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	Manufacturer: VERIZON WIRELESS UPC: 652810813877 Retail Price: $399.99 #Deals: Choose between 2 deals below Avg. Rating: Read 27 reviews Write a review
	For a limited time, get Free Shipping at Amazon.com Discount will be applied during the checkout process. * * Get Free 2-Day Shipping! Just select 2-day shipping at checkout! Expires: 31-Dec-2009 Features: Access Verizon's V Cast Music and Video service via fast EV-DO data network; GPS-enabled for turn-by-turn directions 3.2-megapixel camera/camcorder with Schneider-Kreuznach lens; Bluetooth stereo streaming; MicroSD expansion up to 8 GB Up to 4.7 hours of talk time, up to 360 hours (15 days) of standby time; measures 4.1 x 2.2 x 0.5 inches (HxWxD) Includes: Handset, travel adapter/USB cable, user guide, quick reference guide, music CD Editorial Review The LG Dare for Verizon dares to be different with its bold looks and advanced capabilities--boasting a spacious three-inch touchscreen with handwriting recognition, a 3.2-megapixel camera with face detection and flash, and unique in-phone photo editing capabilities. It's compatible with the V Cast Music and V CAST Music with Rhapsody services, which enables you to purchase songs through your phone and download them via Verizon's fast EV-DO data network. Other features include stereo Bluetooth streaming, MicroSD memory expansion up to 8 GB, access to your mobile email, and up to 4.7 hours of talk time. Enjoy easy touchscreen navigation, stereo Bluetooth streaming, high-quality photos and videos from the 3.2-megapixel lens, and access to your mobile email.Verizon Service Options With support for the EV-DO high-speed data standard, you'll enjoy fast access to the Internet and Verizon's multimedia services (additional charges applicable), with average download speeds ranging from 400 to 700 Kbps and peak rates up to 2 Mbps. (Learn more about where EV-DO coverage is offered.) The V Cast Music service enables you to download songs instantly to your phone, or purchase music through your PC and transfer the files to your phone. If purchased from your phone, you'll receive two copies of the song: a Windows Media Audio Pro Plus format at 64Kbps stereo is sent to your phone, and a Windows Media Audio 9 format at 160Kbps stereo is sent to your account in the V CAST Music online store for downloading to your PC. V Cast Music offers nearly 2 million songs, with more being added all the time. In addition to the V Cast Music service, this phone is also compatible with Verizon's V CAST Music with Rhapsody, which enables you to access this exclusive digital music service for RealNetworks and for MTV Networks. V CAST Music with Rhapsody delivers unlimited monthly access to music on up to three Rhapsody-compatible mobile phones and players and online on multiple PCs and Web browsers. In addition, customers who purchase music over-the-air are able to download the master copy of the songs or albums to their PCs free of digital rights management (DRM) software that restricts how and where music can be played. The V Cast Video service enables you to stream or download video clips to your phone from a variety of news, entertainment, sports, and weather channels, including CNN, ABC News, E!, CBS Sports, The Weather Channel, and VH1. Verizon's Mobile eMail gives you access to your Windows Live Hotmail, Yahoo Mail and AOL accounts so you can read, write, and reply. Access your address book, receive e-mail alerts and more, right on your Verizon Wireless phone. With this GPS-enabled phone, you'll be able to access Verizon's VZ Navigator service (additional charges applicable) for voice-prompted turn-by-turn directions, heads-up alerts, local search of nearly 14 million points of interest in the US (such as landmarks, restaurants and ATMs), and detailed color maps. Phone Features Measuring just 0.5 inches thin and weighing 3.76 ounces, the LG Dare feels lightly comfortable in your pocket. It features a large 3-inch touchscreen that recognizes