Camera Phones Plaza

Even if it catches all your attention with a smart name, the LG Invision is just another entry-level camera phone hidden in a cool design in black and imitating the Viewty shape.
Let’s say it’s the cheaper version of it as it has a built-in 1.3MP camera instead of the 5MP like LG Viewty world's first cell phone with DivX support. But that’s cool too, for those who don’t plan to spend too much on a brand new mobile phone with a low price, a 2-year contract, and a $50 mail-in rebate at AT&T.
Coming at just $99.99 with GSM and HSDPA support, LG Invision announced in August measures about 103 x 53 x 12 mm at 81 grams and boasts a large 2.2-inch TFT display of 256K colors and a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels, on which you should be able to change the downloaded wallpapers according to your mood.

The first important characteristic we find out about when we look at its specifications is the built-in MP3 player, so at least you can listen to your favorite music while on the go, and store up to 128MB in its internal memory or add a microSD card to expand the storage up to 8GB and add more media.
Its phone book has a capacity of 500 entries for your contacts, and you assign picture IDs to each of them, to know exactly who’s calling.

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Thanks to the 3G HSDPA technology, LG Invision enables transfer speeds of up to 3.6Mbps so you can change the current web page instantly and browse the Internet in HTML.
To enhance your communication experience with other cell phone users, LG added email functionality and up to 3 hours of talk time with maximum 250 hours of standby, using a 900mAh Li-Ion battery.

Pictures you take can be sent wirelessly to other compatible digital devices via Bluetooth, while the A2DP ensures you have a reliable music listening experience through your headset.
To connect the phone to a computer you can connect the USB cable.
Other cool features included are Mobile TV, XM Radio, and multitasking.

The LG KC550 camera phone newly released at Phones4U in black, has now a cute pink brother available exclusively at The Carphone Warehouse. It comes with all the features of the original model and a touch of pink for the ladies and not only.
The pale pink cell phone has a slider design and measures 96.9 x 51.4 x 14.9 mm at 110 grams. It has a 2.4-inch large TFT display of 256K colors, integrating an accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate, to allow you browse the web in landscape mode and see full-size sites.

It has MP3 player capability, 1,000 phone book entries, 12MB user memory expandable via a microSD card slot, USB connectivity for the computer so you to be able to transfer different files to and from the cell phone, as well as Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, which enables wireless file transfer with compatible devices in short range.
With the LG KC550 you can send and receive emails, download and play motion-based games, listen to the FM radio on the go, record voice memos, connect the phone to the TV, organize files, and watch video clips.

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The built-in 5MP digital camera captures images at a high resolution of 2592 x 1944 pixels using Schneider-Kreuznach optics, autofocus, flash light, image stabilizer, and can record videos at up to 30 frames per second.
In addition, the cell phone allows you to talk for up to 6 hours or keep it in standby mode for up to 450 hours.



“The LG-KC550 is already the most affordable five megapixel camera phone on the market and the new ‘Pink’ variant makes a great addition to our prepay portfolio,” proudly declared Jeremy Newing, head of LG mobile marketing, LG Electronics.

According to the LG’s press release, the pink cell phone costs £99 on prepay.

Today we’ll see a recent release from LG via Verizon Wireless at a price of $149.99 with contract, called LG Decoy.
I personally like this cell phone a lot because of how it looks, especially when slide open revealing this deep black keypad surrounded by light metallic silver.

Besides the design characteristics, LG Decoy is a music phone with detachable headset working wirelessly through the Bluetooth capability. The headset is built-in the back of the handset.
There is also an integrated 2MP digital camera with camcorder functionality and microSD slot for expanding the internal memory up to 8GB.
It sports a 2.2-inch TFT LCD of 262K colors with a mirror look and measures 4.01 x 1.97 x 0.67 inches at 4.05 oz.

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Decoy supports common music file formats including MP3, video playback and USB Mass Storage to transfer files between the cell phone and your computer.
The camera offers a resolution of 1600 x 1200 pixels for still pictures, which you can edit, and video resolution up to 320 x 240 pixels.



