Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4048 in Cell Phone Accessories
• Color: Black
• Brand: LG
• Model: LG260KIT
• Released on: 2007-10-28

Features

• Candybar-style phone with slide-out QWERTY keyboard in black/blue
• Easy access to text/IM messaging, email (web and POP3/IMAP), and social networking sites like Facebook
• 1.3-megapixel camera with video capture; MicroSD expansion; Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity for communication headsets
• Up to 4.5 hours of talk time; measures 4.49 x 2.60 x 0.55 inches (WxHxD)
• Includes: Battery, Charger

Amazon.com Product Description
If you need to stay on top of your text, email and instant messaging as well as your social networks, LG's affordable Rumor for Sprint makes it easy to quickly communicate thanks to its slide-out QWERTY keyboard. The Rumor is also a great choice for a cellular audio player, with wide multiformat support, a 2.5mm headphone jack, and up to 4 GB of storage via optional MicroSD memory cards. Other features include Bluetooth connectivity for communication headsets and dial-up networking, a 1.3-megapixel camera/camcorder, real music ringtone support, speakerphone capability, and a GPS receiver and access to Sprint's optional turn-by-turn navigation services.

Catch up on gossip when you're on the go with the LG Rumor, which offers a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and easy connectivity to popular IM networks and even Facebook.

Sprint Service
Sprint PCS Vision gives you instant access to amazing things you will really use, every day. You'll enjoy advanced wireless services, like web access, email and text messaging that is easy to learn and use anytime. Sprint Mobile Email enables access to email from popular providers simply by entering username and password with no downloads required. Plus, with the Nationwide Sprint PCS Network you get the nationwide coverage and voice clarity you've come to expect from Sprint.

Sprint offers a variety of messaging options beyond text including Voice SMS, which allows you to record a voice message and send it to any mobile phone, email address, or landline phone just like a text message, and Text to Landline, which allows Sprint subscribers to send a text message to a landline phone where it is automatically converted to a voice message.

Preloaded with Sprint Navigation, this phone provides full-feature GPS navigation including voice and on screen turn-by-turn driving directions and more than 10 million business listings.

And with the optional Wireless Backup service from Sprint, you can automatically store your phonebook contacts on the Sprint network, allowing them to be instantly updated in the event your phone is lost, stolen, or replaced. It also allows you to manage your phonebook contacts through a Sprint web page.

Phone Features
The Rumor offers one touch access to messaging through a softkey from the idle screen and it automatically populates the messaging menu when the slider is opened. You'll enjoy easy access to Sprint Mobile eMail to check and send mail from multiple accounts through familiar providers including Yahoo! AOL, Gmail and Microsoft Live. It also provides quick access to instant messaging services including AIM, MSN and Yahoo! as well as several popular social networking communities, including Facebook and Xanga. To personalize the text messaging experience, the Rumor offers the ability to assign "text tones" to address book entries for audible identification of text message senders.

The Rumor's face has a 176 x 220-pixel LCD (262K colors), five-way navigation toggle, soft keys, and numeric keypad, and it smoothly slides open to the left to reveal the QWERTY keyboard (which automatically switches the screen to landscape mode). The internal phonebook has a 500 contact capacity, each with space for five phone numbers, email and Web addresses, and a memo. You can also assign a photo ID to a contact entry, as well as assign it to a group as well as to a specific ringtone.

The 1.3-megapixel camera provides three resolution options (1280 x 960, 640 x 480, and 320 x 240 pixels), and features up to a 15x digital zoom, brightness and white balance controls, self-timer, and in-phone image enhancement. It also provides support for PictBridge technology so you can print your photos without the need of a PC (either using USB or Bluetooth). You can record video at two resolutions--176 x 144 and 128 x 96 pixels--at up to 2 hours for saving to memory card or in 10- or 20-second lengths for sending via messaging or email. Videos can be used as ringers and screen savers

Because the Rumor is Bluetooth enabled (version 2.0), wireless communication headsets can be configured with the phone for total hands-free operation. It also provides profiles for hands-free (v1.5), dial-up networking, object push, basic printing, file transfer, and phone book access. You can save up to 20 Bluetooth pairings.

