LG Vu CU920 TV Phone (AT&T) | 
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| Brand: LG
Category: Wireless
List Price: $399.99
Buy New: $19.99
You Save: $380.00 (95%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 4
Color: Black
Media: Wireless Phone
Battery Type: Lithium Ion
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
Model: CU920
UPC: 652810719209
ASIN: B0018OKDNG
Release Date: May 4, 2008
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Availability: Usually ships in 2 to 4 weeks
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| Features:
| • | Elegantly designed quad-band GSM phone with 3-inch touchscreen featuring intuitive controls | | • | Access AT&T's speedy dual-band 3G network; compatible with AT&T Mobile TV, AT&T Music and Video Share services | | • | 2-megapixel camera with video recording, Bluetooth for communication headsets and stereo headphones, microSD expansion to 4 GB | | • | Up to 3 hours of talk time, up to 250 hours (10.5 days) of standby time; measures 4.25 x 2.16 x 0.51 inches (HxWxD) | | • | Includes: handset, rechargeable battery, charger, wired stereo headset, printed user manual and quick start guide |
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Amazon.com Product Description
Elegantly and simply designed, the LG Vu CU920 for AT&T features a stunning 3-inch touchscreen that provides excellent viewing of AT&T's new Mobile TV offering, which allows you to watch TV-quality programming from Comedy Central, ESPN, Fox, NBC, and more. The Vu CU920 even comes with a TV antenna that can be extended for optimal TV reception. This quad-band GSM phone also runs on AT&T's dual-band HSDPA/UMTS high-speed 3G network, making it easy to download music purchased from AT&T Mobile Music's partners Napster and eMusic. The intuitive touchscreen controls makes it easy to navigate through all the features of this power-packed phone, which also includes a 2-megapixel camera that can be used with AT&T's Video Share service, multi-format digital audio player, and downloadable games. Other features include Bluetooth connectivity for communication headsets and stereo music streaming, microSD memory expansion (up to 4 GB), access to email and instant messaging, and up to 3 hours of talk time. 
Enjoy AT&T Mobile TV on the LG Vu's brilliantly colorful 3-inch interactive touchscreen. | AT&T Service Options
This AT&T phone can handle high-speed data connectivity via AT&T's 3G mobile broadband data network, which is available in most major metropolitan areas. The AT&T 3G network uses the dual-band UMTS/HSDPA 850/1900 MHz network (also known as WCDMA), making it possible to enjoy a variety of feature-rich wireless multimedia services with speeds up to 3.6 Mbps. It also gives AT&T the advantage of offering simultaneous voice and data services. 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. 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.) You get access to AT&T Mobile Music, which enables you to buy tracks while on the go, access the Napster and eMusic subscription music services, stream music video, discover what's playing with Music ID song-recognition software, and find out what's hot with The Buzz music news portal. And it has a built-in web browser for MEdia Net downloads and mobile web browsing. AT&T's MEdia Net service enables you to receive and send emails, read news headlines, get weather updates, download games and ringtones, and more. Note that if you want to enjoy the full audio and video capabilities of your UMTS phone, be sure to select a MEdia Max service plan option during checkout. If you do not sign up for a MEdia Max service plan option, you will be paying per KB when you use the over-the-air UMTS audio and video features on your phone (upwards of $10 per minute). 
Choose from a wide assortment of channels from AT&T Mobile TV. | AT&T Mobile TV
AT&T Mobile TV with FLO is a revolutionary video service that delivers full-length television content and sporting events from top networks to your phone while you're on the go. Joining with MediaFLO USA's award-winning FLO TV service, AT&T Mobile TV with FLO provides an intuitive program guide that makes it easy to flip from one channel to the next. The service includes more than 150 simulcast and/or time-shifted programs, as well as live sports events, from CBS Mobile, Comedy Central, ESPN Mobile TV, FOX Mobile, MTV, NBC 2GO, NBC News2Go and Nickelodeon. Additionally, the Mobile TV service includes two channels exclusive to AT&T users: - PIX, from Sony Pictures Television, offers a variety of contemporary films, including comedies, cult classics, action films and family favorites from the studio's vast library.
