04 October 2009 by Simon
Well, you can’t be faulted if at first look, you might suspect it to be a Samsung or a Nokia. It does look like the Samsung Blackjack or a Nokia E71/E72. But that only proves the candybar QWERTY form factor popularized by the Blackberry smartphone is just about everywhere. And Korean mobile phone giant LG Electronics won’t lag behind the trend. It now has its newest smartphone with the QWERTY LG GW550 joining the crowd and packing its own set...
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LG GW550 deals on contract
The markets looking for a serious business smartphone but without straining their wallets have reason to celebrate the affordable QWERTY candybar smartphone LG GW550 from South Korea’s number two mobile phone maker after Samsung. Sporting the signature Blackberry form minus their ridiculous prices, the GW550 extends the same functional richness one finds in other upscale smartphones that at one look won’t betray its affordable price tag.
Features for the Serious Businessman
If your business takes you online more often than not, the GW550 can be your practical alternative. Measuring 116 x 62 x 12 mm and weighing 135.5g, it comes only in black so executives can use it with confidence and not get shocked interviewing an applicant with a yellow or pink version of his handset.
This phone supports basic PDA functionality with the messaging and browsing activities you expect to do. It runs on a standard edition Windows Mobile 6.5 OS and is preloaded with a document viewer for Adobe PDF and MS Office files, a WAP 2.0 HTML web browser, IM, standard email and push email client support.
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It’s a 3G phone on the dual band UMTS (900./ 2100) with HSDPA at 7.2 Mbps and HSUPA at 2 Mbps for a no-wait internet browsing experience. It’s also a quad band GSM (850/900/1800/1900) with class 10 GPRS/EDGE for up to 236.8 Kbps data speeds on the 2G/2.5G networks.
Its local data connectivity options start with its WiFi 802.11b/g for hotspot surfing as well the Bluetooth 2.0 and microUSB 2.0 for wireless and wired high speed local data transfers, respectively. There’s SatNav functionality with integrated GPS receiver that supports A-GPS
The display on the LG GW550 is a landscape 2.4-inch QVGA TFT LCD screen with 65k colors typical of most Windows Mobile smartphones. It sports a conventional 3.2 megapixel fixed focus camera and a VGA secondary camera at the front for video calls in 3G.
Multimedia gets no FM radio but you get the usual media playback support for audio files in the MP3/MP4/AAC/AAC+/EAAC+/WMA formats while MP4 is the only video codec supported. There’s a speakerphone but no 3.5mm headphone jack but its A2DP profile allows wireless stereo listening.
Internal memory is virtually nil but with practically unlimited phonebook capacity for contact entries, fields and call records. You get microSD external memory slot expansion for up to 16 GB. There’s a 1300 mAh li-ion battery but talk times are not specified.
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Latest LG GW550 News
02 October 2009 by Best Mobile Contracts
The LG GW550 is a smart phone with a full QWERTY keyboard, multiple connectivity options, streamlined features and a simple user interface. All in all, it’s a pretty good phone to have, but the front facing keyboard can be a little hard to use. While using a touch screen may seem more sensible, this mobile phone lacks that feature. This little factor may prove to be the GW550’s undoing in this age of touch screen mobile devices. Aside from that l...
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The LG GW550 is a smart phone with a full QWERTY keyboard, multiple connectivity options, streamlined features and a simple user interface. All in all, it’s a pretty good phone to have, but the front facing keyboard can be a little hard to use. While using a touch screen may seem more sensible, this mobile phone lacks that feature. This little factor may prove to be the GW550’s undoing in this age of touch screen mobile devices. Aside from that l...
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22 September 2009 by Simon
Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics has recently announced its newest QWERTY smartphone, the Windows 6.1- run LG GW550. It will get an update from the newer and more powerful Windows Mobile 6.5 OS together with its more powerful big brother, the GM730. The new LG handset should get wider distribution in the European and Asian markets soon. Practical Business Phone Features Looking like the Nokia E72 and sporting the look of typical B...
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Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics has recently announced its newest QWERTY smartphone, the Windows 6.1- run LG GW550. It will get an update from the newer and more powerful Windows Mobile 6.5 OS together with its more powerful big brother, the GM730. The new LG handset should get wider distribution in the European and Asian markets soon. Practical Business Phone Features Looking like the Nokia E72 and sporting the look of typical B...
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