your handwriting and provides tactile feedback when pressing onscreen buttons or typing on the onscreen QWERTY keyboard. The display has a 240 x 400-pixel resolution and support for 262K colors, and its home screen has several shortcut icons including your messaging inbox, phonebook, favorites menu. The phone provides just three buttons on the bottom of its face for send, end and clearing calls, and it has a stainless steel border along its sides and black soft touch surface on the back. The phone has an internal 148 MB memory, which can be expanded via optional MicroSD memory cards up to 8 GB in size. It can store up to 1000 contact entries, with fields for five numbers per contact. It connects to your PC via USB, and it offers USB mass storage capabilities. The 3.2-megapixel camera with Schneider-Kreuznach certified lens offers several resolution options, ranging from 2048 x 1536 pixels to QVGA 320 x 240 pixels--perfect for sending via MMS messaging. It offers advanced features including face detection, SmartPic Technology (which helps to compensate face color), four ISO settings, six preset scense, panorama and split shot capabilities, white balance settings, multi-shot, and multiple color effects. It also features a flash, self-timer, and multiple shutter sounds (including off). Once you've snapped your photo, you can edit it right in the Dare--zoom, rotate, crop, add frames, or add writing over the image. You can also capture video up to 640 x 480 pixels for storing onto a memory card, or QCIF 176 x 144-pixel resolution for sending via MMS. You can record videos up to 120 frames per second (fps) and then play them back on the Dare at a slow motion rate of 15 fps. This phone provides the latest version of Bluetooth connectivity--version 2.1 EDR (Enhanced Data Rate), which makes pairing with the included headset as well as other Bluetooth devices a snap. And with EDR, you'll get a faster connection than with the previous version 1.2, which makes transferring files and using the phone as a modem for your laptop hum along nicely. And with the embedded A2DP Bluetooth profile, you can stream your music to a pair of Bluetooth stereo headphones or other compatible devices. The lightweight LG Dare measures just 0.5 inches thin. In addition to compatibility with formats offered by Verizon's V CAST Music and CAST Music with Rhapsody services, it's also compatible with unprotected MP3, WMA, and AAC/AAC formats. The digital audio player features a preset sound effect equalizer, ability to create and manage playlists on the phone, and backbround music mode that allows you to multitask (write email, check your calendar, surf the Web) while continuing to play music. Other features include: Organizer tools: Calculator, EZTip calculator, calendar, alarm clock, stopwatch, world clock, notebook, notepad and drawing pad with handwriting recognition Speaker-independent voice commands One-touch speakerphone Mobile email: Yahoo! Mail, Windows Live Mail, AOL, AIM, Verizon.net Messaging: SMS, MMS Voice Recording: 1 minute or 1 hour (standby Favorites: add up to nine contacts with Picture ID Speed Dial: up to 996 entries HTML Web browsing with touch navigation and favorites Music ringer support (clips from hit songs) Hearing Aid Compatibility = M3/T3 TTY compatible Bluetooth version 2.1 with the following profiles: A2DP (stereo music streaming), AVRC (remote control), HFP (hands-free car kits), HSP (communication headsets), BIP (for sending images to another device), BPP (basic printing profile for text, email), DUN (dial-up networking), FTP (file transfer), HID (support for mice or joysticks), OPP (object push for business cards, calendar items, and pictures), PBA (transfer contacts) Vital Statistics The LG Dare weighs 3.76 ounces and measures 4.1 x 2.2 x 0.5 inches. Its 1100 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 280 minutes (4.7 hours) of talk time, and up to 360 hours of standby time. It runs on the 800/1900 CDMA frequencies as well as the 1xEV-DO r0 data network.

