LG Dare Silver Phone (Verizon Wireless)

The LG Dare for Verizon dares to be different with its bold looks andadvanced capabilities--boasting a spacious three-inch touchscreen withhandwriting recognition, a 3.2-megapixel camera with face detection andflash, and unique in-phone photo editing capabilities. It's compatiblewith the V Cast Music and V CAST Music with Rhapsody services, whichenables you to purchase songs through your phone and download them viaVerizon's fast EV-DO data network. Other features include stereoBluetooth streaming, MicroSD memory expansion up to 8 GB, access toyour mobile email, and up to 4.7 hours of talk time.

Verizon Service Options
With support for the EV-DO high-speed data standard, you'll enjoy fastaccess to the Internet and Verizon's multimedia services (additional charges applicable), with average download speeds ranging from 400 to 700 Kbps and peak rates up to 2 Mbps. The V Cast Music service enables you to download songs instantly toyour phone, or purchase music through your PC and transfer the files toyour phone. If purchased from your phone, you'll receive two copies ofthe song: a Windows Media Audio Pro Plus format at 64Kbps stereo issent to your phone, and a Windows Media Audio 9 format at 160Kbpsstereo is sent to your account in the V CAST Music online store fordownloading to your PC. V Cast Music offers nearly 2 million songs,with more being added all the time.

In addition to the V CastMusic service, this phone is also compatible with Verizon's V CASTMusic with Rhapsody, which enables you to access this exclusive digitalmusic service for RealNetworks and for MTV Networks. V CAST Music withRhapsody delivers unlimited monthly access to music on up to threeRhapsody-compatible mobile phones and players and online on multiplePCs and Web browsers. In addition, customers who purchase musicover-the-air are able to download the master copy of the songs oralbums to their PCs free of digital rights management (DRM) softwarethat restricts how and where music can be played.

 

The V CastVideo service enables you to stream or download video clips to yourphone from a variety of news, entertainment, sports, and weatherchannels, including CNN, ABC News, E!, CBS Sports, The Weather Channel,and VH1.

Verizon's Mobile eMail gives you access to yourWindows Live Hotmail, Yahoo Mail and AOL accounts so you can read,write, and reply. Access your address book, receive e-mail alerts andmore, right on your Verizon Wireless phone.

With thisGPS-enabled phone, you'll be able to access Verizon's VZ Navigatorservice (additional charges applicable) for voice-prompted turn-by-turndirections, heads-up alerts, local search of nearly 14 million pointsof interest in the US (such as landmarks, restaurants and ATMs), anddetailed color maps.

Phone Features
Measuring just0.5 inches thin and weighing 3.76 ounces, the LG Dare feels lightlycomfortable in your pocket. It features a large 3-inch touchscreen thatrecognizes your handwriting and provides tactile feedback when pressingonscreen buttons or typing on the onscreen QWERTY keyboard. The displayhas a 240 x 400-pixel resolution and support for 262K colors, and itshome screen has several shortcut icons including your messaging inbox,phonebook, favorites menu. The phone provides just three buttons on thebottom of its face for send, end and clearing calls, and it has astainless steel border along its sides and black soft touch surface onthe back.

The phone has an internal 148 MB memory, which canbe expanded via optional MicroSD memory cards up to 8 GB in size. Itcan store up to 1000 contact entries, with fields for five numbers percontact. It connects to your PC via USB, and it offers USB mass storagecapabilities.

The 3.2-megapixel camera withSchneider-Kreuznach certified lens offers several resolution options,ranging from 2048 x 1536 pixels to QVGA 320 x 240 pixels--perfect forsending via MMS messaging. It offers advanced features including facedetection, SmartPic Technology (which helps to compensate face color),four ISO settings, six preset scense, panorama and split shotcapabilities, white balance settings, multi-shot, and multiple coloreffects. It also features a flash, self-timer, and multiple shuttersounds (including off). Once you've snapped your photo, you can edit itright in the Dare--zoom, rotate, crop, add frames, or add writing overthe image. You can also capture video up to 640 x 480 pixels forstoring onto a memory card, or QCIF 176 x 144-pixel resolution forsending via MMS. You can record videos up to 120 frames per second(fps) and then play them back on the Dare at a slow motion rate of 15fps.

This phone provides the latest version of Bluetoothconnectivity--version 2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate), which makespairing with the included headset as well as other Bluetooth devices asnap. And with EDR, you'll get a faster connection than with theprevious version 1.2, which makes transferring files and using thephone as a modem for your laptop hum along nicely. And with theembedded A2DP Bluetooth profile, you can stream your music to a pair ofBluetooth stereo headphones or other compatible devices.

In addition to compatibility with formats offered by Verizon's V CASTMusic and CAST Music with Rhapsody services, it's also compatible withunprotected MP3, WMA, and AAC/AAC+ formats. The digital audio playerfeatures a preset sound effect equalizer, ability to create and manageplaylists on the phone, and backbround music mode that allows you tomultitask (write email, check your calendar, surf the Web) whilecontinuing to play music.

Other features include:

• Organizertools: Calculator, EZTip calculator, calendar, alarm clock, stopwatch,world clock, notebook, notepad and drawing pad with handwritingrecognition
• Speaker-independent voice commands
• One-touch speakerphone
• Mobile email: Yahoo! Mail, Windows Live Mail, AOL, AIM, Verizon.net
• Messaging: SMS, MMS
• Voice Recording: 1 minute or 1 hour (standby
• Favorites: add up to nine contacts with Picture ID
• Speed Dial: up to 996 entries
• HTML Web browsing with touch navigation and favorites
• Music ringer support (clips from hit songs)
• Hearing Aid Compatibility = M3/T3
• TTY compatible
• Bluetoothversion 2.1 with the following profiles: A2DP (stereo music streaming),AVRC (remote control), HFP (hands-free car kits), HSP (communicationheadsets), BIP (for sending images to another device), BPP (basicprinting profile for text, email), DUN (dial-up networking), FTP (filetransfer), HID (support for mice or joysticks), OPP (object push forbusiness cards, calendar items, and pictures), PBA (transfer contacts)

Vital Statistics
The LG Dare weighs 3.76 ounces and measures 4.1 x 2.2 x 0.5 inches. It runs on the800/1900 CDMA frequencies as well as the 1xEV-DO r0 data network.

Includes all standard manufacturer accessories.

MobilePC provides a 30-day repair/replacement warranty on this phone.

This phone is brand new.