LG Lotus LX600 Phone, Black (Sprint)

This square flip phone measures just 3.3 x 2.4 x 0.7 inches and weighs 3.7 ounces, making it perfectly pocketable. It has an external 1.3-inch LCD screen (160 x 128 pixels, 65K colors), which displays incoming calls and provides current time/date, signal strength, and battery life. The interior also includes a five-way navigator, send/end keys, and soft navigation keys. New tiles are available every two weeks. The "Home" tile always stays put, so you can easily get back to your default display. Highlight a tile to reveal its menu on your home screen. You can also capture video clips in three resolutions (320x 240, 176 x 144, and 128 x 96 pixels), with video length of either up to 35 seconds (for sending via messaging or mail) or up to 1 hour (for saving to your memory card). The LG Lotus flip phone is hip to be square, with external music playback controls and a full QWERTY keyboard inside.Sprint Service Supporting the EV-DO high-speed data standard, this phone enables you to download and stream high-quality video, straight onto your phone. This comprehensive video service combines high-quality streaming audio and video from channels including ABC, The Weather Channel, Fox Sports, E!, CNN, The Discovery Channel, and more.

This phone also provides access to Sprint Football Live--free for any phone with a data plan. Other features include a 2-megapixel camera/camcorder, Bluetooth for hands-free devices and stereo music streaming, access to personal e-mail, full duplex speakerphone, and up to 5.5 hours of talk time. Add up to 8 "bubbles"--at-a-glance items that display on your home screen, like the weather or your daily horoscope. With Sprint TV, you can make your cell phone your always-on source for news, weather, sports and more. Access by texting "FOOTBALL" to 7777 on the handset to download Sprint Football Live from Sprint Digital Lounge (standard text messaging and data rates apply).

The Sprint Music Store enables you to buy, download, and then jam out wherever you are with new songs or old favorites. You can control music playback when the phone is closed with dedicated buttons right below the screen.

Flipping the cover open reveals a small, full QWERTY keyboard that's ideal for quick text messaging, e-mail or instant messaging. You can print photos directly to compatible PictBridge printers via the included USB cable or via Bluetooth. The carousel can hold up to 15 tiles, which you can add, remove and rearrange to suit your needs. You'll be able to follow all the live play-by-play action with the Live Game Center for both pro and college football games, as well as stay on top of the pro football draft with a Live Draft Tracker and in-depth analysis and bios on nearly 500 top prospects. Other features include a one-touch speakerphone, speed dial (98 entries plus one voice-mail default), and voice-activated dialing.

This phone provides the latest version of Bluetooth connectivity--version 2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate), which makes pairing with the included headset as well as other Bluetooth devices a snap. And with EDR, you'll get a faster connection than with the previous version 1.2, which makes transferring files and using the phone as a modem for your laptop hum along nicely. The stylish, uniquely designed LG Lotus flip phone for Sprint offers the perfect combination of both style and substance with a full QWERTY keyboard that is ideal for quick text messaging, e-mail or instant messaging. And Sprint Mobile e-mail Work enables you to access e-mail from corporate servers, including Microsoft Exchange 2000, 2003, 2007 and Lotus Notes Domino versions 6.0, 6.5 and 7.0 (with the latest software update). This phone also enables you to send contacts and calendar events, send pictures to a Bluetooth-enabled printer, and save up to 20 Bluetooth pairings

The 2-megapixel camera offers four resolution options for still images (1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960, 640 x 480, and 320 x 240 pixels), and it features up to a 15x digital zoom (depending on resolution setting; 1600 x 1200 does not support zoom), brightness and white balance controls, a self timer, and an in-phone image editor. The phone includes an 80 MB internal memory, which can be expanded via optional microSD memory cards up to 16 GB in size. Along the way, turn-by-turn directions will be announced in a clear voice and displayed on your phone. Instead of navigating through endless phone menus, you can put the things you use the most--features like call logs, texting, Web access and GPS navigation--right up front with instant information related to each feature. Its 900 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 5.5 hours of talk time. Save your songs to a memory card with a capacity that's right for you.

