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Your Price: Free! with service Release Date: Q2 2008 Released For: Verizon Wireless Released for Verizon Wireless, the LG Dare can be accessed with just the flick of a finger. Boasting a spacious three-inch touch-screen with handwriting recognition, users can flip through the contact list for texting, emailing and phoning. A built-in 3.2-megapixel camera uses a Schneider-Kreuznach certified lens for optimal picture quality, with face detection and flash, and unique photo editing capabilities. It automatically adapting to low or unevenly distributed light. Consumers can use the photo editing tool to personalize their digital photos with features that include borders and landscapes, and they can draw on their pictures directly on the screen using their fingertips. Featuring 3G EV-DO connectivity for high-speed Internet, the Dare supports VCAST Music to download from over 2 million songs and VCAST Video to stream entertainment clips, sports highlights, breaking news and weather. The Dare can give audible turn-by-turn directions and locate nearly fourteen million points of interest in the U.S., including landmarks, restaurants and even ATMs via VZ Navigator... [Continue reading LG Dare (VX9700) Review]

• Integrated 3.2-megapixel camera and camcorder with Schneider-Kreuznach certified lens for optimal picture quality, SmartPic technology and manual ISO adjustment for improved image quality, Face Detection, Panorama, Split Shot and Scene Mode to automatically makes adjustments to camera settings for improved quality in different environments
• Image Editor to zoom, rotate, crop, add frames and icons and write over images
• Customizable brightness, white balance, shutter sound, color effects, night and preview mode, photometry and self-timer
• Video resolutions up to 640 x 480 px, video recording speed up to 120 frames per second for slow video playback, video recording time of 30 seconds (for sending) and up to 1 hour (for saving) depending on memory
• Access more than 3 million full-length songs that can be purchased and downloaded over-the-air directly via VCAST Music
• Bluetooth Version 2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) to listen to music with optional stereo Bluetooth headsets, send contacts and calendar events and print pictures (JPEG)
• HTML Web browsing with touch navigation and favorites
• Get visual and audible directions to thousands of destinations, locate businesses and other points of interest, get maps of a location, and share directions with others via VZ Navigator
• Up to 8 GB support with an optional microSD memory card
• USB Mass Storage to transfer files between microSD card and PC

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1. Posted by howdy	Sat Sep 13, 2008 10:27 am
I've had the Dare for over a month and here's my pros and cons: Pros: Feature-packed phone! There's nothing lacking if you want to listen to music (MP3 player), surf the web (has an HTML browser), bunch of tools (calendar, alarm, notepad, etc.), camera and video (3.2MP and high-speed video) and with Verizon Wireless very good call quality. The touch screen controls mostly every feature and has an individual camera button, volume button and call and power buttons. It has a conventional dial pad-like keyboard that will flip to QWERTY touch screen keyboard when you flip the phone from vertical to horizontal position. The Dare uses external memory (microSD card) up to 8 GB and can be accessed by Bluetooth or USB mass storage. Design is elegant. Surrounding the 3-inch touchscreen is a chrome trim that's nice to the touch and the back of the Dare is rubberized for good grip. The back also features the camera lens with flash and the external speaker. Cons: The MP3 player can be a glitchy and it's not compatible with iTunes (doesn't sync). Sometimes there's initialization problems but this could be attributed to the microSD card. The 3.2MP camera that touted with as a Schneider Kreutznach lens is over-hyped. This won't replace your digital p/s camera. Lag-time for taking candid photos is challenging. Even at the highest resolution, quality can disappoint. It's better with video, IMHO. Though the camera is fun with its Panoramic setting. The HTML browser doesn't do flash and those used to the iPhone will be disappointed. It's so-so. Not great but not bad, either. Favorites are limited to 23(!?!?) addresses. The touchscreen attracts smears and smudges like crazy. You'll find yourself constantly wiping the screen but when it's clear it's beautiful. Some point out that the screen is not glass rather plastic and could be a negative. I don't have a real problem with this, though you may want to be more careful in not damaging the screen. Though the touchscreen can be calibrated there's occasional mis-types. But with a good calibration the keyboard responds fairly well. Summary: I really do enjoy the phone for all its features. I almost find myself using this more than my 17-inch MacBook Pro! When all of the features work, it's fantastic. The Dare gets a lot of looks and often mistaken for the iPhone. Calls are about the best you can get for cell phones and VZW's high-speed service makes accessing the web convenient. I highly recommend people who are interested in the iPhone but aren't interested in AT&T to look at the Dare and Verizon. Was this review helpful? :: 122 out of 124 people found this review helpful.
