I love this phone to pieces!
I've had it for only 4 days so far and i cant get off it!
I previously owned and iPhone (2g) for a year and a half, and at first i thought there was no phone better, but after a friend of mine purchasing this phone and comparing it with my iPhone, i now see the LG Arena KM900 does EVERYTHING the iPhone (2g + 3g) can do AND more!!
There are so many little things this phone can do that impress me! And of course the big things it can do!
If there is anybody who is currently reading this comment, and thinking about purchasing this phone should listen to me and buy it! There is no other phone like it!

had my phone for about 3 weeks but it was already repaired once" hughe dissapoinment with LG, the phone keeps going on/off without any reason, battery life terrible,YOUTUBE app.gives me a not SUPPORTED FILE message, No support or even an update to correct any of these issues,ARE YOU KIDDING ME? the phone is almost as expensive as the IPHONE, will I recommend LG products again? not so sure at this point,NO SUPPORT.....????
every phone no matter what brand should have the option to update its firmware by itself......specially if it has glitches, come on ENGINEERS/DESIGNERS have some pride....

Had my phone for about 3 weeks. Features are good except if I go over 160 characters on a SMS, the phone automatically converts it to a MMS. This is sometimes a problem because some of the people I send messages to cannot accept MMS without logging into the internet so I have to send the one MMS as two SMS.
AND I am not happy at all about the battery! I generally use the phone for mainly phone calls and text messages, sometimes photos and videos and once I have connected to the internet. I am finding that I have to charge the phone every night and that if I do use it in the day (and I have my business called diverted to it when I am out the office), by about 4pm I get the "low battery" warning. Has anyone else experienced problems of this nature or do I have a faulty phone/battery?

Hey there, I am very very keen on getting the LG Arena by one huge factor is deterring me from getting it which is the random resetting of the phone by itself. I hope that this problem is solved or clarified. Thank you

come on LG you've made a phone that can compete with the iphone now i'm sure i'm not the only one in feeling having the arena has been so far quite an empty experience, please sort out an apps store then you can make a real dint in the iphones market dominance and we as customers can use the phone to it's yet to be seen potential, we need more, like games that use the accelarometer and other fun applications

LG Arena KM900
This is a review of my new LG Arena KM900 mobile phone.

I live in Denmark, but bought the phone in Germany, since there were quite a price reduction - around 100€.

It replaced my old trustie, an rather old phone, Nokia 6230i (yes, very oldie), so it was about time for an update in the mobile field.

I choose this phone because of the many features, and because, there is no keys on the front. I also chosed it because of the 5M pixel camera, even though i've read some other customers didn't think it was very good.

First impression, was, that it was nice, simple an easy for the eye. I would have prefered, if there where no logo on front of it, but I guess that its it's a company branding thingy...

Instead of saying alot about what the phone does, which you can read in many other reviews, i will tell what it doesn't do, or atleast what i would expect that it did, but as it turns out, does not do!

WiFi

- It does not not change automatic between WiFi and 3G. One have to change this manual for both Java programs and the build in browser, EVERY TIME!!

- It does not allow the streaming option to work with the WiFi, meaning, you can't stream Youtube, from WiFi!

- You can't use the phone as a router from WiFi to 3G - Would be awsome if it was possible, connecting to you phone through wireless, and then go on internet with you laptop. But you should be able to use the phone as a modem through bluetooth.

Browser

- Not very fast a.k.a. very slow!

- Small links is a pest!! Not very easy to catch, you have to zoom a lot.

- A lot Javascript based links, doesn work before whole page is loaded. (i.e. on www.dba.dk)

- Adobe Flash does not work in browser, I'll gues that neither does Microsoft Silverligth!

- If phone is on horizontal angle, and the address bar is clicked, one has to turn it vertical, and then back horizontal to have qwerty keyboard, and the when you click OK, it turns back to vertical automatic, and then you have to click goto button to load webpage. Hereafter you can then then turn the phone back horizontal - Alot turning the phone..... hmmmm.

