LG T320 Cookie 3G Review

The LG Cookie 3G is how the recently announced LG Wink 3G handset will be known when it is released here in the UK. Part of LG’s strategy to appeal to the important youth/teen/student market, the LG Cookie 3G is a feature packed handset, and surprisingly so given the handsets expected budget range selling price.

It is safe to assume that the LG Cookie 3G will be available to buy on all contract options, from the lowest tariff upwards, and will also make a big impact on the Pay As You Go market too. The Cookie 3G is a traditionally styled tablet shape device, sporting a 2.8 inch resistive TFT touchscreen, supporting up to 256.000 colours. The screen resolution on the device is QVGA, and the handset has a built in accelerometer which enables the display to auto rotate depending on the orientation of the phone at the time. As the display offers a resistive touch interface, data entry on the phone can be either by the onscreen QWERTY keyboard, or by handwriting recognition. The user interface on the Cookie 3G, as on all the new range of handsets, is a cartoon style UI, utilising bright colourful icons, and as such menu navigation is very simple and easy to follow.

Size wise the LG Cookie 3G is no heavyweight, weighing in at just 92.5g and measuring 103 x 57 x 12mm. As the inclusion of 3G in the handset name indicates, the Cookie 3G offers third generation data connectivity, with HSDPA, offering download speeds of up to 3.6 Mbps. The Cookie 3G is a quad band GSM device, with dual band HSDPA, and also offers Class 10 GPRS and EDGE, as well as Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP. For connecting to a PC, the device includes a Micro USB port, and there is also a 3.5mm audio jack which allows you to plug in your own headset when listening to music on the phone.

Media features are plenty here; the Cookie 3G delivers a full media player with support for multiple file formats including MP3, eAAC+ and WAV for audio and MP4 and H.264 for video. Although the onboard memory on the phone is rather miserly, with just 30MB available, this can be expanded with micro SD memory cards, with the Cookie 3G supporting cards up to 16GB in size, which is ample space for thousands of music tracks as well as leaving space for images and video clips captured on the included 2.0 Megapixel camera. The phone also includes a stereo FM radio, with RDS support, and will be available in a range of colour variants, although lack is the predominant colour on all alternatives, with options including Black and Red, Black and Titan Silver, Black and Pink or Black and Aqua Blue.

There is a complete messaging suite included on the Cookie 3G, with the standard MMS and SMS supported by the inclusion of Instant Messaging support, plus push email and the option to setup access to multiple email accounts. For the younger user these days, though, such a basic messaging setup isn’t enough, and to that end LG have integrated support available for popular social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook. LG have installed their own SNS software on the phone, which allows Tweets, notifications and status updates to be delivered straight to the main standby screen on the phone, so keeping in touch and up to date has never been easier.

All round the LG Cookie 3G is a solid performing handset, and should appeal well to its target audience, and is a welcome addition to the LG portfolio of touch enabled handsets.

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