LG enV (VX9900)

The LG enV brings Verizon into this market and offers new competition for the old standard. In addition to its keyboard and accompanying large internal screen, the enV also offers a 2.0-megapixel digital camera, as well as standard phone service. As a physically advanced phone, the enV combines three devices—a phone, camera, and internal “laptop-esque” setup, featuring keyboard and screen. Important to note is that the enV is not a smartphone, like a Blackberry, but the internal setup makes for easy typing, internet navigation, and media viewing. The phone’s camera, operating horizontally on the “back” of the phone, also gives the feel of a standalone device. The “front” of the enV features a trim, block-style phone, including a full-color front screen. Despite this complexity of hardware, the phone remains remarkable light, small, and streamlined.

In addition to its physical infrastructure, the enV offers the standard high-end software capabilities, including MP3 and video download and playback, enhanced by the large internal screen and speakers. Users may choose to send video and picture messages in addition to simple text. Various other application downloads, including BREW games and IM clients, are available to expand the phone’s organizational and entertainment options. Verizon’s Mobile Web 2.0 browser lets users surf the internet while out and about. Verizon’s Navigator feature offers detailed driving directions on demand. The phone supports a conveniently larger-than-average number of Bluetooth profiles, allowing the phone to connect to several peripheral devices, including a printer or speakers in addition to standards like headsets and handsfree car kits.

The enV’s revolutionary new design, featuring several electronic devices in one small package, is backed up by high-end features, such as MP3 / video playback and support of a variety of Bluetooth profiles. The only downside – most of the high end features (including games, videos, and internet) require extra fees.
Design

The design of the enV reflects its multiple-technology package. Closed, the unit looks like a compact block phone, complete with full-color screen and standard dialing / navigation keys. Turned around, the closed phone becomes a stand-alone horizontal digital camera, with the phone screen doubling as camera screen. The phone opens up along the long edge in a sideways-clamshell fashion to reveal a full keyboard and a large screen in a format resembling a tiny laptop computer.With the enclosed keyboard, the phone cannot and does not attempt to compete with the latest ultra-slim devices floating around on the market. Nevertheless, at 118 x 53 x 20 mm and 130 grams, the phone is far from bulky. Its dimensions and weight fit nicely into the hand, whether the unit is being held vertically (phone) or horizontally (camera, keyboard).

The front of the closed device contains all the features of a standard block-type cell phone. With a two-tone black and silver front plate, the phone looks both interesting and professional. The small external screen is located close to the top, and is large enough to handle the usual call-related display necessities. Beneath the screen, the power and navigation keys arrange themselves in the usual fashion. The number keys fit neatly into the bottom third of the phone in the form of slender rectangles, an arrangement that makes for easy dialing. The bottom edge contains the power port, while the microSD slot and headphone jack dwell along the right edge. With its relatively small size and compact, two-tone design, the “phone” makes for a nice device by itself, regardless of the other technologies rolled into the enV.

The “back” of the phone is really the digital camera. Turned sideways, the phone becomes the “back” of the digital camera, so that the phone screen becomes the camera viewing window. The camera face itself is mostly silver, with a large circular black-colored lens area. The battery slides in to the right of the camera lens, taking up about two-thirds of the camera’s “face.” Still, the battery is not so intrusive that it detracts from the look of the camera. All in all, the “camera” side of the phone looks much more like an actual digital camera than that of the average cameraphone, which is usually no more than a circular afterthought on the frontplate.

Of course, the most exciting feature of the enV is its full-keyboard input option. The phone opens along the long right-edge in a sideways clamshell design that both looks cool and allows for the keyboard to be included in a compact design. The keyboard for the most part resembles the standard QWERTY layout with a few exceptions. Instead of a single space bar, the phone features two “Space” keys on either side of the bottom row, which allow for easier thumb-typing. The left-handed space bar is at the bottom of a column along the left edge of the keyboard, along with a “Symbol” key for accessing common punctuation, a “Shift” key for capitalization, and an “email” key, which brings up email for registered clients. This keyboard format helps facilitate the transition from two-handed touch-typing to two-thumbed typing. Although typists can not attain as high WPM counts as with a full-sized keyboard, they should be able to type more naturally and much more quickly than with traditional alphanumeric phone pads. Could this phone spell a return to proper capitalization and punctuation in the world of electronic messaging? Only time will tell.

