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Wednesday, May 7, 2008

The Skinny On The Skinnier LG ENV2

The new skinnier LG enV2 (squared) handset is now available at Verizon Wireless stores nationwide for $129.99 after a $50 rebate and the usual two-year contract or extension.

Sort of a touch-less version of the LG Voyager (although technically the Voyager is a touchscreen takeoff of the older enV), the new enV, like its predecessor, is a horizontal flip phone. The front of the phone looks like your standard candy bar phone. Crack it open and you get a larger 2.4-inch widescreen bracketed by twin speakers and a full QWERTY keyboard like a tiny PC, perfect for heavy emailers and texters.

The new enV is .13 of an inch thinner, more than a half-inch shorter and nearly a half ounce lighter than its predecessor. You can yack for up to 5 hours and 20 minutes, almost an hour longer than on the original enV, and will standby for more than three weeks on a single charge.

You won't be envious (sorry, had to do it) of anyone else's phone with the enV's feature pack. For one thing, the enV will be one of the first Verizon handsets equipped with VZ Navigator 4, Verizon's cell-based navigation service ($9.99/month, $2.99/day). enV also includes a 2 MP camera/video recorder, V CAST Music for MP3, WMA and non-protected AAC playback, V CAST Video, all the usual POP3 and IMAP email options, a micro SDHC slot (up to 8 GB) and Stereo Bluetooth.

Labels: LG, Verizon