LG GC900 Viewty Smart
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- RM from Hong Kong
- 2K2
- 04 Aug 2009
I don't think LG has any clue about mobile phones. This is just a glorified MP3 player for US$ 500! The 8MP camera takes very low quality pictures and the user interface is crappy, to say the least. Above all, it is not a phone at all! The touch-screen goes blank when you make a call or receive a call (after idling for about 1 hour). The PC Suite asked me to UNINSTALL the software that came with the phone and download a new one. Even after that, nothing changed. Don't waste your money on this 'phoney'
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- Micro
- vCE
- 02 Aug 2009
sk, 31 Jul 2009"It should also be noted that 720x480 30frames per second i... more720 pixels by 480 lines is basically NTSC which is the TV standard for North America and several Asian countries.
Frame rate is 29.997 (or 30 frames per second).
In Europe its 720 pixels by 576 lines which is PAL, which is also used in other countries like Australia.
Both are 4:3 aspect ratio, so when played on a 16:9 aspect ratio TV you will get left and right vertical bars
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The above (basic) diagram is 4:3 aspect ratio.
The original Viewty and Renoir can record in 16:9 widesceen aspect ratio.
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The Viewty Smart and Arena and the Crystal (and throw in the Prada II) can't record in 16:9 aspect ratio as there is no setting for it.
I hope this answer explains it for you.
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- Mcd
- PS6
- 02 Aug 2009
help needed, 01 Aug 2009i'm going to send it back to the shop and never will buy an... moreyour right...
i use to hav the LG KS20..
for a while it starts to jam..
I dont like it..
i got mad with LG mobile now..
LG please do a better phone...
the new Arena is nice but lagging!
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- help needed
- SXw
- 01 Aug 2009
help needed, 01 Aug 2009hi all new viewty users!please help!when i want to receive ... morei'm going to send it back to the shop and never will buy anything by LG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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- help needed
- SXw
- 01 Aug 2009
hi all new viewty users!please help!when i want to receive or make a call screen will turn off and all buttons except 'end call hardware button' are dead,don't respond so i can't receive any call,i went to settings million times and tried almost everything[reseted phone]but i didn't fix it,is it faulty unit or my brain is faulty?please give me an advice asap because i'm getting mad,thnx
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- 5*****general
- Qix
- 31 Jul 2009
does the wiewty smart work in the u.s?
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- sk
- 2@v
- 31 Jul 2009
Micro, 24 Jul 2009Here are some facts for all you Viewty Smart owners and pot... more"It should also be noted that 720x480 30frames per second is essentially NTSC TV standard (D1? please LOL)"
Can you pl explain in layman's language what does this mean?
Video Recording Performance:
At best the Viewty Smart records video at 720x480 30 frames per second (again this is NTSC TV standard), (Again you explain what does yhis mean?)
Can you suggest which is the best video recording phone in the market in D1 categary?
Thanks a lot
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- Anonymous
- TkN
- 31 Jul 2009
Anonymous, 25 Jul 2009Able to use with stylus? like viewty?yea ur aloud too
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- elina
- uEA
- 30 Jul 2009
congratz to lg viewty that becomes one of a best seller..
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- xYz
- 2F7
- 29 Jul 2009
Micro, 24 Jul 2009Here are some facts for all you Viewty Smart owners and pot... moreGood review, just what i needed.
Cheers
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- karar
- m7K
- 27 Jul 2009
Does it have Norwegian in the menu and text messages??
thanks
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- Wai
- TRV
- 25 Jul 2009
Selena, 21 Jul 2009I would like to ask if you can change the screen menu displ... moreYes, you can either arrange the icons in list form or scroll bar form. However, you cannot chance the pictures of the icons. You can choose what to add on the Homescreen Menu though.
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- Micro
- vCE
- 25 Jul 2009
Anonymous, 25 Jul 2009Able to use with stylus? like viewty?No since its a capacitive tempered glass screen.
There is no handwriting recognition software built into the firmware.
The LG Crystal does have handwriting recognition software built in but its limited.
LG could go back to a resistive screen, but the problem is well know as scratches to easily, finger print problem and in general does not last as long as a tempered glass screen does.
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- Anonymous
- TIE
- 25 Jul 2009
Able to use with stylus? like viewty?
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- Micro
- vCE
- 24 Jul 2009
Here are some facts for all you Viewty Smart owners and potential buyers:
Video Playback Performance:
The Viewty Smart video playback performance is as follows:
1: DivX playback is limited to 352x288 30frames per second.
Essentially that means the playback specification is PAL TV standard.
Audio has to be encoded either with MP3 codec or AAC codec, it will not playback if the audio has been encoded with WAV (analogue) or eAAC (encrypted).
