Tuesday, 10 March 2009


2G Network --- GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3G Network--- HSDPA 900 / 2100

Announced--- 2009, January
Dimensions--- 95 x 47.5 x 14.3 mm

Weight-------- 98 g

Display --------Type TFT, 256K colors


Size ------------240 x 320 pixels, 2.4 inches
----------------- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
----------------- Wallpapers, screensavers


Sound Alert -- Vibration; Polyphonic, MP3 ringtones

Memory------- Phonebook up to 2000 entries,-Photocall


Call records--- 30 received, dialed and missed calls

Internal-------- 120 MB

Card slot -------Memory Stick Micro (M2), up to 4 GB

GPRS -----------Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
HSCSD ----------Yes

EDGE----------- Class 10, 236.8 kbps

3G--------------- HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps

WLAN----------- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, DLNA

Bluetooth------- Yes, v2.0 with A2DP

USB-------------- v2.0
Camera --------- 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, LED flash

Features--------- Geo-tagging

Video ------------QVGA@15fps

--------------------Videocall camera


Messaging------ SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser--------- WAP 2.0/HTML, RSS

Radio -----------Stereo FM radio with RDS

Colors---------- Galactic Black, Luxury Silver

GPS -------------with A-GPS support

Java ------------MIDP 2.0

- Vodafone Find&Go

- TrackID music recognition

- MP3/AAC/MPEG4 player

- Walkman 3.0 player

- Shake control

- SensMe

- TrackID music recognition

- YouTube service in Media Center

- Organizer

- Built-in handsfree

- Voice memo

- Motion gaming


Battery ------ Standard battery, Li-Ion

---------------Stand-by Up to 400 h

---------------Talk time Up to 10 h

Wednesday, 4 March 2009

LG KS360 review

LG KS360 is a mid-ranger that will easily catch your eye with bold colors and quirky controls. LG have managed to create a handset that's cunningly full of character, though it's kinda hard to think of it in the hands of a grown-up. It does seem like a toy at first glance and those color combos are to die for if you are of certain age and attitude.

Yet quite unexpectedly, LG KS360 is quick to serve a bunch of nice features such as a large and vivid 2.4-inch display, full QWERTY keyboard, a 2 megapixel snapper and… believe it or not… a wee tot of touchscreen.


Key features

  • Tri-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support
  • Large 2.4" TFT display of QVGA resolution
  • Full slide-out QWERTY keyboard with screen rotation
  • Touchscreen dialing
  • 2 megapixel camera
  • Stereo Bluetooth
  • FM radio
  • microSD memory card slot (up to 4GB)
  • Threaded SMS
  • Attractive 3D image gallery
  • Office document viewer

Main disadvantages

  • No UMTS support
  • No camera autofocus
  • Poor video recording resolution (fit for MMS only)
  • Awkward file manager - no user-created folders
  • Uncomfortable phonebook (takes two clicks to get to the contacts list)
  • No smart dialing
  • The FM radio lacks RDS and cannot play in the background
  • Poor web browser and basic music player

LG KF900 Prada review


The new LG KF900 Prada may seem like the missing link between the techie high end and exclusive fashionware. But will HSDPA, Wi-Fi, QWERTY and DivX ring the right bell with the target audience

Key features:

  • 3-inch 262K-color capacitive touchscreen display of WQVGA resolution
  • Comfortable QWERTY keyboard
  • 5 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash
  • D1 (720x480) resolution video recording at 30fps
  • Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support
  • Dual band 3G with HSDPA support
  • Wi-Fi
  • Responsive Flash-based interface with multi-touch support
  • Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP and USB v2.0
  • Stylish and generous retail package
  • microSD memory card slot (verified to work with 16GB cards)
  • FM radio with RDS
  • Accelerometer sensor for screen auto rotate
  • TV-out
  • Office document viewer
  • DivX video support
  • Fashion-related content preloaded

Main disadvantages:

  • Two-year-old design
  • The large waistline doesn't match the fashionable image (but is OK for a QWERTY messenger)
  • Plastic build
  • No GPS (LG Renoir has it)
  • No XviD video support (LG Renoir has it)
  • Multi-touch has rather limited use
  • No Flash support in the web browser
  • Video recording is a letdown
  • High cost-to-features ratio (but OK for a premium fashion handset)

Retail package

The LG KF900 Prada comes in an all-black leather cube of a box that's at least as stylish as the phone tries to be. On top is the handset and with all the accessories underneath, each in its own small package. That arrangement we saw in the first Prada and the Secret later on.

There's plenty of stuff inside the big box so prepare for a long unpacking. Boy, it feels like Christmas.

Let's start with the essentials. There is a charger, USB-cable, cleaning cloth, CD with software and a manual. The supplied hard leather case is the same as the one that came with the original Prada, of duly increased size of course.

The new Prada entourage also includes a stereo headset with a rather chunky remote, attachment clip and a 3.5 mm jack adapter, so you're not stuck with the Prada branded earphonesThe new Prada phone comes along with 1GB microSD card. The 256MB card that came with the original Prada seems so helplessly dated but we're not sure 1 GB quite cuts it at the top of the line either. Anyway, cards of greater capacity are perfectly compatible. The KF900 handled a 16GB microSD card just fine.