LG made a lot of money with their LG Cookie. The latter was a touchscreen handset that was very popular for its competitive price. LG added the slide-out QWERTY factor to the equation and we got ourselves the LG GW520 handset. Smart of the manufacturer to add another cool thing to an already famously cool handset, we feel qwerty phones are on the rise as emailing and texting is so much easier. 

Let’s start our LG GW520 review with the looks. First you will notice the display that may be small for some standards but is perfectly decent at 2.8 inches. The weight and overall size are just right and we loved how it felt in our hand. The keyboard was a delight to use as well. Unlike other QWERTY phones where the buttons are cramped, using the keyboard of the LG GW520 is pure heaven. We turned off the lights to check the backlight and we are happy to report that the illumination is even. You can type away in the dark all you want. The keyboard is one aspect that LG did absolutely right.

The fast response of the screen adds to the great experience that you will have with the phone. Since there is no way for you to install apps that can lag the phone, speed of the touchscreen response will not be an issue. We sure did enjoy using the Flash-based interface and the easy customisation of the widgets. As for the messaging factor, the handset will impress you. Supporting SMS, MMS, and email, you can pretty much contact anyone any way you want. And don’t think you only got the keyboard to rely on for typing. This handset has an on-screen keypad as well.

For other online-related activities, you will have a full support of 3G and a decent browser. The Facebook integration feature is also fun. But we discovered that the multimedia functions of the handset are even more fun. The music player is wonderful to use, the 3MP camera takes adequate photos, and the video recorded does its job. For a budget phone, you would think that LG will not focus so much on these features but we are thankful that they did.

In conclusion, we commend LG for banking on the success of their previous handset to give us a new cheap mobile phone. This is another step that will make touchscreen phones much more accessible to everyone. We got no problem with that.

The Nexus One runs on Android 2.1 OS, features a 3.7-inch WVGA AMOLED touchscreen 800 x 480 pixels,and a 5MP camera with autofocus and LED flash, Nexus features also a 3.5mm headphone jack, 802.11b/g WiFi, stereo Bluetooth , a 4GB microSD card expandable to 32GB, accelerometer, active noise compression, compass support and GPS chip.

With the voice-to-text capability you can populate any text field by talking (not only text searches) and composing E-mails and SMS. The Nexus One also has live animated wallpapers that you can interact with.

The phone is currently available unlocked for $529 through google.com/phone, or for $179.99 on a two year deal from T-Mobile and will later be launched on other carriers.

• Band : GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz), UMTS 1/4/8 (2100/AWS/900)

• Data : GPRS/EDGE/HSPA/WiFi

• Processor: Qualcomm QSD 8250 1 GHz

• Operating system: Android Mobile Technology Platform 2.1 (Eclair)

• Capacity: 512MB Flash, 512MB RAM and 4GB Micro SD Card (Expandable to 32 GB)

• Display : 3.7-inch WVGA AMOLED touchscreen 800 x 480 pixels

• Camera : 5 megapixels Autofocus, 2X digital zoom and LED flash Video captured at 720×480 pixels at 20 frames per second or higher.

• Keyboard : Full QWERTY on touchscreen

• Conectivity: Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, Stereo Bluetooth v2.1 + EDR

• Voice-to-text for all text fields on the phone.

• Google Earth for Android sneak peak for 3D.

• Battery: 1400 mAH battery, Talk time Up to 10 hours on 2G Up to 7 hours on 3G and Standby time Up to 290 hours on 2G Up to 250 hours on 3G

• Dimensions: 119 x 59.8 x 11.5mm

• Weight 130 grams

Watch the demo of Nexus One from Google

Aino features a 3 inch TFT touchscreen (240 x 432 pixels), 8.1 megapixel camera with autofocus and photo flash, 55MB of internal memory and a microSD card slot ( 8GB SanDisk is included). The Aino also sports Bluetooth (A2DP), GPS, Wi-Fi and FM radios on board.

The Sony Ericsson Aino offers the ability to watch TV in several European countries. Aino is also SE’s first handset with two new Sony Ericsson services, Remote Play, which allows you control and access media content on PlayStation 3, and Media Go, which lets you transfer, play and organize all your music, photos, videos and podcasts from your PC simply and effortlessly to enjoy directly on Aino via Wi-Fi.

Aino will be available starting October 2009 in Obsidian Black and Luminous White.

The Sony Ericsson’s Aino specifications:

* Band: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz
* UMTS: 850/1900/2100MHz
* Data: GPRS/EDGE/WCDMA/HSPA/WiFi
* 3 inches Display, resolution 240 x 432 pixels 16M True Colour TFT
* 8.1 megapixel camera, photo light, auto focus, face detection, image and video stabilizer, geo tagging
* Phone memory: Up to 55MB
* Memory card support: SanDisk microSD™ (8GB card included)
* FM radio with RDS
* Motion gaming
* A-GPS
* Wi-Fi
* Talk time GSM: Up to 13 hrs
* Standby time GSM: Up to 380 hrs
* Talk time UMTS: Up to 4.5 hours
* Standby time UMTS: Up to 367 hours
* Video talk time: Up to 1 hour 40 mins
* Music listening time: Up to 31 hours
*  Size: 104 x 50×15.5 mm
* Weight: 134 grams