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LG Prada II KF900
LG’s second Prada phone, the KF900, is a SIM-free touch-screen gadget that will invade the wallet of fashion savants out there. It has resemblance with the first Prada phone, with the Prada brand lettered atop the screen with a short silver bar beneath it on the black front casing. This bar houses the Call, Clear and End buttons, wherein the latter also acts as on/off switch.
The LG Prada II sports a 3.0-inch screen with 240 x 400 pixels, just like original Prada. The keyboard separated the resemblance of the two, wherein the Prada II has a slide-out keyboard design. This feature added some bulk, with the dimensions pushed to 104.5mm x 54mm x 16.8mm and weight to 130 grams.
The keys are well-spaced and raised that make an enjoyable texting experience. Sliding the keyboard automatically puts the screen into wide format and reveals a carousel menu of functions.User interface is an enhanced original Prada, and is reminiscent of the Cookie and Renoir. The main menu system is composed of Communicate, Entertainment, Utilities and Settings, which are all located on the right side of the screen.
Each group has eight options ranged on the touchscreen and they are very easy to navigate with. The main screen is multi-layered, showcasing a row of four shortcut buttons to number dialing, contacts, messaging and the main menu. Info and shortcuts to music player, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi can be accessed by tapping the status bar. The touch mechanism is very iPhone-like, supporting finger-panning and pinch-to-zoom for web browsing and image viewing.
LG Prada II’s built-in internal memory is a disappointing 60 MB, and the microSD is has support only for 1GB cards. The good news is, it is SDHC compatible which supports a 16GB card, but you must suspend excitement again as the LG’s specs only have 8GB limit.
This quad-band GSM handset has HSDPA which can shoot up to 7.2Mbps, an enhancement to the previous model’s tri-band GSM capability. It also sports a front camera for two way-video calling and a Wi-Fi but no GPS. It includes a 5-megapixel Schneider Kreuznach with flash, autofocus and macro mode and a panorama mode. It also manages 720 x 480 pixels video capture. Battery life equals three hours of talk time and 400 hours on standby.
Other interesting applications include Muvee Studio for image editing, built-in games that support the accelerometer, alarms, to do list manager, memo maker, voice recorder, calculator, converter and stopwatch.