Venus Cell Phone

The LG Venus VX8800 is a phone originally designed by LG for Verizon Wireless featuring a dual screen display with touch sensitive controls, a 2.0 megapixel camera, 3G  support, a MP3player and a V Cast support. The device is available for $200, half-price discount if the users decides for a 2 year contract with Verizon Wireless. This option placed the LG Venus in a very popular category of affordable cell phones.

The 4.00”x 2.00”x 0.62” Venus is a solid device, resembling another popular and stylish LG cell phone: Prada. The phone seems to have a single screen, but it actually features two screens with a standard QVGA display at the top and a touch sensitive navigation screen on the bottom. The design includes nice, curved corners and a leather backing, which makes the device look sturdy and luxurious.

The feature making the LG Venus really special is the unique interface, something very far from a classic Verizon phone. The touchscreen navigation display represents the key in this very special approach of the cell phone interfaces. LG Venus is a slider phone, so if you wish to dial a number, you will have to slide the screen upwards to reveal the keypad.

Venus also features a music player, supports a microSD card slot and a dedicated music player key for a direct access to the music player. This function supports MP3, WMA, and AAC+ file formats. The phone comes with a 64MB of internal memory dedicated to music storage. If the users wishes to add more storage to the existing one, this is possible with the help of the microSD card slot, supporting cards up to 8GB  so that anyone can storage an incredible amount of music on the cell phone.

The 2.0 megapixel camera supports four kinds of resolution: 1600×1200, 1280×960, 640×480, 320×240, five white balance settings, and five color effects. A 2 x zoom is available but it`s not usable at the highest resolution (1600×1200). Venus is a sophisticated and stunning slider featuring a lower display with interactive touch navigation.

LG Venus is supporting  Bluetooth and other profiles, such as headset, hands-free, dial-up networking, Advanced Audio Distribution (stereo), A/V remote control, Phonebook access, Object Push  for V Card and V Calendar, File transfer, Basic Imaging for sending/printing non-protected images to a compatible device and basic print.

Other general features available are: speakerphone, voice commands, calendar and notepad. Tools such as calculator, alarm clock, stop watch, world clock and EZ Tip calculator. The phonebook can support up to 1,000 contacts. With Venus, you can also have speed dialing, lower screen with Interactive Touch Navigation, touch key vibration for button-like feedback, EV-DO, 1.9 GHz CDMA  PCS, 800 MHz CDMA. The Hearing Aid Compatibility Rating is M3. The device meets FCC SAR limit, as the manufacturer`s highest FCC reported SAR is 1.26 at ear, 1.2 on body, but the actual SAR may vary. The usage time goes up to 240 minutes while the standby time is up to 480 hours. A  handset insurance is also available for LG Venus.