LG enV2: Below the iPhone Benchmark

If it weren't for the comparison with Apple's offering, this handset developed for Verizon Wireless would really rate
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In the geological record of cell phones, there's before the iPhone and after the iPhone.

Had you placed the enV2 cell phone in my hands two years ago, during what one might call the industry's Jurassic period, I'd have been amply wowed. What's not to like about a full-blown keyboard and a big color screen tucked away neatly inside an incredibly slim handset? And with the enV2, it's clear that LG Electronics has improved dramatically on the prior two iterations of this somewhat revolutionary line of phones that it's developed for Verizon Wireless.