LG F9100 review (AT&T)

You can personalize the F9100 with a variety of wallpaper, screensavers, and sounds. You also can choose from icon or list menu styles. If you're hungry for more content and more ring tones, you can download additional options via the integrated WAP 2.0 wireless Web browser. The mobile also supports Java (J2ME)-enabled games, but only one title, SpaceBall, comes with the phone. If you want any others, you'll need to fork over the cash to download them from Cingular.

We tested the dual-band (GSM 850/1900; GPRS) LG F9100 in the San Francisco Bay Area using Cingular Wireless service. Call quality was admirable with good volume and clarity. Callers reported the same on their end, though they could tell we were using a cell phone. Instant messaging is on the slow side, but that's normal for most IM phones.

Battery life on the handset was average. We beat the rated talk time of four hours by an extra 20 minutes. For standby time, we got 6 days on a single charge. While that's just half of the promised time of 12 days, it's not terrible, either. According to the FCC, the F9100 has a digital SAR rating of 0.72 watts per kilogram.