 The LG CF360 slider phone in blue. |
 Entertainment features include AT&T Mobile Music, Video Share and CV. It also features AT&T Navigator for turn-by-turn driving directions, maps, and real-time traffic alerts. |
In areas where the 3G network is not available, you'll continue to receive service on the AT&T EDGE network, which offers availability in more than 13,000 US cities and along some 40,000 miles of major highways. Providing average data speeds between 75-135Kbps, it's fast enough to support a wide range of advanced data services, including video and music clips, full picture and video messaging, high-speed color Internet access, and email on the go. You'll also enjoy quad-band GSM connectivity, which allows you to make calls in more than 190 countries and access data applications in the more than 135 countries where AT&T offers international data roaming.
You can take advantage of the AT&T Navigator GPS software and service, a full-featured premium navigation application that includes audible turn-by-turn directions, real-time traffic updates and re-routing options, and 3D moving maps (additional charges applicable). AT&T Navigator offers several other features to make your commute more enjoyable and reliable, including mobile access to Yellowpages.com. Additionally, AT&T Navigator is the only mobile phone-based GPS service that provides integrated speech recognition for address entry and points of interest search.
With 3G connectivity, you'll be able to access AT&T's Video Share service, which enables you to send a live, one-way video stream to another compatible phone during a standard voice call. The service also allows you to switch the direction of the video stream during the same phone call. (Customers must be in an area served by the company's 3G network and have a Video Share-enabled phone.) While using Video Share with family and friends is a fun way to communicate, it's also very useful for business. For example, a majority of users in the architecture, engineering and construction industries rated the ability to share live video through Video Share highly, according to research commissioned by AT&T. Video Share lets you see progress on a job site or review the day's work without having to drive from an office or other site to do so.
 AT&T Video Share. |
 AT&T Mobile Music. |
Phone Features
The slider-style LG CF360 has a brightly colorful 2-inch LCD screen with a 240 x 320-pixel resolution and a 262K color depth--great for reviewing your on-the-go snapshots. It sits atop a four-button navigation pad with center OK button, which is complemented by send/end and two soft navigation buttons that are integrated into the case. The face smoothly slides up to reveal a standard alpha-numeric keypad. A camera lens and speaker are found on the top rear of the face, and the phone also includes volume and dedicated camera keys on either side.
The CF360 has a small internal memory of 10 MB, which can store up to 500 contact entries with each storing up to 5 phone numbers, 2 email addresses, and a picture ID. You can add memory for storing audio files as well as videos and snapshots taken by the camera via optional MicroSD memory cards (up to 8 GB in size). Other features include 8 speed dial entries (with 1 voicemail default) and multi-lingual menu support (English, Spanish, French and Korean).
 The CF360 features Bluetooth stereo music streaming, a digital audio/video player, and MicroSD memory expansion to 8 GB. |
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The 1.3-megapixel camera can capture images in four resolutions (1280 x 960, 640 x 480, 320 x 240, and 160 x 120 pixels), and it features a 4x digital zoom, brightness and white balance settings, self-timer, and customizable shutter tones and color effects. The phone also includes an image editor, which lets you resize, crop, and rotate photos as well as add filters, color effects, and fun frames. The camera can also capture video clips (at 320 x 240 and 176 x 144 pixels), and you can use the 4x digital zoom while filming. Videos for MMS messaging are capped at 32 seconds, while you can use the available space on your memory card for videos to be saved to your PC. And with AT&T's Video Share service, you can share both live capture and recorded videos.
The digital audio player is compatible with MP3, AAC/AAC+, and WMA formats, and it allows you to create and manage playlists on the fly. Other features include a customizable equalizer, visualization while music plays, multitasking capabilities (where music continues playing even while you compose a text message), and music auto arranged by artist, album, and genre.
The CF360 offers a full range of email, text, and multimedia messaging options. It includes support for mobile email services such as AOL, Yahoo!, AT&T Yahoo!, BellSouth, and Windows Live. You can also keep up with your instant messaging buddies using the built-in IM application that connects to those same services.
