LG Mini GD880

Mobile phone community, recently is being treated by one of the smallest touchscreen smartphone from the Korean Mobile phone innovator, LG, with the announcement of LG Mini GD880. LG Mini GD880 comes at about the same time as its compatriot rival, Samsung, unveiled a similar S8520 Monte a few days before the start of the 2010 mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

LG developed the LG Mini GD880 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 GD880 delivers great looks at a reasonable price, along with the trendy features that people want. Indeed, while it lives up to the "Mini" name in looks, size and pocketability, there's nothing "mini" about its feature set.

LG Mini GD880 Upscale Features

LG Mini GD880 is a dual band 3G/UMTS(900/2100) with HSDPA at 7.2 MBps and HSUPA at 2 MBps. LG Mini GD880 also uses a standard quad band GSM (850/900/1800/1900) with GPRS/EDGE on the 2G network. LG Mini GD880 data connectivity comes with WiFi 802.11b/g with DLNA, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP and microUSB 2.0. There's also a built-in GPS receiver with Assisted GPS

LG Mini GD880 has a 5-megapixel autofocus camera that features image stabilization, face/smile detection, geo-tagging and VGA video recording at 15fps. A front-facing secondary camera supports 3G video calls.

LG Mini GD880s stand-out feature is a 3.2-inch TFT LCD resistive touchscreen with WideVGA 480 x 854 pixel resolution supporting 256k colors. There is multitouch with gesture control, an accelerometer, an ambient light sensor and scratch resistance glass surface. Multimedia features come with usual media players for all the popular audio and video file formats including DivX and Xvid. You also get Dolby Mobile, FM stereo with RDS and a 3.5 mm headphone jack.

LG Mini GD880 has phone memory at 330 MB plus up to 1,000 phonebook entries with photocall. You can expand this with a hot-swappable microSD for up to 32 GB. A 900 mAh Lithium-ion battery (LGIP-550N) powers up the handset.

LG Mini GD880 uses LG's proprietary OS the popular S-Class UI on top. It comes pre-bundled with a document viewer for MS Office and PDF files, a WAP-enabled HTML browser with Flash video as well as email client support. LG positions it as a social networking aware handset with apps like the Social Network Feed that automatically updates your Facebook and twitter accounts, a Social Network Connect for getting in touch with your SNS friends easier than on a PC and a Social Address Book containing all your online SNS contacts.

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LG Gs500 Cookie Plus

LG announced 1st cookie, the LG Cookie KP500, in September 2008. This original Cookie was so popular that it was able to sell more than 10 million units in its first 13 months of release.

LG GS500 Cookie Plus, the succesor, released in March 2010. It features SNS functionality to provide integration with various popular social networks such as Twitter, Facebook and Flickr. LG GS500 Cookie Plus features LiveSquare, which is LG's graphically based interface, and an Editable Screenshot MMS application that will surely enthrall users.

The Design

LG Gs500 Cookie looks more eye-catching than the original, though it is made with the same plastics that make it very pleasant to touch. It is a little bit larger, measuring in at 107 x 52.5 x 11.5 mm, and weighs 92 grams. LG Gs500 Cookie display is 3 inches, featuring WQVGA resolution of 240 x 400 pixels and uses resistive technology. LG Gs500 Cookie buttons at the bottom of the screen are raised, and look great with the overall design of the phone. The top side has a 3.5 mm headphone jack and a standard microUSB port.

The Interface and Functionality

LG Gs500 Cookie uses the same interface as that in the LG Pop GD510, which is pretty colourful and gives you the ability to personalize certain extent. There are themes that younger users would love. The main menu looks like what you would normally find in a handset that has an S-CLASS interface.

LG Gs500 Cookie home screen consists of three different pages, namely widgets, LiveSquare and favourite contacts (with their pictures). This widgets are pretty standard, except for the one that gives you quick access to various applications dedicated to the different social networking sites. LiveSquare is basically a register of all your latest messages and calls, with an interesting functionality that you would probably love.

Other Features

LG Gs500 Cookie multimedia player is very well designed, and come with simplified functionality to make it easier to use. However, you should note that neither the audio nor the video player offers more than usual standard options. The player supports AAC, AAC+, MP3, WMA, RA and MPEG4 formats. LG Gs500 Cookie has 3.5 mm headphone jack (unlike the original Cookie) so you can listen your favourite music using earphones. The LG GS500 Cookie Plus also comes with a 3.0 megapixel camera with digital zoom and video capture capability.

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