LG Rumor LG260 Phone, Black (Sprint)

LG Rumor LG260 Phone, Black (Sprint) Features

Additional LG Rumor LG260 Phone, Black (Sprint) Information

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.

What Customers Say About LG Rumor LG260 Phone, Black (Sprint):

My last phone would let you compose your whole message, then break it into as many texts as it took to send the whole message, and confirm you want to send that many. All my shots came out looking sort of like impressionist paintings. So if you are long winded you have to stop typing, send your message, then pick up again where you left off. This can be a problem and can be awkward if you receive a text message of a personal nature when your phone happens to by lying on your desk at work where your boss might happen to see "Did you get that other job you interviewed for." or the dining table where your spouse can see "Thanks for the incredible night" (just kidding.

There is a speakerphone which is easy to turn off and on, however the speaker isn't nearly loud enough. I think it's because of the placement of the microphone, but who knows. The QWERTY keyboard is nice, but for a texting phone it has a couple of annoying features:The text memory fills up too fast, so you gotta delete em pretty regularly. I've had way cheaper phones with way nicer cameras. Fuzzy photos.

I was not able to find a nice case that would protect the phone from grit and dust, while still allowing it to slide open and closed. There are plenty of snap on and other types of cases if all you care about is how the exterior looks. The sliding mechanism is nice, but be really careful not to let any grit in there 'cause once it's in there it is almost impossible to clean out the grit, and you will feel it in there everytime you open the keyboard forever. It won't let you compose a text that is longer than "one" text. That's what I'd prefer.

Also, when you want to shoot a video clip you have to decide before you start shooting whether you want a short clip or a long one. The camera is terrible. There is a keyguard which keeps any buttons from being active while the phone is in your pocket, unless you either hold down the "back" button or the keyboard slides out a little. Unfortunately it is pretty easy for the keyboard to slide open in your pocket, which means the keyguard is not active and you can pocket dial without realizing it.

I'm in California where you can't talk on your phone anymore while driving unless you use a "hands free device." Speaker phone counts as hands free if the phone is in your lap, so (since I can't be bothered to keep track of and keep charged up a good bluetooth headset,) I end up using my speakerphone while driving, and it's just barely not loud enough for me to hear well. The person I'm talking to tends to have trouble hearing me when I'm on speaker phone, too, even when I'm using it in a nice quiet room. sort of).

That can be kinda cool, but I'd rather add that effect later if I want it. It's a good phone with a decent keyboard, but hopefully the Rumor 2 has improved on some of these issues. I hate having my train of thought interrupted by lack of capacity.

If you choose a long clip it won't let you send the clip using multimedia messaging, but if you choose a short clip you can easily miss what you wanted to capture. I think the worst thing about this phone is that text messages are displayed right on the screen as soon as the phone receives them.

Thanks to sprint for now having choices on full keyboards that aren't all smart phones. Never used the music on the phone really didnt know about it when i did have the internet.

The only reason I'm replacing it is because it's been 2 years and I get my $150 rebate so why not. I waited and waited for sprint to finally come out with a phone with a full key board and it was def.

I've had this phone for almost 2 years now and I have loved it. I gave up the internet 6 months ago only use the phone to talk and text.

worth the wait. the only con I have with this phone is the camera 1.3 megapixel pics are not the best.

I will be passing this phone down to my 14 year old son when i get my new phone. Hope this helped.

it did this repeatley and it was VERY annoying because i had missed a text or a phone call. when i first got this phone i was so excited because i am really addicted to texting. i love the qwerty feature it makes it so much easier for texters.everything was going fine but then i started to notice that my phone would turn off by itself. i took it into the sprint store and i thought they fixed it but apparently not because now it continues to turn off by itself, when i log onto the internet it freezes AND when i text or simply use my phone the lighting gets dim and dark.i am so FUSTRATED with this phone. i cannot wait until i can change it.

Do not buy this phone. It has a known design issue with the charging pins on the main board. LG will not honor warranties on it. Don't take my word for it, do a search on the net and you will find MANY upset users.

I've had the Rant for about a year now and it's rock solid. I sent it into LG for repair and they are refusing to honor their warranty.

If you are on Sprint, buy the Samsung Rant. Save yourself a headache (or several if you try to get help from their customer service line) and don't buy this phone.

The end call button has stopped working. My daughter picked this phone because she thought it was cute.

We've had it less than 7 months and it's already is broken. The rep told me that my daughter carrying it into the bathroom or going outside when it is raining (even in her pocket) violated the warranty because it wasn't normal usage.

A much better product than the Rumor.