Verizon launch the LG VX5500

If inexpensive dual screen clamshells are your style then Verizon may have just the unit for you with their launch of the LG VX5500. The specs are nothing flash but with a US$50 price tag (plus two year shackle) what would you expect? Anyway here’s the low-down on the VX5500

* One touch speakerphone
* Bluetooth connectivity
* VGA Camera (640 x 480 max res) with self-timer
* Text, Image and Voice messaging
* Web Mail and IM
* VZ Navigator functionality
* Voicemail
* Calculator, Calendar, Alarm Clock, Stopwatch, Notepad
* 1.9 GHz CDMA PCS, 800 MHz CDMA
* 3.56″ x 1.84″ x 0.73″ inches
* 3.05 oz
* External 96 x 64 res 1.04 inch display
* Internal 176 x 220 res 1.76 inch display
* 300 minutes usage battery time
* 440 hours standby battery time

There’s an intriguing feature on the unit called Verizon Chaperone. This feature enables the VX5500 to be a chaperone ‘parent’ or ‘child’ phone. A parent unit can be used to locate a child unit and also receive alerts when a child unit moves outside a designated ‘Child Zone’. Needless to say parents will love this and kids will hate it. Also for the exceedingly lazy and irresponsible parents, Verizon warn you that

Chaperone is not a child management tool or substitute for adult supervision.

Really? Anyway we reckon it’ll take a geeky kid about a week to hack a Child unit to send incorrect data back to the parent phone. Have fun kids!

Source: Verizon

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Posted in Mobile by JB