LG E510 Optimus Hub, which relies on an Android smartphone operating system Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread is a specification of the middle class who are ready to compete with its rivals in its class. Armed with an 800 MHz ARM v6, Adreno 200 GPU, MSM7227T Qualcomm chipset, LG Optimus Hub claimed to be the successor to the LG Optimus One, which is quite successful in the market. This smartphone is priced at around $210 As to whether the capabilities and performance of the LG Optimus Hub? Please refer to the review below.
Main specifications of the LG Optimus Hub
GSM 850/900/1800/1900
HSDPA 900/2100
TFT capacitive touch screen 3.5'' (320x480 pixel)
Gorilla Glass
Processor 800 MHz ARM v6, Adreno 200 GPU, Qualcomm chipset MSM7227T
Android OS 2.3.4 Gingerbread
Internal memory of 150 MB, 512 MB RAM
Auto Focus Camera 5 MP 2592x1944 pixels
V3 bluetooth A2DP
Li-Ion Battery 1500 mAh
Design and Body
Design Hub smartphone LG Optimus looks like Android smartphones in general, rectangular with curved sides of the angle so it does not look stiff and comfortable grip. This smartphone has a dimension of 113.4 x 60.8 x 11.9 mm and weighs 123gr. With a glossy black plastic wrapping, and the back of a gray dot pattern, Optimus Hub looks quite elegant, but consequently your fingerprints will be very easily attached to the body of this smartphone.
At the front there is a earpiece that serves also as a loudspeaker at the top, 3.5-inch touch screen, and three standard button-type capacitive Android. Home button looks quite striking with metal motif. On the back there are only a camera. On the left there is only volume buttons. On the right side looks plain, no buttons / ports at all. At the top there is a 3.5mm headset port and the lock / power. At the bottom there is a micro USB port and mic holes.
Screen
LG Optimus One has a TFT capacitive touch screen measuring 3.5 inch resolution (320x480 pixels) with a depth of 165 ppi. The screen on this smartphone use Gorilla Glass. Fairly good screen quality, fairly broad perspective. Bright colors are displayed as well. Also display a good sensitivity, we found no obstacle in exploring this smartphone.
Interface
LG Optimus Hub is already embedded Android Gingerbread version 2.3.4 and using the Optimus v2.0 UI. Homescreen can seat up to seven pages can be added a variety of items such as widgets, folders, and shortcuts.
Part of menu interface can also be shown by a variety of layout design. Such as the Horizontal Grid, Vertical Grid, and List. A row of menu icons accompanied by a solid black background. Application icons can be set in accordance with the wishes of his position. You can also add categories to group the icons you want to put together.
Notification window can be displayed by sweeping the screen from top to bottom. As with other Android device, it displays a notification bar notifications you receive. Not only is it in this window there is a connectivity menu for quick access and mini music player, so you can directly play the songs without having to go to Music menu first.
Text Input
In the default condition in the smartphone, there are two types of keyboard, the LG keyboard and Android keyboard. Like the other Android devices, there are a variety of settings such as layout, language, and other feedback.
Contacts
Contacts menu appears with four tabs, which consists of tabs Phone, Call log, Contacts, and Groups. You can import contacts from the SIM card, SD memory and synchronization of MS Exchange account, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and Google. Phone Contacts menu and the menu has the same functions and content, only distinguished by two different icons only.
Messaging
Messaging menu appears simple and easy digunakan.Pada initial display contained only the New Message button which will bring to the SMS editor that appeared in the format threading / chat. To change the message into an MMS you just select the image button paperclip to insert a variety of content.
As usual the default email application Gmail is Google's applications with different strengths. One of these applications support multiple google accounts. To have another email account, you can also set it in the mail with the manual settings menu.
There is a chat application for the default application Android G-talk. For other third-party applications you can download directly from the Android Market.
Camera
LG Optimus Hub armed with resolution camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels with auto focus, no flash. Existing features such as: ISO, White Balance, Color Effects, Timer, Image Quality, Auto Review, Shutter Sound, Tag Location, Zoom, Brightness, Scene, Image Size.
Video Recorder
To feature video recording, camera LG Optimus Hub can record up to VGA resolution of 640x480 with a framerate of 24 fps. Existing features include: White balance, Color effects, Video Quality, Audio recording, Auto review, Zoom, Brightness, Video Size, and Duration. Video recordings are stored in MP4 format.
Gallery
As Android smartphones in general, appear to display a 3D Gallery, as well as the effect of motion when tilting the device left or right. All photos and video will be displayed in this gallery. Its performance is quite good although sometimes feels a little lag time of entry into the gallery menu. You can rotate and crop the photo and use it as wallpaper directly from here. Photos can also be shared via Picasa, Bluetooth, Messaging, Facebook, Twitter, E-mail, Gmail. For zooming can be done in three ways, namely, pinch and zoom, double tap on the screen, and use the zoom button.
Video Player
Video can be played through the gallery and video player from the menu. Video player at Optimus Hub comes with a standard Android. There are only a Backward button, Play / Pause, and Fast Forward. Video format that can play the MP4 file format, AVI, and WMV. But for 720p resolution video can not be played.
Music Players
Android Music Player Display standard, without any makeup. There is a tab that is standard Artist, Albums, Songs, Playlists. In the music player there is no sound output features such as equalizer settings. As already mentioned above, you can play your music anywhere (even in menu lock screen) without having to go to Music menu in advance, with a sort of mini music player menu in the notification window. This new music player can be used after you insert a memory card.
The loudspeaker has a pretty good performance, sound output is loud even at maximum volume setting the sound output is not compromised.
FM Radio
Smartphone LG Optimus Hub has a radio feature, as always you must plug the headset first, which serves as an antenna, then you can enjoy your favorite radio broadcasts. There is feature to save the channel, listen via loudspeaker, mute, and off.
Default Applications
For the default application on the LG Optimus Hub there are applications such as:
LG Smart World, the application of LG that offers a variety of content. But you have to download the application first, because there is only a shortcut icon.
Polaris Viewer, an office editing applications. This application simply editing alone can not create a new file.
Smart Share, to send files to another device.
Wi-Fi Cast Lite, share content with friends in the area of Wi-Fi.
Connectivity
LG Optimus network Hub running on Quad Band GSM / GPRS / EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz and HSDPA 900/2100 MHz (3.6 Mbps). For local connectivity there is Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n, a-GPS, Bluetooth v3, 0 with A2DP. As with other Android devices, this phone is Wi-Fi Tethering suppport.
To connect to a PC there is a micro USB port which is useful also for charging the battery. MicroSD slot is on the inside of backdoor that can accommodate up to 32GB capacity.
Browser
Optimus Performance Hub brower good enough, when we opened the website TeknoUp mobile version can open smoothly. For the Full version can also be opened by either without constraints.
These browsers support mutitab up of eight tabs at once. This browser not support flash content.
Benchmark
Quadrant Standard: 977 points
Neocore 3D: 52.9 fps
Multitouch Test: a maximum of five touch
Battery Life
With the tenagai battery capacity of 1500mAh Li-Ion battery, the battery is enough to feed your smartphone more day with normal activity.
Conclusion
Optimus is pretty decent Hub you have, because with only priced about 2 million Android smartphone you've got the middle class with a qualified specification.
Pros:
5MP Auto Focus Camera
Gorilla Glass
Large enough battery capacity
Weaknesses:
There is no LED Flash
Body is easily attached patches of finger