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Product Name	LG Dare (Verizon Wireless)
Manufacturer	VERIZON WIRELESS
Product Number MPN	LG-VX9700
Retail Price	$399.99
EAN-14	00652810813877
UPC	652810813877
Weight	1 lbs.
Deal first added on:	3-September-2008

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"Over A Year Later, My Impressions..."	2009-11-15
- Reviewed By User: A3X6VSSO7OSRK
I have been extensively using my LG Dare for over a year, since I got it in July 2008. While I'm eligible for an upgrade soon, and hope to move up to a more powerful phone (i.e. Android OS) - I want to share with you my impressions of the LG Dare, a phone that was a year ago one of the best offerings on the Verizon network. I have been pretty happy for the most part with this phone, and last year I would have given the review 4 stars. Now, however, there are so many other powerful phones available from Verizon, you might want to reconsider getting a Dare. The first things you notice about the Dare - especially if you're upgrading from a bulky phone, like I did - is its size. It is a small, light phone that really is beautiful. It is a very light phone, but it doesn't feel cheap; it looks and feels great. The Dare also features a standard 3.5mm headphone jack, which means you can plug in any pair of headphones if you want to utilize the Dare's music player. The phone provides for a pleasant overall experience. In general, over my years on the Verizon network, I have been very pleased with call quality, and the LG Dare is no exception. Call quality on the phone is great, and its speakerphone is loud and powerful. I have also been able to pair numerous Bluetooth headsets to the phone without a hitch, and sound quality on those too is loud and clear. Battery life is also pretty good on the Dare, considering how much I use the phone's music player. While the phone's touchscreen can be frustrating (see Touchscreen, below), there are some benefits to having a touchscreen, namely the application DRAWING PAD. This useful program allows you to jot down notes onto a virtual notepad. At first I thought this was a cheesy gimmick, but over the past year and a half, I've found this to be a lifesaver. It's easy to jot down notes on the go, and even set them to be your background should you so choose (to serve as a reminder). Unfortunately, there isn't a practical way to transfer these notes to your computer. There are three features of the phone I really want to delve into: Camera, Music, and Touchscreen. CAMERA The phone packs a 3.2 Megapixel Schneider-Kreuznach lens that takes great pictures and videos - in available light, that is. While the camera does sport a flash, it results in horrible pictures that are tinted blue. There are effects you can choose from, and while some of them are incredibly cheesy, the camera has some useful effects, and more importantly, settings. Face detection, ISO, and other camera settings have proved invaluable over time. The video recording feature also provides flexibility, and I found the video quality to be quite reasonable for such a small phone. MUSIC PLAYER The LG Dare's Music Player is, without a doubt, the feature of the phone I use most extensively (even more than the phone feature :-)). It offers standard equalizer settings, and provides a good listening experience (provided you are using adequate headphones). While the Music Player is not as refined as the iPhone's MP3 player, it is a convenient feature. The only downside I've experienced is that a lot of times it doesn't retain album information; while my music library includes songs from Metallica, Nirvana, and the Smashing Pumpkins, by far the majority of my songs are apparently from from the 'UNKNOWN ALBUM' recorded by the 'UNKNOWN ARTIST'...which can be a little annoying! TOUCHSCREEN I upgraded to the LG Dare from the LG VX9800 ("The V"), which was a powerful (at the time) phone with a full QWERTY keyboard. I wanted a touchscreen phone over a QWERTY one due to my great experience with the iPod Touch. While the Touch's virtual keyboard took some getting used to, it was very responsive and provided for a great typing experience; I assumed the Dare's would be, as well. Unfortunately, typing on the Dare was something I never really managed to master. While I love the phone's haptic feedback - it vibrates a little as you press on each key, mimicking the feel of pressing on a real button - the phone's touchscreen is less than perfect. In portrait mode, you can compose text the way you can on many phones, using T9/Predictive text (this is what I usually have to resort to). When you turn the phone to its side, the Dare's built-in accelerometer also allows for you to use a full virtual keyboard to compose text. This is a less-than-perfect experience, however, since its inaccurate and often slow/unresponsive; furthermore, there is no sort of dictionary that auto-corrects your spelling as you type, as there is on the iPhone/iPod Touch. This makes sending messages using the on-screen virtual keyboard an awkward affair, and really makes one miss having a full QWERTY keyboard. This is not just a shortcoming of the Dare; unfortunately, many phones that have ditched a physical QWERTY keyboard in favor of a virtual touchscreen one often fall short of recreating the iPhone's innovative typing experience. Even with an awkward typing experience, however, having a touchscreen is still very cool (or at least was a year ago, when there weren't too many touchscreen devices on the market!) ------------- To sum up: PROS 1. Beautiful, light phone that really is a piece of eye candy. 2. MP3 player is so convenient with its 3.5mm standard headphone jack 3. 'Drawing Pad' application is unbelievably useful 4. Great camera in good lighting; both still photos and videos come out really great CONS 1. Less-than-perfect touchscreen makes typing a more difficult experience than it should be 2. MP3 Library poorly organized and aesthetically unpleasing 3. Very basic when compared to other advanced phones that are currently out ------------- CONCLUSIONS Let me make clear that the LG Dare is still one of the better phones out there on the Verizon network. If you're tied to the network due to contractual obligations, or simply like Verizon's network (call quality is superb), you won't be upset with a Dare. Unfortunately, the virtual keyboard experience on the Dare pales in comparison to some other touchscreen keyboards, and most certainly to a real physical QWERTY keyboard; for that reason, I recommend you look into the Samsung Rogue, which is similar to the Dare in many ways, but has a very easy-to-use keyboard that makes typing a more comfortable experience than on the Dare. That is, unless, you're looking for more advanced features, or are willing to pay for a data plan, which really opens up many doors to better phones such as Blackberries, or the new Android phones.

"frozen touch screen"	2009-11-02
- Reviewed By marcusroof
only had this phone a couple of months but the screen froze on me twice (touch screen doesn't respond to touch). the second time was so bad it was permanently frozen. as this is a touch-screen-only phone, this rendered the phone useless. had to get it replaced with a refurbed phone. my contacts got transferred but all my settings were lost which is annoying. it may work for you, but for me the phone was junk.

