Rating  - Does Amazon work for AT&T now??
Stop selling phones locked to one cellular service!! Start selling unlocked phones that can be used anywhere with the service of our choice, force cellular services to become more competitive.
Rating  - A solid performer with mods slowly coming in
First of all this phone at heart is a solid cell phone with great call quality. There's currently quite a few mods available at lg-vu.com forum,lookup the mod section. There's an excellent slide them available that really makes this phone quite nice. I'll be honest when I first got this phone I hated it,but after giving it a chance to grow on me I love it. I got operamini working on my phone with a little work but after downloading an alternate version of 4.1 it works perfect. I don't like media net as much as opera,so at least you can use opera . You can also use orb on this phone which ,reported by some modders can be used to get free internet on the Vu. In our forum there's constantly new mods coming out for the Vu. Some of which make the phone much better than its default settings. Like for instance using operamini as opposed to medianet. By far the best feature of this phone is the mobileTv which looks much better than any streaming video you've seen on any cell phone to date. But with very limited markets for mobileTV you'll be hard pressed to get it in your area. If you are a heavy texter ,you might consider getting a phone with a dedicated keyboard,BUT SOME people like the Vu's touchscreen for texting. Again you can calibrate the touch screen to your finger touch style. I don't have any battery problems or battery life ,but I have turned off all of the touch feedback functions and little beeps and blips that arent't nessessary to the function of the phone. Just return the phone to its charger everynight and your good to go. The battery is memory free so ,don't be worried about keeping it on the charger when you get home. There is a battery life indicator and a signal strength indicator, I noticed other reviewers saying there isnt but there is ,at least on my version . If you want mobileTV this phone by far is the clear winner, NOT STREAMING jaggy but good qaulity broadcast with no buffering. Games are quite fun on the Vu and in the lg-vu.vom forum there's a download section for 32 games ,that don't cost very much. how about free all popular games. There's also current work on your forum of getting allot iPhone type mods like the keyboard ,drum,etc, There's even a user with OG Zelda working perfect on their Vu. This little phone is really capable of allot of upgrades and I'm always surprised at one comes out next. There's even a way to increase the volume beyond the max loudness of the phone, But you gotta be a little tech savvy to get it to work,but there are instructions and if you happen to brick your phone there's file backups so you can reset your phone . Is this the poor mans iPhone , you could say that, but this phone is good as a phone/phone and in the right hands will be a stellar phone. Bluetooth enabled beauty and you can get one free with a new plan at some other retailers if the flys on the wire so to speek hint hint.
Rating  - not as good as Nokia 6230 it replaced
pros:
slick good looking
cool touchpad
3G
price - I paid $19.99
cons:
no 3.5" headphone input
no QWERTY in contacts !!! it works in text messages and Calendar, but Contacts, let me know if you know how to get qwerty in Contacts
can't sync with PC (Calendar, Contacts, backup) - no PC Suite for CU920 / 915
battery life it the best for 2 days vs outdated Nokia for 7 days
poor reception - again vs Nokia 6230
3G unstable and eat battery fast
no onfly recording when you need it - in Nokia you just press a button and voice recording starts
If I can get newer Nokia under $50 I would go with Nokia any day, but AT&T don't subsidize any new Nokia phones any more
If you know how to sync LG VU C920 with PC to sync Calendar with Outlook, please let me know. ether via BT or USB. Bitpim doesn't support CU920 for this matter for a while and no one LG PC Suite nether.
that's why 3 starts only.
Rating  - Clearing up mis-reviews
First, unlike a few of the reviews, I actually 1) own the phone and 2) waited to do the review. I like to know what I'm talking about when I review a product.
There's not much to add in the area of Pros and Cons. Everyone's just about covered the:
Great Screen, a little dim in full daylight, but very responsive.
My call quality is better than my HTC Tilt, reception better as well.
QWERTY keyboard is fantastic.
Very snappy interface.
The Cons that people are mentioning:
Battery life. Any 3G phone has a reduced battery life.
Here's how to turn off 3G on the Vu if you don't plan on using it.
1. Dial 277634#*# on the keypad to access the Test Menu
2. Select Modem Settings
3. Select Network Mode
4. Select Network Mode (again)
5. Select what bands you wish to be active. (select 2G if you want to make the 3G searching stop. This is what reduces battery life.)
6. Press the Clear/Back button until you return to the main screen
Shutting off 3G just about doubles the battery life. Also, someone said there is no charging indicator, that's wrong. It's right on the screen. Hopefully someone will make a hack to give percentages.
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