LG KS360

Editor's Review of the KS360

Slim and good-looking, the LG KS360 weighs 108 grams and measures 101.5 x 51 x 16.8 millimetres, and impresses with a 60.96-millimetre TFT screen that displays 262,000 colours. The TFT screen showcases a range of picture wallpapers that the TFT screen displays in a 240 x 320-pixel resolution. Operating on a slide opening system, it features a touch screen for ease in dialling. For ease in inputting messages, the handset comes with a QWERTY keyboard, plus a numeric keyboard illuminated by a coloured portion of the keyboard.

LG created the KS360 in vibrant colour combinations of black and red, black and silver, titanium and bright blue, as well as white and light pink. Users can choose to put a personality to their handset with its selection of distinct MP3 ringtones and polyphonic ringtones in 64 voices. As a triband mobile phone, the mobile phone operates on the networks of GSM 900, GSM 1800 & GSM 1900.

One of the highlights of the LG KS360 is its 2-megapixel camera. The integrated camera comes with the fixed focus feature that allows users to better capture their photo subjects. It also comes with a photo setting system, ensuring perfect final photo outputs. The multi-tasking camera of also enables users to record and play videos in MPEG4 and H263 video formats. The handset's built-in camera also comes with video settings can be tweaked to perfectly capture memorable moments.

The LG KS360 offers the messaging services of SMS text messaging that runs on Predictive Text, MMS multimedia messaging. Owing to the Internet connectivity that the handset offers, users will be able to access their e-mail through the email wizard feature, which assists users when composing e-mails. Users can also connect with their contacts through chatting via online instant messaging service. The built-in instant messaging application supports emoticons for a more fun mobile phone experience.

Users who love music will enjoy the mobile phone's music player that supports eAAC+, AAC+, AAC and MP3. Users will be able to manage their tracks through the the music organiser feature at the main menu of the LG KS360. As part of its entertainment features, the LG KS360 is playground to gamers with its support for Java games, that may be downloaded from the Internet.

The LG KS360 is a helpful gadget to business-focused users, featuring its organiser tools. The handset can serve as its user's assistant with a calendar, an alarm clock, a calculator, a phone book, a stopwatch, a timer, and a notes and tasks feature. It also has a handsfree speaker, making it easy for users to mae text and numeric inputs. Similarly, adding, deleting or editing contacts is a breeze.

Online connectivity is easy. The handset has a built-in WAP browser that supports XHTML and HTML browsing. Sharing with or transferring of files to other compatible devices is easy with the support for connection via USB cable, or Bluetooth for wireless connectivity. The KS360 is powered by GPRS and EDGE techonologies that ensure speedier Web connectivity and file transfers.

There is a small internal storage capacity of 15 Megabytes. Using a MicroSD memory card, to the mobile phone can expand its capacity to up to 4 Gigabytes. The handset offers its users approximately 5 hours of talk time. It has a standby timne of 440 hours, when operated on fully charged battery.

As a downside, users of the LG KS360 observe that the the slide mechanism of the mobile phone seems a little too easy to open. Users also complain that the touch screen feature should not only be used to find or access and dial contact numbers on the phone book, but also to send or reply to messages. Some also say that the mobile phone's camera does not take top quality pictures. While the phone impresses with its full range of functionalities and good looks, dissatisfied owners point to the lack of more defined features of the handset.

An improvement could be Wi-Fi support, and higher sensor and a flash for its integrated camera, according to observers.