LG Secret (with video review)

LG serves-up a touch screen delight with the odd mark against it

First came the chocolate, then the Shine and now we've got the Secret -- the latest in LG's Black Label series. This instalment, showcasing itself as the world's thinnest five-megapixel cam-phone, is the finest to date.

The UI really is a peach, with the Touch Media functionality being a particularly awesome, user-friendly feature. It allows you to control music and edit photos the ease and finesse of a Fernando Torres finish. Special mention goes to the games, which transform the Secret into somewhat of a mini-Wii remote. There's plenty of fun to be had flicking the handset towards the bullseye in darts or crashing a mammoth home run during an inning of baseball.

The camera is rammed with features, but the picture quality itself still falls slightly short of some of the Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot blowers doing the rounds - still a mighty fine snapper, though.

This super-slinky slider is also as pretty as pre-meltdown Britney, in pigtails, with a cherry-flavoured lollypop. The touch-sensitive neon blue ripples on the screen and coupling haptic sensors add exponentially to the Secret's substantial sex appeal.

LG has been heading up the fashion phone stakes for some time and its style-conscious fingerprints are all over the Secret. Sadly, we mean quite literally.

In fact, you could be forgiven for thinking the big Secret was the birth of a fingerprint snaring screen technology used to ward off would-be light-fingered scallywags. The self-heralded 'tempered glass' may well protect from scratches, but you'll have a job to see past your own paw prints, which is a crying shame because we have very little else to bemoan here.

Be sure to check out our video review above for a closer look.

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