Review: LG dLite
Making calls on the LG dLite is simple. Start dialing a number, and the dLite will suggest matches from your contact list while you type. Once you're in a call, the phone offers shortcuts to activate the speaker or mute the phone. If you'd like to connect a third party for a conference, you can simply dial the numbers and press send while you're in a call. Once you have that third party connected, a quick dive into the menus lets you join the two calls or swap between them.
You can search the address book for a contact's number. The phone performs more of a sort than a search. If you search for "Phi" you'll get my name, but if you search for "lip" you'll jump to the "L" portion of the list. This also means that you can't search by last name. Search for "Berne" and you'll jump to the "B" section of the contact list, sorted by first name.
The dLite offers a Faves screen for favorite contacts. Press the center button from the standby screen and the faves cards pop up. You can assign different favorites, and the phone presents you with picture cards that you can flip through to find your intended caller. Once you click on a favorite, you have the option to call that person, send e-mail or text messages or start an IM chat. You can also view your recent history with that person. The Faves interface can be useful, but I had problems with it. First, pictures looked pinched in the Faves card window. Second, that slow interface made flipping through cards, then flipping through the contact options within a card, feel sluggish. I'd like this to feel fast and snappy, since it is a shortcut, after all.
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LG dLite
