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i am a sad panda :(]]>May 12th 2010 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/May 12th 2010 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/May 12th 2010 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/
I will give the "A+" for effort and having Android on there, but someone @ the LG Styling Department must have the Delorean / Flux Capacitor set @ 2005 - 2006.]]>May 12th 2010 9:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/May 12th 2010 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/
I don't think it's stunning, but it's not annoying. It's utilitarian. My 30-year-old Crescent wrench looks just like the new ones at Home Depot and it gets the job done.]]>May 12th 2010 9:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/More like 2001.]]>May 12th 2010 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/
Maybe more on the side of one of the "Inventory Readers" you see when Retails Stores bring in that outside company to count their Shiiit.]]>May 12th 2010 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/
LOL, back when a Tape Desk in a Car was "High End"]]>May 12th 2010 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/
Dammit, TAPE DECK!]]>May 12th 2010 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/lolz remember when the detachable face plate was the cooooolest thing. Yup, I had a pull out TD. Wanna fight about it? :)]]>May 12th 2010 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/
When I first read that, I thought you slipped and told us Crescent was the next Android pastry from the Google bakery!

But yeah, I love how in techland a device that is still under a year old is considered ancient technology!]]>May 12th 2010 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/
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Did you put your Faceplate in the Plastic Case and carry it around with you as if it held the cure for cancer?

And you WANTED people to ask what was in the case so you could show them your Tape Deck of Power!]]>May 12th 2010 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/May 12th 2010 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/May 12th 2010 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/May 12th 2010 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/
No, they're not blister keys.]]>May 12th 2010 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/
Really nice. I heart my Sprint Hero but I miss my ENVY's keyboard every time I pick it up.]]>May 12th 2010 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/May 12th 2010 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/May 12th 2010 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.mobiletechworld.com/2010/05/12/lgs-windows-phone-7-prototype-is-also-out-in-the-wild-today/]]>May 12th 2010 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/May 12th 2010 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/May 12th 2010 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/
yes curves at the sides................but vivaz is sexy and this is ugly]]>May 12th 2010 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/May 12th 2010 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/May 12th 2010 9:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/May 12th 2010 9:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/No, the sad thing is that you have an Apple.














See what I did there? ]]>May 12th 2010 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/May 12th 2010 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/May 12th 2010 9:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/Stop crying right now!

I said the same comment then got down-ranked into oblivion,
even though I had posted with the keyboards fixed:

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/7240/lgim2.png
http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/4435/lgim2a.png

Grr!]]>May 12th 2010 9:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/May 12th 2010 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/May 12th 2010 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/
This phone, like every other smartphone on Verizon, will cost you an additional $30 a month for data on top of whatever talk/text plan you're using.

So in the long run, it might only end up costing you about $100 less than a Droid Incredible, Blackberry, etc. And Engadget always comes out and says "wow it's soooo cheap". Do you guys ever look at the numbers in the long term? The price of the hardware is irrelevant when every smartphone has the same data fees and other charges.]]>May 12th 2010 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/
I definitely agree with you that the upfront price is not even close to the total cost of ownership... and very few people ever even look at that. The reality is that any smartphone is going to cost you almost $1000/year what with all the monthly costs piled on to hapless consumers by US carriers.

I personally had no intention in wasting that much money on a phone until the gf said that I should join her family plan. With that I'll be paying LESS money than my current plan, and get a data plan which I did not have before.

Because of that I am taking a close look at this Ally.


]]>May 12th 2010 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/While that may be true, let engadget not put the price and see what happens. you'll get comments saying "what is the price?" I think they do a great job.]]>May 12th 2010 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/It could just be that the writers here make the assumption that most of us already know approximately what the total cost of ownership is on a smartphone, so they just don't add it to every article. Someday I would like a smartphone, but I just can not see myself using it enough to warrant $30 per month as a premium on my phone contract.
I wish I could get one of these phones as just a phone with a data block on the plan... I would think of it as a PMP/PDA/Phone.]]>May 12th 2010 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/
I'm not saying they don't do a great job.

But more often than not they love to talk up the phone's hardware price as a selling point, when in reality over a 2-year period that price means nothing.]]>May 12th 2010 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/
Most ofus are locked in a two-year plan already (thank you Droid, iPhone, Incredible, Nexus One, etc) so we'll be coughing up a $300+ early termination fee if we're not already Verizon. Otherwise, we're at least going to to pay full retail for the device if we are on Verizon already.

What's the full retail price? These things usually start at over $500.]]>May 12th 2010 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/
Thank you.... 2 yr contract cost of ownership is the important number!
Makes me wonder why people still have "The Network" (or the 'oTher' network)

Let's see: Sprint all in plan Unlimited Mobile-to-Mobile, Data AND Text (450 land line mins) $69.99 tell me who is in the ballpark of that??

