infoSync has published a review of the new LG Dare handset which is now available to Verizon Wireless customers. The Dare is a touch-based handset featuring a large 3 inch tactile feedback enabled touchscreen display, a 3.2 megapixel camera with face detection technology, integrated music player, Bluetooth support, and support for Verizon V CAST services. Early previews were pretty positive about the Dare but unfortunately infoSync had a slightly different experience citing:

“Serious responsiveness issues make almost every feature much more difficult to use.”

In the end, they gave the Dare a rating of 57% out of 100 which puts it in the “Good” spectrum.

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Verizon Wireless has announced that the new touch-screen based LG Dare is now available on the Verizon Wireless online store. The LG Dare is certainly an interesting looking and feature rich smartphone with capabilities such as:

• 3.2 megapixel camera with face detection and flash
• Three inch touch-screen (240 x 400) and tactile feedback display with handwriting recognition
• Schneider-Kreuznach certified lens
• Support for V CAST Music
• Supports MP3, WMA, Unprotected AAC, and Unprotected AAC+ files
• microSD slot
• USB Mass Storage support
• Video recording capabilities
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
• One touch speakerphone
• Speaker independent voice commands
• Voice recoprding
• HTML web browser
• Mobile email support
• Mobile IM support
• VZ Navigator support
• EVDO support
• Measures 4.1 x 2.2 x 0.5 inches and weighs 3.76 oz
• 280 minute talk time and 360 hour standby time

The Dare can be purchased for $199.99 after a $50 dollar mail-in rebate and a new two year customer agreement. The phone will go on sale in retail stores starting on July 3rd.

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Fans of the upcoming The Dark Knight Batman movie will be happy to hear that Verizon Wireless is now making available the Nokia 6205 The Dark Knight edition mobile phone. The phone is available in black (of course) and comes with the Dark Knight symbol on the backside of the phone along with pre-loaded Dark Knight content such as wallpapers, voice tones, animated screensavers and a full movie trailer.

Other features of the Nokia 6205 The Dark Knight phone include:

• Touch-sensitive external music keys
• Two inch display with 262K colors
• 1.3 megapixel camera with flash and 4x digital zoom
• 58 MB internal memory
• microSD memory card slot
• Support for text, picture and video messaging
• Get It Now-capable for downloading games, ringtones, wallpapers and other mobile content
• VZ Navigator-compatible for audible turn-by-turn directions and location information
• Mobile Web for access to the latest news, sports, weather and more
• Voice dialing and voice commands for touch-free phone operation
• Built-in speakerphone
• Bluetooth-enabled for wireless headset support

You’ll probably also appreciate the packaging for the phone which features Gotham City images. You’ll also find a Joker playing card inside with a code and a link to www.fightforgothamcity.com. Owners with the card can go to the website and find out instantly whether they have won The Joker’s “bag of cash” containing $10,000, play games to win more prizes and download additional Dark Knight content.

The Nokia 6205 The Dark Knight Edition will be available online for $69.99 after a $50 dollar instant rebate and a new two year customer agreement. Once the movie comes out, the standard edition of the Nokia 6205 will be available both online and in stores next month.

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Verizon Wireless and LG Electronics has announced that their new LG Decoy mobile phone is now available as of today. The LG Decoy is the world’s first mobile phone to feature a built-in detachable Bluetooth wireless headset. The headset itself attaches to a discrete docking port on the back of the LG Decoy. Features of the Decoy include the following:

• Two-tone finish with a glossy front, a satin back and a 2.2 inch mirror like LCD screen
• Five-way directional joystick
• V CAST Video and music capable
• Support for MP3, WMA, AAC, and unprotected AAC+ files
• microSD card slot
• VZ Navigator support
• Downloadable games, ringtones, wallpapers, location based services etc
• Mobile Web capable
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
• 2.0 megapixel camera and camcorder
• Mobile IM and chat
• 2.2 inch mirror like LCD with 262K colors and 240 x 320 resolution
• one-touch speakerphone
• Speaker independent voice commands
• 1.9GHz CDMA PCS, 800 MHz CDMA
• EV-DO support
• Measures 4.01 x 1.97 x 0.67 inches and weighs 4.05 oz
• 240 minute usage time
• 330 hour standby time
• 2 hour usage time and 80 hour standby time for headset

The LG Decoy is now available for $179.99 after a $50 dollar mail-in rebate and a new two year agreement.

