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Discontinued
30th May 2009
LG announced
a few details of two new handsets this week, aimed at users of social
networking sites. Both handsets are due to hit the market next month.
 LG
GT505
The LG GT505 is a version of the upcoming
LG
GT500 Puccini, but where the GT500 is for the T-Mobile network,
the GT505 will be available exclusively on Orange.
Other than a few cosmetic changes, the GT500 and
GT505 seem to be identical. Both are touchscreen phones with a 3"
400 x 240 pixel touchscreen display, 5 megapixel camera, GPS, WiFi
and 3.5G support. The GT505 comes with a 30 day trial of the WisePilot
turn-by-turn navigation software, plus a range of applications to
work with social networking sites.
Twelve months ago the LG GT505 (and indeed the Puccini)
would have been a pretty big deal. But LG's relatively low-key launch
of these devices indicates that perhaps LG are pitching these as
mass-market phones.
The GT500 and GT505 should be available on the respective
networks from June onwards.
 LG
GW520
The LG GW520 is a touchscreen phone with a slide-out
QWERTY keyboard, sitting in LG's range somewhere between the KS360
and PRADA
II handsets.
There's a 2.8" 240 x 400 pixel display,
a 3 megapixel camera, HSDPA support plus all the usual features
including push email for Microsoft Exchange.
Again, the LG GW520 is meant to work with social
networking sites although few details were given by LG, however it
does seem that updates can be pushed directly to the phone.
LG say that the GW520 should be widely available
from June 2009 onwards, although we have no information on pricing.
As with the GT505, the GW520 would have been a hugely
impressive phone if launched 12 months ago, but now the competition
is very tough indeed. The GW520 simply cannot compete with the likes
of the HTC
Touch Pro 2, but our guess is that the LG will be an awful lot
cheaper to buy.
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