New Phone DARE | Love the Navigator

I got a new phone yesteray, the Verizon's LG Dare. I had been waiting to get an iPhone once my Verizon plan expires. My family and I were shopping at Stanford Shopping Center and after stopping at the Verizon booth and talked with the sales person, we ended up with the new DARE media phone.

The new feature on the phone, the Navigator, is really fun. It uses GPS navigation. I can find my current location using 'Maps & Traffic' / 'Where Am I?' options on the phone. At the time, the Verizon booth was near Starbucks Coffee in the Stanford Shopping Center and the phone displayed the address.

I tried the phone's different options which include: 'Send Place MSG' / 'Add to Favorites...'. I can have the Navigator send my location to a recipient and in turn guide the recipient to my location.

I also tried a few options like 'Traffic', 'Weather' and played with the navigator to set the destination to my home address on the way back home. I was impressed by the GPS guidance system.

My first 'Favorites' locations added to the new phone:

• Stanford Shopping Center
  
• Just Koi Chinese Restaurant 4264 Dublin Blvd., Dublin CA 94568
• Home - Sweet Home

I was looking at other options on the phone and I believe users can choose 'Spanish' in addition to 'English' for the voice guidance and can also select a different 'Voice Type' such as 'Michelle', 'David', 'Emily', 'Jennifer', 'Andew' in the 'Navigation Preferences' settings.

I haven't tried other features on the phone such as voice recognition, the 3.2-megapixel camera, or the video yet but I know I am keeping the VZ Navigator feature.

One other thing to mention: the sales people (2 brothers) were really helpful. They transfered all the info from my old phone to the new phone and also added a memory card to the new phones.

The only thing missing, the capability to use the phone as a realtor lockbox key, which some other phones can provide. I am waiting for Verizon to support that feature.

For more information on the phone, see the article 'iPhone, Instinct, Meet Verizon's Dare'.