That said, if the audio has been encoded using AMR (adaptive multi-rate) it will work (but the audio quality is poor at best)
It will not playback DivX videos that were recorded for example with thew original Viewty in either 400x240 (widescreen), 640x480 (4:3 centre cut) or 640x384 (widescreen).
It will playback MPEG4 encoded videos up to 720x480 30 frames per second.
It should also be noted that 720x480 30frames per second is essentially NTSC TV standard (D1? please LOL)
Audio has to be encoded either with MP3 codec or AAC codec, it will not playback if the audio has been encoded with WAV (analogue) or eAAC (encrypted).
That said, if the audio has been encoded using AMR (adaptive multi-rate) it will work (but the audio quality is poor at best.
So if you want to upload a DivX video, unless its 352x288 or lower resolution it will not play.
You are best off using video editing tools and changing the DivX video to MPEG4 profile version.
It will play any 3GP video file provided the audio has been encoded either with AMR (which is the 3GP standard audio codec), MP3 or AAC but not eAAC (encrypted).
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Video Recording Performance:
Huge let down here, LG have gone backwards from the Viewty and the Renoir in terms of video recording performance.
The Viewty and Renoir recorded videos using DivX codec and MP3 audio codec, also you had the option to record in two widescreen resolutions like standard 400x240 30frames per second or 640x384 30 frames per second.
No such luck with the Viewty Smart (and Arena for that matter).
While 3GP is a form of MPEG4, its the lowest grade codec standard.
At best the Viewty Smart records video at 720x480 30 frames per second (again this is NTSC TV standard), however the all important bit rate is low, to low really at just 2000kbps (2mbps) and the 3GP codec is no where near as good as propper MPEG4 or DivX codec standard.
The Viewty and Renoir for example had bit rate of 2.7mbps (2,700kpbs).
Also no true widescreen recording capture, basically there is no 16:9 format, however 720x480 is considered as 14:9 but still not good enough.
Audio is limited to AAC (Advanced Audio Codec), 64kbps single channel (so duel channel is split to 32kbps per channel) on the 22.5khz carrier (bandwidth).
There is no option for noise free microphone (that said the Viewty did not have that either but the Renoir does).
As I said above, this is a huge let down for LG, they have gone backwards when you consider just how good the Viewty and Renoir record video.
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Photo Camera Performance:
Way better than the Viewty (KU990), and slightly ahead of the Renoir (faster and nicer interface) but we have seen this before in the KC910i (Renoir II).
That said, everyone should be happy with the Viewty Smart camera performance overall.
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User Interface:
Thumbs up for S-Class, while its the same S-Class interface of the LG Arena, its a lot faster (probably use to the AMD chip and extra internal ram) and the capacitive tempered glass screen is also more fluid in general use over the Arena.
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Battery Performance:
This depends on a lot of things like if your handset is constantly in HSDPA mode, length of made or received calls, how much media is media used ect ...
I find that 2 days before a recharge is very good when you consider the amount of use I out the Viewty Smart through, its just a matter of find tuning what you want the handset to do and it will last, example with the Viewty I could get 4 days of use, with the Renoir 3 days, so 2 days of use and when you consider that this uses S-Class interface over what was just simple flash based interface its doing well.
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The other thing I will comment about it Wi-Fi performance. Its been vastly improved over the Renoir, yes you can stram Youtube (all be it the mobile version which means RTSP (real time streaming protocol) 3GP videos, but still it can be done (hell I can do that with the Renoir, if only people would read the manuals in order to learn how to make a streaming Wi-Fi profile).
The Wi-Fi is about as good as Nokia.
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Overall ?
While its an improvment over the LG KU990 (Viewty) and the 3 Mobile version U990 (3 Mobile Viewty) in terms of interface and camera capture performance, video recording is a huge let down.
That said, I will recomend this handset and give it 7 out of 10, where as the Viewty and Renoir both got 8 due to the best video recording ability of any phone on the market at time of release.
Enjoy.
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- Jules
- IDH
- 24 Jul 2009
Does anyone know how to get rid of the (R) which means roam right next to the alarm on the top of the screen?
Any help would be appreicated.
thanks.
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- smart design
- uCj
- 23 Jul 2009
i have found out garmin in java based. juz search in google then u get it. i wonder if it k be use in this phone. did any1 try it before? is it applicable?
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- Kevin (LG)
- Nxs
- 23 Jul 2009
The operating system is actually called S-Class its the first 3D OS!
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- Loombago
- MxD
- 22 Jul 2009
lg nucleus os
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- Selena
- ubc
- 21 Jul 2009
I would like to ask if you can change the screen menu display to list or to different icons. thanks