LG’s Migo Review

LG Migo Cell PhoneMobile Burn takes a look at LG’s Migo, a kid specific cell phone that looks more like what you’d expect one of those Pokemon characters to look like than a typical cell phone.

While by no means the first kid-specific mobile phone on the market, LG’s Migo does mark the first time that a major manufacturer has developed one and put some actual marketing muscle behind it. The idea behind the Migo, and similar devices like the Firefly, is to develop a handset for younger kids in their pre-teen years. Make it simple to use, limit the phone’s ability to make outbound calls, and make it “cool” enough that your youngster is going to want to carry it around with him or her.

In the end they give it a highly recommended rating, but they also point out two big flaws in the system, as the Migo does not have GPS capabilities, which would help police track down children, nor does it have inbound call restrictions, which would stop children from being interrupted from homework or school work by friends who just want to chat.

January 25th, 2006 Posted by David in LG, Reviews at 4:22 pm 4 Comments »
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4 Comments »

  1. Yes I currently work at a Sprint and Verizon Store. I just wanted to inform you that they are now updating the Migo with a program called Chaperone.

    Verizon is getting ready to launch a new GPS child tracking service called Verizon Chaperone. The new service is anticipated to be available in May, powered by the LG Migo phone. It is anticipated the service will cost $15 per month.

    Among the features of this location based service (LBS) are geofencing; the process of setting up a perimeter something is able to travel before an alert is setup. In this case you can setup a geofence around a few city blocks, a city, etc and then parents will automatically receive a text message if the child travels outside that geofence.

    Other location based services are in the works for Verizon in the next few months in addition to the previously discussed Verizon VZ Navigator service which provides driving directions over cellphone.

    This is current we just recieved it in the store the price is actually 19.99 and if you have a compatible phone you can check on your children from your cell phone.

    Comment by Krista — June 9, 2006 @ 6:21 pm

  2. Help - I can’t turn off my speakerphone.

    We purchased a MIGO for our kids in March and we all LOVE it. Our kids are 9 and 6 and they carry it whenever they are away from us (field trips, birthday parties, sleep overs). It’s very cool and we have no complaints.

    Inadvertently, the speakerphone has been activated and, not being able to find the manual at this time, we don’t know how to turn it back off. I tried the “downloads” section of the LG webpage, but when I entered MIGO as the model number it told me there were no results.

    Someone please have pity on me and tell me how to take it off speakerphone.

    THANKS!

    Comment by Linda Tokar — June 17, 2006 @ 9:57 am

  3. Using Speakerphone
    Lets you activate the speakerphone function.
    1. Press and hold to activate speakerphone.
    “Speaker On” is displayed briefly. In standby
    mode the speakerphone icon is displayed on
    the right side of the LCD.
    2. Press and hold again to cancel
    speakerphone.

    Comment by Robert Brower — August 10, 2006 @ 7:36 am

  4. My younger sisters phone was doing the same exact thing, very annoying to listen and to have people listening to your conversations, and keeping it in your back pocket of course buttons are going to be pressed…so I looked up a way to get info on the Migo…if you’ve lost your hand book….

    Go To:
    http://support.vzw.com/phones/index.html?p=2060

    But to turn off the Speaker….
    Press # 1 and hold the button….to turn on/off speaker.

    Hope this helps other views~

    Comment by Britni Michele — November 17, 2006 @ 9:14 pm

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