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LG Cookie KP500
Call this the touch screen gadget of the masses as this is probably the cheapest of its kind in the market to date. Sporting a fancy interface, the LG Cookie KP500 promises more than well, fanciness, but a phone that meets into any lifestyle’s needs and caprices
In the design arena, the LG marks a high-five. It has a understated but smart-looking slim, matte black casing with a large touchscreen and 3-megapixel camera on the back. The non-glass touchscreen is a little disappointment though as it stepped out of the norm but the resistive technology, which requires its users to apply more pressure in every press, is more responsive yet little slower for testing and dialing.
Comparison with the iPhone 3G should stop at this point, especially with design, as the LG Cookie sports three mechanical buttons underneath the screen compared to the iPhone’s one. These buttons are comprised of a send key, an end-call key and an application shortcut key. It also includes a stylus tucked inside the bottom right panel, best for touch-haters. This provides more accurate drawing and hand-writing recognition.
On the top-right side is where the microSD slot resides, that’s if you need extra memory, which might surely require you for your music needs. Being the cheap iPhone counterpart, groundbreaking features do not storm the LG Cookie. There’s no 3G, Wi-Fi and GPS, so much for your connectivity bulk. However this doesn’t mean that LG Cookie is a heap of metallic trash.
Going back to the interface, it offers an easy-to-use homescreen with widgets that includes a calendar, a clock, different shortcuts to your pictures and music player. You can even move them widgets according to the most used one. The finger-friendly icons menu is similar to Viewty or Renoir’s, but just like them scrolling is a little painful and annoying. Texting and dialing numbers via the QWERTY keypad layout is the best way to input messages, aside from the handwriting recognition, which is a little frustrating at first usages.
The 3-megapixel camera produces commendable still shots and videos for MMS and social networking, but the absence of LED photo light and flash makes this thing very limited. The misdemeanors of the camera must be separated from the photo viewer, which in the contrary, a favorable feature. Skim through your photos effortlessly with a flick of a finger and feel free to add minor edits, texts and funny effects.
Of course, you can make phone calls with this one. But if you want to transform this into a mini netshop, then you have to think twice because the Web browser is a disappointing thing. Imagine being depressed during the WAP days. I know you don’t want to be chased by nightmares. Overall, this phone remains a good choice for people who demand aesthetics more than the actual performance. Well, this isn’t as expensive as the iPhone, but its form factor will surely turn casual users’ heads.