Google tools

- I use Google Apps, for my domain (a special google service), and this is not supported, so it is only the freeware gmail, and not the Google Apps..

- Likewise, there is NO google calender, email OR contact syncronization. I personaly would have prefered if this would work over Exchange ActiveSync protocol, but of course is a matter of personal preferences.

- The two finger pinch zoom in/out does'nt work in google maps, or any other Java midp application.



- Not possible to update Google Maps. because this somewhat integrated into the Arena, and therefore it is not alloweable to overwrite aktual installation - Thus not able to update google maps.

Java
- Can't run games or programs (including java programs) when in MyMusic (the media player). The first thing i did, was download an java mipd application that could calculate traveling speed and distance, on behalf of the GPS. But you cant use this at the same time as you are listening to music. This sucks, if you would like to both hear music AND know you speed and running distance, when running, or using the bike.

Calendar

- No intuitive way to enter year of birth for birthdays.

- When making a new schedule, it starts by suggesting 01.00 o'clock as start and end time for each schedule, so if most of the schedules happens between 08.00-20.00, then you have to scroll alot in the time.

- Does not automatic suggest an endtime of schedules depending on start time. Always suggest 01.00 o'clock for end of schedules. Would have been nice with an time offset.

Interface / Navigation

-It takes around 10-60 seconds before it locks the screen. This is somewhat annoying, especially because, one can't unlock it just by pressing the screen, but one needs to press either the power button (which also works as lock/unlock) or vol+- followed by a long press and hold on the screen.

- There isn't a fancy way to "go back" (like to fingers moving left or something iPhonish). You have to press a dedicated top-right area on the screen. No movement controlling this.

- Calculator, doesn't turn, when the phone turns. Only works vertically.

- Can only have 9 shortcuts on the shortcut screen (1st. cube screen.)

- Snooze and stop alarm options is VERY close to each other. very easy to press one instead of the other, when being waked up...

- No option, for making alarm start with low volume, then increasing, making a soft wakeup.

- When in snooze mode, there is no easy way to disable alarm. One has to make 3-4 clicks on screen to stop the alarm.

- Only favorites, can be access at the cube screens, no automatic navigation between folders etc. i.e. no tree view of file structure

- You can't make a folder, album, Artist or Playlist and "favorite"

- Only way to use the flash diode light as a flashlight is by entering cameramode and hold down the camerabutton in focus mode, or enter video recording mode and turn on videolight.

- When zoom out the cube, the cube has pictures of other people, that i don't even know!! Thus it seemes like it isn't real dynamic content on the cubes.

- Can't use touch screen for the flash lite games i installed, meaning no interaction, meaning not possible to use them

- Can't do anything else, but stop player, when playing music directly from the cube's shortcut to favorites of media. Meaning, if the number is selected from 4th cube interface, you can only control the player. To do anything else (sms, email, whatever) you have to stop the music, so no multitasking in this state.

- Profile / Contact pictures has to be located in image root folder, which is kind of un userfriendly, when trying to have structure in the pictures. These pictures, should be in a dedicated folder.

Musikplayer

- Can't fast forward/rewind in musik players

- Music player doesn't have any memory, meaning that everytime, the music stops, you cant resume from where it had reach, neither in one number, and neither in playlist. This is kind of frustrating, if you are playing a playlist, and then exits the player to take a picture (can't play media and take picture or java apps at the same time), then going back into the player, you have to start from scratch.

- Poor playlist control.

- Can't narrow down the number, so if i.e. 16Gb of music, means very many files, but if you only can select either by artist, album, favorites, or all, then it's very poor navigation. You can't first select artist, and then narrow down further by album. You can only select either album or artist which is frustration if you have alot of music.

Hardware

- Earplugs are transporting external sound whenever the cord touches anything. It's very noicy, and not very nice, when walking or running.

