Review : LG KU990 Viewty

A digital camera inside a cell phone is not exceptional these days. It becomes a different case when a 5 Megapixel digital camera is integrated in a mobile phone. And although there are more handsets equipped with a 5 Megapixel digital camera, for example the Nokia N82, Samsung G800 and the Sony Ericsson K850i, there is a vast difference in the quality of the camera. The KU990 is the first 5 Megapixel cell phone of LG. It looks like LG is starting to take mobile photography seriously. The LG Viewty is up to date with its large touchscreen, 5 Megapixel digital camera and multimedia player. We were able to test the LG Viewty extensively.

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LG Viewty camera phone - Digital camera
Pictures can be taken with the 5 Megapixel auto focus digital camera. The camera is equipped with a flash and an auto focus assist lamp. The flash has an effective range of 2.5 meters and enables shooting in bad light circumstances providing the flash is used within the effective range. In situations with insufficient light for the camera to focus, the auto focus assist lamp will help. A red beam will expose the object in order for the camera to focus correctly.

LG Viewty mobile phone - Multimedia player
Music and movies can be played through the multimedia player of the Viewty. Songs and movies can be stored in play lists which makes it easy to find them again quickly. The scroll wheel around the camera lens can be used to adjust the volume. The sound quality of the standard LG headset is fine; bass as well as high tones sound natural.

LG KU990 Viewty review
The LG Viewty is a cell phone with a neat design and innovative functions. The LG Viewty has been equipped with a 5 Megapixel digital camera including flash. The LG Viewty appears to be the bigger brother of the LG Prada. We were able to test the LG KU990 for some period of time. Our findings can be read in the LetsGoMobile LG KU990 Viewty review.

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Vodafone offers unlimited music downloads

Vodafone's new MusicStation service takes iTunes head on by offering unlimited music downloads for the duration of a contract.

For a fixed weekly fee of £1.99 per week, Vodafone customers will have access to over 1.2 million tracks, from the major and independent record labels, which they will be able to download and share with other Vodafone users.

The service will be available on 13 Vodafone handsets at launch, including the LG KU990 Viewty, a touchscreen phone which happens to look a lot like the Apple iPhone. MusicStation ready Vodafone handsets are now available from 428 Phones4u outlets and 345 Vodafone outlets.

Current Vodafone customers can download MusicStation free of charge to a wide range of compatible GPRS/3G/HSDPA handsets and enjoy a free week's trial of the service.

Phones 4 U will be launching a range of Music Meal Deals from £43.62 a month, where MusicStation is bundled within Vodafone tariffs.

Girls Aloud were there to launch the MusicStation service with a live early morning performance. No big news for Mobile Choice, of course, as we also saw the same band launch the Samsung F210 Purple with an evening sho a month ago. Now that's showbiz.

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UK to get LG KU990 in October - the LG KU990 "Viewty" is coming

Those lucky Brits get all the fun. They get first crack at the HTC Kaiser TyTN II, they might get a 3G version of the iPhone, and now they’re the first out of the gates with the new LG KU990 “Viewty.” You know, the “Viewty” - that HSDPA-enabled, 5 megapixel camera-toting, touchscreen monster that LG is putting up directly against Apple’s iPhone. Yea, we’re scratching our heads over the name too - leave it to a South Korean company to come up with a name like “Viewty.” The LG Viewty should be hitting UK shores by mid-October, according to LG.

Regardless of the funky-sounding name, the LG KU990 Viewty will be using all that high-speed 3G goodness to get jiggy with YouTube - with the manual-focusing, image stabilized, 120fps video recording, 5-megapixel camera bringing high-quality pictures and videos to the game. YouTube will never be the same.

We’re expecting Vodafone to carry this “YouTube Phone.”

[Via: TechDigest]