what its called. its beautiful, with the added bonus that its functional, and that makes it good enough in my book. It could be called Paris for all I care.
By Anonymous CowardPosted Friday 30th November 2007 14:04 GMT
I have one of these and can agree with the reviewer wholeheartedly,a very accurate review, as an aside, I've just recieved an e-mail from a Jesusphony user who claims the Jesusphone can't send or recieve mms messages!!! How useful is that Apple fanbois???
By Anonymous CowardPosted Friday 30th November 2007 14:49 GMT
I played with one of these the other day, and was not that impressed. Despite a feature list as long as your arm, the implementation struck me as a bit poor.
As well as the UI inconsistencies noted above (the cardinal sin of UIs, in my view), the whole phone just felt so cheap. On picking it up, I had to make sure that I wasn't picking up one of the store-style dummy phones. Honestly, if this thing is going to compete with the iPhone, it needs to feel a lot less like a Christmas cracker toy. I did find that the touch screen had a bit of trouble registering finger presses. I didn't try the camera, so can't comment on that (I only care about having a workable camera on my phone -- not vice versa!) The web browser though was no better than Opera Mini 4 (and in some ways a bit worse!)
Sooo, it's difficult to see where this phone is trying to compete. Despite the touchscreen, it's not an iPhone competitor as it feels so cheap. Similarly, it's no N95 competitor as it feels cheaper, and is shorter on features. It's a more middle of the road phone -- more SE W910 or K890 (or whatever it is), than anything else. Personally, I wouldn't bother...
By Joe BlogsPosted Friday 30th November 2007 16:09 GMT
Was thinking about getting one of these instead of a W960 (when it eventually comes out). However, the no WiFi is a bit of a let down, the no place for a stylus seems kinda stupid, but the biggest concern will be applications. Lots of applications for Nokia, Symbian, PPC, but a propriatery OS (yeah I know, java, but it's still limiting and slow), nah, maybe not....pity, looks nice and 120FPS video sounds like fun 2 play with.
By Stephen CoxPosted Friday 30th November 2007 21:13 GMT
With current legislation, any hi-end phone in my view needs voice dialling, so you can use it with a bluetooth headset in the car. My N73 does this, and I use it every day.
I suppose my next phone will have to be an N95....
By Gregory M SimmonsPosted Saturday 1st December 2007 04:43 GMT
Hey... I'm stateside, where we are always last to get the newest gadgets (except the whyPhone).. I've had my AT& T Tilt for 2 weeks noe. (its's a reBranded HTC Kaiser II) ... Touchscreen and I only use the stylus when I forget I don't need it. Having been a Palm VX, M, and E2 owner I'm a habitual sylist...
By dannyPosted Tuesday 4th December 2007 19:02 GMT
A phone is still a phone but it is of cos much better than many with numerous built in features of a camera.
It would be a pain for those who need to access wifi daily
I try to convince myself it looks good but I'm only happy when I dont look direct at the front only at the side. It looks cheap sigh...
UI is simple and easy to access but scroll thru the touch screen with your fingers take some experiment and patience. I finally found how to use it, press on it with some pressure, dont let go and at the same time slowly slide it will do the trick. Alternatively, just use the not so user friendly jog dial behind around the lens if u still cannot get it.
The Calendar is basic and quite a few features are missing like for example there is no options for you to key in when you want the alarm to sound for an appointment entry, the only choice you have are all listed for you to choose.
Sucessful syncing to the pc is not consistant, sometimes it fails to connect and worst, it doesnt gel with outlook.
Let me explain, most contacts do have multiple phone numbers like office, mobile or home. But when it is sync, it doesnt register all the different numbers into one contact but you will see the same name many times cos it splits up the different phone numbers of one single contact.
It also doesnt captures Email address during syncing.
Called LG support apparently they need to investigate and come back to me.
BTW, cant sync it on Vista OS yet only WinXP.
Image quality is nothing fantastic so dont expect alot from it. I'm more confident using my P990i camera even though it is a 2mp phone. At least I dont have to worry about blur image if there are some slight shake.
Comments on: LG KU990 Viewty cameraphone
Nominative #
By Nano nano Posted Friday 30th November 2007 12:36 GMT
i dont care #
By Leaf Posted Friday 30th November 2007 13:43 GMT
But I bet #
By Rich Bryant Posted Friday 30th November 2007 13:55 GMT
What the iphone should have been #
By Anonymous Coward Posted Friday 30th November 2007 13:59 GMT
Possible Jesus phone beater #
By Anonymous Coward Posted Friday 30th November 2007 14:04 GMT
No example pics? #
By Joe K Posted Friday 30th November 2007 14:13 GMT
85 percent ! #
By Tom Chiverton Posted Friday 30th November 2007 14:44 GMT
Feels a bit cheap #
By Anonymous Coward Posted Friday 30th November 2007 14:49 GMT
Was thinking about it #
By Joe Blogs Posted Friday 30th November 2007 16:09 GMT
Shame no voice dialling #
By Stephen Cox Posted Friday 30th November 2007 21:13 GMT
Phone with no Stylus ?? #
By Gregory M Simmons Posted Saturday 1st December 2007 04:43 GMT
it's amazing... #
By pib Posted Saturday 1st December 2007 15:40 GMT
Just my 5 cents worth #
By danny Posted Tuesday 4th December 2007 19:02 GMT