The menu of the LG Arena is built from a cube with sides of four horizontal icons has listed. By pressing on these icons you can use the features of the LG. The interface itself can be adjusted. Thus there are widgets like a clock, calculator and photo album on one side cube added. All in all, the LG Arena a unique menu structure allowing LG to put the standard for future mobile phones. Our Photos and Video page are pictures and videos of this unique menu structure to find.

Besides the 5 Megapixel camera, WiFi and GPS, the LG Arena also supports UMTS and HSDPA (3G). Videos in DivX format (MPEG4), Real Player format, 3GP, 3GPP, H.263 and H.264, and WMA music format, MP3,, AAC (+) and RA can be played with media player.
The LG Arena also includes FM radio reception, Bluetooth, e-mail, 10 GB internal memory and three games.
The memory to 32 GB can be increased through MicroSD HC cards .

If you want a personalized device will satisfy you that the Arena (KM900) supports personal themes. The game module in the LG Arena (KM900) is based on J2ME, so your mobile phone equipped with fun games! Of course, such as a cell phone today is expected, supports the Arena (KM900) both services EMS and SMS messaging. It also supports MMS messaging so you all can send your multimedia messages! The dictionary system uses the T9 technology, which is a very user-friendly system.
This is one of the few (if not only) that are designed entirely for watching movies and videos, but without neglecting and multimedia communication aspects as important as GPS and 5 megapixel camera that records at 120 fps.

As you can see, is anything but “little thing” this phone is one of the few to include Dolby Mobile technology to watch your movies in DivX.
If you do not like seeing movies on your phone, do not worry, because it has TV Out.

The Arena (KM900) supports streaming media based on the DivX / XviD / H.263 / H.264 / WMV / M-PEG4 technology. Connection to a computer is supported with a cable so that information can be exchanged. We found the LG Arena (KM900) a great phone and we would recommend you to everybody!

The all-touchscreen device also comes with 3-inch 240×400 pixels display, accelerometer, compass, GPS, 3-megapixel camera, and a microSD memory card slot. Size wise, it measures 111×55×12.3 mm and has a weight of 106 grams.

Product Description

Turn a frenzied life into one of organized bliss with the HTC Snap from Sprint, which makes it easier than ever to stay in contact with life’s most important people. In addition to a full QWERTY keyboard, it features four dedicated One Touch keys to give you quick access to what you use most: Camera, Messaging, Internet, and the new HTC Inner Circle–a clever way to see emails from those who matter most to you in one place, regardless of which email account they were sent to. It also offers the Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional operating system, access open personal, corporate and hotspot wireless networks with the integrated Wi-Fi connectivity (802.11b/g), and the blazingly fast speeds of Sprint’s EV-DO Mobile Broadband Network.

Compose messages and enter data on the familiar QWERTY keyboard layout.

In addition to fast 3G speeds from Sprint’s high-speed 3G network, you’ll enjoy GPS navigation capabilities for accessing the optional Sprint Navigation turn-by-turn direction service as well as access to Sprint TV’s video-on-demand with full-motion video and vivid sound. And with the power of the updated Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system, you’ll stay easily connected to your business and personal data on the go with support for a wide variety of email accounts as well as the ability to edit Microsoft Office documents.

With a slim, sleek profile designed to fit perfectly in the hand, the HTC Snap measures less than a half-inch thick and weighs just over 4 ounces. Other features include a 2-megapixel camera/camcorder, Bluetooth for handsfree devices and stereo music streaming, MicroSD memory expansion, digital audio player, voice-activated dialing, and up to 4 hours of talk time.

Sprint Service
Supporting the EV-DO high-speed data standard, this phone enables you to download and stream high-quality video, straight onto your phone. Where coverage is available, EV-DO connectivity provides average download speeds ranging from 400 to 700 Kbps, with peak rates up to 2 Mbps. With Sprint TV, you can make your cell phone your always-on source for news, weather, sports and more. This comprehensive video service combines high-quality streaming audio and video from channels including the NFL Network, ABC, The Weather Channel, Fox Sports, E!, CNN, The Discovery Channel, and more.

