LG Chocolate 3 Phone Available from Verizon Wireless
First announced last month along with the LG Dare and LG Decoy mobile phone devices, the new feature-rich LG Chocolate 3 phone is now available from Verizon Wireless in black or light blue colors for $129.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate and a new two-year customer agreement. Verizon Wireless' Nationwide Premium calling plans start at $79.99 monthly and includes unlimited messaging, VZ Navigator, Mobile Email and V CAST VPak, plus unlimited megabytes for Mobile Web and Media Center. LG Chocolate 3 takes advantage of V CAST Music with Rhapsody service ($14.99 monthly subscription) offering customers access to more than 5 million songs.
Additional features and capabilities of the LG Chocolate 3:
* Music player that supports .mp3, .wma, unprotected .aac and unprotected .aac+ files
* Dedicated music key and preset sound effect equalizer
* Create and manage playlists
* Music library -- organized by artist, genre, album
* Music only mode (RF off except Bluetooth)
-- supports up to 24 hours of music playback
-- 2.0 Megapixel Camera/Camcorder Features
* Camera resolutions: 1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960, 640 x 480, 320 x 240 pixels
* Zoom: up to 2x
* Image editor -- zoom, rotate and crop images
* Video resolutions: 320 x 240, 176 x 144 pixels
* Video recording time -- 30 seconds (for sending) or up to 1 hour (for saving) depending on available memory
* Video player for WMV, MP4, 3GP, 3G2 formats
* Customizable brightness, white balance, shutter sound, night, photometry
* Self-timer: off, three, five or 10 seconds
* Color effects: normal, negative, aqua, sepia, black and white
* Self portrait/video recording capability with flip closed
-- Mobile Web-capable
-- customizable, enhanced wireless access to the latest in news, sports, weather and more
-- Mobile Email
-- access MSN(R) Hotmail(R), America Online(R) and Yahoo!(R) accounts to exchange e-mail
-- VZ Navigator(SM)-capable
-- 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
-- Media Center-capable
-- downloadable games, ringtones, wallpapers,
location-based services and more
-- Mobile IM capabilities
-- Chaperone(R) Child-capable -- allows the LG Chocolate 3 to have its location shared with family members via the Chaperone Web site, the Chaperone(R) Parent application or Child Zone(R) SMS alerts
-- Bluetooth Version 2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)
* Save up to 20 Bluetooth pairings
* Supported profiles: headset, hands-free, dial-up networking, advanced audio distribution (stereo), phone book access, basic printing, object push for vCard and vCalendar, file transfer and basic imaging
* Send all contacts and calendar events via Bluetooth
* Print and send user generated pictures (JPEG) via Bluetooth
-- One-touch speakerphone
-- Speaker-independent voice commands
-- Voice-activated dialing up to 1,000 entries
-- Voice recording -- 1 minute or 1 hour (standby) up to 1,500 memos
-- .mp3 music ringer support (clips from hit songs)
-- 27 unique ringtones as well as vibrate and silent modes
-- Text, picture, video and voice messaging
-- Phone book with 1,000 contacts -- each entry stores five numbers,
two e-mail addresses and a Picture ID
-- Speed dial -- 999 entries; one voicemail default
-- Calendar, calculator, EZ tip calculator, alarm clock, stopwatch, world clock and notepad
-- Flash(R) user-interface for clear images, text and fun animations
-- Simultaneous GPS for enhanced location accuracy
-- Standalone mode (RF off)
-- TTY/TDD support
-- Hearing aid compatible = M3
-- Headset jack: 3.5 mm
-- Technology: CDMA
-- Frequency: 1.9 GHz CDMA PCS, 800 MHz CDMA (Digital Dual-Band)
-- Data transmission: EV-DO
-- SAR: head 1.26 W/kg; body 0.367 W/kg
-- Dimensions: 3.87" (h) x 1.94" (w) x 0.64" (d)
-- Weight: 3.36 ounces
-- Display:
* Internal LCD: 260K Color TFT, 320 x 240 pixels, 2.2"
* External LCD: 260K Color TFT, 176 x 220 pixels, 1.76"
-- Standard battery: 800 mAh
-- Usage time: up to 270 minutes
-- Standby time: up to 350 hours
