LG GW300 is a unique smart phone that is targeted to a specific niche of social networking fanatics. It features a QWERTY keyboard and a 2.4 inch, wide screen landscape style display. The GW300 sets itself apart from the rest of the smart phones on the market with its inclusion LiveSquare home screen, an application which displays your social networking contacts as animated avatars, and provides quick access to messages, with the ability to quickly reply to them. Combined with the preinstalled Facebook application, this mobile is a powerhouse of seamlessly integrated social communication.
While the key strengths of the GW300 are clearly centred on social networking, instant messaging and e-mailing, this phone is still capable of surfing the internet. Without a touch screen, it does become more difficult to surf the web, however it’s far from impossible. Unfortunately, the battery life in the GW300 leaves much to be desired as well, with only 3.5 hours of talk time on a single charge. The camera, at a mere 2 megapixels also leaves much to be desired.
All in all, the LG GW300 has its niche, and is a great LG phone for those targeted. This phone simply isn’t meant for everyone, and of the people that the phone is meant for, the battery life may simply be too little to keep up with their busy social lives. Regardless, the LG GW300 is a solid phone that at a reasonable price, that does what it’s advertised to do, and should be considered by those not intent on owning the cutting edge in mobile technology; compare mobile phones in the LG range or the latest mobile phones from other manufacturers.
