Top music phones: LG Fusic LX550
The Fusic is compact, cute, and rocks a built-in FM transmitter for easy broadcasting of your tunes to car stereos, boom boxes, and anything else with an FM tuner. Also, it's a flip with external music controls arranged in that circle so familiar to portable music player fans. IntroductionLG's LX550 "Fusic" music phone for Sprint is one of the most fun, appealing cell phones I've tried in some time. Usually when I get a new phone I take an "impress me" mindset, giving the handset little benefit of the doubt and instead wondering if it'll do anything to set itself apart from the rest of the mobile pack. The Fusic charmed me as soon as I took it out of the box, however, and I instead made myself search for... FeaturesThe Fusic's main draw lies in its music and media player capabilities. The phone is made to integrate with the Sprint Music Store and multimedia content available on the Sprint Power Network, but also plays nicely with unprotected music files loaded onto a memory card from your computer. LG also built an FM transmitter into the handset to allow for stereo broadcasting of music over your car, home, or portable radio.
Using... DisplayThe internal 2" TFT screen on the Fusic performed very well. Rated at 262,000 colors over 176x220 pixels, the screen isn't as high resolution as those on higher-end handsets from Nokia, SE, and Samsung, but it still does quite well at displaying menus, photos, and video content alike. Having used some phones with stellar displays recently, I couldn't help but wonder how much better the Fusic would be with a QVGA display,... MessagingThe Fusic has support for SMS, MMS, and Email messaging. My review sample came with a full Sprint Power Vision plan, and it was easy to send any type of message from the handset.
I really liked some things about messaging on the Fusic, and disliked others. On the plus side, the keypad is easy to use and responsive, so actual message composition was fairly easy. The messaging software on the phone also allows you to... ConclusionSprint has a winner on its hands with the LG Fusic music phone. While the device isn't perfect, it's easily one of the best music and multimedia phones available today. I'd love to see an unlocked GSM version of the Fusic, actually, as some of its strongest music features - including A2DP stereo over Bluetooth - don't work with protected content downloaded from Sprint's wireless music store.
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