Audio
Today's state-of-the-art cell phones must answer an important question:
can it sing? In the case of the Dare, the answer, of course, is yes. The
Dare's ringtones are MP3 - no need to stick to those old - fashioned MIDI
varieties. The phone of course also offers an MP3 player through Verizon's
standard VCAST Music.
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For $15 a month, customers can use VCAST Music with Rhapsody PC software
and a compatible USB cable (sold separately) to load songs from a PC to
the Dare.
Users can experience unlimited access to millions of songs, listen on
the phone, compatible portable player, PC or browser and get editorial content
and recommendations.
Veterans of Verizon's music phones should be familiar with the program,
but for those who aren't, the media player offers all of the standards -
songs organized by playlist, title, artist, and album, as well as shuffle
and repeat options.
Messaging
In addition to simple text message, the Dare also offers picture, video
and voice messaging. All messaging can be easily sent via touch menu to
any contact, favorite contact, phone number, or social network. Should these
features still be insufficient to meet users' communication needs, the Dare
also offers connection to email (POP3, IMAP4 and SMTP) and Chat (AOL, Windows
Live, Yahoo) via its internet browser.
 Users
may scribble a note with a stylus in the Drawing Pad application and enclose
it in a regular picture message. With texting and access to email and chat,
the Dare does its best to ensure that users get their message across in
plenty of time.
Entertainment
The Dare includes the standard applications expected from the modern
cell phone: Calendar, Alarm Clock, Calculator, Stopwatch, World Clock, Voice
Commands, and Notepad, as well as some new features, like Drawing Pad.
The standards are all here in full force, and users should not be disappointed
by these most fundamental of applications. The Drawing Pad is a fun addition
that allows users to paint onto a blank screen with the same colored-pen
function as in the Image Editor.
In addition to these programs, the phone comes pre-loaded with VZ Navigator,
should the user become lost and stranded in some strange town late at night
with only half a tank of gas. Directions to safety are a mere touch screen
away.
Additional tools and applications are, of course, available for download
at an additional price. But with the standard options offered for free,
users should be able to keep themselves relatively organized and keep them
driving in the right direction.
In terms of games, the Dare is compatible with those of the BREW variety,
but all games must of course be downloaded at an additional fee. Streaming
multimedia is available through VCAST Video, and video may be downloaded
and played as well.
With MP3, game, and video player capabilities, the Dare offers high-end
features for a generally entertaining phone.
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