LG GM750 Windows Mobile Phone

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Introduction

LG has launched the GM750 which is a compact and powerful smartphone with Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system in the market. The touch screen mobile phone, which is sold exclusively through Vodaphone, is starting at a market price of 246th -. € (without contract) which is a very lucrative offer among the phones from LG, for this purpose it shall raise the buyer to go for an elegant mobile phone in a beautiful, timeless design, with rich features. Among these features it hides a 3-inch display, the elaborate S-Class User Interface, UMTS, WiFi, HSDPA to 7.2 Mbps, calendar, and a 5 MP camera with auto focus function. Whether this elegant, compact, small size and high performance is an attractive package or not, our test proves.

LG GM750 Windows Mobile Phone with Windows Mobile 6.5

Processing

1. First optical impression / special features to support the design - Elegant design of each panel. Metal elements and shiny plastic produce a timeless combination.

2. Housing material / surface quality - Matt and glossy plastic combined with metal elements.

3. Housing dimensions - With a weight of 120 g and dimensions of 109.8 x 53.5 x 12.9 mm it fits comfortably in your hand and easily in almost any pocket or stow.

4. Response of the touch screen - Good response, but could sometimes be more precise.

5. Quality (sharpness / resolution) of the display - 3 inch TFT-LCD display with a resolution of 240x400 pixels and 262,144 colors. Sharp color and good presentation.

6. Implementation of the folding or sliding mechanism - NA.

7. Quality of the battery compartment cover - The battery compartment cover is made of plastic, can be opened quite easily, closed, and fits perfectly.

8. Quality and scope of the supplied items - USB cable, software, user manual, headset, charger, stylus.

9. Processing Result - The modern touch screen phone combines and consists of matte and shiny plastic with metal elements. With its dimensions and acceptable weight it lies well in the hand. The operation via touch screen is uniform, but could be more specific. Colors and shapes are displayed on the 3-inch display clear and sharp. The accurately fitting battery compartment lid made of plastic scores for the LG. The accessory is standard.

The battery compartment cover is made of plastic and sits perfectly


The volume control button and the headset-USB connector are cleanly integrated


Speakers and inner camera (video telephony)


Micro SD card supports up to 32GB - Sideways is the insertion

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Business functions

1. Supported networks - Quad band: 850, 900, 1800, 1900MHz, UMTS: 2100, 1900, 900MHz.

2. Data transmission - Bluetooth 2.1, USB, HSDPA 7.2, UMTS.

3. Reception and voice quality - Even if the network coverage is not very good, the LG GM750 score points with a good reception quality. The voice playback at normal volume sounds minimally covered, but still understandable and realistic.

4. Voice quality of the speaker - The playback of the voice is low which is just acceptable, but provided at a higher with audible distortion.

5. Battery life (with normal use) - Between 2-3 days - an average.

6. Storage capabilities of Contacts - SIM: names, numbers, email, groups, phone: Add a picture, name, addresses, e-mail, group, website, anniversary, More: company, department, position, address, IM, ringtone, office location, assistants, managers, financial statement, account , customer ID, ​​spouse, children, notes.

7. Profile - Normal, Vibrate, Silent, Outdoor, Automatic, all profiles can be adjusted to the individual needs.

8. Calendar settings - New date: subject, location, notes, All day: on / off, start date, start time, end date, end time, repeat: no repeat, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly, Alarm clock: min no alarm, in time, 15. before, 30 min before, 1 hour before, 1 day before, 3 days before, 1 week in advance; Categories: Business, Vacation, Personal, season, new category, Participants: required participants to add, not required, optional non-participants to add optional; status: Busy, Tentative, Free, Absent; Category: Normal, Personal, Private, Confidential, New Task: Jump to date Go to today, deleting: previous appointments, all appointments, completed tasks, All tasks, All entries , filter: Time Category: all categories, not categories, job category: all categories, not categories, task status: all, active tasks, completed tasks, settings: default view: month, week, day, list all the tasks; Week starts on: Sunday , Monday, Week 5 day week (Mon-Fri), 6 day week (Mon-Sat), 7 days a week; Show half hour in, standard reminder: no alarm, in time, 15 min. before, 30 min before, 1 hour before, 1 day before, 3 days before, 1 week in advance.

9. Notes feature - Delete, Select All, Zoom:: Draw, undo, redo freehand, cut, copy, paste, edit, New, View, Bar 75%, 100%, 150%, 200%, 300%; Extras: rename / move, delete; Creating a copy, send: message, email, MMS; options: Standard mode: writing, typing, standard template: meeting notes, memo, note, campaign for record button: Switch to notes, maintaining the current program.

10. E-mail functionality - Connection Type: POP3, IMAP4, MS Exchange. Setting the email account is easily done. The downloading of the settings is not time consuming and emails including the notes are retrieved and downloaded quite fast.

11. Internet functionality - It takes a little time for the loading of web pages to complete. Even with more complex pages, it manages to allow a respectable and clear view.

12. PC synchronization - The needed USB cable and software are included. The synchronization runs very smoothly with Outlook - windows mobile phones with Active Sync play here starts when Microsoft Outlook is used which is one of its advantages and thus it enables a complete, fast and easy synchronization of complete records.

