Product Details
The LG KG290 is one of the best-looking budget handsets on the market and it's certainly not lacking in features thanks to the MP3 player, FM tuner and Bluetooth support.
With its silver finish, smooth sliding action and petite dimensions, the KG290 is certainly one of the tastiest-looking budget handsets we've seen in a long time. The phone is also pretty easy to use as its main menu is laid out as a typical 3x3 grid of icons. It looks and feels very similar to the menus on the latest Sony Ericsson or Nokia handsets, so most people will instantly feel right at home. LG has also added a handy shortcut menu to the standby screen, which assigns functions to the four direction keys of the central D-pad. It gives you almost instant access to things like the text message screen, silent mode or contacts book.
For a budget phone, this handset certainly isn't short of features. Most of the cheaper handsets around at the moment have VGA cameras, but LG has kitted this one out with a 1.3-megapixel shooter. The photos aren't up to the standards of a real digital camera, but they're much better than most of its rivals can produce. As well as the camera, you also get an MP3 player and FM tuner. The supplied stereo headphones actually sound pretty good and they also have an in-line mic and call-answer buttons so they double as a hands-free kit.
The phone's reception was generally excellent and the call quality was also very impressive. The KG290 also supports Bluetooth, so you can hook it up to a wireless headset or car kit.
Product Specifications
General
Network GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900
Size
Dimensions 92 x 46 x 17.7 mm
Weight 90 g
Display
Type TFT, 256K colors
Size 128 x 160 pixels, 1.77 inches
Downloadable wallpapers
Ringtones
Type Polyphonic (40 channels), MP3
Vibration Yes
Memory
Phonebook Yes, Photocall
Call records 40 dialed, 40 received, 40 missed calls
Card slot microSD (TransFlash)
5 MB shared memory
Data
GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
HSCSD No
EDGE No
3G No
WLAN No
Bluetooth Yes
Infrared port No
USB Yes
Features
Messaging SMS, MMS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML
Games Yes
Camera
1.3 MP, 1280x960 pixels, video
Java MIDP 2.0
MP3/WMA/???++ player
FM radio
Calculator
Organiser
World time
Voice memo
Built-in handsfree
Battery
Standard battery, Li-Ion 820 mAh
Stand-by Up to 200 h
Talk time Up to 2 h
