LG doesn't rock the WinMo boat, launches S60-powered KT770 on the downlow

by Chris Ziegler posted Feb 17th 2009 at 9:42AM

In light of its fresh tie-up with Microsoft, we can understand how any LG smartphone not running WinMo might be perceived as a black sheep this week. Still, it bums us that the the company has launched its latest S60-powered handset -- the KT770 slider -- at MWC this week with little more than a brief mention on LG's official MWC site and a couple of forlorn demo models stuffed in the corner of the company's booth. The good news is we decided to make good on LG's oversight and give this little beauty the love it deserves with a mention, a gallery, and a quick video of its tweaked S60 3.2-based UI in action.

The faux carbon fiber back is a little cheesy -- particularly for a device that otherwise looks fairly businesslike -- but with 7.2Mbps HSDPA, GPS, a WQVGA display, and a 5 megapixel camera on board, it's hard to argue that this device can't be competitive (put this up against the far bulkier, uglier N95, for example). The UI seemed reasonably responsive, and though we weren't able to test the browser without a connection, we imagine the stock S60 apps work every bit as well as they do on Nokia fare. Check out the video after the break!

Gallery: LG doesn't rock the WinMo boat, launches S60-powered KT770 on the downlow

Filed under: Handsets, LG, Symbian, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS, HSUPA

Tags: hands on, hands-on, HandsOn, kt770, lg, mwc, mwc 09, mwc 2009, Mwc09, Mwc2009, s60, slider, symbian

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Douglas @ Feb 17th 2009 5:56PM

"the far bulkier, uglier N95." I think you guys spoke way too soon. I will take the "ugly" N95 over this thing any day. Not only is the N95 probably a better performer, but this LG is actually uglier. C'mon. Yeah, from the front it looks good. But look at that stupid looking samsung esque design on the side. And what's with the gay carbon fiber/mini chess board looking battery cover?? Shit, I thought Nokia's fishscale designs were bad. I think we have a winner here. I'm thinking that if you guys like this phone's look, you must have loved watching the Fast & The Furious.

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Coen @ Feb 18th 2009 4:25AM

LG delivers no after care. They sell whatever is hot at the moment (touchscreen, 8 mp, etc). They don't choose an operating system to focuss on (symbian, WM6, other, whatever sells at the moment). The LG Viewty made me realize that LG forgets about you after you buy the device. They directly head for the next customer. I am very happy with my sexy sleek Nokia E71 and am even more happy with the after care (updates !) and online services Nokia delivers.