I am constantly amazed by technology changes like cell phones really only about 10 years old for popular use and the LG Env2 is not the high end of the market but is light years ahead of what was around 10 years ago. The LG-VX9100 for verizon is called a V cast messaging Phone. It has a QWERTY key board, a 2 MGT camera, email and internet access without the large blackberry service fee. It also has a number of functions I will probably only use once. I like to test and email and the QWERY key board was the main functional requirement for me. I did a number of research on cell phones from SR and other sources before deciding on this phone as the best value choice for my every 2 year cell phone upgrade. Early indications are it was a good choice you can see the feature ratings above and normalize them to me a tough reviewer. It seemed like LG is now the largest supplier of verizon phones. I stay with verizon because trying other providers they seem to have the best coverage in the places I frequent.