With the success of the Blackberry phones among the business class users, there has been greater demands for such devices and every other mobile phone manufacturer has tried to make it's own version of a business phone to draw on the success story. But most of such devices have turned out to be croppers and cheap imitations of the Blackberry designs. The LG GW550 is another business device that has drawn inspiration from the success of the Blackberry devices and has been recently unleashed in the market. But surprisingly this has turned out to be anything else than a cropper. It is a very powerful device that sees to compete Blackberry business devices and provided with the built and ergonomics that it comes along with it is sure to make some noise. To start with this one is a quad-band GSM unit that also supports 3G connectivity. It comes with a 2.4 inches TFT display screen of 65K colours. Compared to the LG GW550, the Blackberry 8520 Curve is an exclusively GSM phone with quad-band reception.
It comes with a slightly larger display of 2.6 inches and 65K colours. Whereas the GW550 has no touch options, the Curve comes with a limited touch-sensitive optical trackpad. Both the devices are accompanied by fully functional QWERTY keypad. The curve has a smoother and sober look, compared to the one from LG and it is also a bit lighter at 106 grams. Whereas the internal memory of the Curve can be expanded up to 32 GB, the one in GW550 can only stretch up to 8GB by using microSD cards. Both the devices are loaded with Class10 GPRS and Class10 EDGE that allow access to packet services. While the GW550 misses Wi-Fi, it comes with an added advantage of fast data downloading through HSDPA @7.2Mbps. Also Bluetooth and USB are commonly available in both the devices that facilitate in convenient data sharing. While the Curve runs on a Blackberry OS, the LG GW550 uses a Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard OS which is a hugely popular platform for mobile devices. The curve lacks the Push email feature that has been included in the GW550, but includes email and instant messaging support. The phone camera of the GW550 is a 3.15 mega pixel unit with video capability. On the other hand the Curve comes with a 2 mega pixel camera with video capability in QVGA mode.
None of them have a secondary camera for video-call and both also lack GPS support. The media players in both the devices are comparable and capable of playing a plethora of file formats that include MP3, MP4, AAC, AAC+ and WMA although the GW550 lacks the dedicated music keys and the 3.5 mm audio socket that the Curve flaunts. It rare to find a business device from some other maker that can take up a challenge against the proven superiority of Blackberry devices and it must be admitted that the LG GW550 has not only fares well but also beats the Blackberry 8520 in a few aspects like 3G support and a better camera. But unlike the Curve it lacks Wi-Fi and it's design is not as attractive. Both these devices will be available only in Black colour and it seems that it would be really difficult for anyone to be biased against any of them. Both are equally efficient and versatile; so it only depends on personal discretion.
It comes with a slightly larger display of 2.6 inches and 65K colours. Whereas the GW550 has no touch options, the Curve comes with a limited touch-sensitive optical trackpad. Both the devices are accompanied by fully functional QWERTY keypad. The curve has a smoother and sober look, compared to the one from LG and it is also a bit lighter at 106 grams. Whereas the internal memory of the Curve can be expanded up to 32 GB, the one in GW550 can only stretch up to 8GB by using microSD cards. Both the devices are loaded with Class10 GPRS and Class10 EDGE that allow access to packet services. While the GW550 misses Wi-Fi, it comes with an added advantage of fast data downloading through HSDPA @7.2Mbps. Also Bluetooth and USB are commonly available in both the devices that facilitate in convenient data sharing. While the Curve runs on a Blackberry OS, the LG GW550 uses a Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard OS which is a hugely popular platform for mobile devices. The curve lacks the Push email feature that has been included in the GW550, but includes email and instant messaging support. The phone camera of the GW550 is a 3.15 mega pixel unit with video capability. On the other hand the Curve comes with a 2 mega pixel camera with video capability in QVGA mode.
None of them have a secondary camera for video-call and both also lack GPS support. The media players in both the devices are comparable and capable of playing a plethora of file formats that include MP3, MP4, AAC, AAC+ and WMA although the GW550 lacks the dedicated music keys and the 3.5 mm audio socket that the Curve flaunts. It rare to find a business device from some other maker that can take up a challenge against the proven superiority of Blackberry devices and it must be admitted that the LG GW550 has not only fares well but also beats the Blackberry 8520 in a few aspects like 3G support and a better camera. But unlike the Curve it lacks Wi-Fi and it's design is not as attractive. Both these devices will be available only in Black colour and it seems that it would be really difficult for anyone to be biased against any of them. Both are equally efficient and versatile; so it only depends on personal discretion.
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