LG enV Touch (VX11000)
Encyclopedia
The LG enV Touch also known as the Voyager 2, or VX11000 is an internet
-enabled, multimedia
device
created by LG Electronics
for use with Verizon Wireless
. The phone was released on June 5, 2009 as a successor to the LG Voyager. The phone's external screen is touch enabled with a virtual keyboard
and buttons. The internal screen features a QWERTY
keyboard and both screens have a WVGA resolution. The phone's functions include a 3.2 megapixel camera
with flash, a portable media player
, text messaging
, e-mail
support, a web browser
, a built-in accelerometer
, and Verizon's GPS navigation software, VZ Navigator
. It is a dual-band CDMA phone using EVDO for data communications.
The enV Touch includes text messaging and web browsing capabilities, as well as camera and video recording, voice commands, and speaker phone.
The phone supports Verizon's VCast Video/Music, Visual Voicemail, and VZ Navigator services. However, the phone lacks the VCast Mobile T.V. support of the original Voyager. It features accelerometer motion sensors similar to those found in iPhone-based devices for games such as Need for Speed. The enV Touch also features a Document Viewer that can display Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word documents, as well as PDF
documents. The most recent software revision is version 11, which includes the polaris Browser, and also new animations.
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
-enabled, multimedia
Multimedia
Multimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which use only rudimentary computer display such as text-only, or...
device
Information appliance
In general terms, an information appliance or information device is any machine or device that is usable for the purposes of computing, telecommunicating, reproducing, and presenting encoded information in myriad forms and applications....
created by LG Electronics
LG Electronics
LG Electronics is a global electronics and telecommunications company headquartered in Yeouido, Seoul, South Korea. The company operates its business through five divisions: mobile communications, home entertainment, home appliance, air conditioning and business solution...
for use with Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless
Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless, is one of the largest mobile network operators in the United States. The network has 107.7 million subscribers as of 2011, making it the largest wireless service provider in America....
. The phone was released on June 5, 2009 as a successor to the LG Voyager. The phone's external screen is touch enabled with a virtual keyboard
Virtual keyboard
A virtual keyboard is a software component that allows a user to enter characters. A virtual keyboard can usually be operated with multiple input devices, which may include a touchscreen, an actual keyboard and a computer mouse.- Types :...
and buttons. The internal screen features a QWERTY
QWERTY
QWERTY is the most common modern-day keyboard layout. The name comes from the first six letters appearing in the topleft letter row of the keyboard, read left to right: Q-W-E-R-T-Y. The QWERTY design is based on a layout created for the Sholes and Glidden typewriter and sold to Remington in the...
keyboard and both screens have a WVGA resolution. The phone's functions include a 3.2 megapixel camera
Camera
A camera is a device that records and stores images. These images may be still photographs or moving images such as videos or movies. The term camera comes from the camera obscura , an early mechanism for projecting images...
with flash, a portable media player
Portable media player
A portable media player or digital audio player, is a consumer electronics device that is capable of storing and playing digital media such as audio, images, video, documents, etc. the data is typically stored on a hard drive, microdrive, or flash memory. In contrast, analog portable audio...
, text messaging
Text messaging
Text messaging, or texting, refers to the exchange of brief written text messages between fixed-line phone or mobile phone and fixed or portable devices over a network...
E-mail
Electronic mail, commonly known as email or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Modern email operates across the Internet or other computer networks. Some early email systems required that the author and the recipient both be online at the...
support, a web browser
Web browser
A web browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web. An information resource is identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier and may be a web page, image, video, or other piece of content...
, a built-in accelerometer
Accelerometer
An accelerometer is a device that measures proper acceleration, also called the four-acceleration. This is not necessarily the same as the coordinate acceleration , but is rather the type of acceleration associated with the phenomenon of weight experienced by a test mass that resides in the frame...
, and Verizon's GPS navigation software, VZ Navigator
VZ Navigator
VZ Navigator is a GPS navigation software for Verizon Wireless phones that turns the phone into a GPS navigation device. It is a white label product based on Networks in Motion's AtlasBook mobile navigation platform. It is compatible with many recent Verizon GPS Phones, and available through Get It...
. It is a dual-band CDMA phone using EVDO for data communications.
Features
The enV Touch has a larger external touch screen and internal screen display than its predecessor, the Voyager, as well as a camera with a newer 3.2 megapixel lens, an LED flash, and stronger vibration. The QWERTY keyboard retained a similar size to the original Voyager's but its layout was altered slightly to move the space key to the middle of the keyboard, unlike previous enV devices which had the key on the both sides of the layout.The enV Touch includes text messaging and web browsing capabilities, as well as camera and video recording, voice commands, and speaker phone.
The phone supports Verizon's VCast Video/Music, Visual Voicemail, and VZ Navigator services. However, the phone lacks the VCast Mobile T.V. support of the original Voyager. It features accelerometer motion sensors similar to those found in iPhone-based devices for games such as Need for Speed. The enV Touch also features a Document Viewer that can display Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word documents, as well as PDF
Portable Document Format
Portable Document Format is an open standard for document exchange. This file format, created by Adobe Systems in 1993, is used for representing documents in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems....
documents. The most recent software revision is version 11, which includes the polaris Browser, and also new animations.