LG Electronics Chocolate (LG 8550)

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Pros
Nice wheel-based navigation
Dedicated speakerphone button
Cons
Interface can be kludgy

LG Chocolate VX8550 Review

by Melissa J. Perenson

- The VX8550--available from Verizon for $250 with a two-year contract--eschews a button-oriented navigational ring for a navigational wheel. I found the wheel a mixed blessing: It simplified navigation in some menus, but made it more onerous in others. Sometimes, I preferred to press the wheel like a four-way button in order to navigate up/down and left/right.

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