The Sprint Music Store enables you to buy, download, and then jam out wherever you are with new songs or old favorites. Offering a growing selection of more than 1.6 million songs, the store provides you two copies of each song–one for the phone and another for the PC, as well as the ability to burn songs to a CD using Windows Media Player. Save your songs to a memory card with a capacity that’s right for you. You also get several streaming-radio applications, including Sprint Radio with more than 150 channels.

This GPS-enabled phone provides optional access to Sprint Navigation for driving directions on your mobile phone–by voice and onscreen. Along the way, turn-by-turn directions will be announced in a clear voice and displayed on your phone. For example, Sprint Navigation will say, “Go 1.2 miles and turn right on Elm Street.” As you approach the turn, you will hear, “Turn right on Elm Street.” Sprint Navigation also provides proactive traffic alerts with one click re-routing. And it’s easy to find restaurants, banks, cafes, hotels and more from over 10 million points of interest across the U.S.

You can also can easily stay in touch with family and friends using Sprint Messaging, offering threaded SMS text messaging and the ability to share pictures and video with MMS seamlessly in one application. It also offers Sprint IM with access to Yahoo! Messenger, AOL’s AIM service and MSN Messenger. And the Pocket Express application retrieves customized, up-to-date Web content such as sports, weather, news, money and movie information with the push of a button.

The HTC Snap includes the new HTC Inner Circle feature, a clever way to see emails from those who matter most to you (your “inner circle”) in one place.

Stay Sporty with Sprint
With NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile, instantly connect to the NASCAR information you want, when you want it. Follow NASCAR action from practice to race day with real-time leaderboard and alerts. Get exclusive access to your favorite NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver with real-time driver stats, breaking news and more. Live in-car audio, race radio, NASCAR on SPEED and other audio/video only available on select phones. Visit sprint.com/speed for details.

To access, just text “NASCAR” to 7777 on your Sprint phone or visit the Sprint Digital Lounge to download NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile (standard text messaging and data rates apply).

This phone also provides access to NFL Mobile Live–your all-access pass to the NFL from DRAFT to Super Bowl. Stay on top of every game with real-time red zone alerts, game center scores, stats, and more. Manage your fantasy football team like a pro with up-to-the-minute insights, analysis, stats and alerts. Access by texting “NFL” to 7777 on the handset to download NFL Mobile Live from Sprint Digital Lounge (standard text messaging and data rates apply).

Phone Features
The HTC Snap has a 2.4-inch screen (320 x 240-pixel resolution) that sits above a 5-way navigation rocker and standard send/end keys. The full QWERTY keyboard is ergonomically designed with extra-large domed keys and responsive tactile feedback to make typing emails and text messages fast, accurate and comfortable. HTC’s innovative Inner Circle feature allows you to press a dedicated Inner Circle key to bring emails from a preselected group of people to the top of their inbox, enabling important messages to be acted upon immediately.

Powerful enough for experienced business users looking for an affordable, the HTC Snap is a straightforward choice for remotely synchronizing email, calendar and contacts with your Microsoft Exchange server. However, the flexible Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard platform allows the it to also be simple enough for first-time smartphone users wanting to keep their family life organized.

Handsfree communication is easy thanks to the integrated speakerphone. This phone also provides Bluetooth wireless connectivity (version 2.0), and includes profiles for communication headset, handsfree car kits, and file transfer. 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 (additional charges or subscription applicable).

Other features include:

• Corporate and Personal Email: Outlook email with Microsoft Direct Push Technology and HTML support. Send and receive email from multiple corporate and personal email accounts. Also, get wireless email access to popular commercial POP3 and IMAP accounts like AOL, Gmail, Earthlink, and Yahoo!
• 2-megapixel camera/camcorder enables you to capture high-resolution images with the digital camera and zoom, as well as reate your own video clips and easily share them with family and friends.
• MP3 Player: Transfer music files from a PC or download from the Sprint Music Store and listen to your songs via the speakerphone or a stereo headset accessory.
• Live Search by Microsoft lets you use device web and location capabilities together to find just what you want right now.
• Automatic Speech Recognition: Make phone calls, open programs, play back music, get calendar information, and more.
• 256 MB Flash memory, 192 MB of RAM
• Expandable via optional MicroSD memory cards
• Windows Media Player 10 Mobile compatible with audio and video formats: MPEG-4, H.263, H.264, AVI, WAV, MP3, MP4, MIDI, WMV, 3GP, 3G2, WMA
• USB connectivity