The keyboard takes up most of the bottom half of the open clamshell, with the remaining space dedicated to a five-way navigation key, Send and Power keys, a Speakerphone key, and the Clear key, conveniently placed beside the right-hand space bar. Near the phone’s hinge, two soft keys allow users to choose navigation options on the screen. These features allow for users easily navigate the internal screen as they would on any other phone. The upper half of the open clamshell features the large internal screen between two speakers. The large screen should facilitate typing emails and long text messages, as well as viewing pictures and video.

With a cell phone on the front plate, a camera on the backplate, and a keyboard / screen combo on the inside, the enV packs a different technology on every page. In addition, the phone manages to fit all of these features into a small, hand-held package. All in all, the enV manages to combine multiple electronic devices into one compact, professional-looking package.Camera

In its resemblance to an actual digital camera, the enV’s camera is more physically complex than that of the average cameraphone. Instead of a small circular lens floating aimlessly on the front plate, the enV features a raised lens-area including lens and flash, and surrounded by a silver circular ring. The user twists the ring in order to remove the lens cover. The full-color external phone screen serves as the digital camera window. The amateur photographer triggers camera mode by holding down the shutter button, which is located intuitively for the right index finger along the edge of the phone. If the shutter is held down (rather than pressed quickly) while the phone is in camera mode, video mode is activated. Zoom is controlled by a toggle key to left of the shutter. Zoom can also be triggered by the left-and-right keys on the five-way phone navigation key, while brightness can be adjusted by the up-and-down keys. In sum, the camera physically looks, feels, and functions like an actual digital camera, rather than an “extra” afterthought. Of course, a camera can look impressive and still take lousy pictures. Fortunately, the functionality of the enV’s camera lives up to its image. With a 2.0-megapixel lens, a flash, and a great autofocus feature, the phone takes clear, satisfying pictures that easily surpass those of the average 1.3-megapixel cameraphones. Serious photographers will probably prefer a more high-tech camera, but amateurs should be well pleased with the photos taken by the enV.

The camera takes pictures in four resolutions: 320 x 240 px, 640 x 480 px, 1280 x 960 px, or 1600 x 1200 px (though this last size is too large to send by regular picture messaging). A self-timer gives the photographer 3, 5, or 10 seconds to pop into the picture. A White Balance tool copes with the standard conditions: Sunny, Cloudy, Fluorescent and “Glow” (or Night exposure). Those who enjoy exciting shutter sound effects should appreciate options that include a voice form nowhere proclaiming “Ready 1, 2, 3″ or “Say ‘Cheese’” as the photo snaps. For folks who would potentially be freaked out or otherwise bothered by the voice from nowhere, the standard shutter sound or the no-sound options should come in handy. Color effects include Negative, Solar, Sepia, and Black and White, allowing for artsy or old-timey exposures. The auto focus may be set to either a one or two-step option, or be turned off completely.The enV camera can also capture video. Video length options include short video for video messaging (about 15 seconds), and longer video for external storage (up to an hour). Users may choose between 320 x 240 px or 176 x 144 px resolutions, although higher resolution video will result in less video time. The video quality is on par for a cameraphone, and should satisfactorily capture sudden unforgettable moments.

With an 2.0-megapixel lens, Auto Focus, flash, video, and various exposure options, the enV’s camera offers a package more advanced than the average phone camera. In addition, the camera’s physical shape and incorporation into the phone makes for a photographing experience similar to a stand-alone camera.