Sprint has Android and webOS... and as they joked... the iPad or iPhone, I mean iPod Touch when you buy their MiFi in 3G or 4G variety! (Way less than an $800 3G iPad)

Oh and of course the android powered HTC EVO 4G (actually running 4G cell speeds not just a 4th Gen phone like the iPhone 2.7G I mean 4G coming out this fall)

HTC EVO 4G and Sprint's $69.99 plan should make hopefully make Engadget conversations about $100 phones and all this seem like the big waste of time that it is! (and I'm guilty of partaking in)

(No I don't work for Sprint... but I have had them for a long time and am happy to see them go from the expensive business plans, which is why I'm with them, to the affordable all in plans)]]>May 12th 2010 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/
To you and the OP, engadget continuously makes comments towards the cost of ownership, it just comes in the form of reviews, editorials and podcasts. These are news bits, small posts, not breaking everything down.

Also, like another poster said, people want to know the price and as the original sticker price is the only thing LG has any ability to control they went and congratulated LG for producing a competitive and cheap phone with a good OS. This is a good article even though I have no interest in this phone. I think you two have tried to take a step back and look at the big picture, but in some ways, you actually missed it. Again, not that you don't have a legitimate point, but these things are taken care of elsewhere and don't belong in every article. ]]>May 12th 2010 7:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/
So, if you want a smartphone, buy the phone that will get the most out of what you pay, but don't think everyone wants to pay for every bell and whistle they wont use, just like some people can use a netbook these days as their sole device. ]]>May 12th 2010 7:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/May 12th 2010 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/May 12th 2010 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/
That comments proves you're smarter than Steve Jobs.]]>May 12th 2010 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/
Can you clarify that please?

I mean honestly as an Apple Supporter I find the irony delicious.

You guys say the iPhone is overhyped and in some cases not even a "smartphone".

yet you turn a blind eye to the fact that there are 95% shitty android phones....so called feature phones.

On top of that we've got probably 100s of android phones out there in the world vs the 1 iPhone.

Lastly when Apple was on top and #1 (which I still believe it is) numbers didn't matter. Its all about quality. Etc etc...

Not that android is supposedly on top NOW numbers matter...

Hypocrites]]>May 12th 2010 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/May 12th 2010 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/
1st off I don't believe for a second you're an Apple supporter or fanboy.

More importantly I'm so tired of you android fanboys accusing me of bashing android.

I'm not bashing android. I'm simply pointing out the obvious. There are literally hundreds of android devices out there.

There are jewels like the droid (although its slower than the iPhone when it comes to web browsing), droid incredible, and the Evo 4G.

Those are the only phones in the same league as the Palm Pre Plus or the iPhone.

And those are a VERY SMALL SMALL percentage of the android phones in existence...

Thats ALL I'm saying.

1 phone (an incredibly sliick, fun, and very fast phone) vs hundreds of mediocre android phones with a few crown jewels mixed in.

But hey accuse me of bitching for no reason. The hypocrisy of you android fanboys/Apple Haters is unbelievable.]]>May 12th 2010 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/12/lgs-100-ally-crashing-verizon-stores-on-may-20th-pre-orders-s/
He JUST said: "I'm not bashing android. I'm simply pointing out the obvious"

Below are just a FEW quotes directly from the man himself.

"yet you turn a blind eye to the fact that there are 95% shitty android phones....so called feature phones"

"Android is so overhyped..."

"If you want the iPhone join AT&T. If not stop bitching and go enjoy your shitty android phones. "

"I just think android is an overrated, overhyped, piece of crap OS. "

"Go and get android and enjoy your inferior product."

"And its pretty sad that android on its own has to be covered with lipstick to even be passable as far as looks go"

"Not everyone is impressed by your shitty android devices..."

"Android is shitty however while webOS actually has class"

"Android is a hot mess"

"Even though I hate android and you android fanboys"

"however I'm not a fan of android nor of the android trolls on this blog"

"another day another android failure"

"I do NOT like android (bordering on hate duh to the android fanboy bitching)"


He seems to call people fanboy a lot, revealing his distinct lack of awareness of irony or the definition of hypocrite.

He also made THIS bold claim just over one month ago: "I won't go into MS posts or android posts" A promise he promptly broke at the next available opportunity.

You will notice readers, I'm not addressing him directly. I'm simply imploring YOU, don't talk to him. Don't reply to him. Don't fall for his goading.

He is the quintessential troll. He's fishing for a reaction from you, he isn't looking for a reasoned argument. He has nothing better to do. This is his fun. Starve him of the attention he so dearly craves. Cut off the oxygen of conversation he lives by and he will duly fade away like all the other trolls before him.

TL,DR: Ignore the twit. ]]>May 12th 2010 11:29AM