Other features include:
Vital Statistics
The LG CF360 weighs 3.51 ounces and measures 3.97 x 1.89 x 0.66 inches. Its 910 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 3 hours of talk time, and up to 250 hours (10+ days) of standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies.
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Average Customer Review: based on 4 reviews
Poor battery life, but OK phone
October 13, 2009
Reviewer: J. Glenn "snipe81" (Indiana) -
Overall, my wife and I have both enjoyed our CF360 phones. I agree with the prior review that the battery life is far too short, but we haven't had a need yet to have the phone be away from a charger for longer than a couple days. I would expect that the phone could run without plugging it in for 4-5 days, with limited usage, but just with a small amount of talking (1 - 1.5 hours of talking), I've easily taken it down to 2 out of 3 bars.
The screen is bright, and this is the first slider phone we've owned, so we actually like that. the number pad is a bit difficult to handle (Small and crowded), and this phone wouldn't be very well suited to someone who wants to text a lot. The call quality is good, the phone gets a good signal if you hold it right (the antenna is in close to the mouth-piece), and the speakerphone works well.
Overall this is an OK phone for a free phone...
Solid choice for those who want their cell phones to be a cell phone
December 26, 2009
Reviewer: Mary G. Hamill (Columbia, MD) -
Not the perfect phone, but pretty darn good. That is, if you're looking for your cell phone to be, well, a phone and not a camera or a way to send 100 text messages a day.
I should preface this review to say that I had to return the first phone. The normal (ear) speakers wouldn't work. Second unit works fine!
First of all, it's sturdy. Not that I've dropped it, but if I did, I think the chance of survival would be good. After about 6 months usage, I haven't had any problems with the slider. The reception has been very good. I don't think I've had a dropped call yet! Or not one caused by my phone, at least.
And the battery seems to last. Mind you, I'm not a big talker ... maybe an hour a week. But I can keep the phone charged up 5-7 days. Speaking of charging, there's a little rubber gizmo that you need to push aside to charge the phone. Right from the start I was afraid it would come loose and get lost. And, sighs, it recently did that. Also, the instructions say never to remove the connector to the phone while the plugged into the outlet. So, yeah, you're supposed to unplug it at the outlet first and then remove the connector. (Shakes head ... don't get it.)
The camera is unimpressive. No zoom feature. But I don't expect my phone to be a camera.
It's not the most intuitive phone, nor does it have a good users manual. For example, if you wanted to learn about how to use the camera you'd have to look in the index for "Take a Picture" instead of "Camera." And quite a few features aren't discussed. I'm still trying to figure out what causes it to go into multimode, and what to do to get it out of it. (After a while it just goes away. Maybe that's all that can be done.) At the store, the tech showed me this cool feature of how to copy the phone numbers to the SIM card. Do you think those instructions were in the manual? Puh-lease! The menus are not very intuitive; by luck I'll find things like "tip calculator" or "tape recorder" .... but when I try to find it later, it's not where I'd expect it to be.
As much as I bellyache about the phone, I like it overall. Again, if you are looking for a solid, reliable phone with good reception and decent battery, this will do the job nicely.
poor battery life
August 12, 2009
Reviewer: Erica M
I've been very disappointed in the phone. I returned the first phone because the battery life only lasted a few days (I rarely use the phone) and received a new one. The charge on the newer one only lists 4 or 5 days. I wish I could return it for a different brand and model.
I'm still evaluating this phone
November 25, 2009
Reviewer: G.G.
I've had this phone for about a week so I haven't fully evaluated it yet. I'm currently buying the micro usb cable and memory card so I can transfer ringtones. Note: Don't let AT&T sucker you into getting their micro usb cable for this phone. Any USB 2.0 Cable, A Male to Micro B Male Cable should work. This phone replace a Motorola RAZR.