COMMENTS FROM EUROPE ON LG VIEWTY (KU990)
SINGETL PRICE ($288 WITH PLAN)
Hey Vee, i picked up my viewty yesterday in 3 store on PAYG, the guy said most services arent working yet as the phones quite new, he had to wait about a month for his phone (Not the LG) to get the features added. So yeah, the Viewty will have MSN, Facebook etc etc sometime in the not-so-distant future.
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Some people are saying that it doesnt have a good battery life but some are syaing that it has a brilliant battery life which one is correct.
And also how much music can you hold on the LG viewty write back someone.
TA”
Battery life, if you turn off the vibrating screen I have found the battery life to be alot better. Im a text a holic and i also receive a few phone calls in the day, plus surf the web for about an average of 10 - 20 mins a day, and with the vibrating screen on it will last about a day (charging before you goto bed is a good idea), otherwise with it on silent, i would say about 2 days use. Bare in mind I dont turn my phone off at night, its left on all the time.
Im on tmobile and i love the web n walk tariff, unlimited internet, its great. I have to say tho that sometimes the browser works and sometimes it doesnt. This is the only downside for me. Being a windows mobile fan opera on a windows mobile device always managed to a get a connection, whereas using the built in browser on the viewty its kinda hit and miss. That aside when you are actually using the browser it is great and everything from texting to phone calls is sooo much easier due to the ease of use with the viewty.
I would recommend you getting at least a 2gb memory card for the phone. Thatll enable you to store a decent amount of music and films on it.
Plus the headphones you get with it are ok, but you plug these into a convertor which comes with the phone. this means that any 3.5mm ear / head phones should work with the phone, nice touch!
Re: Natashas question “I want one of these foe for xmas , i went into the shop and asked if they had them and the shop assistant had it in her pocket, when she took it out the back fell off, is this phone any good , does it hold a lot of songs , is it loud wb xx”
Yeah my phone does this sometimes, the back cover can come off, but as long as you make sure you push it down its ok. Think it also depends how you put it in your pocket. Mine only does it every now and then.
Song wise, I would recommend getting a memory card, from my experience a 2gb one works fine with the phone, for storing pictures and also for music and videos. Ive yet to watch a converted film but i can say that having owned alot of other phones in the past (everything from sony ericcsson, nokia and the various windows mobile handsets that are out there) this so far has been the best quality mp3 player. Bass and tones are more audible on this phone, and the quality sounds great. Cameras great in standard light and the flash and auto focus work well. Bit of bummer only being able to shoot the slow mo video recording, 120fps at a love 3xx x 2xx or whatever size but its still a good feature.
Ive found the LG Viewtys touchscreen to be very usable and the os while not very customizable to be very easy to use. Texting is simple with one handed use very possible on it.
Im happy with mine.
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http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/24/lgs-ku990-viewty-now-available-in-europe/
I've had this phone since Saturday on 3. The 1st thing I did was remove the stylus as it was way too girly. It comes with a free screen protector, which is nice.
The interface is easy to use and can be changed with a couple of themes.
The 120fps vids are pretty impressive and the vid editing tools are handy. Speeding up the slow-mo vids creates some decent effects. The high quality vids are much better than the N95 or K850i. The picture editing tools are fun too. You can morph pics to make people smile or sulk, apply frames and the smartlight tool enhances dark pictures nicely.
The camera is great, if a little slow and the lense wheel is good for zooming but not the best idea going. You have to enable the anti-shake function too, which can be a little bothersome every time. The flash is good but not as good as the K850 so pics in darkness aren;t the best, but they can be brightened on the phone with Smartlight.
Also, with a decent sized screen, the ability to play DivX is a god-send, especially with A2DP support.
I found typing a text easy, even with big hands and the feedback vibration makes the whole process of using the phone a little easier.
As said above the gestures take a bit of getting used to, but after a day or 2 you pretty much know when you need to drag and when you need to use the scroll wheel.
The browser is excellent, with the ability to zoom out of long pages making flicking through engadget easy peasy.
One of the major let downs for me are the games. Unless the game is specifically designed for the phone you can forget it. You get a simple cursor pad and some soft keys, no good for games that require a numerical keypad but that's no great loss.
Overall I am impressed by the phone. LG have included lots of little things that add well to the whole. The converter tool, Muvee studio, FM radio etc are all nice additions to a consumer friendly mobile.
It's not the highest-tech phone going granted. But if you want a nice phone with a good camera and features that pretty much urinate on the rest of the current generation of mobiles this is it. I've used the N95 and the K850 and, unless you really need GPS, WiFi or a phone that can take some hammer (the 850 is much sturdier than the 990) I's still go with the viewty.
