LG KF600

Touchpads are no longer revolutionary. But they are still not flawless either. The ones we've managed to test so far have all fallen seriously short of being the best thing since sliced bread. However, our experience with LG KF600 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona revealed a huge step forward for touchpad-navigated devices. You can imagine we were more than eager to make a full review of the handset. Luckily, the pre-release unit we got was good enough for that purpose. So, here we go.

Key features:

• 2" 256K-color TFT LCD display of QVGA resolution


• 1.49" 256K-color TFT 176 x 240 pixel InteractPad


• 3.15 MP camera with autofocus and LED flash


• Tri-band GSM/EDGE support


• Bluetooth and USB v2.0


• Cool additional themes by Keith Haring


• FM radio


• Cool games

Samsung F700

The F700 is pretty much where it all began for Samsung and large touch screens. It was their first mobile phone to feature a three-and-above-inch touch screen display while back in the day 3 mega pixel auto focus cameras were still high-end stuff. As time went by Samsung F490 and the Samsung Armani phone loomed into prominence, and there are a few more coming up. And guess what, none of them has the bulky QWERTY underside. That should tell you something.

Key features:

• Stylish looks and high-quality build
• Tri-band GSM and HSDPA support with video calls
• Large 3.2" touchscreen TFT display of 240 x 440 pixel resolution
• Comfortable QWERTY keyboard
• 3 megapixel autofocus camera
• Touch haptic feedback is present
• microSD memory card slot
• Stereo Bluetooth
• Standard 3.5mm audio jack
• Office documents viewer
• Snappy user interface
• Intuitive music player
• Fast screen autorotation when keyboard is revealed