Ever since I started using LG GM730 aka LG Eigen/ LG Joy, I am faced with a series of problems both hardware and software; deteriorating my confidence in using Windows Mobile and LG even further.

First and foremost, I thought iPhone battery life is short; LG GM730 is worst, it drain around 20% – 25% of my battery life in an hour when I am reading news. To better conserve battery, I removed ALC and reduced the backlight to maximum. It works perfectly with my old O2 XDAIIs, however it does not work on this fone.

To make the matter worst, the User Interface sucks… I prefer using LG XT9 keypad input, but everytime I restart the device, it will definitely change to Letter Recognition Input which is something I hate to use (slow and error prone). Besides getting irritated by the input, I am also quite disappointed with the multi-tasking capability. It becomes apparent to me that the advertisement is more or less gimmick. I switched on a few applications in the background, when I have an incoming call, the whole system hanged so bad that I have to remove the battery in order to restart. It happens so many times…

Another problem I found out is the free browser Skyfire which have many positive reviews, actually converts my fone into a heat pack for my muscle sores. I have checked with other brands of Win mobile devices, seems like it happens only on my fone.

Come to think of it! It’s Windows. What can I expect from Microsoft, the same buggy problems since I started using Win mobile 2003. My next fone definitely WILL NOT BE Windows.

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