"Touchscreen is the New Black..."	2009-10-29
- Reviewed By icekryztol
I've had this phone for a year and haven't had any real problems with it at all. The internet works great, most of the time you can browse rather quickly except for when the signal is low. The internet has frozen up on me a few times and I had to take the battery out to shut it off. I have used Mobile Web and in comparison to that, I do like this a lot better. I rather use the mobile sites since scrolling around can be tedious, but I still didn't find this fact very annoying. It scrolls around fairly quickly. And you can set up to return to the homescreen when you launch it or go back to the last page you visited. It has a bit of a learning curve if you're not used to touch screens, but once you learn it's very easy to use and now I can't imagine not having a touch screen phone. I never actually used the photo editing capabilities on it. I played with it once. It seemed very basic with a way to add frames or silly items to your pictures. The camera takes greats pictures. It has a manual focus and an auto focus. I like the auto focus better because the pictures come out really clear, but it takes longer to snap the picture. It's very quick and easy to switch between the two though, which I've done to take pictures from a moving vehicle, which also turn out surprising well. The on-screen querty keyboard gets on my nerves. I have to switch back and forth between letters, symbols, and numbers, and when I'm on the internet, the keyboard has a delayed reaction time which makes it take twice as long or longer to type. On the plus side, the touch screen has proven to be very accurate. I have very few problems getting the buttons to work or scrolling through the menus with my fingers or my nails. The screen has a locking feature, but it has unlocked in my purse and launched a video on the internet. It's funny to have my purse start talking to me all of a sudden but it wouldn't have been so funny if I didn't have a data plan and gotten charged for those times when the internet has been accidently launched. The only other thing that I don't love is that my phone seems to take a long time to charge. I've been using a data cable and charging up on my computer and that can be annoying when I plug it up at night and have to wait for it to finish charging so I can go to bed since it's also my back up alarm clock. But overall I have very few issues with it and they are all minor to me. I have been very happy with this phone and will most likely keep it and play with it even after I have replaced it with something even shinier.

"LG Dare does it for me."	2009-09-29
- Reviewed By lazylady3
I was forced to upgrade from my Kyocera KX2 (koi)due to software glitch that was unrepairable due to no one having the software any more. The KX2 had a 1.2 mp camera - good for the time but now most cheap cameras have that. So my biggest request was a significant upgrade in the camera. I had avoided touchscreens, having tried some at the mall and found them inaccurate. The Dare has a 3.2 mp camera and video function that turns out great photos. I'm not a big texter but I find that the Dares qwerty keyboard (virtual.. appears when you turn it on it's side when you are in the text function) very easy and accurate. The handwriting recognition mode I find a big difficult.. it seems to have a problem on certain letters with me. "I" keeps coming up as "L".. it works better when using a stylus. I love the big screen. No problems with scrolling or drag and drop features. If you use a headphone be aware that the jack just has a rubber plug (like a stopper) to cover it when not in use. I'd think that would be easy to lose if you take it out a lot. If you don't use your phone for the internet (I don't- that's what my laptops for) and never text, you can get by cheap by not spending the monthly fee for the data package. You can use your USB cord (which is part of the charger) for downloading your photos to your computer directly. (The wall charger is a usb cord that plugs into the plug that goes into the wall.) I used [...] video reviews when deciding on which phone I wanted. The Vera was similar but didn't have as good a camera. I used the LG websites interactive feature to learn how the Dare worked before mine arrived. By far the easiest way to learn how your new phone works. Not that it's difficult. It's just easier to see the steps being performed. I put a silicone cover on mine and a plastic film protector for the screen. Probably a good idea if you're going to use a stylus. Don't forget to try and get some free accessories when you upgrade. You're signing up for 2 years.. you can finagle some freebies.

"Worst phone ever"	2009-09-20
- Reviewed By imjermin
This is the worst phone I've ever had. I have tried numerous times to fix the calibration but it just does not work. Also, sometimes the phone just freezes for no reason. And when i try to text the mode changes from word to abc randomly. Put simply, this phone has so many problems. DO NOT GET THIS PHONE!

"LG Dare. Simple yes, easy to use yes, smart phone no"	2009-09-16
- Reviewed By User: A3IFY70V3NWQM1
I bought the LG Dare on Dec 20th 2008 and hate it. The screen lock doesnt stay locked. The Ocilator(thing that makes it vibrate) is sketchy. The Web Browser was alright, the texting, picture messenging, video messaging, and other things are fine. The only things that i have had issues with are calls, recieving, outgoing, and reception sucks. I hate the # of applications on this phone. I believe the number is 6(not including games). Very unsatisfied with this phone!

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