Andrew Wallis

LG KU990 Viewty – Slim, Hot and Fast

If you’re looking for a camera phone that can keep pace with you, the LG KU990 Viewty is a superior choice for connectivity on the go.  A beautiful, sleek package that almost disguises the awesome power built in to this phone, the KU990 is the ultimate in slim, hot and fast.

For starters, this super sleek lightweight phone is a delight at 112g and is less than 15mm in depth.  This slim line beauty is available in an array of colors, including the obligatory black, a smoking hot purple and a voluptuous red.  The extra large display panel is a three inch touch screen that is beautifully easy to use.  When the screen is touched the phone vibrates slightly to offer feedback to the user that the touch has been recognized.

The built in camera is a 5 megapixel camera and has a 10x digital zoom.  The Image Stabiliser makes it easy for even the newest user to take great pictures that don’t blur.   LG is excited to be the first to offer its users the choice of manual focusing, and the camera includes some must have capabilities such as SmartLight technology for low lighting conditions, video capabilities and integration for video phone calling.

One of my favorite things about this phone is the almost crazy capabilities of the battery.  The battery supports a whopping 434 hours of standby time – that’s over 18 days! – and 355 minutes of actual talk time – almost 6 hours.  That’s particularly helpful for my crazy fast paced lifestyle.

My second favorite thing about this phone is that it supports DivX video playback.  I love big screen playback just as much as the next guy, but this one feature is a big plus in my world.  I’ve used it to entertain a sick nephew, to mend the stress of a particularly bad day, and to put what would have been wasted time to work by reviewing training videos.  Big pluses in my book!

My biggest complaint about this phone is the lack of WiFi.  I do expect them to be incorporating it into future versions, but I would have to say that the lack of support for it in this model is a definite drawback and for most business people would be an actual deal breaker.

In its favor is the HSDPA which operates at 3.6 Mega bytes per second.  That means that even without the WiFi you will still have full Internet browsing capabilities with the latest Google package for mobile phones.  The Google package includes built in Google Search, e-Blogger, Gmail and Google Maps.  If I made this my full-time phone I would definitely miss having GPS functions built in, but I’m also sure that the things I miss about this model would require sacrificing its lightweight design to include them.  For me personally it would be a worthwhile tradeoff, but I do recognize that for many people it wouldn’t be.

Overall, this phone is quite muscular to coming in such a small, lightweight package, and the Internet capabilities alone would keep the average user more than satisfied with using it.  It’s certainly not for everyone, but as long as its capabilities meet your needs, we do recommend this phone for your use.

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