- CNN Mobile Live provides users with access to 24 hours of breaking news with live streaming anchored coverage from CNN.com Live as well as CNN's most popular programs, including American Morning, Lou Dobbs Tonight, CNN Election Center, Larry King Live, Anderson Cooper 360, and CNN International.
AT&T provides several packages for accessing Mobile TV, and it offers parental controls that provide content filtering and purchase blocking on your phone so that you can restrict access to content that may be inappropriate for younger viewers. 
The intuitive navigation lets you quickly move from one function to another. | Phone Features
With a focus on simplicity, the LG Vu CU920 has a large 3-inch interactive touchscreen that's accompanied by a minimalist scroll bar design. The touchscreen provides vibrating haptic feedback so you know that you've pressed a button, and it includes a screen lock to prevent unwanted key actions. The phone also includes three hard keys--send, clear, and power/end--right below the screen. It comes with 155 MB of internal memory and it can be expanded using microSD memory cards up to 4 GB in size. The phone book has a capacity for 500 contact entries, each with space for storing 5 numbers, 2 email addresses and a picture ID. This phone also shines as a mobile digital music player, with compatibility for MP3, WMA, AAC, and AAC+/eAAC+ files, customizable equalizer, playlist creation and management, and large capacity storage via MicroSD memory cards. Synchronize music from your PC (including music files from online services such as Napster and eMusic) via USB 2.0. The phone also offers USB mass storage capabilities for storing your most important documents and files. This phone provides Bluetooth version 1.2 wireless connectivity, and includes profiles for communication headset, handsfree car kits, object push, file transfer, and audio/video remote control. With the A2DP Bluetooth profile, you can stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones. You can connect your laptop (either via Bluetooth or wired USB) and enjoy dial-up networking--surf the Internet, send email, and access files from a server. Send contacts, calendar events, and pictures/videos/voice memos wirelessly. The phone stores up to 20 Bluetooth pairings. 
Snap great photos and videos on the go, for printing at home or sending via MMS. | The 2-megapixel camera offers five resolution settings--from 1600 x 1200 pixels for prints to 160 x 120 pixels for sending via MMS--and it features a 2x digital zoom, multiple shutter tones, night mode, multi-shot capabilities, self-timer, and customizable brightness, and white balance. An in-phone photo editor lets you resize, crop, rotate, and add color effects. You can also shoot video clips at 320 x 240 and 176 x 144 pixels. You can keep shooting for as long as you have space on your microSD card, or cap the length at 42 seconds for sending via MMS. In addition to voice calls, text messaging, and MMS capability, the phone is also compatible with mobile email from services including Yahoo!, AOL, Windows Live, AT&T Yahoo!, and BellSouth, as well as instant messaging (IM) from AIM, Windows Live, and Yahoo!. The Vu also comes stock with a built-in web browser for downloads and mobile web browsing via MEdia Net (with WAP 2.0, WML, iHTML, xHTML, and WCSS compatibility). T9 text entry, which is a technology that makes it easier for entering text on handsets, is built into the unit--a plus for mobile email and text messaging users. Other features include: - Speed dial (8 entries, plus 1 voicemail default)
- Speaker-independent voice commands
- Voice memo recording
- 11 unique ringtones with vibrate and silent modes; real music ringtone support
- Flight mode for listening to music and watching video with the phone functionality turned off
- USB charging via computer and mass storage capabilities
- Java 2.0 support for downloadable applications and games
- PIM tools: Calendar, alarm clock, notepad, calculator, tip calculator, world clock, tasks, stopwatch, unit converter
- Bluetooth profiles: A2DP (stereo music streaming), AVRC (remote control), HFP (hands-free car kits), HSP (communication headsets), DUN (dial-up networking), FTP (file transfer), OPP (object push for business cards, calendar items, and pictures)
Vital Statistics
The LG Vu CU920 weighs 3.16 ounces and measures 4.25 x 2.16 x 0.51 inches. Its 1000 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 3 hours of talk time, and up to 250 hours of digital standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies as well as AT&T's 850/1900 MHz 3G frequencies (UMTS/HSDPA).
