Hands on with Verizon’s latest batch [Updated]
- October 3rd, 2007
- 6 Comments
Earlier today I spent some time with Verizon’s latest devices. Was I impressed? Sort of. Was I disappointed? Sort of. We pretty much knew what to expect, but the hands on with all the devices wasn’t that bad. The Samsung Juke was pretty cool. It’s a tiny and slim phone with a 180 degrees keypad. It does have 2GB of internal storage, which is pretty neat. Stereo Bluetooth is always a plus and the VGA camera took decent pics. But it’s a kiddie device because of Chaperone. It comes in blue, red and teal.
[Update]: All the pics are up now.
We knew about the CDMA BlackBerry Pearl. It comes with GPS and VZ navigator service. The microSD card slot has been relocated to the side for easier access. It comes in a tinted silver-grey shade.
The LG Voyager is ok, IMO. It does have an external touch-screen and full QWERTY, but it sort of felt cheap. It’s a power user device as I’m told, but it’s sort of meh. It’s nice that it can handle up to 8GB thanks to the microSD slot, but I wasn’t all that impressed.
But the LG Venus certainly grabbed my attention. It will come in black and pink with dual front screens. The lower half of the screen is touch sensitive with vibration feedback. It’s a music-centric phone with a microSD slot and 2-megapixel camera and video recorder.
Overall, I wasn’t that impressed because I’ve seen most of the phones before, but I really liked the Venus regardless of the feminine name. All the devices will be available before Thanksgiving.
drpr (Who am I?)
8 months ago
What’s with your repeated anti-woman comments when reviewing the Venus phone? It’s PHONE, and it has features both men and women will use. This is not the only article I’ve read by you in which you make disparaging comments about women, implying that women don’t want or need the same high quality of technology that men do. You need to get beyond that and just review the gadgets.
Kitty
7 months ago
I don’t think he meant to offend. I have read all his reviews of the Venus, and while he does repeat those types of comments I think he had the same thought I did. When I first heard about the Venus I thought “hmm, Venus, chick phone :)”.
Basically I think he was just trying to say that the word “Venus” is usually used to refer to women (Men from Mars, Women from Venus…..etc.) and the phone is a nice gadget for anyone…be they male or female.
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Jim (Who am I?)
8 months ago
Features for women?
NO egg timer. NO extendable broom. NO tampon dispensor.
Features for women my ass…
Kitty
7 months ago
Wow…you are an egotistical, sexist pig. Without men AND women the human race wouldn’t exist. Maybe you should think about that before you stick your foot further in your mouth.
Technology isn’t sexist and as a woman in CS I think that you should further educate yourself in the ways that WOMEN have influenced the advancement of technology before you make unsupported and misdirected statements like the above.
**You should also watch your mouth. Children that look at these types of websites because they like to know the latest on new gadgets don’t need to read words that only prove your ignorance and lack of intelligence.
Have a nice day.
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Rick
8 months ago
Erm.. hello, He is not being Anti-woman… He’s only saying that because I know some idiots who would say,
“Oh I’m not getting the LG Venus just because its not cool.”
Really they’re just not liking it because of the Word VENUS.. and Thats why he’s saying that, because its a very cool phone for the average user. Regardless of sex/ and name.
In other words. It’s a really good phone, I especially like the Music Menu, when I saw it at the Verizon Store.
I’m going to get one on Christmas, so I will be viewing as many things as I can to see what features and add-on it may have available.
Happy Holidays!
Rick
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Kitty
7 months ago
Great. Hope you are enjoying it. You should post how you like it so people looking into it can have feedback from a user also.
Take care.
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