The LG Ally is the latest Android smartphone to join Verizon's lineup and we suspect it will trounce the similarly designed but more expensive Motorola Devour. Though the LG has fairly high end specs, it doesn't get the Droid designation (we're not sure what's up with that Droid thing). It has a 3.2", 800 x 480 capacitive touchscreen with multi-touch pinch zooming, an accelerometer and Android OS 2.1 Eclair.
The slide-out QWERTY keyboard is roomy and better than the Moto Droid's and call quality is tops. The phone has WiFi, Bluetooth, a GPS that works with Google Maps (no VZ Navigator here) and a 3.2 megapixel camera that takes good photos. Definitely worth a look if you're craving a reasonably priced Android smartphone with a keyboard.
The 3.2", 800 x 480 capacitive touch screen is very sharp and bright-- we like. With top dog Android phones running 1GHz processors, the Ally has a 600MHz Qualcomm CPU, and that kicks it out of "Droid" territory in Verizon's lineup, as does the 3.2 megapixel camera. But the LG feels responsive and we didn't find ourselves pining for our 1GHz Nexus One. Since LG's customizations are light, they really don't put strain on the processor as does Motorola's MOTOBLUR and HTC's Sense UI.
The rest of the specs are what you'd expect from a smartphone: Bluetooth 2.1, WiFi, a GPS and a microSD card slot (a 4 gig card is included). There's a standard 3.5mm stereo headset jack (headset not included) and approximately 100 megs of internal storage (not much space for installing scads of apps). Other than Visual Voicemail, there are no Verizon apps-- that means no VZ Navigator or V Cast services. Since the phone runs Android 2.1, you've got Google Maps with spoken navigation to fall back on, and the usual Android YouTube player.
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