LG Dare?

[bjarvis]

Any opinions of the LG Dare cell phone from Verizon Wireless?

At the moment, I'm trying to decide between the LG Dare and the Blackberry Storm. I'll have to drop by the local Verizon Wireless store to test drive both models before committing.

Comments

[theoctothorpe.livejournal.com]

Clearly you haven't read the Pogue article on the Storm.

In short: Worst Phone EVAR.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/27/technology/personaltech/27pogue.html?_r=1


Link to the followup article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/04/technology/personaltech/04pogue-email.html?_r=3&bl&ex=1228539600&en=4750d6cf8c5bac73&ei=5087%0A

[ljtourist.livejournal.com]

Meh. The worst phone EVAR was my LG VX4400. Wow, was that crap. Made me swear off LG products forever. *shudder*

I tried the Storm (*love* my BlackBerry Pearl) and, while it was very 1.0, the one I played with had the old software. Need to find an updated one to try out. If that doesn't fix the biggest annoyances, then I expect the next HW release will.

My advice to bjarvis is to head to a big Verizon store and try them out yourself. Definitely do test phone calls, also.

[cpj.livejournal.com]

Well, even though the Storm has issues, it's still a Blackberry. So, you're going to be part of a more mature smartphone community.

[wescobear.livejournal.com]

I've got a Blackberry Pearl Flip through T-Mobile. I'm not loving the keyboard with two letters per key and "intelligent" software (a la Apple Newton.) I'll probably trade it in for a full keyboard model eventually. I've also had freezing problems, but pulling the battery and reseating it solves that problem. But the email integration is phenomenal and I LOVE the fact that the phone turns itself on and off on a schedule (I chose off at 11:00P and on at 8:00A weekdays.)

[weekilter.livejournal.com]

Back away from the Storm at all cost!

Oh for god's sake

[jearbear65oh.livejournal.com]

Just jump ship and get an iphone.
You love Apple stuff anyway.
Besides they are alot of fun.
And Uber Cool.

Re: Oh for god's sake

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

If it were possible to have the iPhone and *not* have ATT Wireless, I'd jump at it.