LG GT350

The follow-up to the popular Ks360 messaging phone, the LG GT350 improves all aspects of the previous handset while retaining the characteristically friendly design.Despite the similar looks, the GT350 has had a complete overhaul. The 3" 240 x 400 pixel panel is now a full touchscreen.

Specs: The LG GT350 is a QWERTY keyboard phone that directly replaces the popular KS360 model.

It retains a similar design and profile as the original and size and weight are pretty much the same. Despite the external similarities though, the GT350 is much more advanced. For a start, the large 3" display is now touchscreen and it's also 3G enabled too, making for much faster download & surfing speeds.It also now has that all important feature - an array of social networking applications with dedicated one key access, allowing you to go directly to your favorite sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Mail is also a strong point, with support for push email protocols and multiple accounts.

As you'd expect, it comes complete with multimedia player & an FM stereo radio and the camera is a relatively simple 3.15Mp affair.

• Key Features:
• 3.15MP Camera
• Vide capabilities
• Full QWERTY Keyboard
• MicroSD memory card slot
• Specifications:
• Messaging: SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, IM, Push Email
• Browser: WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
• Radio: Stereo FM radio
• Games: Yes, incl. motion-based + downloadable
• Colors: Aqua Blue, Purple, Light Silver, Black
• Java: MIDP 2.0
• Social networking integration with live updates
• MP3/MP4/AAC/AAC+/EAAC+/WMA player
• MP4 player
• Document viewer (DOC, XLS, PPT, PDF)
• Organizer
• Voice memo
• T9

The LG GT350 will be available in Europe in April and other markets will follow. The four inbox color options are Aqua Blue, Purple, Light Silver, and Black.

LG GS500 Cookie Plus

Today LG launched the GS500 Cookie Plus, a 3G touch screen feature phone that is the spiritual successor to the original Lg cookie. The Cookie Plus sports a new graphical user interface that has a focus around social network connectivity. A Face book widget is on the home screen, and Twitter, Flickr, and others are also available.

Specs: The LG GS500 Cookie Plus takes the fine reputation of the original and builds on it.

Retaining a mid-size footprint like the original Cookie, it's just 107 x 52.5 x 11.5 mm and weighs 92 grams.It's also currently one of the slimmest touch screen phones on the market today

With a TFT touch screen display that measures 3" it supports up to 262k colours, which gives a crisp clear resolution.With three raised, round buttons at the bottom of the handset to give you quick access to the menu. The menu itself has a "cartooney" feel about it which is designed to appeal to the younger folk amongst us but it also makes for a more pleasent approach in day to day use.

It's a quad band, 3G enabled phone so it can be used virtually everywhere and it comes with an internal memory of 41 MB that is very easily expanded to 8Gb via the microSD memory card slot.

This phone features SNS functionality that basically integrates the most popular social networks such as Flickr, Twitter, MySpace and Facebook. It also has your standard multimedia player which supports WMA, MP3, RA, AAC, AAC+ and MPEG4 formats. There's a 3.5 mm headphone jack so you can easily listen to your favourite music using earphones.

Specification

• GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
• HSDPA 900 / 2100
• 107 x 52.5 x 11.5 mm
• 92.5g
• 3" TFT resistive touchscreen, 256K colors
• Flash UI
• Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
• Handwriting recognition
• 3.5mm audio jack
• 30Mb internal memory
• microSD (TransFlash) up to 8GB
• GPRS
• EDGE
• 3G
• Bluetooth
• 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels
• SMS, EMS, MMS, Email
• WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
• Stereo FM radio with RDS
• Native Facebook client
• MP3/WMA/AAC player
• MP4/H.263 player
• Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
• Organiser
• T9

G says that additional cookie devices will be revealed in the coming months. The Cookie Plus will be available initially in France and Italy in March but will eventually be available in 45 countries. This phone will be available in three colors i.e.- Black, Silver, Purple

LG GD880 Mini

The GD880 has quite a small bezel surrounding the 3.2" 854 x 480 pixel touchscreen display, and there are no buttons on the front either, which LG says minimises the space that the Mini takes up.

Specs:The LG GD880 Mini, a new phone that accentuates its trend-setting design with a full complement of intelligent features.

It's the smallest and slimmest 3.2-inch full touchscreen phone on the market today, making it the perfect handset for people who want all the communication features that today’s technology has to offer without the bulk and heft of a traditional fully-loaded handset.

Developed in response to specific requests from actual consumers who were unhappy with current full touchscreen phones that are too bulky, too clunky and too expensive. The easily pocketable LG Mini delivers great looks at a reasonable price, along with the trendy features that people want.

Thanks to a slim, compact form factor made from the highest quality materials, it slides easily slides in a shirt pocket or small handbag while still feeling reassuringly solid to the touch. Textured metal accents on the sides of the handset add to the phone’s eye-catching looks without detracting from its overall simplicity. On the front, a large 3.2 inch touchscreen with an aspect ration of 16:9 extends all the way to the edge of the phone, giving it a finish that is as smooth as ice. In addition, a button-free face keeps the look simple and sleek.

It has much more than just great looks. Besides a raft of staple features such as speedy web browsing and fast push email, the LG Mini also includes several unique aspects, including Social Network Connect, which makes keeping in touch with online friends even easier than on a desktop PC. Popular social networks such as Facebook and Twitter are instantly accessible through built-in applications and a Social Network Feed provides instant and automatic updates of friends and family members on the home screen. Updates also appear next to each contact in the Social Address Book.

