LG Viewty Smart in india

LG has just launched their latest 8 megapixel camera phone the LG Viewty Smart or what us mobile maniacs would call the LG-GC900. The camera features a first-in-its class Intelligent Shot Mode that makes it easier to take great photos by automatically analyzing scenes and adjusting camera settings accordingly. LG GC 900 is designed in a brushed metal finish giving it a rather sophisticated look. Its 12.4 mm thickness and weight of just 102g makes it even more appealing.

“Viewty Smart is a real digital camera in a really stylish phone. Perfect for those dedicated to fashion and who like to be one step ahead of the technology crowd, LG GC 900 allows you to take your best shot and share your photos with friends and family quickly and simply. The Viewty Smart has a gorgeous display and best-of-class user interface. It has the potential of becoming a bestseller as it takes the pleasure of taking pictures to newer horizons", said Anil Arora, Business Group Marketing Head, Mobile Communications, LG Electronics India Pvt. Ltd.

The new phone also incorporates LG’s new 3D S-Class User Interface, with a few extra features like an onscreen camera mode selector dial that makes Viewty Smart’s camera faster and easier to use. LG Viewty Smart also boasts improvements to its hardware as well as to its software. Its camera functionality includes -

• Light sensitivity up to ISO 1600
• a Power LED flash
• image stabilization
• multi face detection
• smile detection

Other features include -

• a 3.0-inch touchscreen with an 800 x 480 pixel resolution that also features multi-touch and an accelerometer
• Support for DivX or XviD formats
• 1.5GB of internal memory and microSD card support
• 3G (with HSDPA), GPRS/EDGE,
• Bluetooth with A2DP, USB 2.0
• GPS with A-GPS support and Geotagging for the camera
• TV Out
• FM radio with RDS

Adding further to his previous comment, Arora said, “LG Viewty Smart changes is a treasure trove, giving you pictures that look exactly like what you see. It is the best 8 megapixel camera phone on the market not only because of its specs, but because of the unparalleled user experience it delivers.”

The LG Viewty Smart is priced at Rs. 27, 500 and is available across retail outlets

Source:- Tech2

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Altek 12MP mobile

The world of camera phones has just gotten to a billet more interesting with a Chinese company called Altek who have designed their first ever 12 megapixel camera phone. While that my not seem impressive because the 12.2MP resolution is slowing becoming the new 8MP, this particular handset takes things up a notch by also incorporating 3X optical zoom making it a World’s first.

The Huajing Altek Company’s original focus has been in the manufacturing of digital imaging technology. They have now decided to also focus on R & D and manufacturing of the same idea but by incorporating the same into other applications and products like the mobile handset, which only makes sense. Their offering in the Altek T8680 is what the industry could call a "professional video phone”. It’s been designed to work just like a digicam and process images even in low light conditions as good as any stand alone digital camera. The company has designed a specific image processing chip to help provide users with a better mobile camera experience without cutting into the speed of the device itself.

The T8680 is equipped with -

• a 3.0-inch touchscreen with a 400 x 240 pixel resolution and 260k colors
• handwriting recognition
• FM radio
• EDGE/GPRS
• Bluetooth with A2DP
• microSD card support
• TV Out

Thanks to the camera’s 3x optical zoom lens, with an adjustable aperture size setting so users can make the background blurred and focus on any specific object for a better depth of field image. The Altek T8680 also uses a CCD sensor to allow for higher sensitivity and lower noise in dark environments to help capture more light. Other camera features include –

• Scene modes
• Face Detection, Smile Shutter, auto stitch Panorama, burst mode for consecutive images (up to 16)
• Image editing with an application for leaving Voice Notes
• ISO settings
• White Balance
• Timer, Exposure
• Video recording in AVI

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For more images of the UI and camera functions click here.

Micromax tried incorporating a 3X optical zoom lens onto their 8 megapixel camera phone the X800 so this concept has been tried before. What instantly comes to mind though is the kind of weight this handset would have as the X800 was an extremely bulky device. The T8680, weighs in at about 135g and has dimension of 113.5 x 52.0 x 16.55mm which doesn’t seem too bad.

The handset is expected to be released sometime at the end of this month or in September. The approximate pricing is said to be around Rs. 22,000. There’s no word on it’s launch in India so we’ll have to wait and see. The real question is weather the T8680 could give Sony Ericsson and Samsung's offerings a run for their money? Stay tuned.

Source:-Tech2

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