LG Viewty cell phone records DivX video

LG Electronics and DivX, a digital media company, announced that the LG Viewty camera phone, also called LG KU990, is the first mobile phone with DivX Certification to natively record video in the high quality DivX format. The LG Viewty enables consumers to capture high-resolution video, comparable in quality to what they would expect from a video camera, on their mobile phones, DivX videos recorded through the LG Viewty can easily be uploaded to online video sites or can be played back on any DivX Certified consumer electronics device, including DVD players, gaming consoles and portable media players.

LG Viewty DivX video recording capability
"Users of the LG Viewty have come to expect innovation and quality," said Dr. Skott Ahn, LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company. "The addition of DivX recording capability to the LG Viewty will open up the media experience and enable our users to do more with the videos they capture, from sharing that content online to playing it back beyond the phone on a wide variety of devices."

LG Viewty mobile videos
"Our goal is to make it easy for consumers to enjoy a high-quality video experience on any kind of device," said Kevin Hell, CEO at DivX, Inc. "The LG Viewty is a perfect example of this experience. It allows consumers to capture video on its 3-inch screen and then easily transfer that video to a computer or virtually any kind of consumer electronics device."

LG Viewty camera phone with 5 Megapixels
The LG Viewty is a professional-level camera phone with features that surpass most phones on the market and includes 5.0 mega-pixel still image capture, manual focus, image stabilizer, handwriting recognition for photo editing, a document viewer, voice recording and 120 fps 640 x 480-pixel DivX video encoding.

LG Viewty DivX Certified logo
The LG Viewty has undergone a rigorous testing program, as do all the products that bear the DivX Certified logo, to ensure a high-quality DivX media experience. LG Viewty, currently for sale in Europe, will begin shipping immediately with DivX encoding capabilities.

[via LetsGoMobile]

LG Viewty photography competition promises $10k National Geographic prize

Fancy yourself as something of a photographer? LG are offering a $10,000 prize, together with a number of Viewty handsets, to highlight the 5-megapixel cameraphone’s imaging pretensions.

Called Viewtyful World, entrants can submit their images in three categories - Night View, Retouch and Moments - which are judged first by online voting and then by a pro photographer from National Geographic. The eventual winner will have their image featured in an LG advert in National Geographic itself, as well as scooping that cash prize.

The competition opened for entries last Thursday, and will run until June 11th. Every week, three Viewty handsets will be given away to the three people with the most votes; those three will be passed on to the pro-photographer who will choose one to go on to the final round. After eight weeks, the eight final contestants will be judged by the magazine.

LG have already sold one million of the Viewty in the four months it has been available in Europe. The company recently developed a cheaper version of the handset, the KE990, which is dualband GSM rather than 3G HSDPA, for the American market.

For more details of the competition, plus how to enter, visit http://www.viewtyfulworld.com/

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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.

Source: LetsGoMobile