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A growing number of consumers use their “cell phones” more for messaging than for actual voice calls. Texting, IMing, and Emailing from handsets has become more and more popular amongst privacy-minded teenagers, business folk, and people like me who sometimes just don’t like talking on the phone. As such, when shopping for a new handset many people now try out the keypad before holding it up to their ear - messaging-related ergonomics and software are just as important as call quality for more and more would-be cell phone buyers in today’s market.
Sprint and LG have addressed the text-minded shopper with their new Rumor handset. Rumor features a full-QWERTY keyboard and messaging-centric software in a compact design that eschews full smartphone functionality in favor of simplicity and a low price point. While Rumor lacks the high-speed data access and advanced functionality of higher-priced models in Sprint’s lineup, its ease of use, rugged, comfortable form factor, and text-friendly keypad makes it a solid choice for users who text first, talk second, and barely if ever use their handset to browse the Web or snap pictures (though you can do those things on Rumor, too).