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Making sure that AT&T doesn’t get ALL the media buzz this week, Verizon Wireless has announced that they are expanding their lineup of LG mobile phones with the addition of three new models - the LG Dare, the LG Decoy, and the LG Chocolate 3 (where do they come up with these names?!?!?!). All three of these new phones will make their debut on Verizon’s network sometime in July. Here’s what you need to know.

The LG Dare is a multimedia phone with an all touch user interface. Features include:

• V CAST Music
• VZ Navigator support
• 3.2 megapixel camera and video camera which automatically adjusts to low or uneven distributed light
• Built-in photo editing tool
• Customized photos can be uploaded directly to social networking sites
• Features intuitive touch-based user interface for speedy texting, e-mailing, and phoning.

For the LG Decoy:

• Glossy front and satin back
• World’s first phone to feature a Bluetooth hands-free headset integrated into phone. The headset slips into the back of the device for easy transport and charging
• Slide phone design
• Five way directional joystick
• V CAST Music and V CAST Video
• VZ Navigator can be downloaded
• Available starting on June 16th

For the LG Chocolate 3:

• Flip style design
• Control wheel on the outside
• FM transmitter
• V CAST Music support
• Dual speakers
• Bluetooth Stereo support
• 1 GB of memory
• microSD card slot
• 2.0 megapixel camera
• V CAST Video support
• ESPN MVP support
• Available in July

Thanks to MobileBurn for the LG Decoy picture.

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Verizon Wireless announced the availability of the new MOTO W755 clamshell handset at both their online website and in their retail communications stores. Features of the MOTO W755 include the following:

• External touch sensitive controls
• Support for V CAST Music and Video
• Supports AAC, AMR NB, MIDI, MP3, and WMA V9 file formats
• Create and manage playlists with Windows Media Player 11
• Bluetooth Stereo support
• 2.5 mm headset jack
• 1.3 megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom
• 1.9 inch internal display
• VZ Navigator capable
• microSD card support

The MOTO W755 will be available for $69.99 after a $50 dollar mail-in rebate and a new two-year agreement.

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• 0.68 inch thick
• Available in Black Slate and Purple

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Verizon Wireless is now offering the new LG enV2 mobile phone for a cool $129.99 after an online discount and a two year contract. Features of the LG enV2 include:

• Full QWERTY keyboard
• 2.4 inch internal display with 320 x 240 resolution
• 1.45 inch external display with 160 x 64 resolution
• Integrated music player with support for MP3, WMA, AAC+, AAC
• Sync music from the PC to the phone
• microSD slot
• USB Mass Storage support
• Bluetooth support with stereo profile support
• 2.0 megapixel camera
• Support for V CAST Music and Video
• VZ Navigator support
• One touch speakerphone
• Measures 4 x 2.13 x 0.65 inches and weighs 4.23 oz
• 320 minute talk time and 520 hour standby time

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Verizon Wireless announced that the XV6900 Windows Mobile based smartphone is now available on the Verizon Wireless online website. The phone will be available at Verizon Wireless Communications Stores (including Circuit City) starting on April 30th. The XV6900 is a touch-screen enabled Windows Mobile 6 Professional Smartphone featuring:

