The LG KE970 Shine is made in a slide open design with the TFT screen incorporated on the upper slide and the keypad on the inner slide. This gadget is GSM enabled and works on 2G network. The size of the device is made with dimensions of 99.8 x 50.6 x 13.8 mm and its weight is kept at a meagre 119 gms.

The KE970 Shine is furnished with a display screen that gives a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. This screen is good for watching videos, pictures and playing of games. The 2 MP camera of the mobile has the capability to capture pictures with a resolution of 1600 x 1200 pixels. This camera can also be used for the sake of video recording too. The device essentially brings high quality entertainment due to the presence of the music player that can play on formats such as MP3, AAC++, 3GP and MPEG4.

Thus one can listen to music and simultaneously capture pictures with the aid of the camera. Browsing of the net becomes simple due to the presence of WAP browser. The handset can download games and playing them becomes fascinating for the users. The document viewer of the device is the means of opening attached files in formats such as .ppt, .doc, .pdf, .xls and .txt.

The LG Shine allows the users to remain connected with his friends and relatives with options such as GPRS, EDGE, Bluetooth and USB port. It allows transferring of files using technologies such as Bluetooth. One can also store the files received from others in its 50 MB internal memory space. This memory is further extendable to 2 GB due to the presence of its card slot. The memory is large enough for storing ring tones, picture files and music files on the phone. High definition games that require large memory space can also be stored in this memory. The battery of the gadget is capable of rendering standby time of 280 hrs and talktime of 3 hrs. Therefore it is possible to use this mobile for long time after recharging the battery.

By: Adam Caitlin