Loading ...LG Dare is available through Verizon Wireless’ online store since last Friday, it will be available in your local store from July 3rd onwards. The LG Dare has a 3-inch large LCD screen, comes with handwriting recognition, 3.2 megapixel camera with face detection and flash, and photo editing capabilities.
You can find some reviews below
http://www.infosyncworld.com/reviews/cell-phones/lg-dare-vx9700/9545.html
With no buttons to fall back on, the LG Dare can be very difficult to use, due to the way it handles touch input. It’s too bad, because some features, like the camera and the fast Web browser, deserve to be part of a great all-round package. Clearly a lot of effort went into the interface design. It’s unique, intuitive and very customizable. It looks great and the polish extends deep into the phone’s menu structure, making the entire package feel modern. Unfortunately, serious hardware flaws stymie the designer’s efforts, and where the phone should shine, it’s more frustrating than fun.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/25/lg-dare-hands-on/
http://gizmodo.com/5020820/verizons-lg-dare-full-review-verdict-best-iclone-yet
The truth is, the Dare may not be as glamorous or well-priced as the Instinct, but it has a better browser, a motion sensor and some cool software tricks that make it a fine phone for people who choose to remain in Verizon’s walled garden.
The Dare seems to be living up to everyone’s expectations, including mine. I really have not been disappointed with anything yet. Actually, I have been regularly surprised as I discovered new, unexpected features.
Lastly, a long discuss thread in HowardForums can be found here
Features and capabilities of LG Dare include:
- V CAST Music-capable
- Music Player for .mp3, .wma, unprotected .aac, and unprotected .aac+ files
- microSD card slot
- USB Mass Storage mode
- 3.2 Megapixel Camera and Camcorder
- SmartPic technology and manual ISO adjustment for improved image quality
- Face Detection - detects a face when taking a picture
- Panorama, split shot and frame camera settings
- Image Editor - zoom, rotate, crop, add frames and icons and write over images
- Video Resolutions: 640 x 480, 320 x 240, 176 x 144 pixels
- Video Recording Speed: up to 120 frames per second for slow video playback
- Video Recording Time: 30 seconds (for sending); up to 1 hour (for saving) depending on memory
- Video Player for WMV, MP4, 3GP, 3G2 formats
- Bluetooth Version 2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)
- Phone Book with 1,000 contacts: each contact entry stores five numbers, two e-mail addresses and a Picture ID
- FOTA-capable - upgrade firmware over-the-air
- Technology: CDMA
- Frequency: 1.9 GHz CDMA PCS, 800 MHz CDMA (Digital Dual-Band)
- Data Transmission: high-speed EV-DO
- Dimensions: 4.1″ (h) x 2.2″ (w) x 0.5″ (d)
- Weight: 3.76 ounces
- Display: 260K Color TFT, 240 x 400 pixels, 3.0″
- Standard Battery: 1,100 mAh
- Usage Time: up to 280 minutes or
- Standby Time: up to 360 hours
The Dare is available for $199.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement.
July 1st, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Congrats VZW!!..you have yet again crippled another device ;-)..NO Wifi!!..I will stick with my BB Curve ;-)..which even without wifi cost me $100 after mail in rebate!
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July 19th, 2008 at 7:14 am
I am very happy with LG Dare. The touch screen is responsive, input is accurate, scrolling if fine, handwriting recognition is very good. I do not miss a keypad. I put loads of music from my personal collection on micro sd and the player’s interface is very thorough, speaker is loud. Camera takss stills and video and both look great. In fact, I was surprised to find the camera options are plentiful, useful and easier to configure than my $350 Canon digicam. Panorama function is easy as can be.
July 20th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
I am very happy with the LG Dare also and just to note i do not agree with infosyncworlds S****y review on the dare at all. I mean come on who trys to use there speaker phone in downtown manhattan being as loud as it is, and its a cell phone the web browser is not perfect not even on the iphone it even scrambles stuff up sometimes, i also found no issues with my scrolling or any of the other touch functions like they did. With the thouch keyboard you just have to get use to it like anything else, i love the drawing pad on the phone for when im bored. Being able to put shortcuts on the “desktop” of the phone is great to becuz you can justunlock the screen and pik what you need right there. So all in all i completley disagree with infosyncs review and would have gave this phone a 100%
August 12th, 2008 at 8:42 pm
I love my LG dare. The best camera on the American market, cool interface, nice touch screen that I have no problem operating. I prefer this to iphone myself, I haven’t seen the instinct but being on verizon is part of what makes Dare good.
August 18th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
The LG DARE is such a great phone!! I love all the great features!! I learned alot about the site on http://lg-dare.com it has so much info about that phone!! Its a GREAT site!
September 29th, 2008 at 3:15 am
I bought the Dare in early August for one reason: its Drawing Pad application. My intention was to draw with it to make art. I use my phone in this way every day and I post them to my web site. You can take a look here:
http://www.beatcanvas.com/verizon_lg_dare_art.asp
Thought the palette is limited to about 7 colors, I’ve recently figured out how to squeeze turquoise and orange from the Drawing Pad app as well (using the rainbow tool), as you can see in my recent sketch of a rooster at my web site.
Let me suggest this:
The cell phone started out as mechanism for communication, then became a means for productivity (calendaring, reading network email, etc), then grew into a channel for entertainment (video, Internet, songs). I think the cell phone could move next to become a device for creativity - that’s an uncaptured, unexplored market segment. If LG and other manufacturers build higher end capabilities into the phone, I believe there’s a huge opportunity for the phone to become much more addictive than it already is.