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	LG LX-570 Muziq Phone (Sprint) Sprint Sprint, 2007 average customer review:based on 18 reviews view larger image
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Dedicated music keys allow easy access to your tunes, as well as enable use of the phones multitasking feature. Supporting the EV-DO high-speed data standard, the Muziq is fully compatible with Sprint's Power Vision service. With Power Vision, you can download and stream high-quality video, straight onto your phone. Enjoy full-color video clips or live TV of the latest news, sports, and entertainment from brands you know, like CNN, Fox, The Weather Channel, NFL Mobile, and more. Power Vision also serves as a portal for enhanced games. Where coverage is available, EV-DO connectivity provides average download speeds ranging from 400 to 700 Kbps, with peak rates up to 2 Mbps.

Sprint's music service is another EV-DO-powered service that makes the Muziq all the more desirable. With the Sprint Music Store, your phone is a music player, letting you buy, download, and then jam out wherever you are with new songs or old favorites. Offering a growing selection of more than 1.6 million songs, the store provides you two copies of each song--one for the phone and another for the PC, as well as the ability to burn songs to a CD using Windows Media Player. Save your songs to a MicroSD memory card with a capacity that's right for you (it supports capacity up to 4 GB).

Focused on music playback, the LG LX-570 Muziq has a dedicated music controller on the front of the phone that's designed to allow easy access to your music, as well as an easy way to use your multitasking feature to put your music in the background or bring it to the foreground. It supports a wide variety of audio and video formats (MP3, MP4, 3G2, 3GP, AAC, AMR, MID, QCP, 3GPP, PMD, M4V, M4A, KOZ). In addition to personal listening through wired (3.5mm jacks) or wireless (Bluetooth) headphones, the phone also includes a built-in FM transmitter that enables you to transmit tunes wirelessly through any FM radio within 10 feet (with your choice of an open frequency, from 88.1 to 107.9 MHz).

Easily pocketable, the Muziq measures just 0.61 inches thin and weighs 3.14 ounces. Stream music to your phone with Sprint Radio, offering over 30 channels of both music and talk radio--from Hip Hop and Latin Pop to NPR. And with Pandora Mobile, a downloadable application, you can get personalized streaming radio by entering a favorite artist or song and automatically receive a radio station with songs that have similar qualities.

This phone provides Bluetooth version 2.0 wireless connectivity, and includes profiles for communication headset, handsfree car kits, audio/video remote control, and printing. 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 (DUN)--surf the Internet, send email, and access files from a server--using Sprint's Mobile Broadband Network.

The 1.3-megapixel camera shoots still photos in three resolutions (from 320 x 240 to the default 1280 x 960) as well as video clips in two resolutions (default 144 x 176 and 96 x 128). You can shoot video up to 2 hours in length, or a short 20-second clip for sending via video mail. You can manipulate a number of photo settings, including brightness, white balance, color tone. Other features include a self timer and customizable shutter/cue sound. It also provides support for PictBridge technology so you can print your photos without the need of a PC (either using USB or Bluetooth). Shoot and share your digital photos instantly with Sprint PCS Picture Mail.

The Muziq sports an internal LCD that measures 2.25 inches, has a 176 x 220-pixel resolution, and displays up to 262K colors. The secondary external TFT LCD has a 128 x 160-pixel resolution and 65K colors, and it can display pictures, time, call information, battery and signal strength, and more. The internal phonebook offers up to 500 contact entries, each with storage for 5 numbers, 3 email addresses, and a picture ID.

Instantly send and receive SMS text messages across the room or across the country, anywhere in the Nationwide Sprint PCS Network. Sprint Navigation, powered by TeleNav, provides full-featured GPS navigation including voice and on-screen turn-by-turn driving directions and more than 10 million business listings (TeleNav unlimited requires data plan plus monthly subscription). Other features include: E911 Emergency location enabled with embedded Global Positioning System (GPS). Chip necessary for utilizing the E911 emergency location services, where available. Enjoy easy, hands free communication with a full duplex speakerphone that lets you hear callers loud and clear. Connects to a TTY device, allowing anyone who is hearing impaired the ability to communicate Wireless Backup: If your phone is ever lost, stolen, damaged or replaced, you can use Wireless Backup to restore your contact information quickly and easily. Additional charges apply.

Vital Statistics
The LG LX-570 Muziq weighs 3.14 ounces and measures 3.80 x 1.94 x 0.61 inches. Its 800 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 4 hours of talk time. It runs on the CDMA 850/CDMA 1900 frequencies for voice and CDMA2000 EV-DO for data. The phone comes with a one year limited warranty.

