Messaging, Internet & Connectivity
4.3The phone also supports SMS and MMS messaging (though Sprint calls the latter Picture Mail), as well as VoiceSMS. Muziq’s iIM application supports AOL, Yahoo!, and MSN instant messaging.
On the one hand Muziq works with Sprint’s Power Vision Network, so data flies across the EV-DO airwaves at pretty amazing speeds. On the other hand, Muziq’s Web application is a WAP browser, so you wind up limited in terms of what content you can access. Between the Sprint portal and the On Demand application, Muziq can get you lots of basic information - and a ton more possibly useful infotainment - in a hurry. Just don’t be disappointed if you can’t access all of your favorite Web pages on this handset. WAP pages were quick to load when I was within EV-DO network coverage.
Purchasing music from the Sprint Store was amazingly fast. Granted, the tracks you download to your phone are smaller files than the higher-quality versions available for your PC, but going from “choose” to “listen” in 20-25 seconds is still pretty impressive. I’ll say it again - Sprint does such a great job with their network, and now with their Music Store pricing and selection, they really owe it to their customers and accountants to upgrade the user experience portion of browsing and playing music on their handsets.
The LG Muziq 8800 is a dual-band CDMA phone that is locked to the Sprint network. The phone is capable of high-speed data transfer via Sprint’s EV-DO network. There is no 802.11 WiFi support on the handset.
Bluetooth implementation on Muziq is version 1.1 and supports mono and stereo audio as well as laptop tethering. The phone also supports location-based services via A-GPS technology.
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