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LG Viewty (KU990)
Encyclopedia
The LG-KU990 was a mobile phone
manufactured by LG Electronics
, released in 2007.
A successor, the LG Viewty Smart
, was released in June 2009.
with Schneider Kreuznach
optics, Xenon flash, autofocus
, and a digital image stabilizer. It featured an ISO 800-equivalent High-Sensitivity mode for night scenery shots and "Smart Light" for bright and clear images in the dark. It allowed capturing DivX
VGA video at 30fps, and QVGA at 120fps for slow-motion playback. According to the manufacturer, the camera's frame rate was high enough to film a balloon
bursting.
2 and MIDP Java
2.0. There were a few built-in system applications like Office and a PDF document viewer, movie and photo editor, and Obigo
web browser.
in the region, citing anecdotal reports of sluggish sales and Apple's reluctance to publish figures for the iPhone in the region as evidence. The pricing and featuresets of the two phones were used as an explanation. This story was picked up and widely reported by technology news sites and blogs, however without official sales figures for the iPhone, it cannot be confirmed or refuted at this time.
The phone has not been released in the United States.
Mobile phone
A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...
manufactured by LG Electronics
LG Electronics
LG Electronics is a global electronics and telecommunications company headquartered in Yeouido, Seoul, South Korea. The company operates its business through five divisions: mobile communications, home entertainment, home appliance, air conditioning and business solution...
, released in 2007.
A successor, the LG Viewty Smart
LG Viewty Smart
The LG-GC900 is a mobile phone manufactured by LG Electronics. It was released in June 2009 as successor to the LG Viewty ....
, was released in June 2009.
Camera
The phone's main selling point was its 5 megapixel digital cameraDigital camera
A digital camera is a camera that takes video or still photographs, or both, digitally by recording images via an electronic image sensor. It is the main device used in the field of digital photography...
with Schneider Kreuznach
Schneider Kreuznach
Schneider Kreuznach is the abbreviated name of the company Jos. Schneider Optische Werke GmbH, which is sometimes also simply referred to as Schneider. They are a manufacturer of industrial and photographic optics....
optics, Xenon flash, autofocus
Autofocus
An autofocus optical system uses a sensor, a control system and a motor to focus fully automatic or on a manually selected point or area. An electronic rangefinder has a display instead of the motor; the adjustment of the optical system has to be done manually until indication...
, and a digital image stabilizer. It featured an ISO 800-equivalent High-Sensitivity mode for night scenery shots and "Smart Light" for bright and clear images in the dark. It allowed capturing DivX
DivX
DivX is a brand name of products created by DivX, Inc. , including the DivX Codec which has become popular due to its ability to compress lengthy video segments into small sizes while maintaining relatively high visual quality.There are two DivX codecs; the regular MPEG-4 Part 2 DivX codec and the...
VGA video at 30fps, and QVGA at 120fps for slow-motion playback. According to the manufacturer, the camera's frame rate was high enough to film a balloon
Balloon
A balloon is an inflatable flexible bag filled with a gas, such as helium, hydrogen, nitrous oxide, oxygen, or air. Modern balloons can be made from materials such as rubber, latex, polychloroprene, or a nylon fabric, while some early balloons were made of dried animal bladders, such as the pig...
bursting.
Applications
The device supported Flash LiteFlash Lite
Adobe Flash Lite is a lightweight version of Adobe Flash Player, a software application published by Adobe Systems. This version is intended for mobile phones and other portable electronic devices like Chumby and iRiver, and allows users of these devices to view multimedia content and applications...
2 and MIDP Java
Java
Java is an island of Indonesia. With a population of 135 million , it is the world's most populous island, and one of the most densely populated regions in the world. It is home to 60% of Indonesia's population. The Indonesian capital city, Jakarta, is in west Java...
2.0. There were a few built-in system applications like Office and a PDF document viewer, movie and photo editor, and Obigo
Obigo Browser
Obigo Browser is a WEB/WAP browser for mobile phones, smartphones and other Mobile Internet Devices developed by the Obigo company. Obigo browser can run on various mobile platforms such as Windows Mobile, S60 and BREW.-History:...
web browser.
Later Releases
An updated model, the KU990i, was later released. It features a new camera module, the strobe flash is replaced by a LED, it has no image stabilization nor Schneider Kreuznach optics, although it features always-on flash mode and automatic smile and face detection. Physically, the inner camera lens seemed to be slightly smaller.Limitations
The organizer in the phone could only store 100 calendar events and isn't officially listed on the compatible list with the popular GooSync, which helps sync phone calendars with Google Calendar (though it does work by using instructions for LG Arena). Also some public customer reviews of the LG Viewty stated concerns over poor battery life, mainly due to the large touchscreen.Also released was a variant without 3g called the KE990Sales
LG reported sales of 310,000 units in Europe in the first five weeks. A blog entry by UK mobile phone reseller Dial-A-Phone suggested that the Viewty may be outselling the Apple iPhoneIPhone
The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...
in the region, citing anecdotal reports of sluggish sales and Apple's reluctance to publish figures for the iPhone in the region as evidence. The pricing and featuresets of the two phones were used as an explanation. This story was picked up and widely reported by technology news sites and blogs, however without official sales figures for the iPhone, it cannot be confirmed or refuted at this time.
