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Aimed at giving the masses an affordable touchscreen phone, the KP500 is nevertheless an attractive handset that doesn’t feel at all cheap. The first thing that strikes you about the Cookie (after you’ve stopped laughing at the name) is how similar it looks to the LG Renoir — but its features are a different story.

On the back of the KP500 there’s a 3-megapixel camera, but that’s about it when it comes to features — there’s no 3G or Wi-Fi, for example, but what you do get is a cute touchscreen interface that’s similar to and, in some respects, even better than the Renoir’s.

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A series of widgets are on offer, such as an on-screen clock or memo pad, which you can drag on to the KP500’s homepage. Brush the screen to the side and you can access shortcuts to contacts and other apps, similar to HTC’s TouchFLo interface on the Touch, and something the Renoir doesn’t have.

We were told that the KP500 is due to launch in the UK at the end of this month and that it should cost around £100 — a very competitive price when you consider how prohibitively expensive most touchscreen phones are.

The bottom line is that the KP500 is certainly no iPhone, but if a touchscreen is top of your feature list, it offers a relatively competent experience. There’s an on-screen Qwerty keypad, handwriting recognition and an automatically rotating screen — nothing revolutionary, but more than you get on most pay as you go phones. Click on the next page for more info and pictures. -Andrew Lim

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The Final “Name” for the LG KP500. you know. the very LG Renoir inspired phone tht at the same times is a dig at Samsung Anycall and Omnia (a little) and that comes with the Widgetized Desktop based Flash UI that unless you are blind can easily be compared to Samsung own Widgeized Desktop TouchWIZ UI is not finally named. its name is Cookie.yes, for real!.

LG Cookie is really a bold move in what can be seen as a cheap features phone that is a in the middle of being a Smartphone and a Mediaphone. it counts with:

Quad-band GSM, GRPS/EDGE, 3″ touchscreen display, 3MP camera, accelerometer, BT 2.1, FM radio, an accelerometer and that is thumb optimized so it can be used with one hand.

The Price?. it will be quite cheap. the speculated prices for it are:

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1.-$200/Out of Contract

2.-”$100/1 year Contract
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3.-“FREE”/2 years Contract

If the prices hold trough. you will be having a hard time getting a cheaper featured phone than the LG cookie. i actually see it as the perfect phone to buy to your kids or tweens or the right phone if you want a phone that is modern but your main concerns are having a good “no hassles” phone with solid basic to mid range features. the fact it got widgets it is a plus given you are reading this blog.