Review: LG Dare
With all that it can do one might forget that the Dare is a phone first. The send key at the bottom of the phone brings up a list of all your calls. At the very bottom of the screen are buttons that bring up the dial pad, contacts list, or options menu.
You can go straight to the dial pad if you press the phone icon from the Dare's home screen. When in the dial pad, you have quick access to the recent calls log and your contacts.
When in a call, there are six options listed on the in-call screen to open up the dial pad, your contacts list, the Bluetooth menu and several others. It is nice to have such easy access to these other features during a call.
The contacts application looks more like something you're used to seeing from Verizon. The top of the contacts application has a large button labeled "CONTACT LIST". As with the calling app, pressing it opens a drop-down menu, which includes shortcuts to favorites, groups, speed dials and your ICE contact.
If you have 80 gazillion contacts, there's a neat feature for you. Just under the top-most button is a little alphabet running across the top of the screen. There is a magnifying glass sitting on that alphabet. Slide the magnifying glass to the letter you're looking for, and your contacts will zoom to that spot.
If that's too generic for you, you can still choose to search through your contacts the old way, by typing their name into a search bar. Unfortunately, the Dare does not auto-sort as you type. You have to type at least a few letters, and then press the "done" button to start the search.
Contacts can hold multiple numbers, email addresses, and fax numbers. You can also set them up to have picture IDs, specific ringtones, and the usual custom stuff.
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