LG Vu CU920 TV Phone (AT&T)

Amazon.com Product Description
Elegantly and simply designed, the LG Vu CU920 for AT&T features a stunning 3-inch touchscreen that provides excellent viewing of AT&T's new Mobile TV offering, which allows you to watch TV-quality programming from Comedy Central, ESPN, Fox, NBC, and more. The Vu CU920 even comes with a TV antenna that can be extended for optimal TV reception. This quad-band GSM phone also runs on AT&T's dual-band HSDPA/UMTS high-speed 3G network, making it easy to download music purchased from AT&T Mobile Music's partners Napster and eMusic.

The intuitive touchscreen controls makes it easy to navigate through all the features of this power-packed phone, which also includes a 2-megapixel camera that can be used with AT&T's Video Share service, multi-format digital audio player, and downloadable games. Other features include Bluetooth connectivity for communication headsets and stereo music streaming, microSD memory expansion (up to 4 GB), access to email and instant messaging, and up to 3 hours of talk time.

Enjoy AT&T Mobile TV on the LG Vu's brilliantly colorful 3-inch interactive touchscreen.

AT&T Service Options
This AT&T phone can handle high-speed data connectivity via AT&T's 3G mobile broadband data network, which is available in most major metropolitan areas. The AT&T 3G network uses the dual-band UMTS/HSDPA 850/1900 MHz network (also known as WCDMA), making it possible to enjoy a variety of feature-rich wireless multimedia services with speeds up to 3.6 Mbps. It also gives AT&T the advantage of offering simultaneous voice and data services.

In areas where the 3G network is not available, you'll continue to receive service on the AT&T EDGE network, which offers availability in more than 13,000 US cities and along some 40,000 miles of major highways. Providing average data speeds between 75-135Kbps, it's fast enough to support a wide range of advanced data services, including video and music clips, full picture and video messaging, high-speed color Internet access, and email on the go. You'll also enjoy quad-band GSM connectivity, which allows you to make calls in more than 190 countries and access data applications in the more than 135 countries where AT&T offers international data roaming.

With 3G connectivity, you'll be able to access AT&T's Video Share service, which enables you to send a live, one-way video stream to another compatible phone during a standard voice call. The service also allows you to switch the direction of the video stream during the same phone call. (Customers must be in an area served by the company's 3G network and have a Video Share-enabled phone.)

You get access to AT&T Mobile Music, which enables you to buy tracks while on the go, access the Napster and eMusic subscription music services, stream music video, discover what's playing with Music ID song-recognition software, and find out what's hot with The Buzz music news portal. And it has a built-in web browser for MEdia Net downloads and mobile web browsing. AT&T's MEdia Net service enables you to receive and send emails, read news headlines, get weather updates, download games and ringtones, and more.

Note that if you want to enjoy the full audio and video capabilities of your UMTS phone, be sure to select a MEdia Max service plan option during checkout. If you do not sign up for a MEdia Max service plan option, you will be paying per KB when you use the over-the-air UMTS audio and video features on your phone (upwards of $10 per minute).

Choose from a wide assortment of channels from AT&T Mobile TV.

AT&T Mobile TV
AT&T Mobile TV with FLO is a revolutionary video service that delivers full-length television content and sporting events from top networks to your phone while you're on the go. Joining with MediaFLO USA's award-winning FLO TV service, AT&T Mobile TV with FLO provides an intuitive program guide that makes it easy to flip from one channel to the next. The service includes more than 150 simulcast and/or time-shifted programs, as well as live sports events, from CBS Mobile, Comedy Central, ESPN Mobile TV, FOX Mobile, MTV, NBC 2GO, NBC News2Go and Nickelodeon. Additionally, the Mobile TV service includes two channels exclusive to AT&T users:

• PIX, from Sony Pictures Television, offers a variety of contemporary films, including comedies, cult classics, action films and family favorites from the studio's vast library.
• CNN Mobile Live provides users with access to 24 hours of breaking news with live streaming anchored coverage from CNN.com Live as well as CNN's most popular programs, including American Morning, Lou Dobbs Tonight, CNN Election Center, Larry King Live, Anderson Cooper 360°, and CNN International.

The intuitive navigation lets you quickly move from one function to another.

Phone Features
With a focus on simplicity, the LG Vu CU920 has a large 3-inch interactive touchscreen that's accompanied by a minimalist scroll bar design. The touchscreen provides vibrating haptic feedback so you know that you've pressed a button, and it includes a screen lock to prevent unwanted key actions. The phone also includes three hard keys--send, clear, and power/end--right below the screen. It comes with 155 MB of internal memory and it can be expanded using microSD memory cards up to 4 GB in size. The phone book has a capacity for 500 contact entries, each with space for storing 5 numbers, 2 email addresses and a picture ID.

