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LG ENV

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Pros
Excellent keyboard
Great messaging options
Cons
Bulky design
Headphones and USB cable cost extra

Pricing: Inexpensive: $130 (2/6/2008)
Performance: Fair: 61
Features: Very Good: 84
Design: Very Good: 83

Find out how these four scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Pricing

Inexpensive: $130

Performance

Fair: 61

PC World Tests
Battery Life Average (hh:mm)	5:05
Battery Life Word Score	Fair

Features

Very Good: 84

General
Dimensions (inches)	2.1 by .8 by 4.6
Weight (oz.)	4.6
Design	Clamshell
Antenna	Internal
Carrier	Carrier:Verizon
GPS	Yes

CPU/GPU/Battery
Processor	Vendor did not disclose
Battery Type	Lithium ion
Vendor-Stated Talk Time (hours:minutes)	4.5 hours
Vendor-Stated Standby (hours:minutes)	19 days

Display
Number of Displays	Two
Display Size (diagonal, in inches)	2.25
Display Type	Color
Display Resolution	240 by 320
Maximum Text Display (lines)	8
Backlighting	Yes

Cellular Technology (Voice and/or Data)
CDMA 850	Yes
EvDO	Yes

Messaging Services
SMS	Yes
MMS	Yes
E-Mail	Yes
IM	Yes

Wireless Capabilities
Bluetooth	Yes

PC Sync/Connectivity
Bluetooth	Yes
USB1	Yes
USB2	Yes

Expansion Card Support
MicroSD	Yes

Input Method/Devices
Keyboard	Yes

Dedicated Controls
Volume Control	Yes
Camera Shutter	Yes

Operating system
OS Supported	OS:Brew

E-Mail Support
POP3	Yes
IMAP4	Yes
Other	BREW

Digital Audio Support
WMA	Yes
MP3	Yes

Audio Features
Audio Inputs	microphone
Audio Outputs	speaker
FM Radio	No

Imaging
Camera Resolution	2.0 megapixels
Flash	Yes
Digital Zoom	Yes
Streaming Video	Yes
Video Calling Conference	No

Other
Included Hardware	Charger
Included Software	AIM, MSN, and Yahoo IM; Vcast Wireless Sync E-mail, Mobile Web 2.0

Support & Reliability
Labor Warranty (years)	One
Parts Warranty (years)	One
Weekday Support (hours)	24
Saturday Support (hours)	24
Sunday Support (hours)	24
Toll-Free Support	Yes

Design

Very Good: 83

LG vx9900 EnV Review

by Liane Cassavoy

- The LG vx9900 EnV is a standard cell phone with a secret: At first glance, it looks like a slightly bulky, run-of-the-mill candy bar-style phone. But this phone opens horizontally to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard. Available from Verizon Wireless for $250 with a two-year contract, the EnV is an impressive messaging and multimedia device.

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User Reviews for LG ENV

Reviewed by: zacfoo

Duration of ownership: 3 Months

Strengths: Nice keyboard. Long battery life.

Weaknesses: Camera cover slide very easy.

Overall Evaluation: GOOD. I hate to tell Icheme that were talking about the enV not the Voyager. Get your facts strait.
Reviewed by: liveconcepts

Duration of ownership: 5 Months

Strengths: cool design, querty keyboard

Weaknesses: Everything else. Poor signal, sticky buttons, pick the phone up the wrong way or squeeze it too hard and you bump a button on the iside and activate something you don't want to, like the power button. Camera is slow and the flash washes out the pics b/c it is so close to the lens. Email support will cost you $20 a month... on and on and on.

Overall Evaluation: I am on my third, yes THIRD, EnV in 5 months! The first one had power glitches, the second would not program, this one has both problems, plus more. I have dropped more calls in the last 90 days than I have in the 15+ years I have been with Verizon. I don't blame Verizon, they have great service in all the places I go...it's definitley the phone. However, I am ready to drop them b/c they won't let me switch to a different phone. They just keep giving me a new one under warranty.... a new phone every 6 weeks!! This is gonna get old real fast. If you want a querty keybaord and a cool phone, definelty DO NOT get an EnV. I've had Moto's with no problems. I'll never get an LG product again, not even a refrigerator.... that should tell you something... they make refrigerators!! I'm sticking to companies that make phones.