LG KP500 Cookie review: Grab a bite

Gsmarena have posted their review of the LG KP500 Cookie. Here are the key features, main disadvantages and final impression.

Key features:
3" 256K-color TFT touchscreen (240 x 400 pixels)
Quad-band GSM support
3 megapixel fixed focus camera
Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP
50MB internal memory
Hot-swappable microSD card slot (supporting card with capacity of up to 16GB)
Accelerometer for auto screen rotate
Virtual QWERTY keyboard
FM radio with RDS
Widgets interface
Multi-tasking with a real task manager
Excellent touch optimized image gallery
Handwriting recognition
Smart dialing
Office document viewer (no PowerPoint)
Simple, yet stylish design
Relatively inexpensive price

Main disadvantages:
No 3G support
No Wi-Fi
Video recording no good at QVGA@12fps
Camera has no auto focus and flash
No DivX/Xvid support
No standard 3.5mm audio jack

It's not exactly scientific but the LG Cookie simply makes sense. Smart and confident, though never self-important, it doesn't seek to impress but is straightforward, credible and convincing. Great handling, attitude and a distinct identity are not guaranteed even in the high end, and that's something the LG KP500 Cookie should be proud of.

The price tag seems the all too convenient excuse for the middling spec sheet. We'll just go ahead and say the decent feature set could've been near impossible to resist with 3G data speeds. Wi-Fi is probably way beyond reasonable expectation in this price range. The interface may have its quirks here and there but the user experience is compelling enough.

Easily the most popular LG handset in our database recently, the KP500 Cookie is off to a flying start and looks fit to keep it up for quite a while. And with so little competition in the touchscreen mid-end things look good for LG, who don't need to fear too many hands in the jar.