LG has announced the launch of yet another handset under the Cookie brand name in India. The LG Cookie Zip as the latest model is known is also known as the LG 510 and is targeted at the large CDMA user base in India.
The Zip boasts of features like Live TV using the EVDO (Evolution Data Optimized). It also has a 3-inch touch screen display, a 2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth 2.2 and comes with 72MB of internal memory which can be increased up to 4GB. Like other Cookie phones, this one too is social networking ready and comes with Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and Orkut apps pre-installed. The phone can record video clips at QVGA resolution. The 900Mah battery a 5 hour talk time and a standby time of over 150 hours.
The phone might just be a tad expensive at Rs. 8,299. However, since there is a dearth of good feature phones on the CDMA platform, the Cookie Zip might be useful for people who would like to have a mid range, decent handset without switching over to GSM.