With it you can listen to the stereo music using the wireless headset, connect with up to 2 Bluetooth-enabled devices having one in standby, transfer files wirelessly and print your photos wirelessy using the Bluetooth printing capability with a compatible printer device.
Verizon Wireless adds V CAST Music with Rhapsody for over-the-air music downloads, V CAST Videos, the VZ Navigator, and Chaperone Parent/Child.

Also, LG Decoy has other functionalities like email, voice messaging, video messaging, Instant Messaging, voice mail, one-touch speakerphone, and speaker-independent voice commands.
You can talk on the phone for up to 2 hours continuously or keep it in standby mode up to 80 hours.

It made its first appearance among LG phones at CES 2008 in black, and now Verizon Wireless has it in titanium, with V Cast Music with Rhapsody for over-the-air downloads of over 5 million songs, and Visual Voice Mail feature, which allows you to manage your messages I a smarter way.

This touchscreen smartphone with a flip QWERTY keyboard in a laptop style, and dual-display, comes at a price of $149.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate and a 2-year agreement.
The V Cast Music costs $14.99 monthly, while the Visual Voice Mail service available at $2.99 on month lets you delete, reply or forward voice mail messages without listening to voice instructions.

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LG Voyager in Titanium provides also V Cast Mobile TV, full HTML browsing, Bluetooth 2.0 wireless transfers at high-speeds, a built-in 2MP camera with camcorder functionality, and the possibility to manage your files on a large 2.81-inch external or internal touch-sensitive Thin Film Transistor display with vibration response. The vibration response makes me thing of the haptic technology used by Samsung Instinct, which gives you a subtle feedback as you browse through the menus and access commands. Haptic comes from the Grek “Haphe” which means “pertaining to the sense of touch”, and the new technology replies to the user selections by making him/her feel subtle forces, vibrations or motions through the skin surface.



Other features include multimedia player, dual speakers for stereo sound, microSD memory slot for up to 8GB storage capacity, Instant Messaging, standard email, the VZ Navigator service for access to location details of all points of interest as well as turn-by-turn directions, USB Mass Storage for PC connectivity, retractable TV antenna for enhanced TV reception, and up to 240 minutes of talk time.
The handset measures 4.64 x 2.12 x 0.71 inches at 4.69oz and has hearing aid compatibility, like all the other newly released handsets on the market.

The LG KC550 cell phone was announced in May and was released recently on the market providing a built-in 5MP digital camera. It is a high-end model working on GSM 900/1800/1900 frequencies and featuring EDGE Class 12 connectivity, with no 3G. Even if you can’t download files at high speeds with it, the handset comes with other useful technologies and a large 2.4-inch TFT display of 256K colors at a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels, which if it is turned on a side provides landscape view based on the accelerometer sensor with auto-rotate functionality.

The black slider measuring 96.9 x 51.4 x 14.9 mm at 110 grams plays MP3 songs, records up to 1000 entries in the phone book, has photo call feature, and offers 12MB space for your favorite media. You can expand the storage via a microSD memory card.
There is also the Bluetooth support for wireless file transfers between enabled devices, as well as the A2DP profile to allow you listen to the music using Bluetooth headphones.

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LG KC550 has email functionality, web browser, USB connectivity, Java support, video player, photo editor, FM radio, voice memo, speakerphone, organizer, TV-out and motion-based games. These motion-based games work with the motion sensing technology and the capability is called M-toy. It detects the handset movements and responds during gaming by tossing darts, casting fishing lines or navigating a maze.

Its digital camera accessible via dedicated keys, captures images at a maximum resolution of 2592 x 1944 pixels with the Schneider-Kreuznach optics, featuring autofocus, flash light, image stabilizer and video recording capability at 15 fps for 720 x 480 resolution or 30 fps at 640 x 480 pixels.
It is powered by a Li-Ion 900 mAh battery for up to 6 hours of talk time or 450 hours of standby.

Available at Phones4U in Black, Grey and Pink, the prices range depending on the chosen carrier. Options include Vodafone, Orange, T-Mobile, 3, O2, Virgin Mobile and BT.