LG Xenon available from AT&T

Released for AT&T, the LG Xenon is a sleek, tactile phone with easy access to the latest wireless features. It has an attractive touch-screen display, a great slide out QWERTY keyboard through which users can quickly send text messages and emails. Measuring 4.16 inches long by 2.11 inches wide by 0.62 inch thick, the Xenon has smooth, sleek lines all around, with a touch of chrome around the border. It’s a little smaller than the LG Vu and a little thicker as well.

The Xenon is fairly lightweight at 3.81 ounces, and it’s slim enough to fit in a front pocket. Also, it has a large 2.8-inch touch-screen display and it supports 262,000 colors and 240×400 pixels, which result in great-looking graphics and colorful images. The LG Xenon also has a drop-down shortcuts menu it calls the “Annunciator.” Simply tap the top part of any screen, and a list of shortcuts will appear. You can go directly to the music player, toggle the Bluetooth connection on and off, set your ring and vibration profile, send a new text message, send a new mobile e-mail, check your voice mail, start the instant messenger for either Yahoo, AOL, or Windows Live, set your alarm clock, or view the calendar.

The phone comes with an 80 MB internal memory, which is expandable via optional MicroSD memory cards (up to 16 GB in size). The internal phonebook can store up to 500 contacts, with each entry providing space for up to five phone numbers, two email addresses, and a picture ID. The phone also includes nine speed dial options (eight entries plus one voicemail) and support for caller groups as well as designating a specific ringtone to a contact.

It is available in AT&T stores and online in blue or red, AT&T customers can get two of the new touch screen 3G quick messaging phone for $99.99 after mail-in rebate with a two-year service agreement.