This phone also shines as a mobile digital music player, with compatibility for MP3, WMA, AAC, and AAC+/eAAC+ files, customizable equalizer, playlist creation and management, and large capacity storage via MicroSD memory cards. Synchronize music from your PC (including music files from online services such as Napster and eMusic) via USB 2.0. The phone also offers USB mass storage capabilities for storing your most important documents and files.

This phone provides Bluetooth version 1.2 wireless connectivity, and includes profiles for communication headset, handsfree car kits, object push, file transfer, and audio/video remote control. With the A2DP Bluetooth profile, you can stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones. You can connect your laptop (either via Bluetooth or wired USB) and enjoy dial-up networking--surf the Internet, send email, and access files from a server. Send contacts, calendar events, and pictures/videos/voice memos wirelessly. The phone stores up to 20 Bluetooth pairings.

Snap great photos and videos on the go, for printing at home or sending via MMS.

The 2-megapixel camera offers five resolution settings--from 1600 x 1200 pixels for prints to 160 x 120 pixels for sending via MMS--and it features a 2x digital zoom, multiple shutter tones, night mode, multi-shot capabilities, self-timer, and customizable brightness, and white balance. An in-phone photo editor lets you resize, crop, rotate, and add color effects. You can also shoot video clips at 320 x 240 and 176 x 144 pixels. You can keep shooting for as long as you have space on your microSD card, or cap the length at 42 seconds for sending via MMS.

In addition to voice calls, text messaging, and MMS capability, the phone is also compatible with mobile email from services including Yahoo!, AOL, Windows Live, AT&T Yahoo!, and BellSouth, as well as instant messaging (IM) from AIM, Windows Live, and Yahoo!. The Vu also comes stock with a built-in web browser for downloads and mobile web browsing via MEdia Net (with WAP 2.0, WML, iHTML, xHTML, and WCSS compatibility). T9 text entry, which is a technology that makes it easier for entering text on handsets, is built into the unit--a plus for mobile email and text messaging users.

Other features include:

• Speed dial (8 entries, plus 1 voicemail default)
• Speaker-independent voice commands
• Voice memo recording
• 11 unique ringtones with vibrate and silent modes; real music ringtone support
• Flight mode for listening to music and watching video with the phone functionality turned off
• USB charging via computer and mass storage capabilities
• Java 2.0 support for downloadable applications and games
• PIM tools: Calendar, alarm clock, notepad, calculator, tip calculator, world clock, tasks, stopwatch, unit converter
• Bluetooth profiles: A2DP (stereo music streaming), AVRC (remote control), HFP (hands-free car kits), HSP (communication headsets), DUN (dial-up networking), FTP (file transfer), OPP (object push for business cards, calendar items, and pictures)

Vital Statistics
The LG Vu CU920 weighs 3.16 ounces and measures 4.25 x 2.16 x 0.51 inches. Its 1000 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 3 hours of talk time, and up to 250 hours of digital standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies as well as AT&T's 850/1900 MHz 3G frequencies (UMTS/HSDPA).

2 months old ISSUE
First of all I have really enjoyed this phone for the 2 months I have had it. Now, let me say that besides dropping calls and sitting in the same place while I watch my 3G come and go (full bars to none like a roller coaster) making it impossible to enjoy the video feature I am still pretty happy. Until now. The other night, I turned it off to charge overnight (battery life seems great to me)and then tried to turn it on in the morning. No matter what I do, it will not turn on. It just keeps going to the AT&T splash screen, flickers black and starts the whole process again forever. I cannot even turn it off without removing the battery. No big deal, still under warranty right? Also I am EXTREMELY careful with my phones and know not to damage them in ANY way. I've never even come close to dropping it. So here comes the battle with At&T. I renewed my contract after being a customer 0f 14 years (since Bell South Mobility) against my better judgment having had idiotic issues with them countless times before. Anyway, the warranty department is a nightmare. It's taken me a week, even after going into the store and having the sales consultant say "looks like brand new" to even get this swap approved. No one at AT&T will want to talk to you unless you buy it from THEM in their store and they got commission on it.I did it "free" as an upgrade like this and cannot get ANY form of customer service. I know this isn't the phone's fault, but you can ONLY get it from AT&T and buying it through this method will probably get you the same response or lack thereof. The phone seems fine, well, when it worked, but mind you was only 2 months old when it failed and 2 weeks of that It wasn't even used. Hopefully I am a rare case and you won't have a single issue but knowing how AT&T works on the inside, they won't "respect" you unless you go through channels they offer to acquire it.

