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 Nice Phone July 8, 2008
Carlos H. Ortiz Jr. (Dalas TX)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
The LG VU is a solid phone but it does have its problems- mostly when
entering text.
First of all, QWERTY key board is a little on the small side, but as it
learns my most commonly typed words; it is getting a bit easier.
However, if you make an error and don't realize it, good luck trying to
maneuver the cursor where it needs to be due to the small entry field.
Secondly, you are also unable to set the QWERTY as the default keyboard.
At least I haven't found out how to do it.
I can't add my own ring tones. An error message keeps telling me it's
"non acceptable content". I also have not been able to change the
shortcut menu on the main screen. There are several applications that I
just don't use, and I would prefer to select my own, or at least hide
the ones I don't use. I also wish the shading could be changed so I
could see the photo I've chosen to use as my wallpaper.
I really don't care for the browser. As a former T-Mobile customer, I
really see no change in browser speed, even on the 3G network. However,
I've never been one to use the web much on my phone, so that's not too
much of a concern for me. I also purchased a 4GB card and it works
fine, but the phone has a hard time keeping up with the data, and it
seems like it's always searching for it.
I am sure most people are coming from a phone with standard keys, so
this is a nice change, and the touch screen is very easy to get used to.
On the downside, it is pretty much impossible to do anything without
looking directly at the phone. I actually went back to my old phone for
a bit and I kept tapping on the screen and getting upset until I
realized it was my regular phone! On a positive note, you will be able
to do most things on this phone within a day.
I almost forgot to mention the battery life! It sucks & sucks bad! I have to charge it 2 times a day. If I do return the phone that will be the reason for it.
overall I think the phone was a good buy for me at $80, and not having
to subscribe to a data plan was an added bonus. This phone also has
video, & Bluetooth A2DP which are really big pluses for me. Yes, I am
sure the iPhone can run circles around it as far as certain applications
go, but really none of that was high on my wants and needs list.
 LG VU phone...$59.99 @Amazon....TV for ten year old at the Airport...PRICELESS!!! August 24, 2008
D. C. Gartner (atlanta, ga)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I first notice the Vu phone in a CNET reiew around April this year, as one of AT&T's best phones for 2008. At the time AT&T wanted $199 with a two year contract. My contract was due to expire around May so I thought I would look at the view when they hit my local AT&T store. By July I still had not seen one in the flesh, so I decided that I would see what Amazon was selling them for. In the time I was waiting (all of three months from first release) the phone came down to 59 bucks. Sold!! I recieved my phone in about 3 days, inserted my old sim card and was off to the races. I know lots of folks use the new sim cards that come with the new phone but I have my contacts all on my old card and am too lazy to sinc with a PC. The phone is very easy to set up. I like things that are intuitive, you know (You don't have to use the Manual...it's a guy thing I'm sure), and the Vu is definitely one of these. I live in Atlanta and I had signed on for the AT&T TV service. I was really suprised at how good the picture is on this little screen, also the speaker on the phone puts out good sound quality,(It does come with a set of earphones). The phone also was very easy to set up for my e-mail account access. The touch screen is haptic (you get a vibration when you press the "keys"), and is actually set up for sensitivity on first start up, it "learns" how big and clumsy your fingers are and adjust the sensitivity of the "virtual keyboard" The phone is small enough to fit in a pants pocket, I did not find that to be the case with my last smart phone an AT&T Tilt, which always felt like a had a brick in my pants. On a scale of 1 to 5 stars I give it 4. The only problem that I have had is the battery life indicator does'nt give me a percentage left (My brick the tilt does this) and it seems that the phone is fully charged one second and dead the next. It does seem to last about 4 days on a charge though.
I hope that someone finds this helpful, one way or the other.
A solid performer with mods slowly coming in October 11, 2008
W. Newberryr (st.simons.isl., GA United States)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
First of all this phone at heart is a solid cell phone with great call quality. There's currently quite a few mods available at lg-vu.com forum,lookup the mod section. There's an excellent slide them available that really makes this phone quite nice. I'll be honest when I first got this phone I hated it,but after giving it a chance to grow on me I love it. I got operamini working on my phone with a little work but after downloading an alternate version of 4.1 it works perfect. I don't like media net as much as opera,so at least you can use opera . You can also use orb on this phone which ,reported by some modders can be used to get free internet on the Vu. In our forum there's constantly new mods coming out for the Vu. Some of which make the phone much better than its default settings. Like for instance using operamini as opposed to medianet. By far the best feature of this phone is the mobileTv which looks much better than any streaming video you've seen on any cell phone to date. But with very limited markets for mobileTV you'll be hard pressed to get it in your area. If you are a heavy texter ,you might consider getting a phone with a dedicated keyboard,BUT SOME people like the Vu's touchscreen for texting. Again you can calibrate the touch screen to your finger touch style. I don't have any battery problems or battery life ,but I have turned off all of the touch feedback functions and little beeps and blips that arent't nessessary to the function of the phone. Just return the phone to its charger everynight and your good to go. The battery is memory free so ,don't be worried about keeping it on the charger when you get home. There is a battery life indicator and a signal strength indicator, I noticed other reviewers saying there isnt but there is ,at least on my version . If you want mobileTV this phone by far is the clear winner, NOT STREAMING jaggy but good qaulity broadcast with no buffering. Games are quite fun on the Vu and in the lg-vu.vom forum there's a download section for 32 games ,that don't cost very much. how about free all popular games. There's also current work on your forum of getting allot iPhone type mods like the keyboard ,drum,etc, There's even a user with OG Zelda working perfect on their Vu. This little phone is really capable of allot of upgrades and I'm always surprised at one comes out next. There's even a way to increase the volume beyond the max loudness of the phone, But you gotta be a little tech savvy to get it to work,but there are instructions and if you happen to brick your phone there's file backups so you can reset your phone . Is this the poor mans iPhone , you could say that, but this phone is good as a phone/phone and in the right hands will be a stellar phone. Bluetooth enabled beauty and you can get one free with a new plan at some other retailers if the flys on the wire so to speek hint hint.
TV Offerings need improvement June 16, 2008
A. Donahue (Tennessee)
6 out of 14 found this review helpful
I had this phone for about a week to evaluate the TV service. The reception was good for me, both at home and at the office. The phone itself is great, but I was constantly wiping the screen...It is a fingerprint magnet. As for the TV service, I was promised ESPN, but what I got was a mobile version of ESPN. No Sportscenter in the morning...no video highlights, just scores. Whoopee! No MLB, just college baseball and lacross for the most part. However, if you like reruns of the Tonight show, Letterman, Daily Show, etc. then this phone is for you. If you want live sports programming, forget about it for now anyway. MediaFlo promises football this fall, but I will sit this one out for a while until they deliver.
 SWEET PHONE!!!!!!!!!!!!! July 18, 2008
jamezzzzzzzz
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
this an awesome phone and i recommend it to everyone. i have had it for a month and their is no problems. this phone attracts so much attention its crazy. if you dont run a fricken business this phone kills the iphone almost in every aspect, plus the data plans are cheaper than iphone.
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