As one of the earlier adopters of the touch screen technology, the LG Voyager from Verizon Wireless made quite a splash in the multimedia cell phone market. From a brilliant touchscreen with a virtual QWERTY keyboard to a 2 MP camera with zoom, this phone packs a load of features.

Standout Features

• Touch screen
• 2 MP camera
• Video capture
• Physical QWERTY keyboard

Features
Touch Screen
Featuring a 2.81 external touch screen with a resolution of 400x240 pixels, the Voyager has a decent display. For the texter, there is also a second landscape display when you open the camera, complete with a full physical QWERTY keyboard. The screen isn’t a touch screen but it does feature the same size and resolution as the exterior display. Since the internal screen and keyboard have a landscape orientation, the keys are large and well-spaced, facilitating fast typing. The touch screen also has a virtual full QWERTY keyboard to use while surfing the ‘net but texting on the touch screen is restricted to the virtual nine digit keypad. The touch screen does have tactile feedback in the form of vibrations that can be customized to your own taste. In general, using a touch screen takes some practice in order to really get the hang of it and the Voyager is no exception. Once you’ve used it for a day or two, the touch screen is much less intimidating.

Other Features
The Voyager has several multimedia features. It supports Bluetooth and features a 2 MP camera with 2.5x zoom as well as a built-in video recorder. Both still and video cameras allow you to take photos in multiple resolutions but both are very sensitive to any movement.

One of the more interesting features of the Voyager is Verizon Wireless’ V CAST suite which includes music, mobile TV and video. These are available at an additional cost and their availability is limited to certain areas.

The phone uses a proprietary 2.5mm headset jack and features dual stereo speakers but the digital music player’s sound quality is pretty average. The battery’s usage time is a modest 240 minutes which should keep you talking for up to 4 hours. The Voyager comes with 180 MB of shared memory as well as a MicroSD slot that can handle up to an 8 GB card.

What’s Missing
The still camera is missing a flash which is a strange step down from the Voyager’s predecessors that featured a flash. In order to get a decent image, you’ll need to figure out a way to stabilize the phone when taking pictures in low light or with a lot of movement.

Since the Voyager has web browsing capabilities, we find it a little strange that it doesn’t support WiFi. However, Verizon’s CDMA EV-DO Rev A speeds are equal to browsing over WiFi. The only real drawback to not having WiFi is that you won’t be able to browse the web and talk on the phone at the same time.

Summary

Overall, the LG Voyager is a solid touch screen cell phone at a reasonable price point. It’s a great phone for users who like to text and troll the web.

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