Not bad; but could have been so much better
I had my eye on the LG VU for about a year now it seemed to be the closest thing to the iPhone without all of the ridiculous limitations, such as only being able to do file management by syncing with iTunes all the time, no BlueTooth capability (other than talking on the phone) and the ridiculous contract through AT&T wireless. I had the iPhone for two days before returning it because after realizing it cost way too much money to be so limited. As much as I disliked the iPhone, I did like some of its features like the touch screen and the internet capability.
I had been using a cheap phone while I searched for one that would be worth dropping a few hundred dollars on. The only one that came close was the LG VU, but even then I was hesitant because it did not have WAN capability like the i-phone did and I knew the internet function of the VU came nowhere near to that of the iPhone. But after my old phone stopped working completely, I had no choice but to get a new phone so I picked up the LG VU. (no contract of course).

The touch screen is fairly responsive, however there are many occasions if you have fairly large hands/fingers you will find yourself pressing the wrong button or letter on the fairly small on screen keyboard and will take some getting used to. A huge problem with the LG's touch screen, is that is it not nearly as responsive as the iPhone when it comes to scrolling such as an internet page. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't at all. In the cases when it does work it very inconsistent, sometimes it only scrolls a few millimeters and other time it scrolls entirely too fast and far causing you to have to start over. This is extremely frustrating however, a small consolation is that you can use the volume keys to automatically move the next or previous page, but it does nothing if you want to scroll horizontally. I don't know if the problems with the touch screen are a result of me having a screen protector on it, but I had a similar screen protector on the iPhone and still did not have any issues with its touch screen.

Speaking of the internet the LG Vu is nowhere near the internet of the iPhone. Its slow, frequently unresponsive and some pages that came up on the iPhone with no problem don't come up at all on the LG Vu. This is because the LG Vu does not use the "real" internet that the IPhone does. The Vu uses the fairly limited Media.net version that most cell phones use meaning that it only works fairly well with the most basic of sites. Anything complicated, even message boards are slow and many times unusable. The iPhone's internet capabilities run circles around this phone.

The best feature of the LG VU is the feature I never had any plans to use at first. This feature is the TV feature. Basically it's just that; a feature that allows you to watch TV on your phone. It works surprisingly well, but there are only a handful of channels to choose from, some examples are NBC, CBS, ESPN, CNN, FoxNews, MTV and Nickelodeon. The news channels are "Live" but others play reruns of the previous day's shows. There are cases where the picture/sound will freeze and become garbled, but for the most part is pretty good. The TV feature can only be used if you pay for the service (about $30/month), but once you pay, its unlimited use. Add another $5 to have unlimited Media.net usage. There is also a cellular video feature allowing you to watch full length TV shows and sports but I haven't used it.

Other than the touch screen, and TV feature the LG VU has the same features every other phone has; various Bluetooth services that are not limited to just voice such as the iPhone, music player, ability to use MP3's as ring tones, and 2MP camera phone used for taking stills and short videos. The camera does not snap very good pictures as most of the time they come out blurry even though the image on the screen prior to taking the picture is quite clear. The pictures are blurry even though I hold it perfectly still. It seems the only time I get clearer pictures is when I'm moving slightly so I have no idea what is up with that.

The LG VU is not a bad phone but it could have been so much better. It suffers greatly from not having WAN capability and the UI occasionally becomes unresponsive and freezes. The internet interface though only using Media.net still could have been designed a lot better. Had I not absolutely needed a phone, then I would have not gotten the LG VU, but since I didn't have one at all I had to make a decision.

LG VU CU920
My wife gave me the LG Vu 920. The phone looks nice. The touch screen works well for me, and call quality is very good and the speakerphone is great. The best feature is when pressing one button the time and date flash on screen in large letters unlike other phones I used before.
What I don't like about the phone is that it takes many steps to get where you want e.g. speed dial...several steps; switching between two calls also it takes 3 steps. The signal works in some areas in my house while another phone works in all areas. All in all, I like using it.

Just not good enough...
Besides the battery time being a weak point, the scroll down mechanism for your call list is poorly designed. You cannot get to the bottom of your list without hitting the Options button at the bottom of the page thereby not permitting access to those numbers. This is definitely a pooly designed mechanism. LG needs to go back to the drawing board. Guess I have to wait two years before I can get a new phone.

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