Other features include:

• Media player supports MP3, AAC, AAC+, M4A, MID, AMR, QCP, 3GPP, MP4, 3G2, 3GPP, M4V, and PMD formats
• Speed dial (98 entries + 1 voicemail default)
• Tools: Alarm clock, calculator, scheduler, notepad, world clock, EZ tip calculator, D-Day counter, unit converter
• USB wired connectivity to your PC, with mass storage capability
• One-touch speakerphone
• Voice Memos (up to 10 minutes; can be set as ringers)
• 34 unique ringtones plus vibrate and silent modes
• TTY/TDD support; M3/T3 hearing aid rating
• Web browser: Infraware Polaris 5.01
• Flight mode enables you to listen to music with cell radio turned off
• T9 predictive text entry

Vital Statistics
The LG Rumor weighs 4.1 ounces and measures 4.3 x 2 x 0.7 inches. Its 950 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 4.5 hours of talk time. It runs on the 850/1900 CDMA frequencies.

Customer Reviews

Nice Phone, but major UI flaw
I have had this phone for a few days, and I love the look and the qwerty keyboard. I did not think I would need it as much since I am not going to carry a vision (internet access) plan after the first month, but it makes text-entry a breeze. The interfaces when using the text-msg and online programs are clean and intuitive. Everything I tried did what I expected on the first try. Unfortunately my praise for the interface and usability ends there. The menu system for accessing settings and content is cumbersome and confusing. There are individual volume settings for almost every sound the phone could make, but when it comes to customizing those sounds or tweaking other features of the phone, the options are surprisingly lacking. I upgraded from a Sanyo RL-4920, and I miss being able to change my startup/shutdown sound or set a shortcut key to lock my phone.

By far, my biggest gripe with this phone is with the keyguard feature. First of all the only way to guard your keyboard is with the "auto-keyguard" function. It will activate after a few moments of inactivity. You can not adjust the timeout and you can't shut off the 'auto' part without disabling keyguard altogether. You can manually activate it, but only when the 'auto' is also turned on. Worst of all, the keyguard shuts off if you slide the keyboard open by a fraction of an inch. I carry my phone in my pocket and so far it has deactivated my keyguard more than half the time when sitting down or standing up, and a few times while just walking around. In my opinion this shortcoming is probably going to be the deal breaker for me. Unless you willing to use a case, a really strong rubber band, or always carry your phone in your hand, I'd recommend getting a different phone or plan on having your pocket/bag make a lot of phone calls for you.

I wish sprint had more than zero non-(flip/PDA) phones, but thats for a different review.

Great phone for text (or e-mail if you have vision)
This phone is a great phone if you text a lot (or want to text alot). Also, the phone makes it very easy to access gmail, aol mail, hotmail, yahoo mail etc. If you do add an e-mail account on the phone, I would reccommend switching to the vision unlimited data plan (I think it's either $15 or $20). I've never had a problem with the keyguard feature that others reference above. The only thing I've noticed is that the phone doesn't sound great if you're in the wind (but what phone does?). Great speakerphone and easy mute/unmute.

I love this phone, I hate this phone...
I concur with the gripes (and raves as well) expressed by other reviewers of this phone. What I also like about the phone is that there's about 3 dozen different, very cool ringers, tones, and melodies if you're a cheapskate like me and decide not to purchase ringtones. What I don't like is that not every alert on the phone can be set to a ringer or volume of your choosing. Other things I love and hate about this phone:

- The qwerty keyboard renders the keyguard lock option completely useless
- I still haven't figured out how to use my pics as slideshow screensaver (another reviewer had a similar complaint, so this may not even be an available function)
- Why do I have to pay for Voice Command when my PREPAID phone has that utility for free??
- I'm more of a texter, so the qwerty keyboard was the dealmaker for me and far as I'm concerned its very easy to use, loads of fun, and ultra convenient. Someone complained about switching between symbols and letters, I say its no problem if you do a lot of texting bcuz you eventually get used to the switch; its certainly better than thumbing thru 1 until you get to a symbol.
- Having a camera without a flash option is a problem in dark settings, otherwise, the resolution and quality works out great- you just have to be very still to take a decent picture.