The LG VX9700 (or "LG Dare") is a

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touch screen cell phone made by LG. The phone features touch screen navigation, a 3.2-megapixel camera with

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and many photo enhancing tools, a camcorder, customizable shortcut menus, handwriting recognition, and a multitask music player. The LG Dare is the third phone to have Rev. A technology - after the

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and

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. In the US, the Dare was released online June 26, 2008 and was released in

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stores on July 3, 2008. The device is available in Canada on the

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Mobility network, as the

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, using the same model name (Dare) as the U.S. market device. The only difference between the

and

devices is that the

version of the device includes a black front face with a black battery cover and the

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branding. The

version of this device includes a medium gray front face and silver battery cover with the

branding. The phones also include different

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specific to their carriers,

and

Display and menus

The TFT screen has a resolution of 240x400 pixels and can display 262,144 colors. When waiting for input, the phone displays its Standby screen or turns off the screen and disables the touchscreen. When charging, the phone can display a slideshow, a "desk clock", a calendar, or nothing. The Standby screen displays the network type, signal strength, Location setting, and battery condition across the top. The background of the screen can be set to a slide show of images, a Flash animation, a video, or an image. The Standby screen can also display a translucent date/time bar of your choosing. Across the bottom is the Softkey menu, a set of five icons that provide easy access to important features: Messaging, Call, Menu, Phonebook, and Favorites. Touching the background or the Shortcut Menu on the right side of the phone brings up a customizable menu with 11 icons. A shortcut can be set to a program (including downloaded ones), a menu, a library, and other features on the phone.

Connectivity and power

The Dare works on a dual-band CDMA cell network and is 3G capable. It also has a stereo 2.1 Bluetooth radio, and can access the internet through the cellular connection. Besides the Dare's 200 MB internal memory, it has a flash memory slot for

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or microSDHC, supporting cards up to 16 GB in size. The phone also supports GPS, PIM, and BREW, as well. The phone has a 3.5mm stereo jack for headphones and a microUSB connector for syncing with a PC and charging. The Dare retail box comes with a USB cable and an AC charging brick with a USB port for connecting the cable. The battery capacity is 1100mAh and is rated for up to 4.66 hours (280 minutes) of talk time, or up to 360 hours (15 days) on standby.

Phone calls and phone book

To make calls, one can press the phone icon on the softkey bar or the phonebook icon. Pressing the phone icon brings up a standard 12-key alphanumeric keypad, as well as options for speaking or drawing the number. Pressing the phonebook icon brings up the phonebook. This list is alphabetized and has an alphabetical index across the top for quick access. Also at the top is quick access to ICE information (ICE is an acronym for In Case of Emergency and is used in cell phones to indicate emergency contact information to a third party). The phonebook can store multiple numbers, email addresses, and other information for each contact, including a personalized image and ringtone option. The Dare also has a feature which allows the user to save a list of their favorite contacts and have quick access to them. This Favorites menu is accessible through the star icon on the softkey bar.

Camera

The LG Dare has a 3.2-megapixel camera with a

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autofocus lens and an

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flash. Some features of the camera include 5 different resolutions, five white balance presets, five color effects, four ISO settings (Auto ISO, ISO 100, ISO 200, and ISO 400), digital zoom (not available on highest resolution) and six preset scenes. Other options include multishot, shutter sounds (three of them), auto focus, self-timer, and four different shot types (Normal, Panorama, Split, and Frame). An innovative feature called SmartPic offers face detection and enhances images with face color compensation. The camcorder function provides two quality options and several resolutions to allow the user to save high-quality video or lower resolutions suited for sending over MMS. The video camera has the ability to digital zoom. The Dare is one of the first phones available in the US to record in high speed.

Messaging and text input

The Dare supports EMS, MMS, SMS, and Instant Messaging. For this and any other text inputs, the phone provides several options. One can bring up a standard keypad with letters and use multi-tap (

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) or a word-guessing system. If the phone is turned sideways, it senses the change in orientation and brings up a full keyboard. Also of note is a handwriting feature which allows the user to write numbers or letters by writing with a finger. In each of these modes, the user must manually change the setting (capital or lowercase letters, numbers, or symbols) to allow the phone to know what type of character is being input.

Ringtones and multimedia playback

The phone uses MP3

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and

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and has vibrate options. It also plays videos and music in MP3, AAC (unprotected only), AAC+, and WMA formats.

Known Issues

The phone is notorious for randomly dialing people while inside one's pocket, also known as "

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". A peculiar coding error never addressed nor corrected on LG's VX9700 chassis, there is a longstanding software texting bug using "complete-the-word" mode. When the user tilts the phone sideways, transitioning the screen from vertical to horizontal mode, the phone unintentionally reverts user control, back to Abc mode, from the "complete-the-word" mode.

Specs

LG Dare specifications

References

Sources

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