The LG Incite CT810: LG’s First True Smartphone for US Subscribers
Mobile phones with the LG brand have been around in the United States for a long time, but it is only with the LG Incite CT810 that mobile phone subscribers in the United States will get a chance to see how LG performs when it comes to Smartphones. The LG Incite CT810 is available only through AT&T.
Will the LG Incite CT810 be able to fulfill whatever expectations the US market may have when it comes to smartphones?
Everything Shiny
When you take an LG Incite CT810 from its box, the first impression that you will probably have is that it is a very shiny phone. The body has a gleaming, mirror-like finish that can actually make it hard on the eyes when used in direct sunlight.
Otherwise, it is a sleek and classy phone, measuring 4.21 inches long, 2.20 inches wide and 0.55 inch thick. With a weight of 120 grams, the LG Incite CT810 will feel light but solid in your hand.
The LG Incite itself has a simple, minimalist look to it. As it is a Touch screen phone, the only controls you will see on the LG Incite are the talk and end keys, the dedicated camera key and the volume rocker.
The face of the LG Incite is dominated by a 3-inch screen with a 240 x 400 pixel resolution. It can recognize 262K colors. Despite the mirror-finish of the phone, the reflective capacity of the screen can be eased somewhat by adjusting its brightness.
Complete Connectivity
The LG Incite is a GSM quad-band phone that is capable of global 3G roaming. It can also alternate as a UMTS tri-band phone. This LG phone model has support for connecting to GPRS, EDGE and HSDPA networks, as well as with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Connectivity using a 3.5-millimeter jack and a USB cable is also possible.
Since the LG Incite is a smartphone, you can expect to log on the Internet without any hitch using it. Internet Explorer Mobile comes on board the phone, as well as the AT&T NetFront browser. The phone also comes with the Microsoft Office mobile applications and a PDF reader.
Mediocre Camera
The LG Incite can pass for a multimedia phone as well if you are not too fussy about quality. It does have a 3-megapixel camera that has a number of shot modes and control features, but it does not have Autofocus or a flash. The resulting quality of the photos is on the dull and blurry side.
Video recording is available only on the LG Incite’s European version. But you can still play videos on the US version with the built-in Windows Media Player. The phone also has the AT&T Cellular Video service that can let you stream videos from various content providers.
As for music, the LG Incite supports mp3, AAC, eAAC, AAC+, eAAC+, wma and wav formats. The quality of sound is fine, though not as good as you would expect from a dedicated multimedia phone.
It Lags a Little
As you have probably guessed, the LG Incite runs on the Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional operating system. Though the LG Incite has a haptic, tactile touch screen, it will take a second for your inputs to register because of lag.
There are three ways to input text on the LG Incite. One is the SureType virtual Keypad that shows up when the phone is on portrait mode. The second one is the full QWERTY Keyboard that appears on landscape mode. The third is via handwriting recognition software and a stylus. The virtual keys are big enough, but when it is on full QWERTY mode, it eats up nearly all of the screen real estate. Also, having the stylus dangle like a cellphone trinket can be iffy for some users.
Performance
As a mobile phone, LG Incite delivers clear call quality on both ends. It has a talk time of over eight hours and a standby time of 504 hours. It contains 128 MB of RAM and 256 MB of ROM while the built-in memory is 70 MB. You can, however, expand that memory up to 32 GB with a microSD or microSDHC card.
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