Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Verizon welcomes new LG Chocolate.


The LG Chocolate was the first eye catcher in Verizon's line-up and it would only seem right that they would either release an updated version or a follow up to combat with the changing demands of cellular consumers. With that said, we're now presented with the LG Chocolate (VX-8550), the update to the popular Chocolate that is now available via Verizon's website. The updated Chocolate boast new features such as a new keypad that uses touch feedback and a new feature that LG calls "Trace Motion" with uses light to determine the input. Besides the addition of a few components, the phone stays relatively unchanged and users can expect the standard features to include stereo bluetooth, a microSD slot for up to 4GB of storage and so on and so forth. The LG Chocolate is available through verizonwireless.com and was released on the 9th of July so go out and get your oven new and sort of improved LG Chocolate.


Technical Specifications
Network:
CDMA 800 / 1900
Form Factor:
Slide
Dimensions:
98 x 47 x 17 mm
Weight:
92 g
Antenna:
Internal
Navigation:
Navigation Wheel (Trace Motion Light)
Battery Type:
800 mAh Li-Polymer
Talk Time:
4.17
Standby Time:
350
Memory:
64.0 MB
Expandable Memory

microSD / TransFlash


Cheers,

John

Monday, July 2, 2007

Verizon jumps from EV-DO to Rev. A


In a recent effort to overshadow the iPhone and to stay on the map, Verizon has upgraded its EV-DO network to Revision A technology. This service, which has already been implemented in areas across the nation, will allow Verizon subscribers to access content and extremely higher rates of speed. EV-DO subscribers can expect average downloads times to be between 600kbps to 1.4 Mbps and the upload times will be within the 500-800 kbps range. This is a great attempt from Verizon to up their network to combat the surge in service offered by competing carriers from the likes of Cingular and Sprint. Kudos to Verizon for upping their network, next on the list is to offer better looking phones.

Cheers,

John