LG Viewty (LG-KU990) Phone Review

LG Viewty LG-KU990 Mobile Phone

The LG Viewty (model: LG-KU990) is now available in major European countries.

LG Electronics unveiled the LG Viewty at IFA 2007 in August. The handset boasts a number of world first features never seen before on a mobile handset.

The LG Viewty features 5 mega pixel high tech handset includes manual focus. With a manual option, the camera focus can be set on any point at the users’ convenience giving a perfect picture every time. When taking photos in poor light or shaking moment, you can also benefit from ISO800 & SmartLight and one touch Image Stabilizer for bright and clear pictures.

The LG Viewty features a LCD full touch screen by adding a touch signal to allow the user to confirm proper functioning of the touch screen. The full screen enables you to enjoy high quality DivX video files in wide screen format.

The LG ‘Viewty’ brings another world’s first on a mobile with the 120fps video recording function. Taking videos has never been easier and now they can be shared with the world, with a single-click connection through HSDPA 3.6 high speed internet capability to YouTube.

A jog wheel placed on the back of the handset allows for quick scrolling and searching; and when playing music or videos it can turn the volume up and down, fast-forward or rewind and zoom in and out. You can easily select the modes – ‘Camera’, ‘Video’, ‘Album’ with the 3-step module key.

LG Viewty Phone [LG-KU990] - Technical Specifications

Camera / Video
- 5 Mega Pixel camera certified by Schneider-Kreuznach for clear shots
- Manual Focus & Auto Focus
- Xenon light for shot in low light
- Mobile XD Engine
- 30fps VGA, 262K TFT LCD for clearer and sharper pictures and videos
- Video can be filmed endlessly according to memory capacity
- Ultra High speed video capture (120fps)
- Divx Playback (up to VGA 30fps)
- H.264, H.263, MPEG4
- TV out

Connectability
- HSDPA 3.6Mbps, EDGE
- WAP 2.0
- Bluetooth 1.2 (AD2P,BPP)
- USB 2.0 High Speed/ Bluetooth 1.2
- PictBridge(Printer direct connect via USB cable) &BPP (via Bluetooth)

Design
- Dimension: 103.5 x 54.4 x 14.8 mm
- 3.0” Wide LCD Touch screen, 240 x 400 pixel (WQVGA)

Music
- MP3 Player
- Multi Codec support : MP3, AAC/AAC+/AAC+Enhanced, Midi, XMF, SMAF

Others
- Battery: 1,000 mAh
- Memory: Internal Memory (100Mb), External Memory (MicroSD, up to 2GB)
- Weight: 112g
- Standby time, Max (hrs): 434hrs(GSM) , 454hrs(3G)
- Talk time (hrs): 355min(GSM), 233min(3G), 138min(VT)