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LG Rhythm officially beats on US Cellular

by Darren Murph posted Nov 25th 2008 @ 12:49PM

You knew it was coming, and now the day your heart has been waiting for has finally arrived. Effective immediately, LG's Rhythm is available to US Cellular customers, offering up a 1-inch circular touchscreen and "one of the most advanced music systems available in mobile phones today (oh, really?)." To be fair, the player does include DSP and an audio equalizer tuned by Mark Levinson, and the FM transmitter / 3.5-millimeter headphone jack exudes seriousness about audio. You'll also find a microSD card slot, 2-inch main LCD, a 1.3-megapixel camera / camcorder and Bluetooth 2.0; subscribers can snatch this slider up in black or pink (a USCC exclusive, mind you) for $79.95 after rebates and contractual obligations.

Alltel shows its love for smooth jazz, oldies with LG Rhythm

by Chris Ziegler posted Oct 16th 2008 @ 12:40PM

We're always pleasantly surprised to see a carrier beat the rumored release date for a phone, and that's certainly happened here with the LG Rhythm, a phone we'd heard would bow in the middle of next month. The trick slider features a secondary touch-sensitive display in the center of the d-pad -- not a feature you see every day -- and has an integrated FM transmitter, 3.5mm headphone jack, 1.3-megapixel camera, microSD expansion, and a graphic equalizer personally tuned by none other than Mark Levinson himself, making this one hell of a little music phone. It launches today in black and white for $119.99 after rebate on contract.

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US Cellular getting LG Rhythm: think Chocolate with a cyclops eye (updated)

by Chris Ziegler posted Oct 8th 2008 @ 2:00PM

We've learned that mega-regional US Cellular has its sights set on an LG slider apparently dubbed the UX585 "Rhythm" for a mid-November launch, featuring a 1.3-megapixel camera, FM transmitter a la Nokia N78 and LG Muziq, and an honest-to-goodness mechanical wheel -- a key feature for a phone touting a music slant. The theme doesn't stop there, though: the Rhythm is also said to benefit from tweaking by Mark Levinson's loving ears, a QVGA display, and something being called a "Touch Music Hot Key," a trick-looking circular touchscreen in the middle of the wheel. Yeah, these guys might be a little behind the Chocolate curve here, but at least they're coming out swinging. Look for it to run $129.95 featuring a $50 rebate for customers signing up for a data plan for at least three months.

[Thanks, USCCGuy]

Updated: Turns out Alltel snuck this out onto the market just this week in black and white as the AX585, and seeing how they're spelling it "Rhythm," we're updating the spelling for US Cellular's version, too (let's be honest -- "Rythm" would be an incredibly annoying trademarkable spelling for that word). Alltel's charging $119.99 on contract after rebates for the pleasure. Thanks, Jer!