primarily on entertainment and communication, it comes fully loaded with EDGE, and paired with AT&T’s MEdia net service, provides just about all the capabilities one expects from a handheld entertainment device. With an inbuilt 2.0 megapixel camera, a sliding QWERTY keyboard, Bluetooth capabilities and ability to play just about any sort of media file you choose, this is definitely a good choice for those who like to take their world with them.
Technical Details
- Bluetooth 2.0 enabled with the following profiles; A2DP (stereo music streaming), AVRC (remote control), HFP (hands-free car kits), HSP (communication headsets), BPP (basic printing profile for text, email), DUN (dial-up networking), FTP (file transfer), OPP (object push for business cards, calendar items, and pictures)
- Comes preloaded with three instant messenger services; Windows Live, AIM and Yahoo! Instant Messenger
- Quad Band; runs on GSM/GPRS/ EDGE networks at 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
- Inbuilt browser for AT&T’s MEdia Net service; allows you to read and send emails, and browse the web
Product Details
- Dimensions: 4 inches X 2 inches X 0.66 inches, 3.81 ounces weight
- Battery life; 10 days standby time, 3 hours talk time
- Threaded messaging display; sent and received messages can be viewed as a conversation between individual contacts for easy reading
- 2.4 inch touch sensitive screen with 262,000 colors
- Slide out QWERTY keypad for easy and quick messaging
Product Description
Design
Sporty, trendy, and oh so packed with features, the LG Neon is a smooth, comfortable to hold rectangular device that, thanks to the LG design team, is also quite pretty to look at. A large, colorful and bright screen is the first thing to greet you, and the discreet set of buttons at the bottom promises a startling ease of use.
The LG Neon is one of the first cellular phones not to get carried away by the concept of touch sensitive technology; while it does boast a large, colorful touch screen, LG had enough foresight to realize that this might not be enough. The QWERTY keyboard (slide out) therefore comes as a pleasant surprise, since then the entire screen can be used as a display instead of it being crowded with a virtual keyboard as well. The 2.4 inch screen is complemented by a series of buttons right below which include two user defined navigation keys, a pair of send/end keys, and the usual four way arrow keys and a central toggle. The setup is convenient and intuitive, and for the more intensive emailing and web browsing, there is the three line keyboard that slides out to the right.
Basic Features
The LG Neon comes with 14 MB of inbuilt memory, which at the outset gives you space for 100 contacts. Each entry can store up to four numbers, an email address and a picture ID. As with most other phones of this caliber, the Neon allows you to assign ringtones to a particular contact as well. Keeping in mind that some folks communicate more than others, LG made it possible for the memory to be expanded to 4 GB via microSD cards as well. Other basic features are the calculator, world clock, tip calculator, notes function, alarm clock and stopwatch, among others.
Messenger Service
This phone touts itself as the king of messengers, and with the wide array of features packed into the phone, that’s a believable boast. It comes preloaded with three instant messenger services (Windows Live, AIM and Yahoo!), and the inbuilt web browser, partnered with AT&T’s MEdia net service, allows you to send and receive emails, check the news, get weather updates and a lot more.
Bluetooth
Bluetooth is also enabled on this phone, and with space to store up to 20 pairings, this phone can connect to just about any group of devices you choose – all at the same time. Profiles included allow for hands free kits, pairing to headphones and other speaker devices and connecting to other phones as well.
Great Camera
The 2.0 megapixel camera is a beauty, and allows for a large degree of customization with four resolution modes, white balance settings, night mode for amplifying ambient light, and a whole array of secondary features such as multi-shot settings and digital zoom. Pictures and videos once taken can be stored on the phone, transferred to a paired device via Bluetooth and also sent via MMS services.
Usability
LG seems to have put a great deal of thought into this phone, since they have avoided the trap of being too many things at one time. Having decided to be a messaging and entertainment phone, the Neon focuses its capabilities on making the most out of the technology available with this goal in mind. Messaging online as well as offline is easy as apple pie, given the QWERTY keyboard built into the base of the phone. The large, colorful screen helps as well, as text and images are displayed clearly and brightly. The advantage of having a touch screen is there as well, since simpler functions like scrolling through songs or pictures can be done via the screen directly, with no need for buttons. The web services are convenient and easy to use, and taking advantage of EDGE services, the phone manages to surf the net with the minimum of fuss and at a respectable 70 Kb/s as well. For a user with a high end plan from AT&T, there is almost nothing this phone can’t do – from emails to messaging to pictures to media, this phone has it all.
Conclusion
Trendy, sleek, and colorfully designed, the LG Neon is one of those phones that delivers more than expected. Even though this phone is pitched merely as an advanced messenger, it would be selling this phone short to believe it only does that. Whether it comes to music from its inbuilt speaker or web browsing on its touch screen, this device continues to excel in almost any area you care to choose. And the best bit? It’s reasonably priced as well.
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