13. Other features - Messenger, MSN Money, My Phone Microsoft, Windows Live, Marketplace, Games: Bubble Breaker, Solitaire, Office Mobile (Word and Excel Mobile, PowerPoint Reader, etc.), Calculator, Tasks, Task Manager, Java, MSN Weather, DUN (use of mobile phones as a USB modem), search widget, tools: Adiobe Reader LE, stopwatch, FM radio, Mobile Zip; Vodafone Brand: My Web, Games, Search, Navigation, Vodafone Navigator, Music Shop.

14. Business Result - This quad-band mobile phone provides EDGE, HSDPA and Bluetooth for fast data transfers. 2 to 3 days of battery life for a smartphone with this name is acceptable, but not above average. Calendar, notes and contact management offer a variety of options that are required even by experienced business users. The email account is easy to set and retrieving the mails with attachments are done quickly. With IMAP, SMTP and MS Exchange, there are no problems. Even web pages are displayed quickly and well represented by the GM750. The PC sync with Outlook runs smoothly and error free. In addition, the LG GM750 has two games (full version) for entertainment and various other useful features, which enhances this beautiful Phone additionally.

Take notes: Handwritten, Letter, LG XT9 keypad, LG Java Key, keyboard or Transcriber

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Multimedia Features

1. Camera Equipment - 5 MP with 2x digital zoom, record mode: camera, shooting, frame mounts, panorama, video camera, indoor camera, full screen, reset settings, Drive mode: Normal, Night, Bel. from behind, landscape, portrait, night portrait, beach, party, sports; Exposure: -2 to +2; Image Size: 5M (2560x1920), 3 MP (2048x1536), 2 MP (1600x1200), 1MP (1280x960) 640x480, 320x240; Grid View: Off, simple cross, grid lines; Shutter: Off, Sound 1, Sound 2, Sound 3, Sound, Sound 4; symbols hide: Automatic, Manual, location: the phone memory, memory card, image quality: Super Fine, Fine, Normal; Timer: Off, 3 sec, 5 sec, 10 sec, White Balance: Auto, Daylight, Sunny, Fluorescent, Cloudy, Color Effect: Off, Negative, Sepia, Mono, water, relief, drawing, red, green, Solarize ; post-processing options: send: message, email, Bluetooth, Use as:, rename, background contact photo, move, copy, slideshow, file info:, size, date, time, resolution, type, protection, use left name, forward possible, as a favorite create, enlarge or reduce.

2. Camera quality - In daylight and normal lighting conditions, the 5 MP camera of the LG GM750 provides very pleasing results. The results are sharp and clearly visible. In the darkness they can not not score points, as no flash is present and the night mode is useless to capture images. For something light, you can shadow or outline the subject but then see something better.

3. Video Camera Equipment - Supported video formats: 3GP, H.263, H.264, MPEG4, MP4, video size: 400x240, 320x240, 176x144, 128x96; Grid View: Off, simple cross, grid lines, Language: Silent, Beep, Auto, Manual, location: Phone memory , Memory card, Video quality: Super Fine, Fine, Normal, duration: normal, MMS, White Balance: Auto, Daylight, Sunny, Fluereszierend, Cloudy, Color Effect: Off, Negative, Sepia, Mono, water, relief, drawing, red, green, Solarize : Mode: Normal, Night, landscape, portrait, night portrait, beach, party, sports, exposure: to +2; -2 : post-processing options to: Message, Email, Bluetooth, use as: Ringing;, move, copy, rename, file information: name, size, date, time, type, duration, protection, use left over, forward possible; to favorites.

4. Video Quality - Under normal lighting conditions and with a steady hand, these surprises with great results. Colors and shapes are represented authentically. However, even if you make only small movements, the results are cloudy and blurred.

5. Facilities to the built in music player - Compatible formats: MP3, AMR, MIDI, AAC, AAC +, 3GP, Windows Media Player: forward, rewind, pause, stop, library music, videos, TV, Playlists, Now Play; menu, from library Delete queue , Now Playing, Library, 'Open File, Open URL, All Libraries My, device memory card, update your library Play / Pause, Stop, Random / Repeat: Random Repeat, Repeat; options: Playback: Show time as: elapsed, remaining; Video: full screen playback video: Never, only for its size, ever, to Window Size: network: UDP, TCP, HTTP, Internet connection, speed detection; Library: in Library mode open player, designs, buttons, properties: Artist, Album, album artist, title, genre, length, rating, play count, location, bitrate, track number, information, music player: All title, artist, album, genre, favorites, menu: Search, Bluetooth headset, new playlist, playlist, broadcast delete; Use as: ringtone, message order by;: Date; BC Library update;, Repeat All, Bluetooth, e-mail message: "Delete All, One, Random.

6. Sound quality of the music player - The speaker of the player is positioned on the front. Thus, the sound is pretty good. Medium, - deep, - and treble surprise with rich, powerful sound. Even songs with more bass activity are not particularly distorted and thus score points to the LG.

