Mobility

Photos: Sweet 'Chocolate' phones

By // August 1, 2006, 10:36 PM PST // billdetwiler

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  • Verizon Wireless is bringing LG Mobile Phones' Chocolate handset to U.S. customers. The "slide" phone comes with a 1.3-megapixel camera, GPS navigation, and lots of music and video.

    Verizon Wireless

  • Chocolate's storage memory is expandable through the use of SanDisk's MicroSD flash memory cards

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  • Here is a song playlist displayed on the phone. V Cast also provides access to a variety of video clips, ranging from newscasts to music videos, and games like "3D Mini Golf Castles" and "Midnight Bowling."

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  • Verizon Wireless' V Cast media store boasts "instant" downloads and a catalog of more 1.3 million songs in Windows Media Audio (WMA) format, including those from popular Colombian pop-singer Shakira.

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  • Songs downloaded to a Chocolate phone will cost $1.99; a copy will instantly be sent to the user's PC.

    If the song is downloaded to the PC from V Cast's Web site, however, only 99 cents will be charged. The song can then be loaded onto the phone at no extra cost.

    Verizon Wireless

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Verizon Wireless is bringing LG Mobile Phones' Chocolate handset to U.S. customers. The "slide" phone comes with a 1.3-megapixel camera, GPS navigation, and lots of music and video.

Verizon Wireless

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