A fashionable accessory can and in fact often does play a key role in establishing a person’s inimitable style. LG has set out on a mission to design a handset that would adapt itself to the incessantly changing heartbeat of its owner’s life. One of the exclusive features that the creators have imbued KC560 imbued with is a one-touch profile switch accompanied by a dynamic backlight that flows from color to color. The functionality is surprisingly high for a purely fashion choice – you get a 3 Mp auto-focusing cam, QVGA screen, microSD slot, Bluetooth, MP3 player, FM radio and a selection of miscellaneous goodies.
LG KC560: a spotlight on you!
8:00 Good morning - the “Sleep” profile
After a night in the club, you wouldn’t want to get awakened by anything or anyone for sure. When the Sleep profile is engaged, all the call tunes are silenced. The alarm clock, on the contrary, stays on duty. Just pick a track you like the best among the ones you downloaded yesterday, and it will play on your wake-up time. The Snooze option will interrupt the tune and delay it for several minutes, but the alarm will inevitably kick in again and again, so you’ll never oversleep.
Keeping up with the schedule, it’s just the time to take a brief surf around the Web to collect news and read the daily e-correspondence. KC560 instantly copes with the task, letting you stay in bed relaxed for some extra minutes instead of getting up and heading for your desktop PC in the other room. EDGE is what gives you enough speed and reliability to do the typical web tasks just as good as you could with a computer.
The new handset is smart enough to adapt itself to its owner’s current life rhythm.
10:00 On we go! - the “Subway”
Going to work has never felt so enjoyable. Keeping in tune with your favorite radio makes your everyday trip a less dull routine. When in the Subway mode, the unreachable radio automatically gives way to the mp3 player. The onboard memory unit is only enough to hold a few essential tracks, but you can safely go with a capacious flash card that will be enough to store hundreds of songs. A full battery charge is able to sustain the device for about two days of moderate usage.
The lights adorning the handset behave much like a miniature disco light show, lively reacting to the currently playing tune. Looks amazing in the dark. The player itself is a handy application with an intuitive interface. It offers a variety of equalizers, can run in the background and has a nice looking visualizers. A 3.5 mm adapter and a headset come bundled with the device. KC560 faces no trouble working with stereo BT headsets – the A2DP support is so neatly implemented that it never goes glitchy.
The lights adorning the handset behave much like a miniature disco light show, lively reacting to the currently playing tune. Looks amazing in the dark.
11:30 Business time - the “User” profile
Once at the workplace, it’s time to get the noisy thing shut down. There’s no preinstalled Work profile, but this is easily resolved by customizing the existing user profile to fit the strict corporative standards. Once through, KC560 will never get the public distracted with loud music or flickering lights. Even the vibro call, when necessary, can be turned off in the profile settings.
Regardless of its lively behavior and the light tricks, the handset doesn’t look too gaudy to appear out of place in a business atmosphere. Once the bells and whistles are turned off, the gadget turned into a reserved business companion. At the same time, it’s after the latest whims of the fashion, sporting an elegant black and gold coloring.
Once the bells and whistles are turned off, the gadget turned into a reserved business companion.
At the lunch, it’s time to share last night’s photos with friends and colleagues. Thanks to the nighttime mode, those turned out as good as they come. Learning a pretty girl’s phone number during the conversation, it’s always a safe option to lock it with a security application to keep from your current girlfriend’s eyes.
19:00 Party time - the “Club” profile
Day’s toils behind, it’s time to have some fun in a lax atmosphere, switching your and your phone’s appearance to a less formal look (the backlight is now on, the ringtone is now a different and louder sounding tune). KC560 is never forgetful of your club-going schedule; new places are just as easy to reach as well-known ones thanks to the preinstalled Google Maps.
The luring, ever-changing lights of KC560 are what makes you stand out against even the liveliest of backgrounds.
The miniature camera mounted onto KC560 is the best thing you could come up with to take a few snaps In a crowded night club where a larger camera would be at risk. Shooting video clips with perfect sound is another point that makes LG KC560 an excellent choice for club-goers.
A few snaps at the party.
The luring, ever-changing lights of KC560 are what makes you stand out against even the liveliest of backgrounds. The light palette consists of 14 different colors combined into 12 variations each assignable to one of the nine event types. A dedicated wheel-type control element lets you instantly switch profiles. With a subtle slide of the finger you change the handset’s behavior from a silent and reserved pattern to a more emotional and relaxed state and so on. Besides the User mode, there are a number of existing presets dubbed Club, Subway and Sleep. All of these are easily customizable to meet the user’s preferences. Constancy doesn’t get along well with youth, you know.
Taking a drive home, you are still permeated with the club atmosphere… the handset keeps flickering in all colors, but finally takes a nap, succumbing to the Sleep mode, only to awaken on schedule a few hours later.
More details about this gadget in an upcoming video review! Stay tuned!
LG KC560 Specifications:
Compatible Cell Networks: GSM 900/1800/1900
Memory: 27 Mb of user memory, microSD expansion slot available
Screen: 2,4" , QVGA (240х320), 262K
Connectivity: USB 2.0, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, A2DP support
Camera: 3 Mp, auto focus, flash, video
Battery: 900 mAh
Size: 106.6 x 51.4 x 14.9 mm
Price: 259 euros