Hands-on with the LG KF510: Adding a little sparkle to your life

By Andrew Lim on 11 April 2008

Lg's KF510 adding some sparkle to your day

Our relationship with this phone has been more on-again- off-again than the baggage at Terminal 5.

When we first heard about the LG KF510, we were very excited indeed -- it is very shiny -- but then after getting a close-up look at it, at the Mobile World Congress, we hastily revised our expectations downwards. Now, weeks later, we've spent some quality time with it and you know what? We actually like it -- again. Similar to LG's Chocolate phone, the KF510 features a touch-sensitive navigation pad, but this one comes with a little extra sparkle.

Whenever you press the touch-sensitive pad you'll see a very cool mini light display on the pad, depending on your input -- if you swipe down, it has a simple Space Invaders-esque animation of a down arrow. But it's not all about the flash. Aside from being responsive and providing vibrating feedback when you press it, the touchpad also lets you quickly scroll up down, left and right by swiping your finger across it -- very useful if you're looking through hundreds of music tracks or contacts.

The slide-out keypad for dialing and texting is very well designed and easy to use because of its large keys. Other features include a 3-megapixel camera with auto-focus and an LED photo light, an MP3 player -- unfortunately there's no 3.5mm headphone jack -- and an expandable microSD slot.

It's not one of LG's most exciting phones to date feature-wise, but it is a very slim handset with a slick design. Be warned though -- if you've never used touch-sensitive keys before, you might find this difficult to get used to.

Topics: kf510, touchscreen, mobile phone, lg, fashion, sparkle, sensitive, pad, swipe, touch

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Comments (6)

  • Anonymous commented on 02/06/2009 14:10 Report abuse

    i want to buy this phone but i'm not too sure.. well i guess i will hopefully it is as good as you all say! =]

  • Someone.. commented on 29/03/2009 22:59 Report abuse

    OMG, that's the same thing with my phone. I have one from LG, and when I tried to connect my phone to my PC, they read the phone but not the software. I was really looking forward to put all my songs in. Oh well. There's always Bluetooth.

  • Eric Spencer commented on 05/02/2009 13:26 Report abuse

    I have the KF510 phone. My main gripe is the software that came with it. I can't use it to download things from my pc to my phone. My pc see's the phone, but the software doesn't. I can put things on my phone, but only by other means.

  • yuh commented on 09/11/2008 15:51 Report abuse

    its good

  • Sarah commented on 08/11/2008 16:09 Report abuse

    this phone is the best , i bought it today and it is really really good , the volume is great , the set up is good and the touch is awesome. i really liek the slide as well , the camera is really great as well , buy this phone no defaults

  • - JOJO. commented on 09/10/2008 21:57 Report abuse

    its a really good phone! I LOVE THE SLIDE TOUCH!

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