Project PDA

The LG KP500, the end of October in Germany on the market, should the success of Viewty and Prada in the lower price segment will continue. The manufacturer affixes the multimedia beginners for 229 euros in trade. LG, according to own statement on easy operability.

The operation takes place mainly on the 3-inch touch screen with a resolution of 240x400 pixels. The surface of the system consists of finger-friendly symbols, over which one can access contacts, calendars, art gallery or music player. The icons can be released on the display of KP500 place. LG adapted an idea of HTC and the screen split. The user moves a finger lateral line between applications and contacts. As with the TouchFLO Cube is the transition between the views through a cube animation. Texts are on a virtual keyboard and there is handwriting recognition. The integrated position sensor adjusts itself automatically to the view of the situation at LG KP500.

The multimedia area covers at LG KP500 with a 3-megapixel camera without auto focus, an audio and video player and a radio and various games. In order to use the features, there is an internal memory with microSD cards up to 8 gigabytes expand. The Internet features LG has a maximum speed EDGE, the other understands only the WAP browser-2.0-protocol. Surfing the Internet makes it less fun than the HTC Touch Diamond and Samsung Omnia.