| After Samsung, Motorola and Sony Ericsson with its | | | | What may disappoint many is its mediocre 3-inch LCD |
| yet to be released XPERIA X10, Korea's second | | | | display that features a mere resistive screen on a |
| largest phone maker LG has released its first Android | | | | QVGA resolution with 256k color support. Other new |
| smartphone - the LG InTouch Max GW620. Still | | | | Android handsets in its class sport the more cutting |
| running the older Android 1.5 cupcake version, the | | | | edge capacitive touchscreen technology and wide |
| new handset was first announced in September and | | | | VGA screens larger than 3 inches. |
| then released world in November last year. | | | | Multimedia has the usual capable media players that |
| It is now available in the UK market with contracts | | | | support those popular media file formats as well as a |
| from Virgin Media and T-Mobile. With an affordable 20 | | | | stereo FM receiver. Its Bluetooth has A2DP for |
| mo 2-year contract from T-Mobile and a 22/mo | | | | wireless stereo earphones and a 3.5mm jack for |
| 18-month contract from Virgin Media, the stylish | | | | using any wired headphone. Internal memory is not |
| full-QWERTY side sliding smartphone is a welcome | | | | much but you get the usual microSD support for up |
| addition to the growing Android handsets in the | | | | to 32 GB of external memory expandability. Its 1500 |
| market and another disciple to its growing popularity | | | | mAh Lithium-polymer batter can power the handset |
| as the platform of choice in smartphone telephony. It | | | | up to 8 hours of talk time and 600 hours in standby |
| even comes in three body color choices - black, gray | | | | mode when fully charged. |
| and blue. | | | | Software Features |
| Hardware Features | | | | LG Sales and Marketing Director John Barton |
| Like all full QWERTY side sliders, the GW620 is heavy | | | | comments that the LG InTouch Max GW620 is a |
| and large. It measures 109 x 54.5 x 15.9mm and | | | | symbolic first launch as it "signals the end of |
| weighs a not-so-pocket-friendly 139 grams. It's you | | | | expensive and exclusive applications and the start of |
| basic quad band GSM/GPRS/EDGE on 2G with dual | | | | applications for everyone." |
| band UMTS on 3G with HSDPA/HSUPA data | | | | Like the trend of getting online application |
| connectivity for fast online surfing and downloading. | | | | downloading support that has made the iPhone a |
| There's WiFi for hotspot internet access and local | | | | stunning success, the new Android handset should |
| wired or and wireless local data connectivity features | | | | benefit from about 20,000 Android apps online "65% |
| like microUSB 2.0 and Bluetooth 2.1, respectively. | | | | of which are free." It's also another social networking |
| Admittedly, there's not much of a stand-out feature | | | | handset with the right apps that, together with its |
| sets except its imaging which has the upscale | | | | high speed data connectivity makes internet access |
| 5-megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash, face | | | | to your favorite SNS like Facebook and Twitter a |
| detection, image stabilization and geo-tagging of | | | | breeze. |
| images form its built-in A-GPS support. There's also | | | | There's the usual email client software with Push |
| wide-VGA video recording with a smooth 30fps | | | | email capability as well as WAP 2.0 HTML web |
| making it one of the best camera phones in the | | | | browsers, PDF and MS office document viewer as |
| market. | | | | well as motion-controlled games. |