Cell phone Reviews

The LG CF360 slider phone in blue.

Entertainment features include AT&T Mobile Music, Video Share and CV. It also features AT&T Navigator for turn-by-turn driving directions, maps, and real-time traffic alerts.

In areas where the 3G network is not available, you'll continue to receive service on the AT&T EDGE network, which offers availability in more than 13,000 US cities and along some 40,000 miles of major highways. Providing average data speeds between 75-135Kbps, it's fast enough to support a wide range of advanced data services, including video and music clips, full picture and video messaging, high-speed color Internet access, and email on the go. You'll also enjoy quad-band GSM connectivity, which allows you to make calls in more than 190 countries and access data applications in the more than 135 countries where AT&T offers international data roaming.

You can take advantage of the AT&T Navigator GPS software and service, a full-featured premium navigation application that includes audible turn-by-turn directions, real-time traffic updates and re-routing options, and 3D moving maps (additional charges applicable). AT&T Navigator offers several other features to make your commute more enjoyable and reliable, including mobile access to Yellowpages.com. Additionally, AT&T Navigator is the only mobile phone-based GPS service that provides integrated speech recognition for address entry and points of interest search.

With 3G connectivity, you'll be able to access AT&T's Video Share service, which enables you to send a live, one-way video stream to another compatible phone during a standard voice call. The service also allows you to switch the direction of the video stream during the same phone call. (Customers must be in an area served by the company's 3G network and have a Video Share-enabled phone.) While using Video Share with family and friends is a fun way to communicate, it's also very useful for business. For example, a majority of users in the architecture, engineering and construction industries rated the ability to share live video through Video Share highly, according to research commissioned by AT&T. Video Share lets you see progress on a job site or review the day's work without having to drive from an office or other site to do so.

AT&T Video Share.

• From standby mode and with the slide open, dial the 10-digit number of another 3G Video Share capable device. Once the call is answered, press the Left Soft Key for Video and then select Live.

AT&T Mobile Music.

• Listen to your music with the integrated Music Player. Access your music by artist, album, genre, or playlist.
• Personalize your phone with music ringtones and Answer Tones at Shop Music.
• Instantly find out the artist's name and the title of a song with MusicID.
• Get unlimited access to commercial-free music and the latest hip-hop, R&B, rock, jazz, and country anywhere you go from XM Radio.
• Access music videos from the latest artists with Music Videos.
• Express yourself through custom ringtones with Make UR Tones.
• Visit one or more hot user communities by going to Community. Interact with friends and the community as well as review artist fan sites.
• Purchase additional fun music applications by going to Music Apps.

Phone Features
The slider-style LG CF360 has a brightly colorful 2-inch LCD screen with a 240 x 320-pixel resolution and a 262K color depth--great for reviewing your on-the-go snapshots. It sits atop a four-button navigation pad with center OK button, which is complemented by send/end and two soft navigation buttons that are integrated into the case. The face smoothly slides up to reveal a standard alpha-numeric keypad. A camera lens and speaker are found on the top rear of the face, and the phone also includes volume and dedicated camera keys on either side.

The CF360 has a small internal memory of 10 MB, which can store up to 500 contact entries with each storing up to 5 phone numbers, 2 email addresses, and a picture ID. You can add memory for storing audio files as well as videos and snapshots taken by the camera via optional MicroSD memory cards (up to 8 GB in size). Other features include 8 speed dial entries (with 1 voicemail default) and multi-lingual menu support (English, Spanish, French and Korean).

The CF360 features Bluetooth stereo music streaming, a digital audio/video player, and MicroSD memory expansion to 8 GB.

The 1.3-megapixel camera can capture images in four resolutions (1280 x 960, 640 x 480, 320 x 240, and 160 x 120 pixels), and it features a 4x digital zoom, brightness and white balance settings, self-timer, and customizable shutter tones and color effects. The phone also includes an image editor, which lets you resize, crop, and rotate photos as well as add filters, color effects, and fun frames. The camera can also capture video clips (at 320 x 240 and 176 x 144 pixels), and you can use the 4x digital zoom while filming. Videos for MMS messaging are capped at 32 seconds, while you can use the available space on your memory card for videos to be saved to your PC. And with AT&T's Video Share service, you can share both live capture and recorded videos.

The digital audio player is compatible with MP3, AAC/AAC+, and WMA formats, and it allows you to create and manage playlists on the fly. Other features include a customizable equalizer, visualization while music plays, multitasking capabilities (where music continues playing even while you compose a text message), and music auto arranged by artist, album, and genre.

The CF360 offers a full range of email, text, and multimedia messaging options. It includes support for mobile email services such as AOL, Yahoo!, AT&T Yahoo!, BellSouth, and Windows Live. You can also keep up with your instant messaging buddies using the built-in IM application that connects to those same services.

Other features include:

• Yellowpages for quick access to phone numbers, maps, and directions
• Tools: Alarm Clock, Calendar, Notepad, Calculator, Tip Calculator, World Clock, Tasks, Stop Watch, U Unit Converter
• USB connectivity with charging via computer (USB cable sold separately)
• Flight mode turns off cellular connectivity while still allowing you access to the phone's functions
• Bluetooth version 2.0 with the following profiles: A2DP (stereo music streaming), AVRC (remote control), HFP (hands-free car kits), HSP (communication headsets), BPP (basic printing profile for text, email), DUN (dial-up networking), FTP (file transfer), HID (support for mice or joysticks), OPP (object push for business cards, calendar items, and pictures)

Vital Statistics
The LG CF360 weighs 3.51 ounces and measures 3.97 x 1.89 x 0.66 inches. Its 910 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 3 hours of talk time, and up to 250 hours (10+ days) of standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies.