Product Summary

The good: The LG Voyager VX10000 has a cutting-edge design with a brilliant touch screen and a spacious keyboard. It offers a generous features set that includes EV-DO support, V Cast Mobile TV Bluetooth, a top-notch Web browser, and an integrated GPS application. And if that's not enough, its call quality was excellent.

The bad: The LG Voyager VX10000's camera lacks such extra options as a flash and Wi-Fi. The touch screen can be clunky at times, and the streaming video quality and EV-DO connection speed were uneven.

The bottom line: Though we had some minor complaints here and there, the Voyager's sleek design, generous feature set and excellent performance make it the best LG messaging and multimedia phone by far.

Specs: Band / mode: CDMA 800/1900; Talk time: Up to 240 min; Combined with: With digital camera / digital player

Price range: $99.99 - $549.99

LG Decoy (Verizon Wireless)

Product Summary

The good: The LG Decoy comes with a built-in Bluetooth headset that stows away in the back of the phone. It has nice tactile keys, an easy-to-use interface, and features include a 2-megapixel camera, EV-DO, stereo Bluetooth, a music player, and V Cast support. It also has pretty good call quality. The Bluetooth headset also supports A2DP, so you can use it for calls as well as music.

The bad: The LG Decoy has a very glossy finish that makes it prone to smudges, and the display can be difficult to see under bright lights. The included Bluetooth headset has skinny volume controls, and does not have noise reduction or echo canceling technology.

The bottom line: The LG Decoy is an excellent phone on its own, but the addition of a built-in Bluetooth headset puts it over the top.

Specs: Band / mode: CDMA2000 1X 1900/800; Talk time: Up to 230 min; Combined with: With digital camera / digital player

Price range: $149.99 - $499.99

Intex Launches New Entry-Level Handset

Intex Technologies has just launched the IN-2222, its latest entry-level handset. It has a 65K color display with 128 x 128 pixel resolution, and other salient features include a one-touch torchlight and GPRS. In case you’re a music lover the IN-2222 has an integrated FM radio with a recorder for recording tracks playing over the air, plus a voice recorder. It allows for up to 2MB of recording space.

Kaushik Mitra, Product Group Head - Mobile Communications, Intex, said: "After receiving a very heartening response to our earlier model IN 2020, which has a talktime of 7.5 hours, this is our second offering in the entry-level segment this year. Considering that pricing is a major growth driver for mobile telephony in India – the second largest market for mobile phones in the world – Intex strives to launch affordable models with best of technology features to fulfill the communication needs of the masses who form a major part of the market."

The IN 2222 is available in 'Chic Black' and is priced at Rs 2000.