http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/Dec 20th 2009 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/Dec 20th 2009 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/Dec 20th 2009 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/Dec 20th 2009 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/Dec 20th 2009 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/
Will somebody please tell me how I get a personal icon for my engadget posts please???

I've tried re-sizing to 64x64, made it a 4kb .jpeg and tried uploading several times with no luck!!

THANKS!

]]>Dec 20th 2009 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/Dec 20th 2009 6:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/Dec 20th 2009 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/Dec 20th 2009 6:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/
@ the people talking about the icon: It works intermittently for me, but since the Site Makeover, I have never been able to see my avatar. :S]]>Dec 20th 2009 6:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/Dec 20th 2009 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/
I've been trying on and off for ages to get it to work.

Using Safari here, I'll try from a different browser....

Ta!

]]>Dec 20th 2009 6:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/
Me too, thanks for the info people, this is my test to see if what you said about the different browsers worked, because safari just wouldn't have it.]]>Dec 20th 2009 8:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/
@#$%!!!!!!!!]]>Dec 20th 2009 8:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/Dec 20th 2009 10:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/all Avatar pics are resized to 64 x 64
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t(-_-t)

yeah i guess nobody gives a sh*t about me because i don't like iphones. hahahahahaha. android ftw.

btw, you should probably stop using your iphone's vibration on your ass.]]>Dec 20th 2009 10:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/
Slow down there...nobody gives a shit about you because you don't like iPhones. I don't even think that was implicated in this comment thread...

" you should probably stop using your iphone's vibration on your ass."

...huh?
]]>Dec 20th 2009 11:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/I don't think business users will "give a sh*t" about Android...

Also, that lanyard stylus is the exact same as supplied with my old LG Viewty:
http://picnicb.ciao.com/uk/60207997.jpg]]>Dec 21st 2009 6:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://bit.ly/lg-expo-detailed-overview]]>Dec 21st 2009 3:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/
I just got a FUZE (for $349, nonetheless) in June. I can't upgrade until 2011. I had no idea that they'd have the Tilt2 4 months after I upgraded or the Pure 3 months after.

I'm stuck with an outdated brick of a phone that runs slow and sluggish (even on third party ROMs, no thank you very much XDA) while everyone runs around with their Droids and their WinMo 6.5 devices.

What's my consolation? I get nothing except the opportunity to waste hundreds over the 'new contract' price to have this phone in my hands - $250 more on top of $200 for the phone on contract. And I *still* would get the data plan shoved down my throat.

F*ck you very much, AT&T.]]>Dec 20th 2009 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/
You deserve to live with that brick. You fail at being attentive to new products, and decided to buy a device that is so damn old at a price that would indicate it is a flagship device, when it couldn't be farther from being, especially in June of 2009.

What the hell were you thinking?]]>Dec 20th 2009 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/Dec 20th 2009 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/
Honestly, every phone bogs down sometimes. Even the newest ones. With the Energy ROM, the Fuze doesn't really feel much slower than any other phone.

As for the timing, in June it still pretty much *was* the flagship non-iPhone on AT&T's network. I think I got mine in August, though mine's a refurb and I only paid $79 for it. That was considered a steal even at that time. They were still selling them for $299 on the AT&T web store.

I actually love my Fuze. The newest phones are iterative upgrades and none of them really make me jealous; I'm actually hoping that by the time my 18 month upgrade window is up that there will be another phone that I really need to have. It took me 3 years to upgrade my last phone; there was just nothing out that I felt like it was worth spending any money on.]]>Dec 21st 2009 1:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/
Not sure what the hell you were thinking. The phone had been out so long that only a person slow in the brain wouldn't just wait for the new wave of phones.]]>Dec 21st 2009 8:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/
that fuze is like the most pathetic excuse of a phone ive ever used. Ive gone through like 4 phones since and i still sometimes think back about just how BAD it was. Every smartphone i have ever used was better then the fuze.]]>Dec 21st 2009 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/Dec 21st 2009 11:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/
I love the Qwerty Purist mark hehe

Lastly, the phone comes with a 3.5 mm adapter that allows you to also take calls while using your fave 3.5 headphones. ]]>Dec 20th 2009 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02PEYkUElho]]>Dec 20th 2009 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/
These all-in-one jacks should have been killed off a long time ago. HTC has learned to eliminate them, hell, even mid-product cycle with the CDMA Touch Pro 2.

And micro-usb can be a pain in the ass to plug in. Its not as easy as mini-usb due to its small size and non-obvious orientation.]]>Dec 20th 2009 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/
I am in the group of those who think all this lack of 3.5 mm headset jacks on Smartphone is a pain in the buttocks and makes you wonder why they will leave such essential items out of the list. ]]>Dec 20th 2009 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/Dec 20th 2009 6:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/
That means it's going to be pretty hard for a company like LG to attract business users to a WinMo device like this. Blackberry and iPhone have 3/4 of the business market to themselves. Windows Mobile handset makers can only pick up the crumbs left behind.

One other thing... that stylus pen looks like a lipstick. Maybe that's the lipstick for the pig, that people keep talking about in relation to Windows Mobile. Really, why should business users put up with a lipstick, sorry, stylus, when the rest of the world rejected the stylus in the 1990s, and have moved on to multi-touch interfaces?]]>Dec 20th 2009 6:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/
If, RIM gave me a Touch Pro 2ish BB, and I was able to sync my Music Libray in it, I will switch in a heart beat. There are some things RIM has done pretty well: Stability of OS, 3.5 mm jack, and JAVA. They also have great business tools and finally and giving us both 3G and WiFi on their devices. My other woe with RIM is the browser, which is finally going to be improved using webKit. ]]>Dec 20th 2009 6:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/
I'm pretty sure BlackBerry has a majority of the 3 in that 3/4. Ill go out on the limb and claim that Windows Mobile crushes the iPhone's market share of enterprise phones.]]>Dec 20th 2009 7:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/Dec 20th 2009 8:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/
I have yet to run into someone who works for a large company where the iPhone is even allowed. Maybe small businesses ...

Where I work (250K+ employees) our choices are BB or BB. That's it. No WinMo and certainly no iPhone.]]>Dec 20th 2009 11:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/
This story lists the numbers for business users:

http://www.informationweek.com/news/mobility/business/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=222000504]]>Dec 21st 2009 6:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/Dec 20th 2009 6:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/Dec 20th 2009 6:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/
The Expo seems to have a problem and that is that on landscape mode you will only get to choose from 8 applications that LG deems are what users actually use the Full Physical Qwerty for. That may be inconvinient if say, you want to use Opera instead of IE (IE is the default broswer on that landscape Menu - that will be a deal breaker; more than not having an explicit 3.5 mm jack ) This observation needs to be confirmed, I hope it is not the case, and I love Opera Mini 5 on my Tilt2 on landscape mode.]]>Dec 20th 2009 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/End of the first paragraph]]>Dec 20th 2009 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/Dec 20th 2009 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/
We learn something new everyday.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/similar]]>Dec 20th 2009 6:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/
Thats like saying a computer with an i7 is similarly specced to a computer with a core 2 duo just because they use the same case and monitor.]]>Dec 21st 2009 2:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/Dec 21st 2009 2:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/Dec 20th 2009 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/Dec 20th 2009 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/
Not a multimedia phone? Really? I have 370 movies on my PC, so I could buy one of the popular "multimedia" phones and spend 6 months converting them to MP4 or I can get Win Mobile and...wait.... I can watch or listen to media that ISN'T in some proprietary DRM-protected format...but I'm sure your all patient enough to wait or it to come to your app store...

...Which brings me to another point; If I bought a PC and the manufacturer told me I could only download applications from their website or play media in their format, I would tell them to go to hell and then I would buy from a new company, yet this practice is not only accepted but ENCOURAGED in cell phones... Why? I can search the web for thousands (and for all I know millions) of apps for win mobile to do anything I need, including stuff google or apple seem to have decided you dont really need....for free. But I guess if you were smart enough to find and install your own cabs you'd already be using Windows Mobile...

I could go on but I suppose thats why I have a pocket *PC* and your a bunch of 12 year olds with a bunch of toys that don't really do anything.]]>Dec 20th 2009 6:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/lg-expo-unboxing-and-hands-on/
Like someone said, whatever you need, there is a .cab for that. ]]>Dec 20th 2009 7:03PM