I have had a number of cell phones over the past years. Including Qualcomm, 3 Motorola Startac's, Nokia, Audiovox and last a Kyocera 2035a (Qualcomm).

Let me say that I love my new LGIC LG-TM510. With one small exception it does every thing I would like and does it well. What's the only feature lacking for me? It doesn't have a built in speaker phone. I guess It may be asking a little to much to expect a phone this tiny to have that feature.

I had problems with the ribbon wire running through the hinge on my Startac's and the battery life left a lot to be desired. While my TM510 is still pretty new, it seems to be built a lot stronger then the Startac. The battery life is much better, and that's with the 950mah battery installed. I am planning to get the extended life battery soon.

I like the fact that you can see the who is calling you on the small outer display before opening and answering the phone. The main display is very clear and easy to read with all important information showing. Signal strength, battery condition, Month, date, day, time and voice or text mail waiting.

The phone is laid out nicely with room for you fingers and it looks very sharp opened or closed.

The voice recognition seem to work perfectly. LG claims you can store 20 voice tags but I have found that you can store more.

It has a voice memo recorder built in and also allows you to record up to two minutes of your phone conversation. Great for taking down directions, phone numbers and other data.

I like the way the timers work. One for recent calls, one for roam calls and one for browser calls. Of course you get an all call timer as well.

The phone book works very well and stores 199 locations with up to 6 numbers in each, such as Home, Office, Mobile, E-mail, Pager and Data/Fax.

The phone lights up very nicely in dim light with the ability to control how long the screen and keys will stay lit or can be shut off completely.

Yes you can do web-browsing, e-mail, and more. This phone even has it's own automatic Answering Machine, in case you don't have voice mail.

Recommended: Yes

Amount Paid (US$): 179