2. Posted by Costanza	Fri Jul 04, 2008 9:13 am
Just picked this phone up yesterday as a birthday present to myself and so far I love it. I'll highlight my favorite features below: The touch navigation on it is amazing. It's much better than the Voyager or the god-awful Glyde. It offers the usual vibration feedback when selecting items and scrolling through lists. My only gripe with it is that sometimes when you are scrolling through a list with your finger, you may accidentally select something you didn't want to select. Maybe I just have to practice more with it. Of course, the camera is one of this phone's greatest features. It has a 3.2 MP camera with a special German-made lens that takes crisp pictures and the flash is almost blinding it's so bright. You have tons of options to choose from like Face Detection, Shutter Speed, Burst Shot, Auto focus, Editing options, Fun Frames, and you can even draw on the pictures or with the touch screen. It has many of the iPhone's trademark features like the accelerometer that rotates the screen when the phone is rotated and a 3.5mm headset jack so you can use your favorite headphones with it. You can also drag and drop icons using your finger. Speaking of downloads, this phone also has EV-DO Rev. A which allows super fast internet speed. I downloaded a copy of Bejeweled in a matter of seconds. Web pages opened up very quickly as well. All in all, this is Verizon's best phone in a long time so if you're still on the fence I would suggest going to the store and trying it out. I only wish this phone came with a protective pouch like my LG VENUS. Was this review helpful? :: 149 out of 153 people found this review helpful.
3. Posted by nissandave	Fri Apr 10, 2009 12:07 am
I have had the LG Dare for 3 months now. All in all, it is a decent phone, but it does have some shortcomings. First, the LG Dare is a very feature rich phone that almost everyone will benefit from in one way or another. With it's feature-packed 3.2 megapixel camera, it makes a great second camera. The best feature, in my opinion, is the full html browser. The browser on this phone is AWESOME! If you can pull the webpage up on a PC, you can most likely pull it up on this phone's browser. There's no mobile web garbage browser on this phone. Another main feature of this phone is the virtual qwerty keyboard. This definitely takes a long time to get used to. This is the main reason why I ditched the Dare in favor of a Voyager. The size of this phone, in my opinion, is too wide. Holding it seems to be more of an issue that with other phones. It just doesn't seem "natural". The reception of this phone rates a 4.25 out of 5. While it is no Motorola E815, it does have great reception, comparatively speaking. When the phone can hold on to an EV-DO signal, the browser is lightning fast. This phone uses the newer, much faster EV-DO signal, so it is truly a fast phone. The menus of this phone are very comprehensive. One great thing about this phone is the fact that you have a shortcut placed on the front display menu that takes you to your favorite contacts, which you can choose. This is a feature I wished the Voyager had. That way, you don't have to scroll through all your contacts to find one of your favorites. The touch screen on this phone seems to be abit tempermental. I have been constantly pressing one key, but it registers the one beside, above, or below it. You have to hit the keys just right. Of course, I have short, stubby, fat fingers, so this may just be me. Battery life is absolutely fantastic, unlike the Voyager. A lot of people I called told me that they kept on hearing an echo on their side of the conversations. However, I never did hear an echo. After much research, I found out that two things on other's Dare phones was caused by either a screen protector being installed on the Dare, or voice privacy being activated, or both. I turned off my voice privacy and took off the screen protector I had installed, but my calls still complained of an echo occasionally. I seem to think that it may of had something to so with the rubber skin I had put on the phone. But I never did test this theory out. In summary, if you want a phone with the best internet browser and some nifty features, the LG Dare may just be for you. However, if you text a decent amount, this phone may be a headache waiting to happen to you. If you want a touch screen phone with a keyboard, then spring for the Voyager. PROS: Excellent, fast browser Great photos Huge tocuhscreen Excellent battery life Reception is above average CONS: You may have problems with people you call hearing echos Not very ergonomically designed Virtual keyboard very difficult, especially with larger fingers Scrolling capability is very tempermental Was this review helpful? :: 6 out of 7 people found this review helpful.
