LG 8100 Review

LG's U8110 is a clamshell phone with dual screens and a built-in digital camera. The external screen is monochrome but in an interesting twist, it has multi-coloured backlights. Via the settings, you can set it to illuminate different colours for different alerts. For example, you could have the handset flash blue for calls, green for messages, and red for alarms.

LG has implemented a rotatable camera on the U8110 that makes it convenient to switch between self and external view during video calls and while taking photos. The U8110's 65K colour screen is bright and reasonably big (176 x 220 pixels) with sharp graphics.

Multimedia functionality includes a video and audio player, image viewer, and capture modes for video, stills and voice. The LG U8110 supports a range of sizes for still shots up to a maximum resolution of 640 x480 pixels (VGA). Photos and videos we took while testing the handset turned out reasonably well for a camera phone. While the audio player on the U8110 can handle MP3 songs, low storage capacity is a limiting factor.

LG 8100 Features

• Dual high-resolution color LCDs
• 1.3-megapixel CMOS camera with flash and up to 8x digital zoom
• Save up to 100 Photos (4MB) and up to 100 15-second video clips (15 frames / second)
• VCAST service to stream and download video clips with high-speed EV-DO connection
• Bluetooth compatible with devices that support the headset and hands-free profiles
• Dual speakers for MP3 stereo sound and full-duplex speakerphone functionality
• Speaker-independent voice recognition
• MiniSD external memory port to store pictures, videos, sounds and music
• Personal organizer with Calendar, Scheduler, Alarm Clock, and Notepad