.gif)
LG Dare (VX9700)
Encyclopedia
The LG VX9700 is a CDMA touch screen cell phone made by LG
. The phone features touch screen navigation, a 3.2 megapixel camera with face recognition 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 Sprint
Mogul
and Touch
.
In the US, the Dare was released online June 26, 2008 and was released in Verizon stores on July 3, 2008. The device is available in Canada on the Telus
Mobility network.
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.
, 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 stand-by.
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.
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.
) 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 has vibrate options. It also plays videos and music in MP3, AAC (unprotected only) , AAC+, and WMA formats.
Currently there is a software texting bug while using the complete the word mode. If the user tilts the phone sideways, transitioning the screen from vertical to horizontal mode, will unintentionally revert the user control back to Abc mode from the complete the word mode.
LG Group
LG Corp. is the second-largest South Korean conglomerate company following Samsung, and it is headquartered in the LG Twin Towers in Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul. LG produces electronics, chemicals, and telecommunications products and operates subsidiaries like LG Electronics, LG Display,...
. The phone features touch screen navigation, a 3.2 megapixel camera with face recognition 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 Sprint
Sprint Nextel
Sprint Nextel Corporation is an American telecommunications company based in Overland Park, Kansas. The company owns and operates Sprint, the third largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States, with 53.4 million customers, behind Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility...
Mogul
HTC Titan
The HTC Titan is an EVDO Rev. A Windows Mobile 6.1 Pocket PC phone manufactured by High Tech Computer Corporation of Taiwan. It is the successor to the HTC Apache upon which it improves by adding more ROM, GPS, EVDO Rev. A, additional hard keys, a scroll-wheel, spring-loaded keyboard, and a higher...
and Touch
HTC Touch
The HTC Touch, also known as the HTC P3450 or its codename the HTC Elf, is a Windows Mobile 6-powered Pocket PC designed and manufactured by HTC. Its main, unique feature is a user interface named TouchFLO that detects a sweeping motion and can distinguish between a finger and a stylus...
.
In the US, the Dare was released online June 26, 2008 and was released in Verizon stores on July 3, 2008. The device is available in Canada on the Telus
TELUS
Telus is a national telecommunications company in Canada that provides a wide range of telecommunications products and services including internet access, voice, entertainment, video, and satellite television. The company is based in Burnaby, British Columbia, part of Greater Vancouver...
Mobility network.
Display and menus
The TFTTFT LCD
Thin film transistor liquid crystal display is a variant of liquid crystal display which uses thin-film transistor technology to improve image quality . TFT LCD is one type of Active matrix LCD, though all LCD-screens are based on TFT active matrix addressing...
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 200MB internal memory, it has a flash memory slot for microSD or microSDHC, supporting cards up to 16GB in size. The phone also supports GPS, PIM, and BREWBinary Runtime Environment for Wireless
Brew is an application development platform created by Qualcomm, originally for CDMA mobile phones, featuring third party applications such as mobile games. It is offered in some feature phones but not in smart phones...
, 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 stand-by.
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 Schneider-Kreuznach autofocus lens and an LEDLEd
LEd is a TeX/LaTeX editing software working under Microsoft Windows. It is a freeware product....
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 (T9 (predictive text)T9 (predictive text)
T9, which stands for Text on 9 keys, is a patented predictive text technology for mobile phones, originally developed by Tegic Communications, now part of Nuance Communications....
) 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 polyphonic and TruetoneTruetone
A truetone is a ringtone which has been encoded with a sampled audio format such as MP3, AAC, or WMA. It is also referred to as a mastertone or realtone....
ringtones 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 "pocket dialing".Currently there is a software texting bug while using the complete the word mode. If the user tilts the phone sideways, transitioning the screen from vertical to horizontal mode, will unintentionally revert the user control back to Abc mode from the complete the word mode.
Specs
LG Dare specifications| Category | Sub-Category | Info | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Network | Type | CDMA dual band (800/1900 MHz) | |
| Data | CDMA2000 1xRTT/1xEV-DO rev.0/1xEV-DO rev.A | ||
| 3G Capable | Yes | ||
| Size | Dimensions | 4.1h x 2.2w x .5d | |
| Weight | 3.8 oz (107 g) | ||
| Design | Form | Candybar | |
| Antenna | Internal | ||
| Battery | Type | Li - Ion | |
| Talk | Up to 4.66 (280 mins) hours of Talk Time | ||
| Standby | Up to 360 hours (15 days) of Stand-by Time | ||
| Capacity | 1100 mAh | ||
| Main Display | Resolution | 240 x 400 pixels | |
| Type | 262 144 colors, TFT | ||
| Features | Light and Proximity Sensors | ||
| Touch Screen | Resistive | ||
| Camera | Resolution | 3.2 megapixels Resolution | |
| Video | VGA (640x480) | ||
| Features | Flash: Yes, Schneider Kreuznach lens, Digital zoom | ||
| Notifications | Polyphonic Ringtones | Yes, MP3 | |
| Vibration Alert | Yes | ||
| Messaging | Text Send/Receive | Yes | |
| EMS | Yes | ||
| MMS | Yes | ||
| Instant Messaging | Yes | ||
| Multimedia | Video Playback | Video player for MP4, 3GP, 3G2 Formats | |
| Music Player | MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA formats supported | ||
| Memory | Memory Slot | microSD/microSDHC (up to 16gb), 200mb internal memory | |
| Connectivity | Internet | Full HTML browser | 3g2/AAC Audio/Video web browser player |
| USB | microUSB | ||
| Bluetooth | Stereo 2.1, yes (also works with movies and GPS) | ||
| Connectors | HeadPhone Jack (3.5mm) | ||
| Other Features | PhoneBook | 1000 contacts, Caller groups supported, Multiple Numbers Per Contact, Picture ID, Ring ID | |
| PIM | Alarm, Calendar, Calculator, TO-DO, Stopwatch, World Clock, Notebook, Notepad & Drawing Pad with handwriting recognition | ||
| Voice | Recording, Speaker Phone | ||
| WiFi | No | ||
| BREW | Yes | ||
| Yes | |||
| GPS | Yes | ||
| FCC Approved | Yes |