LG GW520 social networking phone

USA: The LG GW520 is a new mobile phone that has embraced the new trend of social networking and has made it more mobile than ever before. It is a new phone by LG that targets the millions and millions of users of sites like Twitter or Facebook by giving them a similar experience by having this new phone.

This new gadget from LG has a “push” updating feature that allows users to have a quick and easy way to connect to other people much like what Twitter or other social networking sites currently offer.

It also has a special interface feature that allows one to assign custom animated characters to specific contacts in the phonebook. These characters are then placed on the homescreen (all around the homescreen), for quick access, much like a speed dial function but much more fun.

The LG GW520 is certainly a new and exciting phone, one that will undoubtedly be embraced by youths all over the world.

The Pros
Aside from the mobile phone’s social networking aspect, it also has a whole range of other features that definitely adds to its appeal. The LG GW520 comes in a trendy and stylish case that has a 2.8-inch touchscreen.

This touchscreen has a 240x400 pixel resolution and has 256K colors. This new phone also comes equipped with a slide out QWERTY keyboard, enabling quicker typing to facilitate its social networking appeal.

The mobile phone also has an accelerometer sensor that quickly changes from portrait to landscape depending on its orientation. It also has downloadable games (some that are even motion-based), downloadable themes, an FM radio, Bluetooth, and Internet browsers ranging from WAP 2.0/xHTML to HTML.

The new LG phone also has a built in internal memory of 40MB, with a microSD card slot (8GB). It comes with a 3.15-megapixel camera as well, which also adds another dimension to its social networking characteristic.

The Cons
It does not have an infrared port, WLAN, GPS, and no secondary camera but aside from these lacking features, it is pretty complete.

Where the LG GW520 comes short is its flexibility. Yes, this new phone is a very trendy and fun phone but it is designed more for the youth market. It will be hard to imagine an investment banker with such a mobile unless he/she is willing to face the barrage of curious stares and giggles he/she will undoubtedly face.

In the end, it is a cool new phone; one that fits the lives of the youth perfectly. So for the older audiences, leave this one for the kids and grab yourself an Iphone or an HTC Magic.