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Great phone, not so great features

So many others have written great things about this phone and it's every detail so I won't go there. I gave it 4 stars for those great reasons, but subtracted one star for 2 reasons. First being a minor issue for me personally, but might be a big problem for someone looking to buy this phone for that feature...the FM transmitter. The phone is capable of it, but has to be inches from your cars antenna for it not to give you a headache from the static. I never use that feature so it doesn't bother me really. The lack of being able to store an address in your contacts list really frustrates me. You can enter a web address, but not a mailing address. I have tried using the memo field...but it doesn't let you enter enough characters for an address. How many friends do you have on your contacts list that actually has their own website?? Probably NONE! USELESS!! I think this is an LG thing because I had the LG Rumor before this phone and it didn't have an address field either. Prior to these phones I have always had either Sanyo or Samsung, which both had address fields. I use my phone to store all of my friends, business partners, etc. contact info so this is a problem for me not being able to input an address. I will be getting a different phone as soon as my contract is up.

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Inexpensive functionality imperfectly implemented for the Audiophile...

I have had this phone for about a year. Just wanted to add my two cents regarding my experience. Use it about every day for music- and the phone.

First, I am a Mac user. Another reviewer noted that one could not use the Sprint Music software- USB cable to sync music from the Mac to this phone. Yes, indeed. However, loading music onto the Muziq is best done- quickly & most easily- by using a mini-SD card reader & a 4 gb. SD mini card memory stick. This can be done quite easily on the Mac. However, you will need to know how to create a mu3 playlist. I would be happy to give instruction on how to do this on the Mac.

Now, 4 gb. is a fair amount of music- and the main reason why I have this phone. It is a convenient substitute for the $150 or so IPod Nano. At least in that it holds the same amount of music. Further, it offers bluetooth capability, a music transmitter, and, of course, a phone- that the venerable IPod just can't provide. It however, should not be considered as an IPod substitute. Let me explain.

The bluetooth capability is great. However, it is not always reliable. There are many times when it takes me several minutes to pair the phone to the headphones. And, there are times when the pairing will deteriorate on its own. It is annoying- but also can be rectified. The distance I can travel from the phone- using a Plantronics stereo headset- is about 10-15 ft. The sound quality is excellent. However, there is no way to adjust treble & base. And, if your headphones are substandard- the music will be too.

The music transmitter is a nice touch. However, my phone needs to be within 3 ft. of the receiving radio in order for it to work. This means that it will not transmit to the typical car stereo. Again, the sound can be quite good- depending upon the transmitter receiving the signal.

It is also appreciated that the Muziq does have a speaker. The sound from the mono speaker is surprisingly good.

However, the Sprint LG Muziq does have some significant drawbacks. The major one being the Sprint Music Store application. It is slow loading. Particularly if your music is recorded at a high bit rate. In other words, I learned the hard way that having music recorded at bit rates above 128 kb. results in serious penalties in load time. But, even more damming, is the way in which the Sprint music application makes you play your music.

It is extremely cumbersome to listen to music without a preset play list. This means that you must make play lists. I have about 1,000 128 kb. songs on my player. To make play lists on the phone itself is really not possible given a library this size. The only way to do so is on your computer- and transmit the music and play lists to the Muziq using the 4 gb memory card.

Since you can not mix and play songs & play lists on the fly- it should not be considered an Ipod replacement. And, the Muziq's usefulness as a music player depends a great deal on one's ability to plan and create engaging play lists. One can use the shuffle feature to change the order of music within a play list- which does reduce the tendency of the play lists to become stale.

And, for those who have interest- Sprint Music does have radio channels which may add to your listening pleasure. I did not think it worth the additional, monthly cost.

So, the upshot is that for my needs- at this time- the Muziq has been adequate for me- needing an MP3 player/phone combination. However, when my contract is up a year from now- I will certainly change my player. Either I will switch to ATT and the IPhone- or, if that proves too expensive in continuing costs- will spring for a dedicated music player & get a cheap, serviceable, no frills phone. Either way, I will need a player that more competently plays my music. The hardware on the Muziq is fine- not so the software.

That reminds me. One of the reasons one might want a dedicated music player is because of the battery drain playing music may have on your phone. You may either find yourself not being able to listen to music as much as you want- or conversely, not be able to use your phone to talk as you might wish. Fortunately, for the Muziq- the battery life is pretty good. One can easily listen to up to 5 hours without the battery being drained. A key here- to reduce battery drain- is to make sure that the phone is set to utilize only the Sprint network for calls. If you allow roaming- it will eat your battery life!

Hope this helps those considering buying this phone!

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Was great, Now Terrible!

I bought this for my daughter, and it was pretty sweet until a couple of months ago (Spring 2008). Then her phone would not connect to make phone calls. We had a replacement policy, so we had the phone replaced, but the replacement phone does the same thing. My older Fusic phone has no problems...what a shame!

Just says "Looking for Service" most of the time which eats up the battery. If you do get to a strong service area, it will connect, but then drop you within a minute or so.

This used to be our best phone, now it is our worst, and with the second phone, I am starting to think Sprint did something to their network and now the phone will not connect. We have tried Roam, Automatic, and Sprint network settings and none of them work.

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