The phone has not been released in the United States.
Specification sheet
| Feature | Specification |
|---|---|
| Form factor | Candybar |
| Operating System | LG Proprietary OS, with Adobe Flash Adobe Flash Adobe Flash is a multimedia platform used to add animation, video, and interactivity to web pages. Flash is frequently used for advertisements, games and flash animations for broadcast... user interface User interface The user interface, in the industrial design field of human–machine interaction, is the space where interaction between humans and machines occurs. The goal of interaction between a human and a machine at the user interface is effective operation and control of the machine, and feedback from the... , Java MIDP 2.0 |
| Network | HSDPA, GPRS General Packet Radio Service General packet radio service is a packet oriented mobile data service on the 2G and 3G cellular communication system's global system for mobile communications . GPRS was originally standardized by European Telecommunications Standards Institute in response to the earlier CDPD and i-mode... , EDGE Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution is a digital mobile phone technology that allows improved data transmission rates as a backward-compatible extension of GSM... , GSM 900/1800/1900, WCDMA 2100 |
| Dimensions | 103.5 × 54.4 × 14.8 mm |
| Weight | 112 g |
| Display | 262K colour TFT Touchscreen Touchscreen A touchscreen is an electronic visual display that can detect the presence and location of a touch within the display area. The term generally refers to touching the display of the device with a finger or hand. Touchscreens can also sense other passive objects, such as a stylus... , 3.0", 400x240 pixels (Dot pitch: 0.1634mm) with Mobile XD Engine |
| Camera | Frontal VGA video call and rear 5.1 Megapixels camera with Schneider Kreuznach Schneider Kreuznach Schneider Kreuznach is the abbreviated name of the company Jos. Schneider Optische Werke GmbH, which is sometimes also simply referred to as Schneider. They are a manufacturer of industrial and photographic optics.... optics, zoom 16x, xenon flash, AF Autofocus An autofocus optical system uses a sensor, a control system and a motor to focus fully automatic or on a manually selected point or area. An electronic rangefinder has a display instead of the motor; the adjustment of the optical system has to be done manually until indication... , MF Manual focus In the field of photography, a manual focus camera is one in which the operator has to adjust the focus of the lens by hand. Before the advent of autofocus, all cameras had manually adjusted focusing; thus, the term is a retronym.... , Image Stabilizer Image stabilization Image stabilization is a family of techniques used to reduce blurring associated with the motion of a camera during exposure. Specifically, it compensates for pan and tilt of a camera or other imaging device. It is used in image-stabilized binoculars, still and video cameras, and astronomical... , ISO (100-800), Smart Light |
| Baseband | Qualcomm 3G baseband |
| Video recording | VGA (640×480 or 640x384 cropped to wide) up to 30 frame/s, QVGA (320×240) up to 120 frame/s for slow motion playback, QCIF (176x144) up to 15 frame/s |
| Ringtone | MP3, AAC, WMA files, video ringtones, WAV and AMR voice, 72-chord/voice polyphonic |
| Internal Memory | 100 MB |
| CPU | 140 MHz ARM9 ARM architecture ARM is a 32-bit reduced instruction set computer instruction set architecture developed by ARM Holdings. It was named the Advanced RISC Machine, and before that, the Acorn RISC Machine. The ARM architecture is the most widely used 32-bit ISA in numbers produced... |
| Multimedia Processor Central processing unit The central processing unit is the portion of a computer system that carries out the instructions of a computer program, to perform the basic arithmetical, logical, and input/output operations of the system. The CPU plays a role somewhat analogous to the brain in the computer. The term has been in... |
Zoran APPROACH 5C (268 MHz) |
| Memory card slot | Supports up to 2 GB microSD |
| SMTP, POP3, IMAP4 (SSL is not supported), and APOP | |
| Bluetooth Bluetooth Bluetooth is a proprietary open wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks with high levels of security... |
1.2 + A2DP |
| Data cable support | USB 2.0 |
| Radio Stereo | Philips Philips Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. , more commonly known as Philips, is a multinational Dutch electronics company.... stereo FM Radio with RDS Radio Data System Radio Data System, or RDS, is a communications protocol standard for embedding small amounts of digital information in conventional FM radio broadcasts. RDS standardises several types of information transmitted, including time, station identification and programme information.Radio Broadcast Data... |
| Audio Player | AAC, eAAC, MP3, WMA, m4a, WAV |
| Video Player | 3GP, MP4, DivX(Up to 720x480), AVI(Up to 640x480), H.263, H.264/AVC |
| Battery | LGIP-580A (1000 mAh) |
| Talk time | up to 200 min (WCDMA), up to 160 min (GSM) |
| Standby time | up to 330 hours (WCDMA), up to 270 hours (GSM) |
| Additional | Google Services (includes YouTube, Google Map, Gmail, Blogger and Google Search), Handwriting Recognition/Handwriting Editing, DivX mobile profile, TV out, Document viewer |