Monday, May 05, 2008

Getting the message: cell phones' key change / Full QWERTY keyboards, once available only for smart phones, have made their way to more basic phones.

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LG enV(2) (Verizon Wireless)

Cnet rating: 8.0 out of 10 (Excellent)

The good: Slender and attractive handset, roomy keypad, bright double displays, good multimedia system have set, great phone call quality.

The bad: Bashes not offer newer characteristics from the first enV. Also, photograph quality was mediocre, and the external show can be a spot too small.

The price: $129 with two-year agreement

The underside line: It's a candy barroom French telephone with a flip-open QWERTY keyboard like the original enV, but that's where the similarity ends. Retention the telephone in the manus experiences comfortable, thanks to the soft touching surface on the phone's back. LG Voyager - VX10000 (Verizon Wireless)

Cnet rating: 8.3 out of 10 (Excellent)

The good: Cutting-edge design with superb touching silver screen and broad keyboard.

The bad: Camera misses such as other options as a flash and Wi-Fi. The touching silver screen can be clunky.

The price: $299 with two-year agreement

The underside line: Though we had some minor ailments here and there, the Voyager's glossy design, generous characteristic set and first-class public presentation do it the best LG messaging and multimedia system telephone by far. The phone call quality also was excellent, making it a Cnet Editors' Choice winner. Kyocera Wild Card M1000 (Virgin Mobile)

Cnet rating: 7.0 out of 10 (Very good)

The good: Easy-to-use messaging characteristic set and well-designed alphabetical keyboard. Also offers Bluetooth and voice dialing.

The bad: Poorly designed pilotage controls, and internal show is rather small. Its speakerphone is also disappointing.

The price: $100

The underside line: Though it's a shade boxlike and the external controls could utilize some polish, the Wild Card is a utile and easy-to-use phone for the text-obsessed. The Kyocera Wild Card M1000 is a solid messaging cell telephone for Virgin Mobile River customers. Samsung SCH-u740 (Verizon Wireless)

Cnet rating: 8.0 out of 10 (Excellent)

The good: Glossy and attractive designing with a dual-flip hinge that allows you see the show in either portrait or landscape mode. Entree to Verizon's Volt Project offerings, full array of multimedia system goodies.

The bad: Lacks a dedicated photographic camera key on the phone's exterior, and the picture quality is mediocre. We're also not fans of the touching silver screen music controls.

The price: $149 with two-year agreement

The underside line: Dual-flip design allows you switch over between portrait and landscape view. Comes packed with a 1.3-megapixel camera, music participant and entree to all Verizon Radio multimedia system services.

The followers Cnet staff contributed to this report: senior editor Kent German, associate editor Nicole Spike Lee and senior characteristics editor Laura K. Cucullu. For more than reappraisals of personal engineering products, visit www.cnet.com.

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