Vital Statistics
The HTC Snap weighs 4.2 ounces and measures 4.5 x 2.5 x 0.5 inches. Its 1500 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 4 hours of talk time, and up to 320 hours of standby time. It runs on the CDMA 800/1900 frequencies as well as Sprint’s EV-DO 3G frequencies.

Powered by Windows Mobile 6.1

Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 6.1 offers a number of handy features that make searching through email, editing Microsoft Office documents, and staying on top of your most important communications even easier. Emails can now be viewed in their original rich HTML format and now offer the ability to visit embedded links. It also includes Windows Live for Windows Mobile, which provides a full set of Windows Live services, such as the Windows Live Messenger IM application, which now enables you to chat with more than one person at one time or send a file.

With Windows Mobile 6.1, your phone will finally be able to emulate the power and features of your PC’s Microsoft Office suite. You’ll be able to neatly view, navigate and edit Word documents and Excel spreadsheets in their original formatting–without affecting tables, images or text–as well as view PowerPoint presentations.

• Microsoft Office Word Mobile features include spell-check, Find and Replace commands, bulleted lists, text formatting, and support for tables for the first time.
• With Excel Mobile, you’re not just confined to editing charts: with the new Chart Wizard you can create charts quickly and easily.
• PowerPoint Mobile allows you to view the full presentation, rehearse timings, check the order and any live links you may have in your presentation. You can then email comments back to the team or communicate via MSN Messenger for an immediate response.
• After creating or editing a Word document or Excel spreadsheet, you can synchronize it with your PC and it will automatically be converted to the PC version.

All Windows Mobile 6.1 powered devices include Direct Push Technology for up-to-date e-mail delivery and automatic synchronization of Outlook calendars, tasks and contacts through Microsoft Exchange Server. It also offers a set of important device security and management features that include the capability to remotely wipe all data from a device should it be lost or stolen, helping ensure that confidential information remains that way.

We gave the LG Voyager VX10000 an Editors’ Choice award when it first launched, but it has been almost two years since then, so it’s about time for an upgrade. The LG enV Touch definitely offers better design and features. Both the touch-screen and internal displays are bigger, the keyboard has a better layout, the 3.2-megapixel camera has more advanced settings, the 3.5mm headset jack accommodates your own headphones, EV-DO Rev. A offers faster Web browsing, and more. The enV Touch doesn’t have V Cast Mobile TV like the Voyager did, but that’s about the only thing missing with this upgrade. Perhaps our only complaints were that the touch-screen interface and Web browsing could use some refinements, and the lack of Wi-Fi was disappointing.

The LG enV Touch is available for $149.99 with a $70 mail-in rebate and a two-year service agreement, which isn’t too expensive for what you’re getting.

Design
When the LG Voyager came out two years ago, touch-screen phones were still relatively new. The market is now flooded with them, and the enV Touch doesn’t seem so unique now. However, that doesn’t take away from the enV Touch’s design appeal. Measuring 4.52 inches long by 2.16 inches wide by 0.66 inch thick, the enV Touch is slimmer than the Voyager, though at 4.92 ounces, it’s a bit heavier. It has a sleek and stylish look similar to that of the LG Dare and the LG Versa, with a solid feel in the hand and a sturdy hinge construction.

The LG enV Touch has a large, 3-inch touch screen on the front.

Like the Voyager, the enV Touch has a large touch-screen display dominating its entire front surface, except for three physical keys at the bottom; the Send, Clear, and End/Power keys. The Clear key doubles as the voice command key (with a short press) and the voice recorder key (with a long press). The touch screen is really stunning, measuring 3 inches diagonally, which is a hair larger than the 2.81-inch display on the Voyager. The display supports a whopping 1.6 million colors and is bright, sharp, and vibrant. You can adjust the screen’s backlight time, the charging screen, (what shows on the display when the phone is charging), the menu fonts, and the dial fonts.

