LG GS500 Cookie Plus

lg gs500 cookie plus review

Release Date:  Q3 2010
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LG has made the official announcement of the GS500 Cookie Plus, the successor to the original Cookie that released in the fourth quarter of 2008. When the trend of churning out excellent touch screen mobile phones is hot in the market like Samsung S5620 Monte or the LG's very own LG GT350, it is to be seen how fast GS500 Cookie Plus make its mark. What's new in the Cookie Plus that its predecessor lacks? It comes with a latest graphical user interface, which will effectively focus on the connectivity of social networking. On the home screen itself, one can find the widget of Facebook, along with Flickr, Twitter, and many other social networks. In addition to that, the mobile phone brings in an MMS feature called Editable Screenshot. With this feature, the users can take website screen shots for editing and mailing to the friends. Combined with the 3G features and the SNS capabilities, LG is definitely raising the bar of the expectations. Let’s take a quick overview on the important features and specifications of the LG GS500 Cookie Plus.

The network and connectivity of the LG GS500 Cookie Plus

LG Cookie Plus is supportive of both 2G and 3G networks. In case of 2G, it supports the quad band GSM 850/ 900/ 1800/ 1900; while with 3G, it brings HSDPA 900/ 2100. The users of the mobile phone will get a high speed browsing experience with HSDPA 7.2 Mbps. Good browsing experience is essential in this mobile phone as it integrates excellent features of social networking. Moreover, there are Class 10 GPRS with 32 - 48 kbps speed and Class 10 EDGE with 236.8 kbps speed. For transferring data to/from other devices, the users can consider wire based as well as a wireless connectivity option. For wire based connectivity, Cookie Plus provides an USB port and for wireless transfers, there is Bluetooth®.

The memory of the LG GS500 Cookie Plus

Good memory features are always a big advantage to the users of mobile phones. That is the reason every smart phone pack reasonable good memory option so that the excellent and latest applications can be used to their fullest. For example- there is no point in purchasing a mobile phone that comes with good gaming features, if the phone does not have to enough space to store sufficient games. LG GS500 Cookie Plus is integrated with high end features such as the social networking integration, good games, music player and video player. Therefore, it is extremely vital that the mobile phone also packs in good storage option. The internal memory of the mobile phone is capable of storing up to 1000 entries of the phonebook and call records of the last 40 dialed calls, missed calls and received calls. Apart from the internal memory, the handset provides an expandable memory option up to 16 GB with microSD™ card slot.

The display feature of the LG GS500 Cookie Plus

LG Cookie Plus is designed in a beautiful manner that it will catch the attention of the users in the very first look. Almost the entire frontal part of the display is covered by the superb touch screen display. On top of the screen, the logo of LG is placed, while at the bottom of the screen, the users will find the menu button at the center and the call and end keys on the right and left sides. The users can customize the home screen with favorite widgets like the social networks, calculator, date, music, etc. It comes with three shades such as purple, silver and black. All these shades are attractive, and it can be difficult to choose which one looks the best. Now, let's take a detailed look on the display of the LG GS 550 Cookie Plus. The size of the display screen is 3.0 inches, and it is a TFT resistive touch screen. The touch screen display provides 240 x 400 pixels resolution and 256,000 colours. Other vital features of the display of Cookie Plus include handwriting recognition, Flash user interface, and accelerometer sensor for auto rotate.

The camera features of the LG GS500 Cookie Plus

A good camera feature is very significant in the mobile phones. It provides the users with the benefit of using one device and avail the advantages of two. There is no need to carry a separate camera always as the camera mobile phone is good enough to capture the moments on the go. However, one must make sure that the integrated camera can shoot good quality images, particularly, in the handsets of LG GS500 Cookie Plus category. The phone comes with some fabulous features and it must also with the camera aspects as well. Cookie Plus comes with a 3.15 mega pixel camera, which is quite good. The resolution of the images is 2048x1536 pixels.

Other entertainment features of the LG GS500 Cookie Plus

As we have discussed earlier that LG Cookie Plus provides social networking integration with live updates, it is definitely one of the biggest fun packages of the mobile phone. The users can click some good snaps with the camera of LG GS500 Cookie Plus and share them with friends on the social network. Apart from that, there are other fabulous entertainment aspects such as music player, video player, games, stereo FM with RDS, etc. All these factors ensure that there is no boring moment when you have LG GS500 Cookie Plus.

From the features and the specifications of the mobile phone it seems clear that LG GS500 Cookie Plus has the potential to successfully carry forward the legacy of the original Cookie. We have to wait to see the response of the handset, when it gets released in March 2010.