4. Posted by andthereyouare	Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:53 am
I just got this phone and think it's pretty cool to maneuver with all the features. Speaker: The speaker is freagin' awesome, Loud and crystal clear. Talking: Talking to peeps, they say it kinda sounds like I have them on speaker phone, which I didn't. 3.2mp Camera: The 3.2mp camera, well I think my old phone which had a 1.3mp camera was about the same. Don't get this phone for the camera. I the idea is great but the actual option isn't. Texting: It's pretty easy and cool with the virtual keyboard and all after you calibrate it. Note: If you have big fingers your gonna hate this phone as there are some small buttons to push; but, I suppose you could use a pen (with the ink closed, of course) to use the phone too. Big Con The one thing I really don't like is that you can't do anything with one hand. Which is pretty key with me. I can do everything with one hand on my old LG VX8600 phone. Needless to say: I like the concept of the phone and for all that it can do it's pretty amazing. Not being able to use one hand for normal stuff. Looks like I'll be going back to my LG VX8600, till I find something that works for me. I do really like LG phones for the record. Was this review helpful? :: 23 out of 29 people found this review helpful.
5. Posted by corsairkid	Wed Feb 04, 2009 12:47 am
I love the Dare. I have had it for a few months now with no regrets. The touch screen works great, and it is the perfect size. Also, I was able to learn so much about it and get free wallpapers from w w w . lg-dare . com. Overall, excellent phone! Was this review helpful? :: 3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
6. Posted by Twista89	Wed Aug 20, 2008 1:15 am
Pros: Light, Small and Compact. Good Battery Life Good Signal with a Fast Browser Rubberized back for good grip Cons: Texting is hard to get good at for some people like me Low light produced for backlight(glare) Sometimes people complain of not being able to hear me. Video camera has a blue tint problem in high speed. This is one of the best phones released for verizon network. The touchscreen is amazingly accurate especially coming from the voyager which touchscreen sucks in accuracy. So they really improved it when making this phone. Multi-tasking music player is also a plus when your on those bored days with nothing to do besides texting. Some things that need to be worked on are some of the glitches that the phone produces such as the phone restarting when doing something such as scrolling through text messages on the phone but you can fix this by resetting the phone which I found out on LG-Darecom. But I believe the restarting problems can be fixed in a firmware update. But the phone has alot of tricks and features which you might not figure out until a couple of days after you get the phone. I know LG made a site thats basically a picture manual for the LG Dare and it really helped learn the phone also. Was this review helpful? :: 34 out of 57 people found this review helpful.

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Technical Specifications
Network:	CDMA 800 / 1900
Form Factor:	PDA
Dimensions:	104 x 56 x 13 mm
Weight:	107 g
Antenna:	Internal
Navigation:	Touch Screen
Battery Type:	1100 mAh Li-Ion
Talk Time:	4.67
Standby Time:	360
Memory:	148.0 MB
Expandable Memory:	microSD / TransFlash
Imaging
Main Screen:	262000 colors (TFT / Accelerometer) 240 x 320 px
External Screen:
Camera:	3.2 MP / 2048 x 1536 px / Flash / Zoom / Auto-Focus / Image Editor / Face Detection / Panorama / SmartPic / Video Recorder
Audio
MP3 Player:	VCAST Music
FM Radio:
Speakerphone:
Push-To-Talk:
Multimedia
Wallpapers:	240 x 320 px
Screen Savers:	240 x 320 px
Ring Tones:	MP3
Themes:
Games:	BREW
Streaming Multimedia:	VCAST Video
Messaging
SMS:
EMS:
MMS:
Email:	POP3 / IMAP4 / SMTP
Chat:	AOL / Windows Live / Yahoo!
Predictive Text:	T9
Applications
Phonebook Capacity:	1000
Calendar:
To-Do List:
WAP:	2.0 (HTML)
Voice Commands:
Calculator:
Connectivity
Bluetooth:	2.1 (A2DP / BPP / DUN / HFP / HID / HSP / OPP)
Infrared Port:
High-Speed Data:	cdma2000 1xEV-DO Rev. A
Wi-Fi:
GPS:	VZ Navigator
PC Sync:	Wireless Sync
More Information
Website:
Discussion:	LG Forum

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