What’s more, it boasts a 5.0 megapixel camera featuring advanced face detection which allows uploading of sharp, vivid pictures and videos wirelessly to multiple social networks in one simple step. The device also plays music and movies in several popular file formats and even includes an FM radio.

With HSDPA connectivity at 7.2 Mbps and Wi-Fi, you can browse the internet at high speed and also provide real-time location information using A-GPS.

Specification

• GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
• HSDPA 900 / 2100
• 102 x 47.6 x 10.6 mm
• 99g
• 3.2" TFT touchscreen, 256K colours
• Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
• Scratch-resistant glass surface
• 3.5 mm audio jack
• 100 Mb internal memory
• microSD (TransFlash) up to 32GB
• GPRS
• EDGE
• 3G
• WiFi
• Bluetooth
• 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus
• Geo-tagging, face detection, image stabilisation
• Stereo FM radio with RDS
• Social networking integration with live updates
• MP4/H.264/H.263 player
• MP3/WMA/eAAC+ player
• Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)

Perhaps inevitably, the LG GD880 comes with a suite of social networking applications that LG say are even easier to use than a pc. There's no word on what operating system the GD880 runs, so we guess that it is LG's own proprietary one.

LG GM730

The LG GM730 is meant to be the first smartphone to use new version of Windows Mobile OS, according to LG. It is a good looking phone, with a large touch screen at its centre.

Specs:The latest LG GM730 is a Windows based touchscreen mobile phone.

The display is a rather large 3" that makes using the phones menu system great fun as it's so large and clear. It's also great for viewing web pages and videos too.The menu is clear & easy to use. With being Windows based it's also easy to upgrade & update applications as they become available making it "future friendly".

Internal memory is 8Gb which is expandable upto 16Gb which is more than sufficient for all of the music & videos that will be loaded onto it.Built in a-GPS so it can & does make a more than capable SatNav device & it has a 5Mp camera too with Schneider Kreuznach optics for that perfect photo, first time, every time.

11.9mm slim design with 3 colors

Coming from the lightweight division as the thinnest Smartphone available. Its 3 color variations(Black, Red plum and Lime), sleek style lines and beautiful touchscreen display will leave any user proud to show it off.

Seamless integration of WM and S-Class UI

Spend less time learning, more time living. Making your mobile life and interaction with this complicated world easier. LG's exclusive S-Class UI makes Windows Mobile's capabilities more intuitive, faster and easier to use.

Fast & easy E-mail

Setting up your E-mail is a snap with a few steps to setup for instant communication at your fingertips without a manual. You can send emails directly from a contact for additional ease.

Networking on the map

It knows where you're headed and right there with you with LBS based SNS. You can locate yourself on the map in order to reach some new destination. You can also see where your friends are. It lets you share your Geo-URL with a friend, social network group, or other group so you can find friends and contact them.

Cascading windows for multi-tasking

You can run multiple functions simultaneously and the exclusive cascading windows lets you scan through your open applications at a glance. With the multitasking function, you can explain a direction to your friend using GPS while you are listen

ing to the music.

The LG GM730 - Intelligent & Uncompromising

LG GM730 Specs

• Type: Touchscreen
• Dimension: L*W*D(mm) 109.8 X 56.5 X 11.9 mm
• Standard battery: Max (mAh) 1000mAh, Li-ion
• Talk time (hrs): 5 hrs
• Size: WQVGA 3.0 inches
• Colours: Black, Lime, Red Plum
• Date / Fax: Yes / No
• Browser: xHTML 1.1, HTML 4.01 / Internet Full Browsing
• SMS / MMS: Yes / Yes
• Document Viewer: MS office, PDF, Text
• IrDA (Infared): No
• WLAN: Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
• Scheduler / Alarm: Yes
• Wallpapers / Pictures / Ringtone downloads: Yes / Yes / Yes
• Os: Windows Mobile 6.1
• MIDI (poly): 72
• VOD / AOD: Yes / Yes
• Internal / External Memory: 200 MB / Micro SD slot up to 32GB
• Audio codec: MP3, AAC/AAC+/E-AAC+, AMR-NB, WMA, MIDI
• Speaker: 12X18(Oval.) x 1EA
• RF band: GSM(850/900/1800/1900) UMTS(900(850)/1900/2100)
• Weight: 107g
• 100mAh, Li-ion: 450 hrs
• Display External LCD: TFT touchscreen
• Touch Screen: Resistive / 3D Active flash UI (S-class UI)
• SIM toolkit: Yes
• Vibration alert: Yes
• WAP (version): 2.0
• Video MMS / E-Mail: Yes / Yes
• Predictive Text input (T9): Yes
• USB / PC Sync: Yes, Ver2.0 HS
• Bluetooth: Yes, 2.1 EDR
• Phonebook (# of names): Yes, unlimited # of names
• FM Radio / Video Telephony: Yes / Yes
• Java (version): Yes
• Built-in Games: 2 embeded games
• Camera (main/sub): 5 Mega pixels AF / VGA CMOS
• Memory: 4Gb Nand / 1Gb DDR + 2Gb Nand / 512 Mb SDRAM
• Video Recording: WQVGA 15fps (MPEG4, H263)
• Facebook : LG dedicate Client Application: Yes

DISADVANTAGES

Inconsistent interface; small 3-inch WQVGA screen; poor battery life; stylus required for accurate tapping; no dedicated audio port.

Overall the LG GM730 is a great phone. They failed a little on the came

ra spec (8mp would have been great), but otherwise it is well spec’d, with a great user interface that is easy to use, and high speed internet connection..