My LG LX290 review: The LG LX290, for Sprint, is a fairly basic slider handset which still packs a decent amount of features. The design is nothing fancy – just a 2.17″ QVGA display with a couple shortcut keys and a slide-out number pad. Even so, it’s still a very attractive little handset. It’s just over 1/2″ thick, so it fits great in a pocket or in your hand.

The LG LX290 doesn’t have any high-end features on board, but it does at least cover all the basics. The most notable specs include: texting / IM, email, GPS (Sprint Navigation), a 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth 2.1, one-touch speakerphone, dedicated keys (text, email, alarm and calendar), T9 predictive text, slider keypad, 22 MB of memory, WAP 2.0 browser & cdma2000 1xRTT data connection.

You can buy the LG LX290 now for just $29.99, after a 2 year agreement with Sprint. The design of the phone, decent features & good price make this a good deal – especially as a starter handset.