Verizon and LG Mobile Announces the On-the-Go Office 'LG Fathom'

By Calvin Azuri, TMCnet Contributor

Verizon (News - Alert)Wireless and LG Electronics MobileComm U.S.A., Inc. together announced the availability of LG Fathom that can be called as the on-the-go office. LG Fathom is ready to be released online and in communications stores early next month. The decisive LG Fathom redefines the output with Windows Phone (News - Alert)power, trendy design and efficient global capabilities in order to make voice calls in over 220 countries and accessing data in 200 countries. Out of 200, 110 are with 3G speeds.

Some of the key features of LG Fathom include:

• The sleek slate blue case takes customers from Monday meetings to Friday outings
• The large 3.2' touch screen with enhanced touch experience and vibration for tactile feedback
• Provision of 1 GHz processor
• Full slide-out QWERTY keyboard with simultaneous touch screen facilities
• Provision of microSD slot up to 16 GB of memory
• Wi-Fi enabled (802.11 b/g/n)
• Bluetooth 2.1 capabilities to support the various profiles
• Built-in MP3 and WMA music player with music library, repeat and shuffle features, as well as stereo sound through headset or Bluetooth
• Windows Media Player 10 for WMV, MP4, and 3GP formats
• USB mass storage for file transfer between microSD card and PC
• One-touch speaker phone and speaker-free voice commands
• Text to speech and voice-activated dialing for up to 4,000 entries

Some of the additional lifestyle features include:

• Availability of dedicated task manager key for rapid access to mobile Task Manager
• Ability to view and edit with Excel Mobile, OneNote Mobile and Word Mobile
• Ability to scroll, zoom and view rich PDF content with Adobe Reader LE
• Automatic switching of global roaming frequency
• Availability of VZ Navigator facilities to receive audible turn-by-turn directions to millions of points of interest and share the directions with others
• Availability of VZ Navigator Global capabilities to get turn-by-turn directions and maps in English while navigating via more than 20 destinations such as Canada, Mexico, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. 
• Availability of Flash user interface support to text and send clear images and fun animations
• Availability of 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera and camcorder         

Calvin Azuri is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Calvin's articles, please visit his columnist page.

Edited by Alice Straight