Gadget Wars: LG KF600 vs Samsung U900 Soul

Response
The Soul’s Magical touchpad may seem a bit small, but it’s extremely sensitive and responsive. It’s exactly like using a normal five-way nav-pad, only a digitized virtual version. The sensitivity can be easily controlled in case you find it too frisky.

The KF600, though larger and more colorful, is not too responsive if you use only your finger or thumb. To solve this problem, LG has graciously included a stylus. But this implies you’d need two hands to operate it – which isn't always feasible, especially in crowded places. Anyway, this round goes to the Samsung for its single-handed ease of use.

Features
The Magical Touch pad in Samsung's Soul is not a system with which you can find a function for every feature the handset's equipped with. Since it has two normal keys as well, it tends to be slightly limited in terms of functionality. The icons, however, will adjust themselves to suit the application you’re running. The touchpad is most useful when it comes to the camera and music player. The rest is pretty much just for navigating the options and menus.

LG’s InteractPad, on the other hand, allows use of the touchscreen for everything the handset offers – from camera to navigation and even messaging. For messaging specifically you have the option of using the touchscreen as a medium to write out characters – it uses extremely responsive handwriting recognition, even without the stylus. It’s very feature-rich and intuitive, so LG takes this round.

The Bottomline
The technology is surely the way of the future for handsets that don’t want to be totally touchscreen, but wish to offer more than one way to navigate and input information. In this face-off, the LG KF600 scores decisively over the Samsung U900 Soul simply because it offers a whole lot more in terms of interactivity. It's not only vibrant and intuitive, but also works well with all the handset's features.