• EV-DO, 1xRTT-support
• Touch-screen allows finger and stylus input
• Virtual, all-touch QWERTY keyboard
• Five-way ENTER/NAVIGATION button
• 2.0 megapixel camera with auto-focus, zoom and video capture
• Built-in speakerphone
• One-touch access to e-mail, text messages, calendar appointments and contacts, weather conditions and forecasts
• Equipped with Windows Mobile 6 Professional with access to Microsoft Office Word Mobile, Excel Mobile, and PowerPoint Mobile; Adobe Reader LE PDF viewer
• Internet Explorer Mobile
• Windows Media Player 10
• Instant Messenger capabilities with AIM, MSN and Yahoo!
• Bluetooth v. 2.0 with support for stereo, hands-free and headset profiles
• microSD memory card slot
• Voice command-capable
• Security locking features
• Text, picture and video messaging
• BroadbandAccess Connect-capable
• Wireless Sync-capable
• Support for Office Outlook Mobile and Microsoft Exchange® with Direct Push
• 256 MB ROM / 128 MB RAM
• 2.8” TFT-LCD touch-screen with LED backlight: 240 x 320 pixel; 64K color TFT
• Measures 3.98” (l) x 2.35” (w) x 0.56” (d)
• Weight of 3.95 ounces
• Battery: 1100 mAH standard, and 1880 mAH for XT Battery
• Standard battery usage times:
  • Usage: 210 minutes
  • Standby: 250 hours
• XT battery usage times:
  • Usage: 360 minutes
  • Standby: 427 hours

The XV6900 will cost you $349.99 after a $50 dollar mail-in rebate and a two year agreement.

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Today was certainly an interesting day in the wireless market as three of the major mobile carriers here in the U.S. (Verizon Wireless, AT&T, and T-Mobile) announced all new unlimited wireless plans. We’ll start with Verizon and then move to AT&T and finally with T-Mobile.

Verizon Wireless touched things off this morning with their new Nationwide Unlimited Anytime Minute Plans. The plans allow Verizon Wireless customers the ability to call anytime to anyone in the U.S. (including landline phones) at a flat rate of $99.99 a month. There are three different plans here including the following:

• Basic Plan which is $99.99 for a single line. $1.99 per MB for data
• Select Plan which comes with unlimited messaging to anyone on any network in the US for $119.99 a month. $1.99 per MB for data
• Premium Plan which comes with unlimited messaging to anyone on any network in the US, V CAST VPak, VZ Navigator, and Mobile Email for $139.99 a month (data included)

Verizon also upgraded their broadband plans with the introduction of two new BroadbandAccess plans (available on March 2nd). The first plan provides 50 MB of data a month for $39.99 a month while the second plan provides 5GB of data a month for $59.99 a month.

You can read more about the new Verizon Wireless unlimited plans here.

AT&T responded by introducing new unlimited voice plans at prices starting at $99.99 a month also. The new plans are available to new and existing wireless subscribers and can be combined with any current wireless data plan. The plans will be available starting on Feb 22nd and existing customers can choose unlimited calling without extending their contracts. New customers will have the option of a month to month, 12 month, or a 24 month contract.

The $99.99 a month AT&T plan includes unlimited US calling on all devices with no domestic roaming or long distance charges. You can then tack on additional data services such as $5 dollars for 200 text, picture, video, or instant messages or $35 dollars for unlimited messaging, and MEdia Net Access. You can read more about it here.

Finally, T-Mobile decided to one-up both Verizon and AT&T by offering a $99.99 unlimited nationwide calling AND unlimited national messaging. The offer will begin on Feb 21st and will be available for both new and existing T-Mobile customers.

No word from Sprint but you can expect the company to respond in kind shortly. These new unlimited calling plans are certainly a step in the right direction. What’s missing now is a $99.99 dollar plan which integrates unlimited EVERYTHING - voice, messaging, AND data. Now THAT would be something!

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Verizon Wireless is now selling the Venturi Mini - Music and Hands-free FM transmitter device - which pairs with your Bluetooth enabled music phone and then broadcasts the music over FM for your car’s FM radio. The Venturi Mini can also turn your car’s stereo system into a hands-free car speakerphone system. Features include:

• Music streaming from an A2DP Bluetooth music device or music player
• Incoming cal mutes music and the call can be answered hands-free
• Adapter shows information on your in-vehicle display using radio data service (RDS)

You can get the Venturi Mini for $129.99 at Verizon Wireless.

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