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REVIEWS / SMARTPHONES / LG ELECTRONICS INDIA PVT. LTD

LG KE970 Shine

11 Oct, 2007, 6:29 pm IST | Laiq Qureshi | Smartphones

As a product, Shine offers a rich set of features; essentially, everyday things that you will require. The UI is pretty simple, and has been kept so without messing up the looks. To enjoy the wheel, navigation is streamlined too. Some improvements from the Chocolate have been the T9 dictionary that is quite adaptive, so messaging is quite easy.

The phone supports Flash files, Docs, PowerPoint, Excel files and PDFs. It also has a lot of games, however boring they may be. The 2.2-inch TFT screen with 240 x 320 pixels is pretty good too.

It comes with a handsfree that has a 3.5mm jack, so you can make use of your regular headphones and listen to music. Using a good pair of headphones makes the experience much richer.

The look and feel of the music player is neat and simple, with visualization et al. It offers EQ presets, with an option to set the list in shuffle mode.

I don’t like the fact that the phone deactivates calls, messaging and GPRS when it’s connected to the computer via USB. This is inconvenient because I like to stay connected all the time. So if you are charging the phone via USB do bear in mind that people won't be able to reach you.

The piece we got had a problem: voice clarity while talking was bad, particularly the mouthpiece. One of the coolest feature of this phone, however, is the Mobile Track. You just need to activate it by putting an alternate mobile number and name. And if your phone ever gets stolen, and someone tries to use it, the moment that person puts his SIM in, the alternate number gets a message about the whereabouts of the phone and who is using it. Cool, Huh!!�

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