LG Dare

November 10th, 2008

So, my contract with T-Mobile just ended, and I switched over to Verizon.

Blackberry’s are a bit spendier on every other carrier, so I decided I wasn’t going to get one this time. I am testing The BlackBerry Theory ("once you go BlackBerry, you never go back"). I gotta say… I miss it already. But, that’s not what this entry is about.

I got an LG Dare, and so far, I have to say… I am not at all impressed. Maybe it’s just that I’ve been spoiled. But the point is.... I’m not impressed.

Section One: The Touch Screen
I’ve been spoiled by competent touch screen technology. The boyfriend has an iPhone that I play with from time to time, and I’ve got an iPod touch that I regularly access the internet and type on. I barely have to touch it to get it to register my keys. On the Dare… not so much. It’s slowed down my typing speed considerably to have to go back and hitting keys that it didn’t register that I hit.

Dragging leaves a bit to be desired as well. More often than not, the phone things I selected some option that is on the screen while I am trying to drag, instead of dragging. It’s a little counterproductive one may say.

Section Two: The Other Features
The “full feature” browser is a sad excuse for an HTML browser. I think I would have preferred a normal mobile browser, as navigating and using this one is a pain in the neck. Bah.

Uhm. So, I know there were other things I didn’t like about it but since I took the phone back a couple days ago, I’ve already forgotten about it. I started writing this on Friday and took the Dare back on Saturday.

I traded it in for a Voyager, and oddly enough, the Voyager (which has a full QWERTY keyboard on the inside) has a more responsive touch screen. The browser still sucks, but I like this phone a lot better.

Though, I just saw that RIM put out a touchscreen BlackBerry, and omg, I want it.

  Opinionated  Technology   permalink   5 comments   11:26 AM

I totally thought of you when i saw that touchscreen blackberry since i knew you were a blackberry fan. lol I wonder how it compares to the iphone. hehe

Katie child! I’m so saddened that you don’t have a blackberry anymore Why’d you give t-mobile the boot?

Cause I got tired of my calls being dropped and my outgoing text messages taking over an hour to get where they were going and my incoming messages not getting to me and getting voicemail with no missed calls while I have “full reception”.

I’ll probably get a blackberry again next year when I (hopefully) have money.

I picked up the touch screen BlackBerry and took it back after a week because it doesn’t work very well. I’m back to my Curve right now.

I like more the iphone as the blackberry.

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