Basic Features

The camera, keyboard, and large internal screen empower the enV with exciting secondary uses. However, basic call features remain the cornerstone of any mobile phone package. In terms of these standard features, the enV should satisfy users’ needs.

In terms of text-based data, for each contact users may store a Name, two Mobile numbers, Work and Home numbers, two email addresses, a Fax number, and a Note. Each contact may also be assigned a personal picture and ringtone, so that users may instantly identify the source of incoming calls. Users may set a staggering 96 numbers to speed dial. As if attempting to outshine the speed dial, the redial function stores the most recent 270 numbers for later recovery. Both of these features are blown away by the address book, which can fit 1000 contacts.

Answer Options allows the user to choose his or her preferred answering method—Flip Open / Send Only, Any Key, Send Only, or Auto Answer. Auto Retry recalls a busy number every 10, 30, or 60 seconds, which may not be the most pleasant experience for the recipient of the call. Voicemail and Speakerphone are available, as well as TTY (Teletypewriter) support.

Other basic conveniences include Vibrate Mode, Lock Mode, which requires the user’s 4-digit password to access the phone, and Keyguard Mode, which prevents the accidental triggering of buttons while the phone travels in purse or pocket. Call Waiting and Caller ID are also available.

With an expansive Contacts database, Answer and Retry Options, Voicemail, and Speakerphone, the enV covers the basics of calling convenience. Vibrate Mode, Lock Mode, Keyguard Mode, Call Waiting, and Caller ID round out the package. With speed dial and redial storage in the double and triple digits, the enV should prevent tired dialing fingers and make sure that users never need to scramble for a piece of notepaper to copy down a recently-contacted number. The smaller (65K-color) external screen, at 128 x 160 px, is similar to the main screen of the average cell phone. Although both internal and external screens may be used for identical screening purposes, the placement of the external screen makes it most useful for dialing and other call functions, as well as the camera display window for taking pictures. The more impressive internal screen serves as the “monitor” for keyboard functions, such as email or IMing. At a spacious 320 x 240 px and luxurious 262K-color, the internal screen should also come in handy for viewing video and images.

Display options allow the user to adjust the Banners, Backlights (screen and keyboard), Wallpapers, Themes, Dial Fonts, and Clock Format. Users may choose from preloaded, downloaded, or personally captured images and video for the wallpapers of either screen. The phone comes preloaded with two display themes, including the black-based “VZW” and blue-based “Communicator” themes. The dial font may be set to small or large depending on the user’s preference and / or eyesight. Clocks may be set to digital or analog.

With a large, beautiful 262K-color internal screen, the enV should meet video and image viewing needs, as well as provide a large palette for reading and composing long messages. The equally functional, if smaller, 65K-color external screen should handle all call display needs and then some.

Audio

As a high-end phone, the enV offers now-standard MP3 capabilities as a matter of course. The speaker sound is clear and high-quality, perfect for MP3 playback. Other audio features include voice command, a sound recorder, and preloaded ringtones for users who don’t have and / or don’t want to pay to download MP3 tones.

The preloaded ringtones are standard but functional, featuring a variety of beeps, bells, and simple tunes. Of course, users may also download MP3 ringtones for a fee. Also available are Verizon’s standard prerecorded sound files, such as “Rainforest” and “Ode to Joy.” Previously, these sounds could be used as ringtones as well, though this option seems to be unavailable on the enV, crushing the dreams of everyone who enjoys being alerted about a call by the groovy sound of an oncoming train. Through the sound recorder, users may create sound files or voice recordings, though these also may not be used as ringtones.With the voice command system, users may call a contact or dial a number vocally, send messages, navigate the menu with a Go to command, check various phone status data, and look up contacts. A sensitivity option and “Train Voice” feature help the user customize the phone to his or her voice, facilitating the voice command service.

