LG Cookie (KP500)
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The KP500 is a touchscreen
mobile smartphone. LG targeted the entry-level touchscreen market keeping the cost of the KP500 as low as possible by omitting some of the features found on high-end products, such as GPS, 3G
or Wi-Fi
. For example, in the UK, the KP500 is available for less than £50 in some stores.
The LG KP500 has recorded over two million unit sales worldwide in the five months since its launch in December 2008. It has sold 1.2 million units in Europe, 600,000 units in Asia and emerging markets, and 100,000 in Korea, where LG claims that as of March 2009, it is the most popular handset.
The phone was originally released in four colors including Black, Vandyke Brown, Anodizing Silver, and Elegant Gold, but is now available in ten colors, most common four are black, white, pink and most recent, purple. LG plans to expand the KP500’s availability from 40 to 60 countries as part of its push to hit 10 million in sales worldwide.
It's using ARM9E
CPU at 175 Mhz.
Its main feature is a 3-inch, 240 x 400 pixel touchscreen. The KP500 also contains an accelerometer
motion sensor with support for auto-rotating display. It has a 3.15 MP Camera with MPEG-4
video capture at 12 frame/s
. There is support for video playback up to 29 frames per second. The KP500 has a FM radio
with RDS
. Other software include a document viewer for DOC
, XLS, and PDF
formats, and a Java
MIDP 2.0 games player.
Standby time is up to 350 hours and talk time is up to 3 hours 30 minutes.
Touchscreen
A touchscreen is an electronic visual display that can detect the presence and location of a touch within the display area. The term generally refers to touching the display of the device with a finger or hand. Touchscreens can also sense other passive objects, such as a stylus...
mobile smartphone. LG targeted the entry-level touchscreen market keeping the cost of the KP500 as low as possible by omitting some of the features found on high-end products, such as GPS, 3G
3G
3G or 3rd generation mobile telecommunications is a generation of standards for mobile phones and mobile telecommunication services fulfilling the International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 specifications by the International Telecommunication Union...
or Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi or Wifi, is a mechanism for wirelessly connecting electronic devices. A device enabled with Wi-Fi, such as a personal computer, video game console, smartphone, or digital audio player, can connect to the Internet via a wireless network access point. An access point has a range of about 20...
. For example, in the UK, the KP500 is available for less than £50 in some stores.
The LG KP500 has recorded over two million unit sales worldwide in the five months since its launch in December 2008. It has sold 1.2 million units in Europe, 600,000 units in Asia and emerging markets, and 100,000 in Korea, where LG claims that as of March 2009, it is the most popular handset.
The phone was originally released in four colors including Black, Vandyke Brown, Anodizing Silver, and Elegant Gold, but is now available in ten colors, most common four are black, white, pink and most recent, purple. LG plans to expand the KP500’s availability from 40 to 60 countries as part of its push to hit 10 million in sales worldwide.
It's using ARM9E
ARM9E
ARM9 is an ARM architecture 32-bit RISC CPU family. With this design generation, ARM moved from a von Neumann architecture to a Harvard architecture with separate instruction and data buses , significantly increasing its potential speed...
CPU at 175 Mhz.
Its main feature is a 3-inch, 240 x 400 pixel touchscreen. The KP500 also contains an accelerometer
Accelerometer
An accelerometer is a device that measures proper acceleration, also called the four-acceleration. This is not necessarily the same as the coordinate acceleration , but is rather the type of acceleration associated with the phenomenon of weight experienced by a test mass that resides in the frame...
motion sensor with support for auto-rotating display. It has a 3.15 MP Camera with MPEG-4
MPEG-4
MPEG-4 is a method of defining compression of audio and visual digital data. It was introduced in late 1998 and designated a standard for a group of audio and video coding formats and related technology agreed upon by the ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group under the formal standard ISO/IEC...
video capture at 12 frame/s
Frame rate
Frame rate is the frequency at which an imaging device produces unique consecutive images called frames. The term applies equally well to computer graphics, video cameras, film cameras, and motion capture systems...
. There is support for video playback up to 29 frames per second. The KP500 has a FM radio
FM broadcasting
FM broadcasting is a broadcasting technology pioneered by Edwin Howard Armstrong which uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. The term "FM band" describes the "frequency band in which FM is used for broadcasting"...
with RDS
Radio Data System
Radio Data System, or RDS, is a communications protocol standard for embedding small amounts of digital information in conventional FM radio broadcasts. RDS standardises several types of information transmitted, including time, station identification and programme information.Radio Broadcast Data...
. Other software include a document viewer for DOC
DOC (computing)
In computing, DOC or doc is a filename extension for word processing documents; most commonly for Microsoft Word. Historically, the extension was used for documentation in plain-text format, particularly of programs or computer hardware, on a wide range of operating systems...
, XLS, and PDF
Portable Document Format
Portable Document Format is an open standard for document exchange. This file format, created by Adobe Systems in 1993, is used for representing documents in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems....
formats, and a Java
Java (programming language)
Java is a programming language originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities...
MIDP 2.0 games player.
Standby time is up to 350 hours and talk time is up to 3 hours 30 minutes.