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LG CU500 Cell Phone

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Another of the Clam shell style phones in the Motorola Razr style. The LG CU500 is a nice phone with all the modern features such as a 1.3 mega pixel camera, Quad band, music player, and HSDPA and Bluetooth features, along with extra memory card slot for a micro sd card.

The HSDPA means it is the handset that can reach connection speeds up to 1.8Mbps. Cingular has capitalized on the high speeds by packing in Cingular Video, its video streaming service, and Cingular Music, a music service portal. Together with a 1.3-megapixel camera with rotating lens, an audio player, a speakerphone, and more, we think the LG CU500 is definitely one of Cingular's flagship phones. 

At the top of the LG500 is a rotating camera lens that swivels up to 180 degrees. You can switch easily from taking pictures away from you to shooting self-portraits. Located underneath is a bright and colorful external screen, though it is a little small at 1.2 inches diagonally. The display has support for 65,000 colors, and you can customize its background.

 

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While the LG CU500 has an attractive design, its real beauty lies in its features. The address book stores up to 500 contacts, and each entry can accommodate up to five numbers, two e-mail addresses, a picture ID, a memo, and one of 10 72-chord polyphonic ring tones and can be assigned to a caller group. Other basic features include a vibrate or silent mode, a speakerphone, support for stereo Bluetooth, text and multimedia messaging, a voice recorder, instant messaging (AOL, MSN, Yahoo, and ICQ), a wireless Web browser, an alarm clock, a calendar, a notepad, a calculator, a world clock, and a to-do list. It also comes with Micro SD card slot.

The primary feature of the CU500 is definitely its support for HSDPA. A 3.5G technology, HSDPA is a successor to UMTS, a 3G technology, both of which are designed for better mobile phone performance. While the transfer speeds for UMTS typically theoretically cap out at 2Mbps. As for Cingular Music, it's not so much a portal as it is a suite of applications. From the Cingular Music menu, you can access the music player, shop for ring tones, and access a variety of music services such as MobiRadio (for radio), Billboard Mobile (for industry news), Music Choice (for music videos), and an array of music communities that cater to fans of a specific artist. There's also a fun application called MusicID, which claims to identify the song's title just by holding the phone up to a music source.

The 1.3-megapixel camera has a 4X zoom and takes photos in four resolutions (160x120, 320x240, 640x480, 1,280x960) and three different quality settings (Normal, Fine, and Super Fine). Other camera settings include a self-timer, a reverse view mode (for upside-down shots), white balance (Auto, Daylight, Incandescent, Cloudy, Fluorescent, Night mode), color effects (Color, Sepia, Mono, Negative), multishot, and three shutter tones (plus a fourth silent mode). There's an image editor that lets you resize, crop, color effect, and rotate your snapshots. You can also choose to shoot short video clips at two video resolutions (176x144, 320x240), though you can record only up to 14 minutes of video at 15 frames per second. I found the picture quality to be quite good for a camera phone. Check out the LG CU500 Cell phone below.

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SanDisk 1GB Transflash MicroSD flash Memory Card for Samsung A990, T609, T809, T629, D807, LG VX8500, KG800, VX8300, CU320, CU500, Blackberry 8100 810

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All Accessories for Lg Cu500 Phone (Includes Car Charger, Travel Home Charger, Boom Mic, Leather Case, Swivel Belt Clip Holster, Antenna Booster, & Car Mount Phone Holder)

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Brand New LG CU500 Standard Lithium-Ion Battery (700mAh)

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LG CU500 Cingular Li-Ion Replacement Battery 700mAh

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Cellet Rubberized Retractable Plug in Car Charger for LG VX6000, F9100, & Kyocera SE47

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LG CU500 TrueVue Crystal Clear Cell Phone Screen Protector

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Mobile Action USB Data Cable with Software for LG CU400 and CU500 - Retail

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SanDisk Micro Secure Digital 2 GB Memory Card (SDSDQ-2048-A11M) Retail Package

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thomasa wrote...

Great Info. Getting a new LG phone must be exciting. How about giving your new phone a customize ring? No more confusion and guessing if it is your phone that is ringing or someone else's. Visit cellular phone ringtones . There is so much to choose from. Please visit us.

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DonnaW

what is better the LG or a blackberry?

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DonnaW

i love my lg phone. thanks for the links to the battery and accessories. i needed them.

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