LG Mini GD880: Minuscule by name, infinitesimal by nature

LG has revealed its newest effort in the mobile-phone arena — the GD880. If you find that name a tiny fiddly to cloak your tongue around, you’ll be enchanted to learn it also goes by the Mini moniker.
As you may have predicted, the Mini’s chief draw will be its size. When it’s free to European marketplaces in March, the Mini will be rocking a definitely diminutive, 81mm (3.2-inch) touchscreen.
This minuscule screen will be packed into a petite housing, which, arbitrating by the press photos, will be perfectly suave, save for a rare buttons round the verges. The Mini’s face, though, will be totally button-free. That does ample for the handset’s appearances, but might hamper usability.
Facets-wise, the Mini will be sporting a 5-megapixel camera, Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity, and — joy of joys — social-media incorporation. LG has also pledged push email and quick Web browsing, though how easy it will be to surf the Net on the little screen remains to be seen.
Seemingly, the Mini was designed in reply to specific needs from customers who consider present touchscreen handsets ‘too bulky, too clunky and too expensive’.
Hmm. We haven’t precisely been overwhelmed with grievances about bulky smart phones, but we’re enthusiastic to see how the Mini’s numerous traits will look on the small screen, and whether, if the value is right, LG’s newest proposing could become the toast of the budget-smart-phone town.
There’s no word yet on which networks will be proposing the Mini, or how much it’ll price when it launches, but keep it CNET for all the newest.


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