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hey everyone I'm Chung win with Pacquiao calm and today we're going to be taking a quick look at the LG ally android 2.1 smartphone on verizon wireless the device retails for ninety-nine dollars on verizon on contract and after a mail-in rebate let's go ahead and in this video we're going to go ahead and do an unboxing take a quick tour around the device and see some of the software that's included so let's go ahead and see what's inside the box inside the box on top you do have the LG ally smartphone it does have a sliding qrd keyboard that is illuminated by a backlight when you're using it in the dark go ahead and set this aside for just a moment also in the box you do have a USB to micro USB charge and sync cable along with a wall charger to quickly think or to quickly charge your device there's also a notice here to give you instructions on how to remove the back battery cover and into both in English and Spanish along with some product safety and warranty information and a tips hints and shortcuts guide let's go ahead and take a look at the device itself the LG ally is a mid-range smartphone that retails for ninety-nine dollars but it does have some high-end features such as the 3.2 inch tempered glass touchscreen which is a nice touch and also is a high resolution wvga touch screen that's similar in resolution to the larger 4.3 inch display of the motorola droid x or even the 3.7 inch of the droid incredible the device itself has a the earpiece speaker here at the top and on the bottom of the touch screen you have two capacitive touch buttons for the back and these search buttons below that you do have the four hardware buttons for the call send and end buttons as well as the home and menu button right underneath that you do have the microphone port on the left hand side of the device you do have the volumes up in down button as well as the microUSB port which is accessible underneath a flap on the right hand side of the device you do have the camera shutter button here as well as a microSD card slot which is but without having to remove your back battery cover or even the battery which is a nice touch a 4 gigabyte card is included in the device at the top you do have a very clean design except for a three-and-a-half millimeter headphone jack although headphones are not included inside the box you do have the option of using any headphones you have laying around the house here on the back you have a 3.2 megapixel camera that can shoot also video video recording is not an HD resolution however which is understandable for our budget phone and you do have a dual LED flash on that can serve as backlighting for your videos as well so remove the back battery cover all you have to do is push in and slide up towards the camera and underneath you do see that a fifteen hundred million per hour battery is included to give you ample of talktime and surf time on verizon wireless's evdo rev a network which is a nice touch the keyboard offers a dedicated number row at the top as well as three rows for the letters the spacebar key is quenched in on the bottom third row of the letter keys also on the keyboard you do have buttons shortcut buttons for the back search as well as the home and menu button so you have to reach up towards the screen to access those features the keys offer an island style chiclet keyboard layout which does offer a nice tactile feedback and a nice clicking mechanism so it is comfortable to type on the edges of the keys are beveled up the right side is beveled up towards the right and the left side is beveled up towards the left here to give you a nice angle so that your keys or your fingers don't slip off of the keyboard there's also a directional pad on the right hand side which means that for summers you would have to reach a little bit further over with your right thumb to type on the off-center keyboard as far as software goes the device comes with both Android 2.1 and LG's custom software here LG did include five home screens we you can see as little bubbles here right on top of the app drawer pull out along with a number of widgets so here you have the events widget which will give you or show you events that are happening for today or upcoming events for the future and you can set that up to sync with your calendar as well there's also a clock and weather widget which will give you the local time and forecast as well as a widget for your social networking needs on that will separate Facebook feeds as well as Twitter updates into two designated tabs and it will show you all your status updates once you configure your accounts these are for software buttons here at the bottom of the screen the nice part about it is that it stays the same no matter which home screen you're on or even if you're in the app drawer so you'll always have quick access to your phone your address book messaging and browser no matter what screen you're on if you prefer the standard Android layout you can go ahead and switch to the android home screen which is somewhat similar to the stock Android build however LG did create five home screens here you see four bubbles and you're on the first home screen and it shows you where you are how many home screens you have towards your left and towards your right which is a nice touch with the home screen you can also add on your LG widgets if you want and here we see the facebook and twitter widget again another high-end feature the smartphone is that it does support Wi-Fi b/g/n n protocols so you do have faster Wi-Fi access as well as access to verizon wireless's evdo rev a network so you do have fast 3g and Wi-Fi access the device has an accelerometer a light and proximity sensor to adjust the screen or turn off the screen when you're in a dark room or on a phone call which is a nice feature it does support Bluetooth and bluetooth stereo as well as GPS you can navigate on this device either with google maps with navigation or you can download verizon navigator on android market so this has been a quick look of the android 2.1 device the LG ally on verizon wireless's evo reveille network I'm Chung win for pocketnow.com and thanks for watching