Cell Phone Reviews

LG announced in February another messaging phone, the GT350 with a full touch screen and a slide out QWERTY keyboard. Considering the popularity of their previous KS360, this should prove successful. They’ve updated this one with a touch screen and added 3G and 3.5G data connections.  They also redesigned the keyboard and gave it a conventional layout (the previous had three rows of keys). But for some reason, they have failed to include Wi-Fi capabilities which limits somewhat the market. While the phone is aimed at messaging, it certainly could have done with Wi-Fi to make is a more robust offering.

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LG has announced the GS500 Cookie Plus. A replacement for their earlier KP500 Cookie. It’s another big touch screen phone in a variety of colors with social networking built in. It’s got 3G support and should start showing up in markets in March 2010.

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LG is joining the shrinking trend offer mini versions of some of their handsets as well. This one includes a touch screen, 3.5G network connectivity and a lot more. The phone packs a lot of touch screen into it with very limited space surrounding the screen itself (mostly at top and bottom). There have been some reports about lag in the touch screen but these are unconfirmed at present by Cell Phone Reviews.

Also features a very blocky construction.

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The LG Arena has been available in Europe and they have recently announced that it is now headed to the North American market as well. The phone features a Dolby music player, DivX video capabilities and Mobile TV ready with content from ABC, CBS, Disney Channel, Comedy Central, Fox, MTV and NBC.

LG Arena Features:

• Interface – Touch screen
• Network - HSDPA (7.2Mbps), WEDGE, GPRS/EDGE
• Dimension: L x W x D (mm) -105.9 x 55.3 x 11.95
• Weight with Batt. Standard (g) -105
• Battery
  • Standby Up to 300
  • Talk Time Up to 3.84
• Display – 3inch WVGA (480X800) TFT / Touch
• Messaging – SMS, MMS, Email, Predictive Text (T9)
• Networking - WAP, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
• Motion Gaming
• FM Radio, FM Transmitter
• Speaker Phone
• Camera - 5MP
• Video
• Memory
  • Internal 2GB NAND Flash/1Gb SDRAM + 8GB
  • External MicroSD up to 32GB (not included)
• GPS A-GPS Navigation
• MP3

A new addition to the LG handset lineup, the VX8700 has a sleek ultra-thin shape, metal finish, and mirror-like screen. This clamshell also features V CAST for music and video, Bluetooth capabilities, a 2.0 megapixel camera & camcorder, and a microSD memory port for storage.

• Music player for mp3 & wma songs
• MicroSD memory port to store pictures, videos, music, and sounds
• 2.0 megapixel camera & camcorder
• One-touch speakerphone
• 13 unique ringtones + vibrate & silent modes
• TTY/TDD support
• Hearing aid compatible (m4-rating)
• Text messaging (up to 1,064 characters)
• Picture/video messaging
• Web-based e-mail & instant messaging
• USB mass storage – transfer files between MicroSD card and pc
• VZ Navigator – voice-prompted turn-by-turn directions
• Emergency contacts – enter 3 contacts and personal info in case of emergency
• Mirror-like external LCD
• Simultaneous GPS for enhanced location accuracy