This GPS-enabled phone provides optional access to Sprint Navigation for driving directions on your mobile phone--by voice and onscreen. The digital music player supports MP3, AAC, AAC+, and MP4A files, and it allows you to play music in the background while you multitask in other applications on the phone. This phone features Sprint's new One Click navigation interface, which places eight shortcut tiles along the bottom of the home screen. Press your navigation left or right key to select a tile; up or down to select a bubble or menu item. For example, Sprint Navigation will say, "Go 1.2 miles and turn right on Elm Street." As you approach the turn, you will hear, "Turn right on Elm Street." Sprint Navigation also provides proactive traffic alerts with one click re-routing. For example, when you scroll to text messaging, you'll see the number of new messages received and a single click takes take you to the newest messages. This phone is compatible with real-music ringtones, and you can also set voice memos as a ringtone. Where coverage is available, EV-DO connectivity provides average download speeds ranging from 400 to 700 Kbps, with peak rates up to 2 Mbps. Browse and download new tiles from your phone's "Personalize Home Screen" tile. It also has an airplane mode that turns off cellular connectivity while allowing you to continue to play music. And it's easy to find restaurants, banks, cafes, hotels and more from over 10 million points of interest across the U.S.

With Sprint Mobile e-mail, you'll get easy access to your favorite home e-mail services including AOL, Yahoo!, Gmail, and MSN/Windows Live Hotmail and more. And with the embedded A2DP Bluetooth profile, you can stream your music to a pair of Bluetooth stereo headphones or other compatible devices. You can record voice memos up to 10 minutes in length. It runs on the CDMA 800/1900 frequencies as well as Sprint's EV-DO data network. It comes with 33 unique ringtones and you can also set the phone to vibrate and silent modes.

Other features include:

• Personalize your phone by downloading unique ringers and assigning them to numbers in your address book so you'll know who's calling by the sound of the ring or style of animation
• Wireless Backup to manage contacts list in the event that the phone is lost, stolen or damaged
• Download and play entertaining, interactive games that you'll want to play all the time
• USB mass storage capabilities and charging via computer
• Organizer tools: alarm clock, calculator, scheduler, document viewer, notepad, world clock, EZ tip calculator
• Bluetooth version 2.1 with the following profiles: A2DP (stereo music streaming), AVRC (remote control), HFP (hands-free car kits), HSP (communication headsets), BPP (basic printing profile for text, e-mail), DUN (dial-up networking), FTP (file transfer), HID (support for mice or joysticks), OPP (object push for business cards, calendar items, and pictures), PBA (transfer contacts)
• Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC) rating of M4 for hearing aids operating in the acoustic mode

Vital Statistics The LG Lotus weighs 3.7 ounces and measures 3.3 x 2.4 x 0.7 inches. The Lotus is also a great choice for a cellular audio player, with access to the Sprint Music Store for over-the-air downloads and wide multiformat support for loading your music onto optional microSD memory cards (up to 16 GB in size). In addition to fast 3G speeds from Sprint's high-speed EV-DO network, you'll enjoy GPS navigation capabilities for accessing the optional Sprint Navigation turn-by-turn direction service as well as access to Sprint TV's video-on-demand with full-motion video and vivid sound. Sprint One Click's customizable home screen enables you to optimize your experience by providing quick access to the things you use the most.Phone Features The innovative LG Lotus flip phone is the recipient of the Red Dot Design Award--one of the largest and most renowned design competitions in the world--for its original form factor. Here's how it works: Sprint's One Click navigation interface.Add your favorite items to the carousel, which is a row of tiles along the bottom of your phone's home screen. The phonebook can store up to 600 contact entries, each with up to seven numbers, three e-mail addresses, a web URL, IM screen name, and a picture ID. Offering a growing selection of more than 1.6 million songs, the store provides you two copies of each song--one for the phone and another for the PC, as well as the ability to burn songs to a CD using Windows Media Player.