24
LG KU990 Viewty ? Making Camera Phone History
Category: Communication Normal
0
MicrosoftInternetExplorer4
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:”Table Normal”;
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-parent:”";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:”Times New Roman”;}
The LG KU990 Viewty is offering some breakthrough technology
that even carries with it a first in camera phone history. This little beauty offers one of the best
deals available to convergent technology buyers and we’ll be telling you some
of the reasons here why we think so.
For starters ? let’s talk about that first in camera phone
history ? this camera phone offers manually controllable focus! Until the release of this phone, auto focus
was the only option available for users of any camera phone. Unfortunately, what that meant for some shots
is that the one object you were trying to take a picture of may not be in focus
in the camera. At that point your only
option would have been to try and take the picture from a different angle and
eliminate the object the camera phone kept trying to focus on instead. Thanks to the KU990 that’s a thing of the
past. You can still use autofocus if ?
and when ? that works best for you, and with this phone you will still always
have the option of switching to manual, instead. As camera buffs ourselves, we’re always
excited to see a big step forward in the camera capabilities of mobile phones
and this could well prove to be quite a valuable one.
The camera phone also includes the SmartLight technology
which is one of the best. We found in
our low lighting tests that the SmartLight was able to take pictures without
the flash that almost literally turned night into day. Very impressive! We’ve found throughout both our testing and
our personal use of digital camera technology that relying solely on flash for
low light conditions requires a compromise, at best.
You’ll still have some tried and true features available to
you such as image stabilization, 16x digital zoom, up to 5 megapixel resolution
and VGA and QVGA video capabilities with integrated videophone features.
One of our favorite features of this phone is the extent
that it integrates handwriting recognition and editing. A picture can be worth a thousand words and
even during testing we found that the ability to quickly draw and send diagrams
was invaluable. The three inch touch
screen was lovely to use and sensitive to the touch.
The phone itself is slim and should fit easily into most
pockets. Weighing in at a slender 112g, this lightweight phone should be a
welcome relief for some users. This
phone actually felt a bit too lightweight for our taste. For someone who tends to be overly busy and
preoccupied at times, a slightly heavier phone would be a bit less likely to be
forgotten and left behind.
On the plus side, we did really like having a range of colors
to pick from for this model and the colors available will be a big factor for
some phone. It’s a strong camera phone
and is consistently well reviewed.
Overall , we can happily recommend this phone and it should prove to be a
good value for the money.
About the author
test. Although usually found in whatever part of the store carries the latest
and greatest, we can occasionally find him online recommending resources like
the latest info on Mobile Phones in the
UK for Dial To Save.