LG eXpo by AT&T Review – Part 1 -Unboxing
December 18, 2009 by Johan van Mierlo
Filed under Featured, Windows Phones
Today we received the LG eXpo from AT&T for review. We will be making some video reviews and tweet our experiences with this Windows Phone. Make sure to check back often here at MobilityMinded and follow us on Twitter.
The first video below will give you a first impression of the LG eXpo. We will show you how the device looks like and what is included in the box. Pretty soon we will have a video of the specific User Interface that LG has for us on the LG eXpo Windows Phone.
Currently the LG eXpo is available at AT&T for $199.99 after a $100 rebate with a 2 -year contract.
The specifications are as follows:
- UMTS/HSDPA Tri-band (850/1900/2100 MHz). Yes data on a world radio
- GSM/GPRS/EDGE Quad-band (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
- Bluetooth v2.1
- Display: 3.2 inch WVGA, 16M color 480×800 touch screen
- microSD slot
- Smart sensor fingerprint recognition and navigation(d-pad functionalities)
- Voice and Data at the same time
- GPS
- 5MP camera
- Slide out Qwerty keyboard
- All the Windows Phone applications (Mobile Office, text, mms, internet explorer)
- optional Pico Projector
- and more
The video below will give you a great first impression of the LG eXpo by AT&T:
Please see our other video reviews of the LG eXpo by AT&T:
- LG eXpo by AT&T Review – Part 2 -User Interface
- LG eXpo by AT&T Review – Part 3 – Fingerprint Scanner & Headset
- LG eXpo by AT&T Review – Part 4 – Fingerprint Scanner Set-Up
- LG eXpo by AT&T Review – Part 5 – Pico Mobile Projector Set-Up
Make sure to check out the LG eXpo websitefor some great video presentations what the LG eXpo from AT&T can do for you. This all in conjunction with the Promotion of Avatar the movie.
Johan van Mierlo has been writing and reviewing for the online communities since the launch of the handheld computer Palm IIIe and Compaq iPaq in 1998. He owned and tested many mobile devices including Windows Mobile, Palm, Symbian, Android, Apple OS iPhone and many different GPS and Mobile products.
Johan was awarded MVP Windows Mobile Devices by Microsoft in 2008, 2009 and 2010 for his community activities for those previous years.
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I’m finding LG’s latest phone offerings very outdated. LG seems to be the last handset manufacturer concentrating on phones based on Microsoft’s old fashioned Windows Mobile 6.5.
The most obvious sign that you are using a product based on Microsoft’s Pocket PC platform of last decade, is the inclusion of a stylus pen to tap on the screen. Microsoft’s Pocket PC was renamed Windows Mobile, now often referred to as Windows Phone.
I find the stylus completely inexcusable in this day and age. The market leaders, such as Android and iPhone, use a multi-touch interface. LG should follow its competitors, and make a wholesale switch to Android, or lose sales.
How is Android a “market leader?” Just because it’s new? Where are all the awesome apps, and why isn’t everyone on the street using Android then? Not ripping on Android, just on your misrepresentation-slash-favoritism. Seems like WM is still the market leader, I’d say it’s the most widely-distributed mobile OS yet. Also, styli are nice to have as options, say for drawing or doodling, or handwriting-recognition typing. There, that should cover my Devil’s-advocate work for the day.
And, oh yeah, it’s got a Snapdragon. I think you overlook the hardware spec-sheet when you fail to mention it’s one of the only 1GHz phones available in the US. That’s not so outdated.
I just purchased the LG eXpo online so I should have it in the upcoming week. Currently I have the LG Incite, It’s a great device, but it’s time to move on to something more powerful. I currently have my Dark Wolf 28014 rom loaded on http://www.LG-eXpo.com I’m hoping to cook up some really good roms for this phone. I prefer the 6.5.1 interface with the start menu on the bottom of the screen and would love to port it to this phone.
True, Thank you for mentioning this