The Sync Music function allows users to synchronize music between their computers and phones using a USB cable or Bluetooth. Users may also download MP3s from V-Cast Music, Verizon’s music store (which requires a subscription in addition to individual download fees). Ringtones may be downloaded without the V-Cast subscription via downloadable ringtone applications. The enV’s Music Library / Media Player is similar to that of other Verizon phones. Users may organize songs by Genre, Artist, Album, Song, or Playlist. Play All and Shuffle functions are also available. Like other Verizon phones, the enV only supports Windows Media formatted files, stranding iTunes fans nationwide.

With MP3 download / playback, voice command, sound recorder, and a variety of MIDI ringtones, the enV covers the high-end phone audio basics. The quality speakers enhance this audio package, but non-Windows users are once again left stranded when it comes to phone-based audio file freedom.Storage

The enV features a 950 mAh Li-Polymer battery boasting a talk time of 4.5 hours and a standby time of 460 hours. In terms of storage, especially important with the phone’s photo, MP3 and video capabilities, the phone offers expandable memory in the form of a microSD / TransFlash card.

Connectivity

The enV features a large mass of Bluetooth profiles that allow users to connect their phones to a variety of peripheral devices, including such computer accessories as a printer or keyboard.The enV features various Bluetooth profiles, including HSP, HFP, SPP, BPP, DUN, OPP, A2DP, FTP and HID. For the average user, the most important of these profiles are HSP and HFP, which allow the phone to connect wirelessly with a headset and hands-free car kit. With the DUN profile (Dial-Up Networking), the phone can be used as a dial-up modem for a connected computer. The FTP (File Transfer Protocol) allows for wireless data transfer between the phone and a computer, facilitating the movement of MP3 and video files.

The SPP (Stereo Profile), BPP (Basic Printing Profile), HID (Human Interface Device) features connect the phone to Bluetooth-compatible audio equipment, printers, and wireless keyboards. These profiles are rarely found on the average phone, and add to the enV’s higher-end status. In addition to Bluetooth, enV-compatible USB cables are available for separate purchase.

With a variety of Bluetooth profiles supported, the enV can connect to multiple peripheral devices, maximizing the usefulness of its special features.
LG enV (VX9900) Features

* QWERTY keyboard for fast and easy text messaging
* VCAST Music and Video service to stream and download multimedia over high-speed EV-DO connection
* Integrated GPS navigation through Verizon Wireless’ VZ Navigator
* Bluetooth compatible with devices that support the headset and handsfree profiles including A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution) profile for wireless music listening
* Speaker-independent voice recognition to call, send message, check status, lookup names, and access My Account
* Personal Tools including Calendar with Scheduler, Alarm Clock, Notepad, plus World Clock, Calculator and Ez Tip Calculator tools
* MicroSD external memory port to store pictures, videos, sounds and music

LG enV (VX9900) Specs

Technical Specifications
Network: CDMA 800 / 1900
Form Factor: Sideways / Clamshell
Dimensions: 118 x 53 x 20 mm
Weight: 130 g
Antenna: Internal
Navigation: QWERTY Keypad / 5-Way Keypad
Battery Type: 950 mAh Li-Polymer
Talk Time: 4.50
Standby Time: 460
Memory: Unknown
Expandable Memory: microSD / TransFlash

Imaging
Main Screen: 262000 colors (TFT)
320 x 240 px
External Screen: 65000 colors (TFT)
128 x 160 px
Camera: 2.0 MP / 1600 x 1200 px / Flash / 2.5X Zoom / Autofocus / Video Recorder

Audio
MP3 Player: VCAST Music
FM Radio: No
Speakerphone: Yes
Push-To-Talk: No

Multimedia
Wallpapers: 320 x 240 px
Screen Savers: 320 x 240 px
Ring Tones: MP3
Themes: Yes
Games: BREW
Streaming Multimedia: VCAST Video

Messaging
SMS: Yes
EMS: Yes
MMS: Yes
Email: Yes
Chat: AOL / MSN / Yahoo!
Predictive Text: T9

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