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The LG P500 smartphone, priced around $500 in New Zealand, runs on Android 2.2, Froyo, the latest edition of Google’s mobile platform…

The LG P500 smartphone, priced around $500 in New Zealand, runs on Android 2.2, Froyo, the latest edition of Google’s mobile platform.

Froyo allows for two to three times faster and smoother internet browsing, web-page loading, application pop-ups and multi-tasking.

What transpired is a smartphone that blends nice design with ease of use, making it the perfect entry point for prospective smartphone owners.

It’s a stylish phone – available in black which goes with anything – that you’d be happy to pull out of any handbag.

And of course, mine is showing the Thread.co.nz homepage, pictured below…

Features I liked:

Hard keys for its menu, home, back and search functions rather than touchscreen keys.

It comes loaded with Facebook, Twitter, Google Maps and so on.

It has a ‘pinch’ screen feature like the iPhone does on viewing photos.

The rubber back casing is comfortable to hold.

On the downside:

Its touchscreen is its hardest thing to use, sometimes you really have to push hard.

It can have a bit of a time lag.

The 3.0 megapixels camera is not the best camera phone; so don’t buy this phone to take photos with.

Conclusion:

The LG P500 is an ideal phone for starters to Android, looks fashionable, and if the camera isn’t your most important priority in choosing a phone, this is a really good phone for the price.

By Megan Robinson, 27 December 2010.


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