LG announced the release of the LG KU990 Viewty with its 5.1 megapixel camera phone, on 3rd September , 2007. The new touchscreen phone allows viewers to enjoy a wide variety of professional-level digital camera features in a single sleek handset.

Features

Schneider-Kreuznach certified lens; 5.1 Mega pixel AF/ MF Camera with Xenon Flash

Full-Touchscreen and 3.0 Wide Flat LCD Screen/Mobile XD Engine / landscape view

Image Stabiliser with a direct key / ISO 800 / SmartLight

Handwriting Recognition /Handwriting Editing

High speed video capture at 120 frames per second

Jog wheel for resizing pages in web browser / zooming in and out when taking photos / raising and lower volume during calls

Direct uploading to YouTube.com/ Google Package

DivX mobile profile, TV out, document viewer

Design Characteristics

LG has shifted its focus to high-tech functionality for the Viewty. Equipped with professional-level digital camera features, the phone allows mobile users to enjoy their viewing experience to the fullest.

The sleek black surface is one big touchscreen on the front, with the 5.1-megapixel camera and jog wheel on the back. And the intuitive user interface makes it easy to use right out of the box, with many controls similar to digital cameras.

The LG Viewty's highly advanced features include the ability for users to create and edit your own video files right on the phone and then upload them direct to YouTube.com. The phone is also Google-friendly, with a fully-equipped package from the ubiquitous web portal for mobile internet users. Additionally, users can experience good voice quality and high speed 3G HSDPA connectivity at 3.6Mbps.

Digital Camera Muncher

The LG Viewty is a camera phone with digital camera like functions. The handset provides quality matching or exceeding that of conventional digital cameras. With some of LG's earlier handsets, LG emphasized great style. Now they have focused on functionality and features as well. LG is always trying to identify unspoken customer needs and create new mobile trends. Don't overlook the Schneider-Kreuznach certified lens ; 5.1 Mega pixel AF / MF Camera with Xenon Flash.

With the LG Viewty's manual focus function, users can take more control over their pictures. In addition, the built-in image stabiliser helps record clearer images.

You can personalise your unique pictures by writing on them digitally using the 3.0-inch LCD screen and attached stylus ; you can also use the stylus and screen for working with the LG Viewty's built-in digital editing software. See photo 5 to get the idea here.

Borrowing from the high-end digital camera industry, ISO 800 and SmartLight technology help create bright pictures, even indoors and at night. You can enjoy a wider and much more vivid display than with most phones on the market through the large full-color touchscreen and Mobile XD engine. The handset will recognise handwritten text input via the stylus.

DVD Like Content

The phone also records video at up to 120 frames per second, the highest frame speed ever for a handset camera. This allows users to seamlessly watch DVD-like content, even in slow motion. It also features a quick search-enabled jog wheel, which helps users quickly raise or lower the volume during calls as well as easily zoom in or out when taking photos or video.

LG and DivX announced a partnership to enable a high-quality consumer media experience with the LG Viewty. The DivX Certified for Mobile LG Viewty supports DivX playback and joins the over 100 million DivX Certified devices shipped into the market today, including DVD players, in-car devices, digital still cameras and more.

The LG Viewty’s unprecedented multimedia capabilities reflect the extensive partnership between LG Electronics and DivX. The LG Viewty enables consumers to easily playback a wide range of DivX files from the PC on the go or output to a TV monitor without converting to another format. Consumers can also view DivX files from popular online video communities such as Stage6.com at ten times the speed of WCDMA through the HSDPA 3.6 high speed internet access capability. DivX is a widely popular digital media format that enables consumers to create, share and play back high-quality video content across an ecosystem of platforms and devices. More here