Mobile Phone Reviews

The LG Vu has been a long time coming. Ever since we saw the LG Prada early last year, we wanted a similar handset for the U.S. market. Not soon after, we grew jealous of our international cousins for having access to the LG Viewty, the 5.0-megapixel successor to the Prada available only in Europe and Asia. Since then, we’ve seen the LG Voyager and the LG Glimmer come our way, but we were still waiting for a full touch screen phone from LG. Finally, at CTIA in April 2008, we had our glimpse of the LG Vu, which many have claimed to be the U.S. version of the Viewty. However, its claim to fame isn’t its camera–instead, the Vu is one of AT&T’s launch devices for AT&T Mobile TV, the carrier’s brand new live mobile TV service launching in May 2008.

The LG VU for AT&T was spotted at this years CES show. The LG VU for AT&T is a Prada-like phone with a very large screen similar to the Voyager in style. Rumors and leaked photos have been circulating around the web for some time now, and it’s good to actually see the item. The LG VU for AT&T should be available anytime now and will usher in MediaFLO mobile TV,

LG Vu reviews From laptopmag

 Pros
* Elegant hardware design
* Lightweight
* Enjoyable TV-watching experience
* Decent 2-MP camera
* Good call quality

Cons
* Clunky Web browsing experience
* No over-the-air music downloads
* Poor headphones
* Can’t use QWERTY keyboard in address book

LG Vu reviews From cnet

The good: The LG Vu is a super sexy touch-screen phone with a 3-inch display and haptic feedback. Features include AT&T Mobile TV, HSDPA speeds, a 2.0-megapixel camera, a full HTML browser, and quad-band support.

The bad: The LG Vu’s camera lacks flash, and there’s a learning curve involved with the touch screen. Streaming video was a little choppy as well.

The bottom line: Despite a few quibbles with the touch screen, its full features and excellent performance make the LG Vu one of the hottest phones this year.