Along the bottom of the home screen are five shortcut icons that lead to the messaging menu, the virtual dial pad, the main menu, the phone book, and a Favorites page, where you can list your favorite contacts or group. You’ll also find a small arrow to the far right of the display. Tap that, and you’ll reveal a pull-out menu of application shortcuts and shortcuts to media files in the My Media library (Media files include photos, browser bookmarks, and videos). You can then drag and drop those shortcut icons directly to the home screen, which is similar to what you can do on the LG Dare. Some of the application shortcuts will just appear as simple icons, like the browser for example. For certain applications, like the calendar and the clock, they will appear as full-on widgets on the home screen. If you want to add a shortcut that’s not listed on the pull-out menu, you can tap the Add button on the bottom right to select from your entire library of applications and media files. If you wish to remove the shortcut from your home screen, simple drag and drop the icon to the small arrow on the right.

On the whole, we found the touch-screen interface to be quite responsive. There’s a touch calibration wizard that you can go through to help with your precision and sensitivity, and the haptic feedback makes the phone vibrate whenever your touch registers. You can even adjust the length and intensity of the vibration. Also helpful is a sound effect whenever your touch registers on the screen. Aside from just tapping, you can also scroll through menus and long Web pages by dragging your finger across the screen.

Despite all this, the touch-screen interface takes some acclimation. This is especially true with the Web browser, where you need to tap a particular icon just right for it to register. We had to tap links several times before it got through, for example. Also, when scrolling through menus, we would sometimes launch an application accidentally. We got used to it after awhile, but it was frustrating at first.

The LG enV Touch has a virtual dial pad on the touch-screen interface.

Instead of having to open up the phone to dial or text, you can do both via the touch-screen interface. We liked the virtual dial pad’s large digits. Underneath the keypad are shortcuts to voice dialing, the recent calls list, and the contacts list. As for messaging, you can choose a few ways to enter text: handwriting recognition, multitap or T9 via an alphanumeric keypad, or via a landscape QWERTY keyboard.

The enV Touch has an internal accelerometer, so you can activate the QWERTY keyboard by rotating the phone horizontally. When using the QWERTY keyboard, each key magnifies as you touch it to show that you selected it, much like the keyboard on the iPhone. All of these text entry methods work fine as far as touch-screen interfaces go, but we would definitely choose to use the actual physical keyboard over the touch screen for faster typing.

On the left spine of the enV Touch are the dedicated camera key, the volume rocker, and the screen lock key. The charger jack is on the bottom, while the microSD card slot and 3.5 millimeter headset jack are on the right side. We’re especially glad to see the 3.5 millimeter headset jack, as it’s always good to have the option of using your existing headphones. On the back are the 3.2-megapixel camera lens and an LED flash.

The 3-inch internal display is just as large as the external display and just as attractive, with the same color support and pixel resolution. You can adjust the backlight time separately from the external display. You can also change the menu style interface. Do note that you need to open the phone all the way to 180 degrees to access the controls on the left spine.

The LG enV Touch has a full QWERTY keyboard.

There are stereo speakers on either side of the display, while two soft keys rest right underneath. Below that is the full QWERTY keyboard. Even though it looks similar to the one on the Voyager, there are a few important differences. There’s now a Favorites button that leads to your favorite contacts page, a dedicated text-messaging button, plus the usual Shift and Symbol keys. The biggest change is that the space bar is now located in the middle of the keyboard instead of to the sides. This is a welcome change, as it is far more natural to have the space bar in the middle. Thankfully, the QWERTY keyboard on the enV Touch is just as easy to use as on the Voyager. The keyboard is spacious, with keys that are raised above the surface and have a nice give when pressed. The 2, Q, W, E, and S keys are grayed out to indicate game pad controls.

