Cellphone Cilliness

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Chocolate, under the proper circumstances, can be a deeply satisfying treat for the senses.

It can also be a sticky mess.

Unfortunately, the heavily hyped Chocolate music player/cellphone (made by LG, offered by Verizon Wireless) resembles the latter more than the former.

What’s nice about the phone: its looks. It’s tiny, almost like an elongated box of Tic Tacs. It’s shiny, clad in dark plastic. And it’s a slider phone, meaning that the dialing pad is hidden except when you slide the halves apart.

The rest of the time, the front panel is supposed to look like an iPod, with a bright color screen above and a circular control pad below. The phone-call sound quality is good, and the price isn’t bad: $150 (after rebate, and with two-year commitment), although you should also factor in the price of . . .

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