Entertainment

For Verizon subscribers, the VX5300 is enabled for Mobile Web 2.0 and Get It Now services to stay connected and keep up with the latest trends and download games, ring tones, wallpapers and more. Get It Now is a function of Qualcomm's BREW (Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless) platform.

The Get It Now service offers five different options that the user can personalize to suit his or her lifestyle and interests. Downloadable selections include "Get Tunes & Tones" for ringtones or sounds; "Get PIX" to take and share digital pictures with friends; "Get News & Info" for news, stock quotes, weather, sports scores and more; "Get Going" for locating nearby restaurants, ATMs, etc.; "Get Extras" and "Get Fun & Games."

Voice commands can be used to make calls, send messages and check phone account information. Additional features include voice memo recording, alarm clock, unit converter, tip calculator, and a 500-entry address book that can store up to five phone numbers, two e-mail addresses and a picture ID in each entry.

On the whole, the VX5300 gives the consumer the fundamentals of what wireless entertainment has to offer. First time users need not be intimidated by the bells and whistles that some of the newest phones flaunt.

Internet

On select models like the LG VX5300, Verizon offers Mobile Web 2.0 which allows users to customize their mobile Internet experience with a choice of Web sites like CNN.com, Fox Sports and ABC News. Subscribers can personalize their service after signing up for a free username and password online. Once that is completed, you can create a user profile and start bookmarking your favorite sites.

Although Verizon was the first wireless carrier to offer the 3G EV-DO (Evolution-Data Optimized) wireless broadband network, this high-speed access is not supported on the VX5300. This may result in slower downloads compared to other phones that are 3G enabled, but for the consumer who is simply interested in a phone with quality reception and a low rate of call failures, the VX5300 will still do the job.

Storage

Memory capacity on the VX5300 is 28.0 MB. The phone does not have an external memory card slot, which is primarily used to add memory to a phone - to store and transfer photos, videos, music, phone book data and other forms of information. Nonetheless, since the phone was not designed to act as a multimedia-rich device, a memory card slot doesn't seem to be necessary.

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