To the right of the QWERTY arrangement is the navigation array. It consists of the Send and End/Power keys, a square navigation toggle with middle OK key, the Clear key, and the Speakerphone key. The up, left, and down directions on the toggle can be mapped to three user-defined shortcuts, while the right leads to the My Shortcuts menu, which can also be customized with up to four shortcuts.

You can also customize the QWERTY keyboard shortcut, which lets you initiate a contacts search, a new text message, or a new note, simply by pressing any key on the QWERTY keyboard.

Features
If you thought the LG enV Touch’s design was impressive, wait until you hear about its features. Almost all of its offerings are updated from the Voyager, even the basics. The one thing missing from the enV Touch is V Cast Mobile TV, which is Verizon’s live-TV-streaming service. The enV Touch holds a generous 1,500-entry phonebook, with room in each entry for five numbers, two e-mail addresses, and a street address. You can then organize the contacts into caller groups, pair them with a photo for caller ID, or any of 26 polyphonic ring tones. Other basics include a vibrate mode, a speakerphone (which you can activate prior to a call), text and multimedia messaging, voice messaging, a calendar, an alarm clock, a world clock, a stopwatch, a notepad, and even a drawing pad, which you can use with the touch-screen interface. After you finish doodling something, you can send it off to your friends via MMS if you want.

More advanced users will appreciate USB mass storage and voice command dialing. Supported Bluetooth profiles include hands-free, dial-up networking, A2DP or stereo, phonebook access, basic printing, basic imaging, object push for vCard and vCalendar, and file transfer. You can also use the enV Touch as a wireless modem for your laptop or computer, but you’ll have to get the Mobile Broadband Connect plan for $60 a month for a 5GB data cap. The enV Touch also comes with a document viewer, which will let you read Microsoft Office documents from Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, plus Adobe Acrobat .pdf files. To read them, you need to load them onto a microSD card in the “my_document” folder. Other advanced features include mobile instant messenger (AIM, Windows Live, and Yahoo), GPS with VZ Navigator support, e-mail, and visual voice mail. Do note that the Verizon visual voice mail service will cost you $3 a month.

As for e-mail, there are three options; mobile e-mail, with which you can get e-mail from a variety of services (like Yahoo, AOL, and Windows Live) directly into your in-box; mobile corporate e-mail courtesy of RemoSync, which lets you sync your work e-mail and calendar; and mobile Web e-mail, which gives you shortcut access to a variety of Web e-mail services like Windows Live, AOL Mail, and Yahoo Mail–this latter option opens up the Web browser. Do note that the mobile e-mail application costs $5, and in order to get corporate e-mail you’ll have to sign up for a $9.99 monthly subscription to RemoSync. The corporate e-mail option works with Microsoft ActiveSync, so you need to know your company’s mail Exchange server address.

The enV Touch has a full HTML Web browser like its predecessor did, and, unfortunately, it seems to have the same clunky issues with the touch screen. Don’t get us wrong; we love that you can surf and browse full Web pages. We also like that you can zoom in and out of pages, view a page in full-screen mode, add bookmarks, and search through a page. The enV Touch also features tabbed browsing (with up to three tabs, or pages, open), which we liked.

But using the Web browser via the touch-screen interface is an exercise in frustration. As we said earlier, it can take several taps in order for a link to register, especially on a crowded page. Also, whenever we bring up the browser navigation array, they only appear for a second before disappearing again. There doesn’t seem to be a way to adjust this in the settings. Also, using the toggle to view full screen pages can be tedious, and is nowhere as smooth as the multitouch pinch-to-zoom interface on the iPhone. Still, at least now we can use the volume rocker to zoom in and out of Web pages, which makes things easier.

The LG enV Touch comes with EV-DO Rev. A, which is a touch faster than the EV-DO on the LG Voyager. It doesn’t come with Wi-Fi, however, which is a bit of a letdown on such a full-featured phone. Along with EV-DO, the enV Touch also has access to Verizon’s array of broadband services like V Cast Video, where you can download or stream video clips from providers like CBS and CNN, and V Cast Music with Rhapsody, which lets you purchase and download songs over the air. Each song costs $1.99, and includes a download to your PC.

