| LG have developed a reputation of the past few | | | | what button there are dual functions, thus the power |
| years for producing good value mobile handsets that | | | | button doubles as a lock switch and the camera |
| are fun, easy to use and innovative. The introduction of | | | | button can pull up a list of your favourite apps |
| the GD510 Pop into their range sees this tradition | | | | onscreen when it is tapped quickly. |
| continue with a superb quality, compact handset. | | | | Thanks to the A Class user interface, the day to day |
| Lets start on the size. The LG Pop measures 97.8 x | | | | operation of the phone is easy and menus not only |
| 49.5 x 11.2mm, undoubtedly compact but on the flip side | | | | look great but are fun and logical. The menu system is |
| of the coin it is hardly a powerful smartphone either. | | | | based around three basic homescreens, accesible by |
| The Pop falls somewhere between the smartphone | | | | swiping your finger left or right. Four buttons always |
| and fashion phone camps, boasting enough features to | | | | remain the same at the bottom of these screens |
| keep most consumers happy but still maintaining a neat | | | | which are, numberpad, messaging, contacts and |
| and compact exterior. Weighing 87g the phone is also | | | | applications. The first of the home screens allows the |
| light, as you would expect, and the handset is an ideal | | | | user to customise it thanks to it being mainly widget |
| size to easily slip into a pocket. A 3" touchscreen is | | | | based. These widgets can be easily added and |
| incorporated into the unit. A screen of this size | | | | removed as required. LG's LiveSquare feature is what |
| obviously does not require the massive resolution of | | | | the second screen is based on, allowing an easy |
| some of the larger screens, the Pop however does | | | | overview of all recently used contacts, messages etc |
| still feature a reasonable 240 x 400 pixels, and a | | | | and the thrird screen is a speed dial list. The phone is |
| capability of producing 256K colours. The resistive | | | | packed with other features to keep the user happy. A |
| touchscreen does require a little pressure from the | | | | 3.15 mega pixel camera complete with video capture |
| user but is generally responsive. The screen also | | | | facility at 15 frames per second and full social |
| features auto rotate function thanks to an | | | | networking intergration to the likes of Facebook and |
| accelerometer chip. Buttons have been kept to a | | | | Twitter are going to perhaps be the most appealing. |
| minimum on the handset thanks to LG cleverly giving | | | | |