- Screen not very sunlight friendly.

- Camera flash, not very good in dark rooms.

- Should be capable of using 32GB microSD, but at this time, no such size available in stores....

- Might have TV out capabilities, but there follows no accessories allowing you to connect the phone to a tv. Guess, this is something one has to buy seperate, when it gets available.

- Properitary USB interface, meaning, you can't connect the phone with any standard usb2usb cable.

- Can't get stand-alone GPS to work inside. Has read more places that others have great problems with this to.

Games

- M-Toy, No real enjoyment. A tabletennis bat, with which one can shoot the ball up in they air, just to do it again, and again and again. A Wheel of fortune game, where you can get the wheel to rotate - havent found of if it does anything else, but i don't think so. A dice game, wher you can through some dice's, and move a piece over some heart - a VERY teen/puberty mentality game - No fun!! Games SUCKS a.k.a Wii super light!

Syncronise

- Can't sync with iSync on mac, neither through USB or Bluetooth - Might be me who can't get it to work (I am only a professionel IT-Engineer), but i've read other places, that it doesn't support iSync, even though there is an iSync plugin on the CD, and when it connects by USB.

- PC Sync, has a bug, in that it cannot save email in the form firstname.middlename.lastname@whatever.tld

- faulty import in PC syncroniser, when importing vCards from Google, if danish letters.

- Drops middle names (everything after space) in names, and doesn't import some numbers when this happens

- Does not import all phone numbers from exported google vCards.

Read other places on web:

- Poor FM sender quality - Needs to be withing something like 30cm without windshields between (I haven't verified this)

- Grainy picture quality, with very sharp edges (I haven't verified this)

- Bad picture in dark / Poor flash (I have this too)

- Poor screen in direct sunlight (I have this too)

- Troubles with GPS (I have this to with stand-alone GPS, when inside. No problems with A-GPS)

- Restarts unmotivated. (I haven't got this)

Love the phone! Connects fine to my computer via bluetooth BUT it won't connect to my new Sony Bluetooth Hands Free Car radio. LG support say they don't know the answer as they don't even have the phone yet!! Can anyone help, as the Bluetooth connectivity to my hands free radio was my main reason for buying. Jeremy

I have it since 5 days. I think it is rather disappointing. Issues I have:

*GPS is not functioning, not in Google Maps (which came pre-installed) and not in 3 navigation apps I downloaded
*It resets itself frequently: just turns itself off and on. Why? Dont know. Annoying? Yes!
*The browser is slow and using drop downs or touching small buttons is cumbersome (even when zoomed in)
*When in landscape mode (qwerty): on screen keyboard keys are way too small and mis-typings are frequently happening
*The reaction of the phone when wanting landscape view (or portrait) is too slow (or too fast if you DONT want it to change),
*I have almost no widgets I can add (ok, that has probably to do with my provider)
*The contacts list can only have one type of view (first or last name). No other way of categorizing, which is very annoying with a large contact persons database
*Cube of the navigation system is not adjustable: the images on the small cube are fixed and not reflecting my contacts/content
*Youtube cannot be accessed from WiFi, only from UMTS
*WiFi: you cannot set a preferred network. You have to specify it over and over again.
*Support is non exisitent: no FAQ, no forum, no nothing.

I hate to be this negative, but the truth must be told...

I have the LG KM900 ARENA - its the best phone in the world, i have had it for 2 weeks now and i love it to bits

Its my iphone killer .. for sure.

I can say 1 million great things about this phone but only a couple of bad things.

Bad things are - no Xenon flash - led not bright enough

not a 8MP shooter or even 12 like the coming soon - Sony Ericsson Idou.

slow internet - i think LG needs a faster internet processor or something

plus the most important thing for me is that there is not led control - i mean there should be a software, where you can turn the led on without go to the video camera - this is because i use the led as i use it a lot for working in dark places. - this was on my old phone (Sony Ericsson W810i)