As for the music player itself, the interface is pretty simple, with the album art displayed next to the artist and album name along with the track title. You can mute the player, create and edit playlists, set the songs on repeat or shuffle, or add one of six preset equalizer settings. There’s also a Music Only mode that shuts off the phone’s cellular signal so you can keep listening to tunes when you’re on an airplane. Other than downloading a song from V Cast Music, you can also sync up songs from your PC with a USB cable using the V Cast Music with Rhapsody software. If you have a Rhapsody subscription, you can also sync up your subscribed tracks. Supported music files include MP3, WMA, unprotected AAC and AAC+ formats. The enV Touch supports up to 16GB of removable memory via a microSD card in case you want additional storage.

The LG enV Touch has a 3.2-megapixel camera lens and an LED flash.

The enV Touch has a 3.2-megapixel camera, which is an upgrade over the Voyager’s 2-megapixel lens. You can take pictures in six different resolutions (2,048×1,536, 1,600×1,200, 1,280×960, 640×480, and 320×240 pixels), five white balance presets, and five color effects. It also has three focusing modes: autofocus, macro mode, or manual mode, the last of which lets you pick one of seven points on the screen to focus in on. You can toggle the flash on or off, adjust a self timer if you want, or select one of three shutter sounds (there’s also a silent option). The camera also has a few special shot modes: Smile shot, which automatically takes a picture when a person smiles; Panorama, which stitches together three photos shot from left to right; Intelligent shot, which automatically adjusts the white balance and color saturation based on the surrounding environment; and Facial Makeover mode, which removes all blemishes and unsightly marks from a person’s face. There’s also a name card reader mode that is specially tuned to take pictures of business cards so that the words are legible. This way you don’t have to carry a lot of business cards around with you; just store the images in your phone.

The LG enV Touch takes good photos.

Photo quality is very good for the most part. Images look sharp, without a lot of blurriness, and colors looked bright, as well. Do note that you can’t use the external touch screen as a self-portrait viewfinder. There’s also a built-in camcorder, which can record in two resolutions (320×240 and 176×144) in two lengths–short 30-second clips for multimedia messages, or clips of up to an hour or so for saving. Video quality was pretty good for a camera phone, without a lot of blur. It won’t replace a real video camera, but it’s good enough for sharing short video clips with friends.

You have plenty of personalization options with the enV Touch. You can adjust the wallpaper, display themes, and alert tones. You can purchase more themes and tons via Verizon’s online store. The enV Touch also comes with a few games, like Need for Speed Undercover, Resident Evil: Degeneration, and Tetris. You can find more games at via the Verizon store, as well.

Performance
We tested the dual-band (CDMA 800/1900; EV-DO) LG enV Touch in San Francisco using Verizon Wireless. We were impressed with the call quality. Callers heard us without any static or interference, and we could hear them loud and clear. They said our voices sounded natural, almost as though we were speaking on a landline phone. Even when we activated the speakerphone, they couldn’t tell the difference. On our end, the speakerphone had plenty of volume, though it sounded just a tad tinny, which is to be expected.

The audio quality of songs from the LG enV Touch’s stereo speakers was average. It’s loud enough, but the bass was lacking, and the vocals seemed weak. We would recommend using a wired or stereo Bluetooth headset for better music quality.

The enV Touch’s EV-DO Rev. A is supposed to be faster than just regular EV-DO, and indeed it is. V Cast videos took around a second to load with little buffering time, and loading a full and complex Web page like CNET’s front page took around 15 seconds. Downloading a 1.5MB song took around 30 seconds.

We were also surprised that the video quality on V Cast videos was quite good. Usually we complain about the pixelation on the video, but not with the enV Touch–perhaps because of the 1,600,000-color support and EV-DO Rev. A. It’s definitely not HD quality or anything, but for streaming video, it was sharp and clear, without a lot of pixelation or blurriness.

The LG enV Touch has a rated battery life of 4.3 hours talk time and 17 days standby time. We only managed to get a talk time of 3 hours and 13 minutes in our tests. According to FCC radiation tests, the enV Touch has a digital SAR rating of 0.932 watts per kilogram.