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LG 550 Fusic - Good and Bad

The Fusic is a fine piece of cell-phonery. However, I've had a couple of problems with it:

1. Sprint didn't activate all of my services when I got my new plan (not a phone issue, fine)
2. When the services were activated, my Photo Albums didn't work at all
3. After I installed the firmware update (after several calls to customer service), the albums worked but...
4. I can't view picture mail that comes from Verizon or any other network (this is a "known issue")
5. The phone includes GPS but to use it I have to pay extra for an application ($5/month)
6. The support for GPS in Java is nonstandard
7. The FM radio broadcast doesn't reach as far as my car antenna, which is on the back of the car
8. The custom, expensive Fusic case covers some of the camera lens

That's about all the bad I can think of offhand. The good?

1. It's easy to put my own mp3 ringtones on it (with some 3rd-party apps and the included USB cable)
2. The screens are clear and bright, to me
3. I can watch streaming TV with it
4. It has full web support so I can write my own web portal with bookmarks, RSS, etc.
5. It works okay as a cell phone -- quality is still not as good as a landline with Qwest, but it's not awful
6. Some have complained about the included 'themes' but I like them just fine

I don't have "texting" so I can't address that -- it seems like it would be a cool thing, but it's a value-added service that, like almost everything else, I'd have to pay more for.

There's my $.01.

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