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| Customer Reviews: Read 15 more reviews...
 CD returned August 25, 2008
My husband is really enjoying the phone. It is great, I'm actually thinking about getting one myself. But my main concern is that with this
order there was a CD that I didn't want, and ordered by accident. I have returned the item and i have not heard anything or have not been refunded. Can you please send me something in regards to this matter.
Thanks Tina Bailey
 Feeze up August 24, 2008
A terrible buy if one plans to mainly text with this unit. Texting continuously freezes and battery barely lasts a day.
LG VU phone...$59.99 @Amazon....TV for ten year old at the Airport...PRICELESS!!! August 24, 2008
I first notice the Vu phone in a CNET reiew around April this year, as one of AT&T's best phones for 2008. At the time AT&T wanted $199 with a two year contract. My contract was due to expire around May so I thought I would look at the view when they hit my local AT&T store. By July I still had not seen one in the flesh, so I decided that I would see what Amazon was selling them for. In the time I was waiting (all of three months from first release) the phone came down to 59 bucks. Sold!! I recieved my phone in about 3 days, inserted my old sim card and was off to the races. I know lots of folks use the new sim cards that come with the new phone but I have my contacts all on my old card and am too lazy to sinc with a PC. The phone is very easy to set up. I like things that are intuitive, you know (You don't have to use the Manual...it's a guy thing I'm sure), and the Vu is definitely one of these. I live in Atlanta and I had signed on for the AT&T TV service. I was really suprised at how good the picture is on this little screen, also the speaker on the phone puts out good sound quality,(It does come with a set of earphones). The phone also was very easy to set up for my e-mail account access. The touch screen is haptic (you get a vibration when you press the "keys"), and is actually set up for sensitivity on first start up, it "learns" how big and clumsy your fingers are and adjust the sensitivity of the "virtual keyboard" The phone is small enough to fit in a pants pocket, I did not find that to be the case with my last smart phone an AT&T Tilt, which always felt like a had a brick in my pants. On a scale of 1 to 5 stars I give it 4. The only problem that I have had is the battery life indicator does'nt give me a percentage left (My brick the tilt does this) and it seems that the phone is fully charged one second and dead the next. It does seem to last about 4 days on a charge though.
I hope that someone finds this helpful, one way or the other.
Good phone August 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I really like my Vu. Purchased it about a month ago and I haven't had any problems. Easy to use and has many feathures. The only bad thing about it that I can see is the battery life. The battery life is short and when the last bar or two shows on the phone, you have around 10 minutes at most of talk time. Battery not as good as the Motorola's by any means.
Not all I thought it would be August 13, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I, like another reviewer, was looking to upgrade my Sony w810i. I checked out the phone in an AT&T store and out of all they offered, this looked the most promising. Happily purchased off of Amazon for $0.01! Returning it less than a week later cost me $6.50....
Main complaints:
1) The phone has a very audible hiss on both ends of the conversation.
2) Callers complained that the conversation would drop in and out (although I was not moving and had no problems in the same location with my w810i).
3) Battery life was non-existant. The phone was on charger while at work and at home (talked maybe 30 minutes total) battery life indicator came on.
Other complaints:
1) Uncustomizeable tones. You can only use 300kb tones and these can only be used for ring tones, not alarms, not text messages, not voicemail alerts.
2) There is no quiet with this phone - rings are loud and louder and loudest - not bad for some people, but didn't work for me.
3) No USB cord (sent ring tones and contact information from my w810i through bluetooth - worked great btw!!!)
4) Phone would lose signal in places my other phone AT&T phone wouldn't.
5) Constant finger smudge problems. Was constantly cleaning the screen and plastic backing.
6) Very little options in customizing the menus - full of AT&T add ons (common now, I know). Other LG phones have better features - check out the Dare.
7) Seems like it would scratch very easily. The battery cover was slightly scratched after a week of use.
What I liked:
Bluetooth seems to work great on this phone. I enjoyed the voice dialing with my bluetooth headset and as mentioned above synced easily and quickly with my old phone.
Touchscreen does work really well.
Good concept, but needs work.
I really wanted to like the phone, but it just wasn't cutting it for me.
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