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LG Cookie Review

By Sam Lee

Republish: EasyPublish™ Published: 12Aug2009 Word count: 530 Viewed: 498 time(s) Get Free Content For Your Site

The LG Cookie is basically a budgeted touchscreen phone that cannot be compared to the likes of an iPhone but it does deliver on many accounts. Regarded as the most affordable touchscreen option ever introduced from a reliable phone provider the LG, the KP500 or the Cookie (as it has been marketed in the South-east Asian region) is a slim, neatly-configured package that can function as a basic touchscreen and offers some appreciable goodies like a brilliant 3 Megapixel camera.

First Impressions: the entire presentation is unfussy and exudes a sense of undemanding usability — an issue that many expensive touchscreens with a plethora of functional options have not been able to offer. However, to make it both sturdy and cheaper, the touchscreen is based on the resistive technology which means that glass is not used, making the screen a bit compromised in terms of intuitiveness. However, the pressure that has to be applied to move around the icons on the screen isn't too demanding and once you get used to it, the entire process should not be uncomfortable, as the screen is responsive. In terms of individual characteristics, unlike many other higher-priced touchscreen models in the market that insist upon using a single button under the main screen, the Cookie uses three including the send, end-call and shortcut keys that have give easy access to the multitude of application choices that are packed inside.

Exploring Further: there are some smart conceptual elements in the KP500, like the home screen display widgets that can be easily moved around and then placed exactly where wanted. The widgets include the basics like calendar, clock and more importantly shortcuts to pictures and the music player. Further, an interesting flicking option is provided, i.e. upon flicking left/right you gain access to the home page's list of the recorded contacts in an easy-to-call thumbnail format. This is a smart way of reducing the dependability on the touchscreen operations and inducing something new. There is a standard keypad on view but it does offer the option of typing by using the predictive text option or the QWERTY keypad. Something that was not expected in the LG Cookie — hand-writing recognition that isn't just a gimmick but actually works very well but it takes time to use it as the entire process is a bit tedious. It has the standard TransFlash micro-SD that supports up to 16 GB of memory. Bluetooth v2.1 is offered along with A2DP and it supports WAP 2.0, xHTML and HTML browsers.

Conclusion: The KP500 does not try to morph itself as an iPhone competitor but rather retains its own individuality by offering limited but some very useful features, which for first-time touchscreen buyers should be ample but for loyal consumers in this genre could be a bit limiting. The Cookie does not try to compete with the high-end and touchscreen offerings in the market so it really does not fail on any account. With features such as photo viewer and a motion sensor, the LG Cookie tries to create a niche for itself in the market as a low-priced but high-performance touchscreen option and to a large extent, it does succeed in this attempt.

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