| | |  | | The LG KU990 Viewty | The LG Viewty might sound like it's a digital photo frame but it's actually LG's latest camera phone and it's brilliant!!! It features an impressive 5-megapixel camera and a touchscreen so good that it should have Apples iphone quaking in its boots!
|  Many camera phones that take good pictures don't look that great them selves - not so with the Viewty in fact we think it's actually one of the best looking camera phones we've seen to date. Not only does this phone look great, it should also be very proud of its lovely large touch-screen, which lets you view images easily just like on the iphone. On top of this, the Viewty also has the ability to upload videos directly to YouTube.
Design
In line with LG's latest and greatest handsets, the KU990 Viewty has an understated design that feels functional but also exudes a certain amount of class. It feels light but not plasticky and looks more like a high-end handset.
A Massive 5.0 Camera
Positioned at the top-left section of the back of the handset is the KU990's star feature, a 5-megapixel camera, which unfortunately isn't protected by a lens cover. Next to the camera is xenon flash and auto focus light. As for taking normal pictures, the 5-megapixel camera is very capable. You can adjust the size of images, picture quality, ISO and white balance, among other things. The digital stabilisation feature reduces blur but don't expect the same level of quality as optical stabilisation. Equally, although the KU990 has a xenon flash, we didn't find it as bright as a stand alone camera's flash, but it is better than an LED photo light.
Touchscreen
Compared to the majority of other touchscreens, the KU990's screen is very responsive and can be set to vibrate when you touch it, which provides more tactile feedback than when you simply tap a flat display. Similar to the LG Prada's interface, the KU990's software interface features finger-friendly icons and an attractive layout.
Web Magic
The KU990's proprietary Web browser is one of the best browsers we have ever seen on a mobile phone. Similar to the iPhone's browser, you canview full-sized Web pages at a reduced size and then zoom in on the sections you want to see properly.
Viewing photos is surprisingly cool given that the KU990 comes with a photo viewer that can display pictures as if they were thrown on a table, letting you flick through them with your finger, or you can justuse the standard mode that lines them all up. Once you click on a picture you want to see, you can zoom in and move around it by brushing your finger across the screen as if you were physically pushing a real picture about.
Conclusion
If you want to take relatively high-quality photos and videos then the KU990 is definitely worth checking out. Along side the good camera, easy-to-use touch screen interface and HSDPA (3.5G), we think LG has made one of its best phones yet.
Features of the LG KU990 “Viewty” include: - 5 megapixel camera with Flash & White Balance
- MP3 Player
- FM Radio
- 3 Inch Touch Sensitive Screen
- Document viewer (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, PDF)
- Loudspeaker
- Video and Video 3 GPP Streaming
- WAP 2.0/xHTML
- 3G, EDGE and GPRS technology
- Games
- Tri Band Technology (GSM 900, GSM 1800 & GSM 1900)
LG KU990 “Viewty” Specifications: - Length: 103.5 mm
- Width: 54.4 mm
- Depth: 14.8 mm
- Weight: 112g
Talk Time 3 Hours
Standby 430 Hours
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