7. Radio present yes / no, sound quality of Radio - The station name and frequency can be added easily; RDS activate alternative frequency switching:; FM Radio:: Remove scan, mute / unmute, default save preferences - add, remove, edit, delete, all alert options. The handling of the radio is certainly not overwhelmed. The menu is clearly displayed and easy to use. The individual stations are given depending on the orientation of the antenna (headset) which is quite natural and free of noise.

8. Memory Storage Capacity - 280 MB internal - expandable to 32 GB. 280 MB of internal memory are sized a bit poor.

9. Multimedia Result - The photo / video equipment, which is by the touch operation, easy to use, has easy-to-find additional settings. The quality of the results are good for the 5 MP camera. Since no flash is integrated, no results are achieved in the darkness. The built-in music and Windows Media Player is very clear and easy to be served. Playlists are created quickly and easily. An FM radio is also integrated in the GM750. This scores with very easy handling. The LG GM750 offers 280 MB of internal memory and is easily expandable to 32 GB.

5 MP camera, unfortunately without a flash


The headset sounds pretty good

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Handling / Menus

1. One-hand operation for key functions possible - Yes, partially.

2. Call execute (with menu "contacts") - Running a call and finding contacts runs smoothly.

3. Adding / Creating / editing contacts - Contacts can be easily edited, created or added. The handling is very simple.

4. Readability of the display - On the day and at night, one can easily read the display. Take the case in direct solar radiation or light, the user must, however, adjust the brightness as there are limitations reading from the displays like many other phones.

5. Response of the touch screen - Uniform and accurate.

6. Handling the navigation elements to prospect the menus - NA.

7. Clarity of the menu - The menu icons are clearly visible. The arrangement of menu items is not apparent at first identical glance.

8. Scope of the menus - The menu range is equipped with enough menu items. For Windows Mobile lovers the handling is completely easy without a hitch.

9. The design of the menus - Beautiful graphic design with easily identifiable symbols menu of LG and timeless design of Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional. The background can be changed under settings.

10. Opportunity for the assignment of shortcut keys - Relatively simple programs can be widely used as tools to create speed dial in the speed dial panel.

11. Message Handling - New: SMS: save as draft, adding: CC, BCC, Subject, Paste: text template, emoticon, name & number, to the entrance, SMS-setting: Delivery report: on / off, Save sent messages: on / off, input method Options: Letter, LG XT9 keypad, Block Recognizer LG javakey, keyboard, Transcriber; languages: German, XT9 settings: Word Completion: after 1 letter, after 2 letters, after 3 letters after 4 letters to 5 letters, to 6 letters ; XT9 dictionary: XT9 My words to replace XT9 Automatic; about T9, XT9 Help; Paste: Prev. Image, new image. Prev. Video, New Video, Sound Available, New tone Others: Business, Calendar, XT9: on / off, Show Preview, Annex, New page: In this page, On this side, to Page, Page Setup, to the entrance, MMS settings.

12. Setting of photo and video camera - The additional settings of the 5 MP camera is easy to find and easy to adjust by touch-operation.

13. Operation of Music Player - The music player is clearly arranged and easy to handle. A playlist is created quickly and other settings can also be found easily.

14. Reading from memory cards - Micro SD cards of any size are read quickly, and existing data (where the format and file type possible) is presented without any problems. The larger the capacity of Micro SD and how much data are on the card, the more time is required for the GM750 to represent the existing data.

15. File Management - Creating folders and moving data goes smoothly.

16. Result - The handling of the LG GM750 requires one or the other, certainly some getting used to it. If this is bridged, it can be operated intuitively. One can choose between Windows 6.5 Professional or the LG S-Class User Interface. Running a call, adding contacts, as well as the readability of the class outstanding displays speak for the GM750. The operation via touchscreen runs smoothly and precisely. The menu has an extensive scale. The easy operation of the camera, music player and the different input methods when writing messages or notes, are further plus points for the LG. In addition, the GM750 can read memory cards of various sizes up to 32 GB, very fast, and can also reflect the data easily. However, it depends on the capacity of the memory card, how fast the data is opened. Moving data and creating your own folders, is also done quickly.

Answer key, End key and Back key

Overall Conclusion

The LG GM750 has a market price from 247th - € (without contract and shipping), with a first-class facilities. Its appearance has high quality and timeless design. LG joins namely Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional, with the famous LG S-class user interface. The 5 MP camera delivers easy to use results which is good. The results of the video images can be described as useful even if one does not make rapid movements, otherwise pixel clouds are visible. By night it cannot achieve any visible results, since a flash or photo / video light is missing. The internal music player has an easy-to-use features. The sound of the speaker, which is positioned on the front, partly to convince only obsolete results. The integrated FM radio does not have an excessive range of equipment, it can nevertheless be very easy to use. Station names and frequencies can be easily added. Internet pages are loaded quickly and displayed perfectly, thanks to HSDPA. Even e-mails with attachments can be downloaded without difficulty and are easy to read. The operation via touchscreen runs intuitively and precisely. Overall, LG GM750 is directed to the 750 users who require a modern equipment for business and leisure applications with compact dimensions of value.

LG GM750 Windows Mobile Phone